All time favourite Films !!!!!

[RAK]

Band of Brothers is a great choice; one of the few movies or series that I watch again and again. Another favorite of mine is John Ford's "The Searchers". It'a an amazing movie of obession and racism and respects its audience to be intelligent enough to fill in the gaps. It was only a few years ago that I finally saw the whole film, but I catch it whenever I can.

[Dan18960]

I play Electric Dreams at least twice a year. I follow that with War Games, Them, and Fantastic Voyage.

[Seth]

Fargo
L.A. Confidential
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (The original. I can't stand the new version).
Titus
The Usual Suspects
A Christmas Story (You'll shoot your eye out kid!)
Boondock Saints
American History
Office Space
Leon the Professional
American Beauty
Elf
Ravenous
Ladykillers
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Search for the Holy Grail

[RAK]

Ladykillers the original or that Tom Hanks remake? I never caught the remake, myself. Oh Brother, great choice. Speaking of Coen Brothers, Miller's Crossing was a classic: Albert Finney blasting away with a Tommy Gun to the tune of "Danny Boy"; priceless.

[Seth]

Ladykillers the original or that Tom Hanks remake? I never caught the remake, myself. Oh Brother, great choice. Speaking of Coen Brothers, Miller's Crossing was a classic: Albert Finney blasting away with a Tommy Gun to the tune of "Danny Boy"; priceless.

I didn't know there was an original to Ladykillers.

Coen brothers films are simply brilliant. I'm going to check out the other ones you posted.

[RAK]

The Ladykillers
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This article is about the 1955 original. For the 2004 remake, see The Ladykillers (2004 film).

The Ladykillers
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Produced by Seth Holt associate producer
Michael Balcon producer (uncredited)
Written by William Rose
Starring Alec Guiness
Cecil Parker
Herbert Lom
Peter Sellers
Danny Green
Jack Warner
Katie Johnson
Music by Tristram Cary
Cinematography Otto Heller
Distributed by Continental Distributing Inc.
Release date 1955
Running time 97 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

The Ladykillers is a 1955 British film. It is one of a series of classic post-war Ealing Studios comedies.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, 'The Ladykillers' stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner and Katie Johnson. Frankie Howerd has a cameo role as an agitated market fruit seller along with Kenneth Connor as a taxi driver. Watch out also for a young Stratford Johns (Charlie Barlow from Z-Cars) as the driver of the lorry that gets robbed.

American William Rose wrote the screenplay, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay and won the Bafta Award for Best British Screenplay. He claims to have dreamed the entire movie and merely had to remember the details when he awoke.

In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted 'The Ladykillers' the 36th greatest comedy film of all time.

A radio adaptation of the film was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on January 13, 1996.

[DELTREE]

Just a few I like:
1.Apocalypse Now
2.Sands of Iwo Jima
3.A Few Good Men
4.Hamburger Hill
I don't think there have been to many GOOD movies since John Wayne passed away.:rip:

[Seth]

Ladykillers the original or that Tom Hanks remake? I never caught the remake, myself. Oh Brother, great choice. Speaking of Coen Brothers, Miller's Crossing was a classic: Albert Finney blasting away with a Tommy Gun to the tune of "Danny Boy"; priceless.

Rak,

I really want to see the original Ladykillers. No luck in finding it yet.

Last night I watched the first half of Miller's Crossing. Compared to the other Coen films I've seen, Miller's Crossing isn't what I expected. It's the type of film that I'd need to watch more than once to really appreciate.

Finney and the shoot out scene...priceless indeed.

[golfmore]

1. Shawshank redemption
2. Shadowlands
3. Tears Fom The Rain

[mylanta]

Well I must admit I have never heard of most of the movies you all are recommending with the exception of Deltree's.
let me take you to my world for my all time favorites:
A Thousand Clowns, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Patch of Blue, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the Sting!

[kern]

some of my favorites:

Mutiny on the Bounty (both)
Bridge on the River Kwai
Potemkin
Ben Hur
Mrs. Miniver
Captain Blood
Magnum Force
Babes in Toyland(March of the Wooden Soldiers)
Papilion
To Sir With Love

offbeat but good:
The Getaway
Soylent Green
The Russians are Coming

[mylanta]

I loved the Russians are Coming, Bridge on River Kwai, and the Getaway!

[mylanta]

I forgot City Slickers and When Harry Met Sally

[Phelyx]

1. Pi (Artisan Independent)
- Guy finds a pattern in the stock market and everyone is after the code.

2. Requiem for a dream (From the makers of Pi)
- Couple tries to make ends meet selling cocaine.

3. Hitchikers guide to the galaxy (British Series, REMAKE SUCKED)
- Douglas Adams was a genius, the movie adeptation with Mos Def was Mos Bad and too short.

4. Trainspotting
- Ivan Welse book put on screen, very good movie if you have trouble understanding scotish people.

5. Battle Royale (Japanese kill everyone movie)
- Banned in the US because it came out during Columbine, this movie is strickly about teens killing teens in a competition for their life. There are several drinking games for this movie as well :).

[sho-dan]

Ichi the Killer
Dune
Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman
Jet LI
Onmyoji & Onmyoji II
VERSUS
Infernal Affairs
most Japanese movies with sub-titles, dont watch the American versions.

[mylanta]

Ichi the Killer
Dune
Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman
Jet LI
Onmyoji & Onmyoji II
VERSUS
Infernal Affairs
most Japanese movies with sub-titles, dont watch the American versions.

I love "Dune" also...