All time favourite films

SlipperyPeople · 20-04-2009 10:41AM

trainspotting is with out doubt my fave

seen shaun of the dead 13 times or somethin aswell

sin city as well was unreal but some slut robbed my dvd of it one night

memento was d biz i thought aswel

assassination of jesse james was quite the good also nah mean

ther d ones at the top o my list

dSTAR · 20-04-2009 11:10AM

Withnail and I
Pi
The Breakfast Club
Off Beat (German)
Blue Velvet
Its All Gone Pete Tong
Donny Darko
Lost in Translation
Kids
Memento
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Lots more...

Sanjuro · 20-04-2009 11:46AM

2001: A Space Odyssey
Apocalypse Now
Annie Hall
Seven Samurai
Blade Runner
In The Mood For Love
Glengarry Glen Ross
This Is Spinal Tap
The Big Lebowski
On The Waterfront

20-04-2009 11:57AM

Mr.Lizard wrote: »

I generally prefer 70mm whenever possible. 35mm is ok too but sometimes the grain does start to show when blown-up on the latestt high-tech televisions accompanied by blu-ray disk.

Just in case anyone mistakes this for being true, it's not.

35mm has a far higher resolution than Blu-Ray DVD. The "grainy" effect that you perceive actually comes because of the laziness of some studios using the original master copy to create numerous negative copies, degrading the quality of the original.

Obviously long term storage of the originals causes some degradation also, so some older "classics" (I use the term sparingly since some people mention films such as Fast and Furious among their favourites so I am forced to assume taste in films is sparing in AH) will suffer badly from this long term storage. The archiving systems and technologies used now are far superior to those in use when The Jazz Singer ushered in the talkies.

So, in short, when you say you prefer 70mm to 35mm cause of modern technology making it look grainy, you are totally mistaken in that assumption.

prinz · 20-04-2009 12:09PM

Once Upon A Time In The West...............nuff said.

As a comedy 'Le Diner des Cons' france

soon to be given the Hollywood make over, which everyone will think is soooooooo original and brilliantly funny.

Famous45 · 20-04-2009 12:17PM

True Romance

Donnie Brasco

Leon

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 20-04-2009 12:25PM

Lord Of the Rings
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
Band of Brothers (It's like a very long film :P)
Zulu
Felon
The Boondock Saints

Lobelia Overhill · 20-04-2009 12:26PM

Star Wars VI
Toy Story 2
Terminator 2
Ghostbusters
Robocop
Monsters Inc.
The Princess Bride

looder · 20-04-2009 12:33PM

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Been watching a few films lately and thought I'd throw up a thread about peoples favourite films in after hours. So what are yours?

A couple on the top of my list would be:

Man on Fire
Gone in 60 Seconds
Fast and furious 1
The Bourne Identity
Lucky Number Slevin
Inside Man
And most films with Will Smith:)

Looking at that list and the will smith comment at the end, I had to check did I actually write it

- it's the same (but different) as what i would pick

stevelknievel · 20-04-2009 01:04PM

Lord of the Rings
The Green Mile
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
The Dark Knight(Surprised nobody has mentioned this yet)
In Bruges
Scarface
Sin City
Mystic River

TPD · 20-04-2009 01:08PM

City of God would be my favourite I think. Shawshank after.

20-04-2009 01:12PM

Goodfellas

Dave! · 20-04-2009 01:46PM

OP you have terrible film taste

Mine list would include

Good Will Hunting
Schindler's List
Goodfellas
Menace to Society
The Godfather p1

Vinta81 · 20-04-2009 01:56PM

A Time To Kill
Shawshank Redemption (everyone seems to put thisa, but I do genuinely love it)
Hotel Rwanda
Moulin Rouge
Bad Boys 2
The Green Mile
Blood Diamond
My Best Friends Wedding
The Departed
Saving Private Ryan

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 20-04-2009 02:02PM

The Royal Tenenbaums is my favourite film ever ever ever ever, I only watch it about once a year because I don't want to ruin it. Apart from that

Brokeback Mountain,
Hard Candy,
The Dark Knight,
Boogie Nights,
Withnail and I
Natural Born Killers
Beautiful Creatures
Igby Goes Down
Apocalypse Now
Performance

Blazer · 20-04-2009 02:04PM

Terminator 2
Serenity
The Matrix
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Das Boot.

Madou · 20-04-2009 02:12PM

'And Your Mama Too.....' has to be up there

20-04-2009 03:38PM

The Departed
American History X
Lucky Number Slevin
Cable Guy (anything with Jim Carrey really)
Big Daddy (also anything with Adam Sandler)
Catch me if you can
Cast Away

And lots more

Paddy Samurai · 20-04-2009 03:40PM

The Brotherhood of the Wolf ticks all my boxes,as one of my favourite films.
Beautiful filmed historic and costumed epic full of action and adventure.With a james bond deformed type villian,stunning fight scenes and a lots of sexy women.I love the opening fight scene in the rain!.

20-04-2009 03:40PM

Dave! wrote: »

OP you have terrible film taste

Mine list would include

Good Will Hunting
Schindler's List
Goodfellas
Menace to Society
The Godfather p1

Solid list Dave

Dave! · 20-04-2009 03:45PM

Yes, yes I am amazing

FlutterinBantam · 21-04-2009 12:43AM

Big Trouble in little China.

always gets the Flutt... well..... fluttered.

ScumLord · 21-04-2009 12:58AM

The last Rambo film was perfect.

How can anybody like the fast and the furious films, they're really, really, terrible films, just awful. It's like they where made by 12 year olds from a country that doesn't have any cars in it.

Jigsaw · 21-04-2009 01:44AM

Just back from the pub and on ITV 2 there was Terminator 2. I watched it with no sound ("cool" indie playing) but having watched it before I knew the film inside out. It was awesome. Apart from that the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Matrix trilogy are hard to beat I reckon. Oh, and Flashpoint starring Jenna Jameson.

K-9 · 21-04-2009 01:44AM

Goodfellas (Just can't be matched! Perfection)

Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Heat (despite Val Kilmer)
Bullitt
Reversal of Fortune
Traffic
The Player
Gangs of New York
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
The Sting
The Departed
The Godfather Part I or II
Blazing Saddles

admiralofthefleet · 21-04-2009 02:15AM

who framed roger rabbit. best film ever made, imo

The Pontiac · 21-04-2009 02:16AM

Excellent choices there K-9. I love The Player.

Another few of mine..

Once Upon a Time in America
The Lives of Others
Eastern Promises
The Usual Suspects
The Ice Storm
Scarface
Lantana

Tech3 · 21-04-2009 02:23AM

Freddie got fingered is one of the most entertaining films I have ever seen but seems to be slagged left right and centre by many people.

My own favourites:
Shawshank Redemption
apocalypto
Terminator 2
Catch me if you can
Rambo 1
Casino

K-9 · 21-04-2009 02:35AM

tech2 wrote: »

Freddie got fingered is one of the most entertaining films I have ever seen but seems to be slagged left right and centre by many people.

My own favourites:
Shawshank Redemption
apocalypto
Terminator 2
Catch me if you can
Rambo 1
Casino

Love Shawshank and Casino too. Catch me if you can is very good too.

Forgot The Hustler. Stands the test of time.

Dave147 · 21-04-2009 03:11AM

Cinema Paradiso (ITA)
Leon
Ronin
Bourne Trilogy
Godfather 1
The Negotiator
The Kingdom
Banlieue 13 (FR)
Boogie Nights
Iron Man
Heat
In Bruges
V for Vendetta

Think that's about all I can think of at the moment, probably forgetting some other favourites too.

All time favourite films

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