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

LSAClassOf2000

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:29 PM ^

Like others, I am a bit of a film buff, so asking me to choose a favorite is hard, but a few that I never seem to tire of include:

"Network"

"Dog Day Afternoon"

"The Conversation"

"The Sting"

"All The President's Men"

The Falcon And The Snowman"

"WarGames"

"Nine To Five" 

"Midnight Run"

"The Spy Who Came In From The Cold"

"Slap Shot"

"The Odessa File"

"Frost / Nixon"

"Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan"

I'll quit now. I could go on for a bit.

Mabel Pines

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:38 PM ^

Because some are great for pure entertainment value, some are make you think. I love Glory, American History X, Sixteen candles... All kinds of movies. Aliens was great, too. Fugitive was entertaining...

MichiganTeacher

June 3rd, 2016 at 11:25 PM ^

The Breakfast Club

Charlton Heston Planet of the Apes.

A Room with a View

Star Wars saga

Joss Whedon Avengers (the first one)

The Princess Bride

 

4godkingandwol…

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:39 PM ^

These are tough, because they are mood dependent. I usually have a top five. Right now I would say godfather 1 and 2. The hustler. Field of dreams. Deer hunter. Dazed and confused.

Pmurphy1121

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:47 PM ^

I haven't seen it on the board but Tropic Thunder is the best movie of all time. It hits every cliche and kicks ass



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Proclus

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:54 PM ^

"Contempt" ("le Mepris"). I swear it's because of the interesting explorations of the Odysseus mythos and the beautiful cinematography, not because it opens with a shot of Brigitte Bardot's nude derrière.