[radrd]

I want to find some new movies to rent, so I thought I would see what everyone else likes.

Here are my top ten, with 1 being my favorite:

1. The Big Lebowski
2. American Beauty
3. Star Trek: First Contact
4. Fight Club
5. Swordfish
6. Terminator 2
7. Heat
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Braveheart
10. Pulp Fiction

What are your favorites?
Do you have any recommendations for me?

 

[carlo]

good movies, i think if anything you should look into pre mid 90's stuff.

there are a lot of great responses by kelly, BDA_ABAT, legoman, and others here: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showth...ghlight=movies

 

[gloco]

Here's a bunch:

the warriors
taxi driver
jfk
office space
goodfellas
dave
escape from new york
prince of darkness
the goonies
they live

A few more:

Return to oz
The usual suspects
The road warrior
The karate kid
platoon
raging bull
the breakfast club
the incident
wall street
new jack city
stand by me
march of the wooden soldiers
shaolin soccer
lock, stock and two smoking barrels
scarface
red dawn

There's tons more...

 

[radrd]

I guess this has been done before. I can't say I am surprised.

I don't generally frequent the lounge.

Anyway, thanks for the responses so far, especially the link that that past thread.

 

[Mr.PD]

Shrek
Natural Born Killers
Men In Black
The Lost Hiway
that vampire movie with Eddie Murphy, I can't think of the name of it.
Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. A classic comedy from the 60's.
I like the new Wild Wild West movie and the remake of Maverick. I too like Swordfish.

 

[jlo mein]

you know what are really fun movies? renting all those Hong Kong Golden Harvest films starring Jet Li....the ones before he hit it big in the US...

theyre so funny....the story lines and dialogue are hilarious, even though theyre not supposed to be....the stunts and fighting are pretty cool....very campy but fun...

I just recently re-rented Twin Warriors....which stars Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh....very good hong kong fight movie...

 

[squirt]

Dances With Wolves
Gettysburg
Saving Private Ryan
The Blue Max
2001 Space Odysey
Blade Runner
Silent Running
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Moulan Rouge
Fiddler On The Roof


Some other good movies:
The Excorcist
Out Of Africa
Braveheart
Blackhawk Down
Molokai
Forrest Gump
Dam Busters
Tora Tora Tora
Shrek

 

[HD-5000]

1. Pulp Fiction
This movie has it all. It's just plain brilliant
2. Goodfellas
I liked it when Joe Pesci killed that bartender dude.
3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gotta love the poisoned needle deflecting.
4. Patton
A good movie that explains the emotions behind Patton
5. Requiem for a Dream
A profoundly disturbing movie.
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
An awe-inspiring movie.
7. A Clockwork Orange
Another disturbing movie, but am I the only one who thought it was funny?
8. All the Monty Python movies
These three are true epics
9. American History X
Not so great, but I can't think of anything else!
10. Robocop
THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE!

BTW, SEVEN SUCKED DONKEY NUTS

 

[arnett]

my current top three:

Chinatown (1974) (dir: Roman Polanski)

Cries & Whispers (1972) (dir: Ingmar Bergman)

Interiors (1978) (dir: Woody Allen)

three very dark and sobering films. just the way i like it.

and i just ordered begotten (1991). that one should be good.

 

[radrd]

Anyone seen Minority Report? I'm not sure it would be in my top ten, but I definitely thought that it was a great movie.

I just saw Road to Perdition the other day. It was too predictable for me, but still worth the price of admission.

Two of my other favorites (which aren't technically good movies) are Christmas Vacation and Vacation. I've probably seen each one 50 times and they are funny every time. Vegas Vacation and European Vacation aren't nearly as good, but still pretty funny.


Here's one that I think kicks ass:

Very Bad Things

Anyone seen it? I've only seen it once. I would have rented it again, but since I will be buying the DVD soon, I haven't.

 

[andrzejpw]

radrd:

I have to disagree on teh choice of swordfish. Imho, please.

It was a really forgetable movie for me. Otoh, its your opinion.

 

[Outdoor Man]

I love the movies of the Muppets.

Peter.

 

[legoman]

Three Colors Blue / White / Red trilogy

Paris, Texas

Notorious

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

Yi Yi

Wings of Desire / Far away, so close

Eric Rohmer's 4 season cycle

Woody Allen's almost trilogy Interiors, September, Another Woman

The Cruise

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf

Chunking Express

Jim Jarmusch stuff....etc....etc....

 

[JMT]

1. The Godfather
2. The Godfather Part 2
3. Apocolypse Now
4. The Deerhunter
5. North By Northwest
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. Schindler's List
8. Dances With Wolves
9. Field of Dreams
10. Goldfinger
11. Goodfellas
12. Apollo 13
13. Gladiator

 

[MooGoesTheCow]

Gloco, LOL! Shaolin Soccer rules!