What are your top 10 favorite films - or simply your favorites? (1 Viewer)

[tsodcollector]

Here's today's top 10:

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
The Fly (1958)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Right Stuff (1983)
The Great Escape (1963)
His Girl Friday (1940)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)
Captain Blood (1935)

the right stuff is on mine and so is this is spinal tap,the fly,his girl friday,great escape,and magnificent seven.but what about ,strange brew,it came from outer space,wild bunch.

 

[tsodcollector]

My 10 favourites, are essentially films that I've seen in my childhood/teens.

1. Ε.Τ. -Τhe Extra Terrestrial
2. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
-Fantasia
-Indiana Jones & temple of Doom
-The Empire Strikes Back
-Amadeus
-Jurassic Park
-Terminator 2
-Batman Returns
-Titanic

what about sister act.

 

[Lawnboy]

Rio Bravo
Casablanca
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Dr. Strangelove or; How I Learned How To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Seven Men From Now
99 River Street
It's A Wonderful Life
Christmas In July
My Cousin Vinny
The Fugitive

But how could I possibly select only ten?

 

[Bill Huelbig]

King Kong (1933)
The Wizard of Oz
Citizen Kane
Marty
Vertigo
West Side Story (1961)
Lawrence of Arabia
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Godfather Part II
Star Wars (1977)

But I could easily give 10 or even 20 more.

 

[sfyalek]

Wow, that is hard.
The movies I can repeatedly watch are:
The Cinema Paradiso
Nights of Cabiria and All about Eve, double features on Friday night.
The Grand Illusion, 1937.
Fantasia, on Sunday night
Hell or High Water
Citizen Kane and The Third Man, double features
Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, double features
The Double Life of Veroniqua, on Sunday afternoon
The Blue Angel, 1937
Battleship Potemkin, 1925, on Tuesday or Thursday
In the Mood of Love or the Time being Wild
Any movies directed by Akira Kurosawa.

 

[Beckford]

What the heck! Here are my 10 favorites from each year of my favorite movie decade - the 1940's.
So much for self-restraint.

1940
1. I TAKE THIS WOMAN(MGM-W.S. Van Dyke) Hedy Lamarr, Spencer Tracy
2. THE SEA HAWK(WB-Michael Curtiz) Errol Flynn
3. THE MARK OF ZORRO(Fox-Rouben Mamoulian) Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
4. THE THIEF OF BAGDAD(Britain-Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Ludwig Berger) Sabu
5. STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR(RKO-Boris Ingster) John McGuire
6. MY FAVORITE WIFE(RKO-Garson Kanin) Irene Dunne, Cary Grant
7. DAS HERZ DER KONIGIN(Germany-Carl Froelich) Zarah Leander
8. ’TIL WE MEET AGAIN(WB-Edmund Goulding) Merle Oberon
9. CHARLIE CHAN IN PANAMA(Fox-Norman Foster) Sidney Toler
10. YOU’LL FIND OUT(RKO-David Butler) Kay Kyser

1941
1. SUN VALLEY SERENADE(Fox-Bruce Humberstone) Sonja Henie
2. HIGH SIERRA(WB-Raoul Walsh) Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino
3. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS(Par-Preston Sturges) Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake
4. WESTERN UNION(Fox-Fritz Lang) Randolph Scott
5. THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES(RKO-Sam Wood) Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn
6. INVISIBLE GHOST(Monogram-Joseph H. Lewis) Bela Lugosi
7. ZIEGFELD GIRL(MGM-Robert Z. Leonard) Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr
8. LA CORONA DI FERRO(Italy-Alessandro Blasetti) Massimo Girotti
9. BLOOD AND SAND(Fox-Rouben Mamoulian) Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
10. BAHAMA PASSAGE(Par-Edward Dmytryk) Madeleine Carroll, Sterling Hayden

1942
1. HOLIDAY INN(Par-Mark Sandrich) Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
2. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS(RKO-Orson Welles) Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten
3. CAT PEOPLE(RKO-Jacques Tourneur) Simone Simon
4. ARABIAN NIGHTS(Universal-John Rawlins) Maria Montez
5. THIS GUN FOR HIRE(Par-Frank Tuttle) Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake
6. I MARRIED AN ANGEL(MGM-W.S. Van Dyke) Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy
7. DESPERATE JOURNEY(WB-Raoul Walsh) Errol Flynn
8. NIGHT MONSTER(Universal-Ford Beebe) Irene Hervey, Lionel Atwill
9. I MARRIED A WITCH(UA-Rene Clair) Veronica Lake, Fredric March
10. ICELAND(Fox-Bruce Humberstone) Sonja Henie

1943
1. THE SEVENTH VICTIM(RKO-Mark Robson) Kim Hunter
2. THE SONG OF BERNADETTE(Fox-Henry King) Jennifer Jones
3. THE LEOPARD MAN(RKO-Jacques Tourneur) Dennis O’Keefe
4. SON OF DRACULA(Universal-Robert Siodmak) Lon Chaney Jr.
5. THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS(WB-David Butler) Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan
6. THE HARD WAY(WB-Vincent Sherman) Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan
7. OSSESSIONE(Italy-Luchino Visconti) Massimo Girotti
8. THURSDAY’S CHILD(Britain-Rodney Ackland) Sally Ann Howes
9. L’ETERNEL RETOUR(France-Jean Delannoy) Jean Marais
10. LE BARON FANTOME(France-Serge de Poligny) Alain Cuny

1944
1. THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE(RKO-Robert Wise, Gunter von Fritsch) Ann Carter
2. TOGETHER AGAIN(Columbia-Charles Vidor) Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer
3. JANE EYRE(Fox-Robert Stevenson) Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles
4. HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN(Universal-Erle C. Kenton) Lon Chaney Jr., Boris Karloff
5. FRENCHMAN’S CREEK(Par-Mitchell Leisen) Joan Fontaine
6. CAN’T HELP SINGING(Universal-Frank Ryan) Deanna Durbin
7. BLUEBEARD(PRC-Edgar G. Ulmer) John Carradine
8. THE SPIDER WOMAN(Universal-Roy William Neill) Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard
9. HENRY V(Britain-Laurence Oivier) Laurence Olivier
10. DIE FRAU MEINER TRAUME(Germany-Georg Jacoby) Marika Rokk

1945
1. THE WICKED LADY(Britain-Leslie Arliss) Margaret Lockwood, James Mason
2. HANGOVER SQUARE(Fox-John Brahm) Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell
3. LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN(FOX-John M. Stahl) Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde
4. HOTEL BERLIN(WB-Peter Godfrey) Raymond Massey
5. THE CORN IS GREEN(WB-Irving Rapper) Bette Davis, John Dall
6. THRILL OF A ROMANCE(MGM-Richard Thorpe) Esther Williams
7. SAN ANTONIO(WB-David Butler) Errol Flynn
8. SUDAN(Universal-John Rawlins) Maria Montez
9. NORTHWEST TRAIL(Screen Guild-Derwin Abrahams) Bob Steele
10. DETOUR(PRC-Edgar G. Ulmer) Ann Savage

1946
1. LA BELLE ET LA BETE(France-Jean Cocteau) Jean Marais
2. CENTENNIAL SUMMER(Fox-Otto Preminger) Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell
3. THE RAZOR’S EDGE(Fox-Edmund Goulding) Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney
4. SUSPENSE(Monogram-Frank Tuttle) Belita, Barry Sullivan
5. ENAMORADA(Mexico-Emilio Fernandez) Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz
6. THE STRANGER(RKO-Orson Welles) Orson Welles. Loretta Young, Edward G. Robinson
7. CARNIVAL(Britain-Stanley Haynes) Sally Gray
8. HUMORESQUE(WB-Jean Negulesco) Joan Crawford, John Garfield
9. ZIEGFELD FOLLIES(MGM-Vincente Minnelli) Fred Astaire
10. DUEL IN THE SUN(SRO-King Vidor) Jennifer Jones, Gregory Peck

1947
1. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR(Fox-Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Gene Tierney
2. THE PARADINE CASE(SRO-Alfred Hitchcock) Gregory Peck, Alida Valli
3. THE EXILE(Universal-Max Ophuls) Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maria Montez
4. LES MAUDITS(France-Rene Clement) Hneri Vidal
5. BLACK NARCISSUS(Britain-Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) Deborah Kerr
6. CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE(Fox-Henry King) Tyrone Power, Jean Peters
7. THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE(Britain-Cavalcanti) Trevor Howard, Sally Gray
8. THE MACOMBER AFFAIR(UA-Zoltan Korda) Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett
9. THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE(RKO-Felix E. Feist) Lawrence Tierney
10. MY WILD IRISH ROSE(WB-David Butler) Dennis Morgan, Arlene Dahl

1948
1. THE PIRATE(MGM-Vincente Minnelli) Judy Garland, Gene Kelly
2. THE RED SHOES(Britain-Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) Moira Shearer
3. ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN(Universal-Charles Barton) Abbott & Costello
4. ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN(WB-Vincent Sherman) Errol Flynn
5. PITFALL(UA-Andre De Toth) Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott
6. THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI(Columbia-Orson Welles) Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles
7. THE SWORDSMAN(Columbia-Joseph H. Lewis) Larry Parks
8. MYSTERY IN MEXICO(RKO-Robert Wise) William Lundigan
9. ALBUQUERQUE(Par-Ray Enright) Randolph Scott
10. THREE DARING DAUGHTERS(MGM-Fred M. Wilcox) Jeanette MacDonald, Jane Powell

1949
1. PRINCE OF FOXES(Fox-Henry King) Tyrone Power, Orson Welles
2. BEYOND THE FOREST(WB-King Vidor) Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten
3. CRISS CROSS(Universal-Robert Siodmak) Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo
4. THE THIRD MAN(Britain-Carol Reed) Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles
5. PINKY(Fox-Elia Kazan) Jeanne Crain
6. A LETTER TO THREE WIVES(Fox-Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern
7. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT(RKO-Nicholas Ray) Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell
8. FABIOLA(Italy-Alessandro Blasetti) Henri Vidal. Michele Morgan
9. I SHOT JESSE JAMES(Screen Guild-Samuel Fuller) John Ireland, Barbara Britton
10. CANADIAN PACIFIC(Fox-Edwin L. Marin) Randolph Scott, Nancy Olson

 

[tsodcollector]

the thin man movies
no time for sergeants
alice's restaurant
ode to billie joe
flowers in the attic(80's,until the lifetime reboot mess.)
stepmom
blade runner
innerspace
anywhere but here
great balls of fire.
honorable mentions
baby's day out
housesitter
private benjamin
nine months
blind date.
escape to witch mountain (70's version not the mess with the rock.)
throw momma from the train
the great mouse detective.
once upon a time in the west
summer of 42.
my life.

 

[William T. Garver]

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
The Bank Dick
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Once Upon a Time in the West
The General
The Third Man
Mary Poppins
8 1/2
Animal Crackers
His Girl Friday

 

[F451]

2001: A Space Odyssey
Vertigo
7 Men from Now
Right Stuff
Lord of the Rings
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Wise)
Lawrence of Arabia
Time Machine (Pal)
Bishop's Wife
Star Trek: I, II, IV, VI
(also classic Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Judy Garland, Randolph Scott, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Alfred Hitchcock, and most films scored by Bernard Herrmann)

 

[bogies4]

2OO1: a space odyssey
Fantastic Voyage
Wizard of Oz
Mary Poppins
Silverado
Lord of the Rings (extended trioligy)
Jaws
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars (original release)
The Abyss

 

[BILLONEEG]

ABBA-The Movie
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Special Longer Version
Tiger Bay
West Side Story (Original)
The Sound Of Music
2001: A Space Odyssey
On Moonlight Bay
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
The Little Mermaid
The Sea Wolf

 

[BobO'Link]

Day three's top 10:

A Night at the Opera
My Fair Lady
Paint Your Wagon
The Maltese Falcon
The Three Musketeers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Jason and the Argonauts
Against All Flags
In Like Flint
Dr. No
King Kong
Twelve Monkeys

 

[Walter Kittel]

Third iteration...

Goldfinger
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Right Stuff
Inception
Last Year at Marienbad
The Naked Prey
City of God
Southern Comfort
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame

- Walter.

 

[benbess]

....1947
1. THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR(Fox-Joseph L. Mankiewicz) Gene Tierney
2. THE PARADINE CASE(SRO-Alfred Hitchcock) Gregory Peck, Alida Valli....

It's interesting to me that the one Hitchcock movie from the 1940s that makes your list is this one, since I'd put several of Hitch's other movies from this decade above Paradine. Anyway, if you feel like saying I'd be interested in what made you chose Paradine above the others.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Speaking of favorite films Sight & Sound will have in November their poll for the greatest films of all time. The poll is taken every 10 years and we will see if Vertigo stays at number one. Below are past top five:

1952
Bicycle Thieves
City Lights
The Gold Rush
Battleship Potemkin
Intolerance

1962
Citizen Kane
L'Avventura
The Rules of the Game
Greed
Ugetsu

1972
Citizen Kane
The Rules of the Game
Battleship Potemkin
8½
L'Avventura

1982
Citizen Kane
The Rules of the Game
Seven Samurai
Singin' in the Rain
8½

1992
Citizen Kane
The Rules of the Game
Tokyo Story
Vertigo
The Searchers

2002
Citizen Kane
Vertigo
The Rules of the Game
The Godfather and The Godfather Part II
Tokyo Story

2012
Vertigo
Citizen Kane
Tokyo Story
The Rules of the Game
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

2022
?

 

[Keith Cobby]

Third iteration...

Goldfinger
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Right Stuff
Inception
Last Year at Marienbad
The Naked Prey
City of God
Southern Comfort
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame

- Walter.

I doubt anyone else will include Last Year at Marienbad (it would be in my long list). Intriguing film with fabulous b & w cinematography.

 

[Walter Kittel]

I doubt anyone else will include Last Year at Marienbad (it would be in my long list). Intriguing film with fabulous b & w cinematography.

It is a very novel viewing experience; the combination of the enigmatic storyline, production design, and cinematography make it a film that I've enjoyed every since my first viewing.

- Walter.

 

[Beckford]

It's interesting to me that the one Hitchcock movie from the 1940s that makes your list is this one, since I'd put several of Hitch's other movies from this decade above Paradine. Anyway, if you feel like saying I'd be interested in what made you chose Paradine above the others.

Thanks for the interest. “Foreign Correspondent”, “Saboteur” and “Notorious” are all 40’s Hitchcock films I admire. But none ever pulled me in quite as completely as “The Paradine Case” did right from the first time I saw it.
I guess I have a predilection for stories about obsessive love. And this tale of a lawyer’s consuming attachment to his client certainly fits that template. I’d have preferred it if Hitchcock had been able to get his first choice as male lead (Laurence Olivier). Gregory Peck just doesn’t seem sufficiently British.
But every other role in the large ensemble is cast to perfection. Most crucially that of Mrs Paradine herself. Alida Valli exudes a complex allure that makes the idea of being fascinated by her completely believable. Beauty, mystery – a compelling mix of composure, intelligence and passion. Can’t think of another actress who’d have brought the part to life quite so magnificently,
I’m generally not fond of courtroom dramas. But everything that leads this story to its courtroom scenes is beautifully composed and presented. And once there, the various dynamics at play keep interest at a high pitch.
“Paradine”’s cinematography, music, dialogue and all-round atmosphere still captivate me after all these years. That sequence where the attorney silently explores Mrs. Paradine’s empty bedroom, increasingly intoxicated by the signs of her recent presence, remains for me one of the highwater marks in Hitchcock’s entire filmography.

 

[tsodcollector]

sister act
say anything
seems like old times
monkey trouble
curly top
baby takes a bow
the bad news bears(tatum o' neal,walter matthau)
butterfiles are free
the big chill
north by northwest

 

[benbess]

Some of my favorite movies released in 1982. 40 years ago....

The Year of Living Dangerously
Gandhi
The Thing
Blade Runner
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Dark Crystal
The World According to Garp
E.T.
Koyaanisqatsi
My Favorite Year
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Tootsie
Deathtrap
Victor Victoria