Thought we may have had a thread on this but couldn’t find one?
Films you’d happily watch over and over.
In no particular order
Mississippi Burning
Planes Trains and Automobiles
Alien
Zero Dark Thirty
Zulu
French Connection
Godfather
Goodfellas
Raging Bull
In The Heat Of The Night
Terminator
Pulp Fiction
Just for starters.
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Godfather 2
Life of Brian
Blazing Saddles
It's a Wonderful Life
Zulu
The Sting
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cincinnati Kid
Twelve Angry Men
Scrooge (David Lean)
Lawrence of Arabia
The Graduate
Just for starters!!
Blazing saddles
If...
Dumb and dumber
All classics
Favourite adaptation of Shakespeare alone is difficult but Michael Hoffman's Midsummer Nights Dream is pretty good.
There has never been a decent filmed Chekhov play in English.
Superman
Star Wars
Mighty Ducks
Saving Private Ryan
Avengers: Infinity War
The Pianist
Terminator
Back to the Future
Indiana Jones
How to Train Your Dragon
So a really nice varied list of films
Hugo
Godfather
Zulu
Inception
Metropolis (Fritz Lang original)
Good Will Hunting
The Prestige
Spirited Away
Clockwork Orange
Inglourious Basterds
Pan's Labyrinth
Lawrence of Arabia
The Departed
LOTR
Goodfellas
Hot Fuzz
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Dark Knight Trilogy
Anchorman
Blood Diamond
Birdman
Shutter Island
Hereditary
This year i've loved Joker & Le Mans '66
Still...here are the films where I walked out thinking “oh wow that was amazing” and that I’d happily watch when they’re on...
Whiplash
Point Break
The Way, Way Back
Lord of the Rings
Back to the Future
The Secret In Their Eyes (original)
Sicario
Karate Kid
Zodiac
Face/ Off
Shawshank Redemption
Usual Suspects
Borat
Star Wars (Trilogy)
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Aliens
Das Boot
Zulu
Toy Story 3
and an honourable mention list which consists of those that nearly made it or those that have been replaced by other, newer films
3 billboards
brazil
this is spinal tap
saving private ryan
dog day afternoon
inglourious basterds
Mesrine
Withnail and I
Sleepy Hollow
Boiler Room
And btw, anyone who doesn't have Pulp Fiction in their top 10 is wrong or hasn't seen it. It's not the best film of all time but I'm certain it's top 10
The Iron Giant
Brilliant piece of animation and great storyline. Something for all ages.
Favourite foreign film
Cinema Paradiso
A very touching film about getting older with a very emotional ending.
Favourite film:
Kes
A great piece of storytelling.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Once Upon A Time In The West
The Great Silence
Grave Of The Fireflies
Why? Because they're all good and I like them a lot.
Godfather 2
Godfather
Zulu
Casino
Goodfellas
Shawshank
Love honour and obey
Its a wonderful life
Unforgiven
Twelve angry men
To kill a mockingbird
Toy story 3
Skyfall
Usual suspects
Gone with the wind
The Green Mile
Fair point.
A lot of films, for me are about the relationships of the central characters and perhaps a period in history.
Mississippi Burning- Hackman,Dafoe and a young Francis McDormand. Period in history, segregation in the Deep South and that the rednecks finally get their comeuppance!
Planes Trains and Automobiles- Classic comedy and the perfect foils for each other in Candy and Martin.
Alien- The emergence of Ridley Scott (who I worked with once, my 10 minutes of fame,not) and a brilliant Alien.
Zero Dark Thirty - Tense period of time, perhaps heightened by being in America at the time of 9/11 and a good performance Jessica Chastain and well directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Zulu - Caine and Baker and probably the first film to have an impact on me as a kid.
French Connection - Hackman and Schneider.
Godfather - Rise of Coppola. Pacino, Brando and Caan and of course the period it’s set in.
Goodfellas - Similar to above but with De Nero, Pesci.
Raging Bull - Fabulous performance by De Nero about a boxing legend.
In The Heat of The Night - Again period of time/appalling treatment of blacks and Poitier and Steiger.
Terminator - Arnie and ‘I’ll be back’ nuff said.
Pulp Fiction - Great casting, Jackson, Travolta (not sure if this was Travolta’s first major movie since Grease? and a surprise but great choice.)Thurman and Willis(someone I don’t generally like as an actor).
Favourite action film - Predator
Favourite drama - The Godfather
Favourite sci-fi - Inception
Favourite comedy - Life of Brian
Favourite kids film - Princess Bride
Favourite foreign language - City of God
Favourite fantasy film - LOTR
Favourite thriller - Jaws
Favourite western - Unforgiven
Favourite musical - Singing in the Rain
Favourite horror - cant say I have one as dont really like the genre
The Warriors
The Wanderers
Layer Cake
Snatch
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
The Incredibles
Inbetweeners (the first one)
As good as it gets
We were soldiers
13th Warrior
They shall not grow old
The Godfather was Coppola.
Mulholland Drive - I like films, books & TV shows that make you think and the first time I saw the ending I was blown away. Piecing it together was really rewarding and I'd say it's the best of Lynch's films.
Taxi Driver - as a teenager it resonated with me. I love Scorsese, De Niro, the simple yet brooding soundtrack, the narration, its ambiguity. I've also visited a lot of its locations and recreated the DVD front cover.
Apocalypse Now - it's always felt like more than a film to me. It's epic, it's political, the soundtrack is amazing, it really feels like a journey then you have a maniac Kurtz waiting.
Tokyo Story - it really makes you think about how you may (mis)treat family members and take them for granted. Chishu Ryu is an awesome Japanese actor who draws empathy and the ending can't not leave you reflective and pondering how you can improve as a person.
North by Northwest - Hitchcock at his adventurous, mischievous, unique best I think. 'Vertigo' may be higher rated but this is more fun, has more memorable scenes and it's a perfect blend of art and blockbuster.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
The Deer Hunter
Let The Right One In
Leon
Bohemian Rhapsody
12 Angry Men
Goodfellas
The Kite Runner
Donnie Brasco
Tyrannosaur
Glen Campbell: I’ll be Me ( Documentary)
Its a Wonderful Life
The Thing
Once Upon a time In Hollywood
Alien
Sexy Beast
The Green Mike
The Tree of Life
Untouchable
Pulp Fiction
Snatch
Planes, Trains and automobiles
The Irishman
The Magnificent Seven
Training Day
Inglorious Basterds
The Blues Brothers
Toy Story 3
Southern Comfort
Crimson Tide
Papillon
The Bridge ( Documentary )
Letters from Iwa Jima
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
the list goes on...
Plus, Once Upon A Time in America.
I think I may have preferred The Holy Grail over LOB?
Return of The Jedi
Unforgiven
Dances With Wolves
Pulp Fiction
Withnail & I
Star Wars (A New Hope) the beefed up 'Special Edition'
Pale Rider
The Outlaw Josie Wales
Every Which Way But Loose
Tremors
Notting Hill
Reservoir Dogs
Dusk Til Dawn
Lord of the Rings (all 3)
Senna
Fish Called Wanda
Clockwise
Four Weddings & A Funeral
Some Kind Of Monster
Spinal Tap
Terminator 2
Heist (Gene Hackman one)
Ice station Zebra
Hunt for Red October
Murder on the Orient Express (70's original)
A Man, A Woman & A Bank
The Anderson Tapes
Phase IV
Capricorn One