Best Film You Ever Watched

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Blade Runner, hands down.

another one for blade runner. it has it all, human, technology side and philosophy.

recently i was impressed by "simple man" and "up in the air".

Despite my namesake, I'd have to say Army of Darkness. From Bruce Campbell's awesome performance, to the goofy moments, and scenes of pure awesomeness, I never get tired of watching it.

Off the top of my head, in alphabetical order...

All About Eve
Amadeus
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Last Emperor
The Lion in Winter
The Mission
Schindler's List

The list could certainly go on...

Terminator 2 and Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance

schindler's list and saving private ryan probably effected me the most physically, viscerally, especially the latter--i saw it in the theatre with a friend and i think we were actually in shock from that one, i remember walking home and we were both so floored by what we had seen it was like we were in a daze, neither one of us spoke on the way home. it was really powerful. schindler's list was even harder to watch, though i saw it at home on video. that one physically hurt to watch. so much suffering, so much cruelty--i can't watch movies like that more than once or twice in a lifetime. too hard.

some others i found emotionally powerful were waking life, the science of sleep, taxi driver, LOTR trilogy simply for the pure joy of seeing the books i love so much transformed into film, blindness, bobby (about RFK), donnie darko, almost famous, the deer hunter, the wall, the wind that shakes the barley.....there's just too many, i love cinema and i watch a LOT of movies each year lol

oh yeah, some great funny movies i've seen are rushmore, superbad, anchorman (i know, but sometimes i can't resist silly), obviously the holy grail the life of brian and the meaning of life all by monty python (quite silly ), zoolander.....once again, just too many to list, but that's a start anyway.

oops , i forgot amadeus and immortal beloved (historically inacurate, perhaps, but still entertaining and well acted).

Awakenings
Gran Turino

I don't know that I've ever seen or will see a movie that hits all angles possible, especially when there are a lot of things I like that by necessity would cancel eachother out. Here at least something of a short-list though:

The Dark Crystal
Midnight Express
Pan's Labrynth
Training Day
Running Scared (Paul Walker)
A.I.
Ben Hur
Blade Runner
The Crow
Four Brothers
Belly

I know I'll hit send, walk out the door and have a 'DOUUUUP!' moment on something huge I forgot but I'll just leave it there - i could be here all night debating with myself .

My two most favorite films are "Land of the Blind" and "Cashback".

Other favorites are "Amélie", "Fight Club", "V For Vendetta", "Requiem For A Dream", "Memento", "Dogville", "Black Cat, White Cat", ...

Can you tell that film is one of my obsessions?!

For me, it was Animal House.

Classics:
Matter of Life and Death (also known as Stairway to Heaven)
Lawrence of Arabia
400 Blows
A Man For All Seasons

Drama:
Fearless
Oscar and Lucinda
Nowhere in Africa
Closer

Comedy:
Sneakers
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Withnail and I
The New Age

Sci Fi/ Fantasy:
Blade Runner Director's Cut
LOTR Extended Edition
Gattaca

Amadeus
Children of Men
Jin-Roh

I am sure there are more... can't think of them right now...

The Lord of the Rings, all three movies. They were done very well considering the complexity of the source material.

Also Star Wars, even though they weren't really all THAT good when you think about it. I still love them.

They're not mysterious and hidden, but I like them.

Seven Samurai
Ran
Citizen Kane
Fargo

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Inland Empire
District 9
Son of Rambow
Shaun of the Dead
Shawshank Redemption