OT - Your All-Time Favorite Movie is.....?

Submitted by xtramelanin on

Mates,

I haven't been to a movie in years and can't tell you the last one I did see in a theatre. However, oldest son asked me to take him to see 'Captain America - Civil War' as a birthday gift since his birthday was last week and we just got back.  He enjoyed it so I'm glad, but I must admit that I'm too old to really enjoy those types of films much, but also that they did have a few good one-liners mixed in toward the end of the flick.  

I am adding a link here to the highest box office grossing films, which was a discussion we had on the way home.  I was surprised to see how many titles that I had neither seen nor heard of :  http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/records/All-Time-Worldwide-Box-Office

So, with a nod to the Monday thread about favorite war movies, what are the Mgobloggers all-time favorite movies?

EDIT:  Should've done it by decade.  Just looking at the 80's you have a boatload of classics: Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Caddyshack, Field of Dreams, and on...

Have a great weekend,  Looks like Lake Michigan is warm enough to swim in, so might try that tomorrow with the sons.

XM

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AZ_Wolverine

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:39 PM ^

My favorite movie hands down. I'm only 26, this is just iconic. My second favorite movie, Air Force One, just because we beat Notre Dame! Followed by, Rudy.... I know

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Sam1863

June 4th, 2016 at 7:32 AM ^

My girlfriend and I watch "Ten Commandments" every year, but just for the kitsch factor. This year we created a drinking game: You have to do a shot every time one of the characters says "Moses, Moses!"

After the first hour we were bombed, so I don't know how it ended. Did the Hebrews make it out?

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WMUgoblue

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:45 PM ^

Shawshank, cliche sure but I can't help but sit down and watch whenever it's on. The dialogue is top notch and the end completely fulfilling.

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Winchester Wolverine

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^

I'm a HUGE movie buff. I've seen countless movies and it's hard to pick a favorite, but I think the best film I've ever seen is The Revenant. I can't get enough of it. Alejandro Iñárritu is a genius.

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DualThreat

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:49 PM ^

No other move made such an impact on me when I saw it in the theatre for the first time.  Since CGI wasn't really mainstream yet, I was truly convinced that they must've made real dinosaurs like they explained in the movie and filmed them.  I was 11. :-)

And you have to admit, the CGI even holds up well today.

 

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CorkyCole

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^

I can't pick a favorite. Somewhere along the lines of Once, The Thin Red Line, Amelie or The Natural Edit: OR the Korean flick Memories of a Murder OR Inglorious Basterds OR V For Vendetta OR Dead Man's Shoes

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CorkyCole

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:10 PM ^

Dangit man I tried to edit it a third time when I finally came to the conclusion that it is in fact Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Can we still be movie buddies? I used to watch a TON of movies the few years before I got married. Went through the AFI top 100 and scoured the Internet for obscure little known gems from around the world. It was a crazy few years, but sadly my wife doesn't have the same passion for movies like me. I barely get a chance to watch anything anymore, so it's hard to come up with new favorites when I usually only catch 10 or so films a year now and only get to watch them once. My best friend who helped me discover that passion (and who I used to write a little with) lives far off from me now, so I don't really have a "movie buddy" anymore. That doesn't help at all. Even started selling off my collection. Sad stuff.

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UM Fan from Sydney

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:53 PM ^

I will have to decline reading the comments because some replies will have me perplexed, but my answer is the entire Star Wars saga. I am grouping them because I can.



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MJ14

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:54 PM ^

The Dark Knight is my all time favorite movie, and I believe it is one of the best movies of all time. I know it is not the best, but my personal opinion says it is pretty high on the list. 

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MJ14

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:02 PM ^

Oh yeah there is no doubt about that. I don't know why I love it so much, but I do believe that the acting job he did was just crazy good. I was relatively young then and I don't even think I realized that he had passed away until I had seen the movie multiple times. 

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