What do you consider the best movies ever...

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top 3 in random order (cant decide offcourse)
forrest gump 1994
green mile 1999 (no one have mentioned it here yet, why? WHY? (The last why was theatractial)
stand by me 1987 (very good told story)

2 are tom hanks, 2 are written by steven king, and i think 2 are spielberg, ( not sure if green mile actually are but i guess it is, and i dont want to google it now, because then my special interest kicks in, and i am stucked on wiki or google for 6-36 hours

when it comes to lawrence, see it! its worth it, if you must, see only an hour or so at the time, it is a really good movie

Blade Runner—Beautiful, symbolically rich film that leaves the viewer with hours worth of things to contemplate.

2001: A Space Odyssey—See above.

Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name is Nobody)—Fairly obscure Spaghetti Western Comedy that most people write off as silly slapstick... There’s plenty of slaptick to be sure, but there’s also some good thought provoking satire here too. The movie has a lot to say about the descent of the Western into an exploitation genre, and some worthy thoughts on the nature and need for heroes... The cinematography is flooringly beautiful too.


Hmm.... I guess I like thought provoking, visually striking films.

I've posted this before, but it's such a great trailer for a great movie...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RYq1PLdT0s[/youtube]

Not the best, but my personal favourite is Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. It's a Korean revenge thriller by Park Chan-Wook, who also directed Oldboy and JSA.

Save the Green Planet is awesome too.

I'm a movie freak, and I've seen thousands, so it's tough for me to pick the best ones, or even my favorites on specific day. But as of today, and in no particular order --
Passion of Joan of Arc -- dir. Carl Dreyer
Seventh Seal -- dir. Ingmar Bergman
Throne of Blood -- dir. Akira Kurosawa
Rear Window -- dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Wings of Desire -- dir. Wim Wenders
Cinema Paradiso -- dir. Guiseppe Tornatore
Amarcord -- dir. Federico Fellini
The Godfather -- dir. Francis Coppola
Raiders of the Lost Ark -- dir. Steven Spielberg
M -- dir. Fritz Lang
Metropolis -- dir. Fritz Lang
Road Warrior -- dir. George Miller
Gladiator -- dir. Ridley Scott
Sunrise -- dir. F.W. Murnau
Blue Angel -- dir. Josef von Sternberg
Rebecca -- dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Notorious -- dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Ballad of A Soldier --
Umberto D -- dir. Vittoria de Sica
Ikiru -- dir. Akira Kurosawa
Casablanca -- dir. Michael Curtiz
Sunset Blvd. -- dir. Billy Wilder
Paths of Glory -- dir. Stanley Kubrick
Frankenstein -- dir. James Whale
Taxi Driver -- dir. Martin Scorcese
American Graffiti - dir. George Lucas
Last Picture Show - dir. Peter Bogdanovich

That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure I'll have an edit or two here when I remember some that absolutely HAVE to be recognized that I forgot.

A Film With Me In It - It's not very old, but I can tell it will be a classic for me.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Matrix
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Underworld
Pulp Fiction
The Commitments
Labyrinth
The Princess Bride
Legend
Inception
Resevior Dogs
The Godfather
Princess and the Frog
Tangled
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fight Club
10 Things I Hate About You
Batman (Keaton as Batman)
Batman Returns
The Star Wars Trilogy
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
there are so many favorites. I use to keep a log of all the movies I truly enjoyed.

In no particular order:
"Pane, vy jste vzdova!" (A funny Czech film from 1971) English Title: "You are a widow, sir!"
Happiness (1998)
Palindromes
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Erotikon (the Czech silent film [1929], not the Swedish film from the 1920)
Mark of Zorro (1920 silent film)
Girl Shy (Silent film --1924)
Safety Last (Silent Film--1923)
Oil Lamps (Czech film, 1970s)
Galerianki (or Mall Girls --Polish film, 2009)
White (Three Colours series by Krzysztof Kieslowski)
Przesluchanie (or Interrogation--Polish film from 1982)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Gympl (Czech film from 2007)

Here are my top ten favorites, approximately, and they are subject to occasional flux (each title is a link to a trailer)

1) Lawrence of Arabia
2) No Country for Old Men
3) O'Horten
4) High Fidelity
5) The Aviator
6) Strangers in Good Company
7) Persepolis
8) Almost Famous
9) Jerry Maguire
10) Mary and Max

Any movie starring AHNULD (except Batman and Robin).

Every movie written AND directed by Richard Linklater

Top two are unquestionably Terminator 2 and Jaws. (Can't decide which I prefer.) Other ones I've loved include:

Forrest Gump
Alien
Aliens
Almost Famous
500 Days of Summer
Gattaca (I think that's how you spell it)
The Social Network
Fight Club
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (both original and American version)
(David Fincher is my favorite director currently working.)
Indiana Jones series (1 and 3 primarily)
Total Recall (original!)

I'll think of more later.

The Labyrinth
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Powder
The Star Wars Trilogy
Indigo Child
Peaceful Warrior
Shaw Shank Redemption
ET
Wisard of Oz
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (first animated feature length film)

In no particular order,

Lawrence of Arabia
The Dark Knight
Platoon
Patton
Chariots of Fire
Das Boot
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope)
2001: A Space Odyssey
Inception