I thought this could be an interesting topic,for those who are wondering which film to hire or buy. Mine is Das Boot with English subtitles a film by Wolfgang Petersen.Its about U-96 a U boat patrolling the north atlantic,absolutley gripping from the beginning to end. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards

The Quick and The Dead starring wait for it Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman.This is the one where you dont see the parting of the red sea. Its a western shoot to kill contest with the prize being a large sum of cash.Non stop action from beginning to end.Also has Leonardo Di Caprio before his fame in titanic.Totally underrated film directed by Sam Raimi.

Can I nominate the Tatu pop video please? Anything Richard & Judy want banned can't be all bad.
"In a raunchy video accompanying the single, the girls kiss and fondle one another while dressed in school uniforms." (I forget how the song goes, but I'm sure it went straight to No.1 on merit). I only bought it for my teenage daughter to dance to, honest.

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A few more come to mind, all starring the great man, Clint Eastwood:

Unforgiven
Dirty Harry
A fistful of Dollars
For a few dollars more
The good the bad and the ugly

Also (all starring Michael Douglas):

Falling Down (I never tire of the Whammyburger breakfast scene)
Wall Street (dig the housebrick hi-tech phones and paper chart books)
Basic Instinct

And:

Goodfellas (a Mob classic from Scorcese)

Also Spielberg goodies:

Duel (Made before Spielberg made Jaws. A tanker driver terrorises a motorist and you never see the driver of the tanker. Sheer brilliance and tension)
Jaws (one of the best)
Poltergeist (great atmosphere)
Back to the Future (always loved that one)

Horror:

Alien (a true original)

There's bound to be more but I would happily disappear to a desert island with this lot and something to watch them on!

Once upon a time in Amarica
Casablanca
The Big Sleep
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
American Psycho
Topsy Turvy



Debbie does farming or was it farming does debbie

I will add to the list later.

Rocky Horror Picture Show
Cabaret
West Side Story
Oliver!
Blues Brothers

The award winning Robert Enrico movie, "Incident At Owl Creek" (1962) in which the whole film of someone slipping the noose and running for his life ends with him not having done so.

Pulp Fiction with John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman ,Rosanne Arquette and Bruce Willes.Directed by the man himself Quentin Tarantino.A blood and guts film .Get it while you can.

Nobody mentioned "The Great Escape" what a superb film??

Other superb movies are imho :-

Shawshank Redemption & Braveheart

and one I have not seen, but reputation preceeds it
"A Wonderful Life", must get around to watching in one day.

A Wonderful Life is superb. It sounds like it is going to be awful, but it a masterpiece and all the better for being in black and white.

'Avanti'

A Billy Wilder

Juliet Mills, Jack Lemon

Makes even the worst day bright & carefree

A (1972) Classic


Olddog

"Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb ."

Sky Cinema-1 Thu Nov 24 8:00 PM
(105 min., 1964, United Kingdom, PG Comedy)

oh good thread. i find it very difficult to pick a favourite as i have a different favourite to suit whatever mood i'm in.

godfather 2, love the scenes in sicily
goodfellas, a fantastic character study
raging bull, great dialogue/scenes between de niro and pesci
midnight run, a very, very underated comedy
kingpin, makes me wee.
the man with two brains, steve martin when he was funny.
moulin rouge, as close as i'll get to watching a musical.
field of dreams, sentimental crap but always makes me blub like a baby
amelie, wonderful soundtrack
cinema paradiso, powerfully evocative.

i really could go on and on.

Whale walker

My wonderful life

The bridges of madison county (also basically anything that's directed by Clint Eastwood)

How about some sound clips from favourite films ...

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Some good pics, picking your fav film is like picking your fav record, there are too many!

Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Midnight Express
One flew over the Cukoo's nest
Pulp Fiction
True Romance
Usual Suspects
American Beauty
American Pie The wedding
Snatch
Gladiator
Dead Poets Society
Americam Warewolf in London
My Name is Nobody ( a little known western starring henry fonda and terrance hill you'll either love or hate it)
12 angry men ( a brilliant early henry fonda film)
i could go on. if you havent seen any of these films, then see em!!!

Midnight Express
The Last Samurai
Rocky 1
Matrix 1
The Big Lebowski
Stigmata

Pulp Fiction .. Jack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest.

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How could i miss out the Shawshank Redeption, Kes and First Blood (but only the first).