Favourite Movies of All Time...?

[Skippy123]

I loved Out of Africa!

How about Whale Rider and Elling.

 

[katebar]

I want to add BIG too!

 

[diamondfan]

Big IS awesome, one of those you can watch so many times and still love...

 

[Rock Candy]

Parent Trap
Chevy Chase - Christmas Vacation
The Grinch
Transporter I and II
Radars of the Lost Arc

 

[Jelly]

On the top of my head...

Breakfast at Tiffanys
Roman Holiday
West Side Story
Sound of Music
Vertigo
North by Northwest
Rear Window
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Harold and Maude
Camp
Harry Potter Movies
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Joy Luck Club
A Room with a View

 

[Swedeabroad]

-Once were warriors
-Crash
-Fanny and Alexander (brilliant movie directed by Ingmar Bergman)
-A room with a view
-Match point
-What''s eating Gilbert Grape
-Ringu (japanese horror movie)
-Beck (Swedish thriller)
-East of Eden
-Gladiator
-Harry Potter
-Maid in manhattan

 

[diamondfan]

I love all those silly movies like My Best Friend''s Wedding and Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Planner...

 

[phoenixgirl]

Top 10 (desert island movies)
A & E Pride and Prejudice
About a Boy
Before Sunset
A Christmas Story
The First Wives Club
Lost in Translation
Notting Hill
The Shawshank Redemption
Something''s Gotta Give
Under the Tuscan Sun

Others I Couldn''t Bear to Leave Out
Braveheart
Bridget Jones'' Diary
Canadian Bacon
Chocolat
The Count of Monte Cristo
Dances With Wolves
The Da Vinci Code
Deep Impact
The End of the Affair
The Family Man
Fever Pitch
Field of Dreams
Galaxy Quest
Gladiator
Independence Day
It''s a Wonderful Life
Legally Blonde
Love Actually
Mrs. Winterbourne
Office Space
Philadelphia
The Princess Bride
Reality Bites
Sense and Sensibility
Signs
Snakes on a Plane
The Story of Us
When Harry Met Sally

For me, movies shouldn''t be too emotionally involved. Sure, I''ll cry when watching Philadelphia or The Shawshank Redemption, but I can''t bear movies that are too intense or too horrifying. Signs is about as scary as I can take. I do like my cheesy romantic comedies, but I also like more serious movies that examine life for what it is (as long as the thesis isn''t that life sucks).

 

[aprilcait]

Bird Cage (My absolute FAVORITE movie... I have seen it so many times it is absolutely ridiculous.)
Schindler''s List
Waking Ned Divine
Murder in the First
Ice Age and Ice Age II (I couldn''t believe that the sequel was actually good too)
Life is Beautiful
Gia
Momento

 

[decodelighted]

Oooh. I'm gonna reply before I read the other answers -- but I'm sure I'll think of more when I read ya'lls picks.

This Is Spinal Tap
Cinema Paradiso
Funny Face
The Sure Thing
Swingers
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kahzakstan
Stripes
Memento
Singin' In The Rain
Strictly Ballroom

(Guess it's fair to say I'm partial to outrageous comedies & vintage musicals -- HA!)


ETA: And after reading the other posts ... I'd have to add

High Fidelity
The Princess Bride

 

[Independent Gal]

SDL, how about starting here? I have a few friends who are writers who say these ''Writer''s Market'' books are the best!

http://www.amazon.com/2006-Childrens-Writers-Illustrators-Market/dp/1582974020

In the meantime, I''m going to start a new thread for ''recommended kid''s books''. I have a passion for kid''s books (as does my b/f''s dad, who has a collection of 1000''s), and used to sell them for a living.

 

[jorman]

I LOVE movies, always have, always will. The only kind I don''t like are Horror.
The mix is in no particular order:

Man in the Moon (Reese Witherspoon)
The English Patient
Sense and Sensibility
Pillow Talk (Doris Day)
Love Potion #9 (Sandra Bullock of old)
Lady and the Tramp (love the songs)
An Affair to Remember
Something''s Gotta Give
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Mona Lisa Smile
Circle of Friends
Sabrina
Father of the Bride I and II (Every party has a pooper that''s why we invited you!)
Man on Fire
Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Dune
The Neverending Story
French Kiss (Not that cow! I just ate that cow!)
Dances with Wolves
My Fair Lady
The Dark Crystal (I watch over and over as a child)
The Neverending Story
Hope Floats
Sleepless in Seattle
Steel Magnolias (my colors are blush and bashful...)
Newsies
Pride and Prejudice
The Way We Were
My Girl (for sobbing out loud)
Napoleon Dynamite
40 Year Old Virgin
When Harry Met Sally
Flash Dance
Footloose
Splash (another childhood fav- I wanted to BE a mermaid)
Pretty in Pink
Out of Africa
Roxanne
The Princess Bride (maiwage is what bwings us togewer today)
Working Girl
Joe Vs. the Volcano
Grease I
Grease II
Dreamgirls
The Holiday
Bridget Jone''s Diary
The Wedding Planner
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Ghost
Clueless
Big Daddy
The Bridges of Madison County
Legends of the Fall
My Best Friends Wedding
City of Angels
Romy and Michelles High School Reunion (you look so good with blonde hair and black roots)
As Good As it Gets
What Women Want
Stepmom
Never Been Kissed (Josie Grosy)
Just Like Heaven
Walk the Line
Bed of Roses
Braveheart
Erin Brocovich
Beaches
Pretty Woman
Dirty Dancing
Bring it On
Overboard
Better of Dead
Gladiator
Schindler''s List
Breakfast Club
Sixteen Candles
Mystic Pizza
The Green Mile
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Great Expectations
Moulin Rouge
Billy Madison
Indiana Jones movies
Romancing the Stone

I can''t think of any more...

 

[Fancy605]

My favorite movie of all times is:

The Princess Bride--it has been ever since I was a little girl. I adore it.

My close runner ups are:

Shawshank Redemption
Lady Hawk
Lady and the Tramp
Top Gun
Crash

And my favorite movies to watch OVER and OVER despite the fact that I have them memorized are:

Love Actually
Dodgeball
Center Stage
School of Rock
Wedding Crashers
Drop Dead Gorgeous
A league of their Own
Little Mermaid
Sleeping Beauty (heck any old-school disney)

I know those aren''t nessicarily great pieces of film (well except the disney movies, they are great), but they are endeared to me. My group of girlfriends and I think they are hilarious/amazing, and we watch them all the time.

 

[diamondfan]

Funny Girl and Funny Lady...

The way we were

 

[monarch64]

Oh you guys have me reminiscing now...I loved Big, The Princess Bride, ThSpe Dark Crystal, Circle of Friends, Splash, The Neverending Story, etc. Also I love the movie Ronin for some reason, something about the fast cars and Robert DeNiro is so sexy in that movie, and my all time favorite movie when I was a kid was Savannah Smiles. Doubt if anyone''s even heard of that last one, but I remember borrowing it from the library every time my mother took me there, lol! Oh, and About Last Night with Rob Lowe and Demi Moore circa 1980 something was the best when I was like, 14! LOL!

 

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I was just reminded of what to me was the scariest, most chilling movie of all time: "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".

It still gets to me!

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