Movies You Cannot Resist Watching

[angry]

Just curious as to what are 'must watch movies' for you no matter how many times you have seen them.I often find myself surfing around and will see a movie I have seen many times before but cannot turn it off.There aren't a lot of them but here are my top 5.
1. Gandhi
2. Braveheart
3. Usual Suspects
4. Contact
5. Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Let's see yours.

[Deepdarkfucker]

Rent

[BeardedOne]

Citizen Kane
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Inspector General
The Day the Earth Stood Still
War of the Worlds (Geoge Pal version)

[Kramer]

1- Gangs of New York
2- The Godfather
3- Goodfellas
4- Animal House
5- 40 year old Virgin
6- Duck Soup
7- Blazing Saddles
8- Any Eastwood movies. 8)

[emmettray]

In no particular order:

1) Little Big Man
2) My Life as a Dog
3) Fargo
4) Bladerunner
5) Chinatown
6) City of God
7) The Godfather
8) The Third Man
9) Double Indemnity
10)Sons of the Desert

Depending on which one I see the most recently, it then becomes my favourite till I see one of the others. :)

[flabbybody]

goodfellas
justice for all
jaws
patton
taking of pelham 1 2 3
airport
days of wine and roses
scent of a woman
a few good men
schindler's list

[BeardedOne]

Ooh, Taking of Pelham 123. The movie was good, but didn't do the book justice. Godey (A pen name) really did his homework as to the technical details of the NYCTA.

[flabbybody]

BO
do you recall the scene when Robert Shaw's character asks if New York State has the death penalty?
Walter Matheau and Robert Shaw are my favorite actors. that's why this movie is on my list

[Quinn]

A great thread; however, it's also a hard one to answer with less than dozens of answers. I'll just pick a small number.

1. Sexy Beast.
2. Snatch.
3. Casablanca.
4. Donnie Darko.
5. Unforgiven.
6. The Graduate.
7. Mystic River.
8. A Clockwork Orange.
9. Braveheart.


-Quinn

[flabbybody]

my favorite scene from a movie: GOODFELLOWS
Robert Deniro potraying Jimmy Burke, the actual person who organanized the JKF Luthansia 1972 $8 million robbery, the largest cash heist in history.

Jimmy meets up with his henchman at his bar at Ozone Park and freaks out when they've all spent their money on fancy cars and hookers. Everything he specifically instructed them not to do in order to avoid LE suspicion.

the next day, he has them all killed. and that's exactly the way it happened in real life.

[Kramer]

WOW, I forgot Jaws!! One my my all time favs! 8)

[s-fme]

Let me see, can I narrow it down to ten?

1) The Boondock Saints
2) Lord Of War
3) Scarface
4) Donnie Darko
5) Leon
6) The Hunt For Red October
7) Suicide Kings
8) Resevoir Dogs
10) El Mariachi

But there are sooooo many more I could add.

[Coroner]

- killer´s kiss
- the killing
- once upon a time in america
- 1900
- amsterdamned
- solaris (tarkovsky version)
- eraserhead
- blue velvet
- wild strawberries
- violent cop
- gertrud
- to live and die in l.a.
- state of grace
- stormy monday
- cinema paradiso
- fellini´s roma
- amarcord

...... etc...

[willywonka]

watched die hard. it was last night. not the tbs version but the r rated movie. was great. stayed up too finish watching it. love alan richman in that role.

[Coroner]

you mean alan rickman, mate. he´s one of the overseen actors. his best role is in the january man with kevin kline

[HornieHubbieinCT]

No Particular Order....

Letter From an Unknown Woman
A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Oddessy
The Searchers
A Polish Vampire in Burbank
The Producers (Original)
Double Indemnity
Any movie by Takashi Miike

There's prolly more to the list, but I can live with this..

HH

[Quickman]

Good lists so far. The ones I have to watch all the way through are:

1) Ran
2) Braveheart
3) Kagemusha
4) The 9th Gate
5) Unforgiven
6) Poltergeist
7) Seven Samurai
8 ) Hero
9) LOTR trilogy
10) Matrix trilogy

I'm a big kuwosawa fan.

Btw, I'm amused at how many guys also loved Braveheart

[Quinn]

A Polish Vampire in Burbank

Dupa? Is that Polish? Judo for Jesus.

The first time I saw that movie was in my late teens, after a long night of partying. My friends and I were watching it while recovering from hangovers. Laughing that hard without throwing up was a real challenge. Definitely a hysterical movie.

I saw someone mentioned Suicide Kings as well. Another great movie.

-Quinn

[BeardedOne]

I also watched Die Hard the other night. Rickman is one of those actors that I'd go to watch read laundry lists.

Equally at home with lines like:

"After all that, you're nothing but a common thief!"

"I am an exceptional thief! And I am moving up to kidnapping, so you'd do well to be nice to me!"

And:

"Help me! Help Me!

"Oy, royt then! It's always about YOU isn't it?"

[goldtop]

Dead Mans Shoes

Rocky 1

Goodfellas

Rocky 3

Reservoir Dogs

Terminator 2

Star Wars: A New Hope

The Passion of the Christ

David and Goliath Claymation

The Godfather

Godfather 2

A Beautiful Mind

[reddyheart]

1 - ong bak
2 - drunken master 2
3 - fargo
4 - gladiator
5 - dead alive
6 - the thing(carpenter)
7 - clockwork orange
8 - el mariachi
9 - jaws
10 - ready?

[angry]

Thanks for posting everyone.You've jogged my memory about so many great movies,some I haven't seen in such a long time.I'll be updating my netflix list.I will go along with Arianna and add Liquid Sky and Wild at Heart to my 'have to watch' faves.Keep them coming.

[MoonAndStar]

All Time Top 10....

1. Shawshank Redemption
2. Godfather Prt. 2
3. Scarface
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Serpico
6. Dog Day Afternoon
7. Training Day
8. On The Waterfront
9. Raging Bull
10. The Panic In Needle Park

and an honourbale mention goes to one of the best movies i have seen for a long time.... The Cinderella Man...

;~)

[wombat33]

Just curious as to what are 'must watch movies' for you no matter how many times you have seen them.I often find myself surfing around and will see a movie I have seen many times before but cannot turn it off.There aren't a lot of them but here are my top 5.
1. Gandhi
2. Braveheart
3. Usual Suspects
4. Contact
5. Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Let's see yours.



Here are my MUST SEE movies:


Comedy:

Midnight Run
Planes, Trains, AUtimobiles

Drama:
Good Will Hunting
The SHawshank Redemption
History of Violence
American History X

[laoda8]

Alien, Red Dragon

two movies I can always watch when they come on, don't know why but they are just awesome.

[Smog Boy]

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Suspiria
Tenebrae
Prince of Darkness
Akira
Urotsukidoji
House of 1000 Corpses
Ginger Snaps
The Exterminator
Hard Boiled
A Better Tomorrow / Better Tomorrow 2
Black Hawk down
Sniper
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket

and lastly

1 in the Pink, 1 in the Stink

[SHUTUPNTRAIN]

Gandhi was an awesome Movie,and Brave heart too
1.Conan (any of them)
2.Rocky 4
3.Jingle all The Way(I can watch this any time of the year)
4.Blood in Blood out
5.any Kung fu movie
6.Kill Bill

[rubenhernandez]

- 2046 + In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai)
- Blow up (Antonioni)
- Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo (aka The good, the Bad and the Ugly - Sergio Leone)
- Mulholland drive + Blue Velvet (Lynch)
- Modern Times (Chaplin)
- C'eravamo tanto amati (aka We All Loved Each Other So Much - Ettore Scola)
- Les tontons flingueurs (aka Monsieur Gangster - Georges Lautner)
- trilogie : Un couple épatant + cavale + après la vie (aka Trilogy : An Amazing Couple + On the Run + After the Life - Lucas Belvaux)

[tsluva]

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Shawshank Redemption

pulp fiction '

liar liar

Casino

Aliens vs Predator

American History X

john carpenters's Vampires

pulp fiction

City of God

Mark for Death

History of Violence

Remember the Titans

Kill Bill Vol 1

the Exorcist

Dog Soldiers

Dawn of the dead ( 1978 version)

Master of the Flying Gullotine

Kiss of the Dragon ( jet li )

Ong BaK: thai warrior

Bloodsport

Remember the Titans

from Dusk til Dawn

Underworld 2: Evolution

Menace to Society

Friday

Rush Hour 2

Goodfellas



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[Dino Velvet]

HORROR
Texas Chainsaw Massacre(Original)
Phantasm
Zombie
The Beyond
New York Ripper
Suspiria
Henry, Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Don't Answer The Phone
Last House On The Left
Maniac

OTHER
Bad Lieutenant
King Of New York
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now
Heat
Seven
The Usual Suspects
The Wild Bunch
High Plains Drifter
Dirty Harry

I have seen the above movies anywhere from 12-20 times. I also like a lot of Asian Horror & Action but am usually too lazy or drunk to deal with subtitles. I have seen most of those DVDs like 2 or 3 times.