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what do you think is the best film/movie ever made?

Posted by alexia28 • 9/24/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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what do you think is the best film/movie ever made?

the best movie for me is "Lord of the Rings".

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9/24/08

cooper

Anything Hitchcock, though I saw he "Shawshank Redemption" recently, and though I had seen it before, I must have been too young to appreciate it at the time, after watching it again I think it comes pretty close to the best movie I've ever seen.

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1. 9/24/08
  
  LGramlich
  
  I'm with you on Shawshank. Totally.
2. 9/24/08
  
  ThriftShopRomantic
  
  Yep. That's an excellent one.
  
  Also, in terms of older films, I love "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Hitchcock's "Rear Window."
3. 9/28/08
  
  AngieA
  
  Well yes, "Shawshank Redemption" would be on my top 10 list.
  
  A beautiful mind, Gone with the wind and Camelot, the musical to name a few.
4. 9/28/08
  
  AngieA
  
  Each evening, from December to December,
  Before you drift to sleep upon your cot,
  Think back on all the tales that you remember
  Of Camelot.
  Ask every person if he's heard the story,
  And tell it strong and clear if he has not,
  That once there was a fleeting wisp of glory
  Called Camelot.
  
  Anyone remember that?
5. 1/04/09
  
  SweetViolet
  
  Yep. I used to have the entire Camelot score memorized.
6. 3/10/09
  
  roentarre
  
  Ditto, my favorite film ever!
9/24/08

ranist22

In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar Wai! Lovely lyrical composition, lovely music and subtle messages one has to strive hard to grasp.

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9/24/08

alexia28

i have yet to see the 2 movies above. thank you. this is interesting for me

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9/24/08

Jeunelle

Citizen Kane

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1. 3/10/09
  
  qelqoth
  
  Vote.
9/24/08

EXZombie

A toss up between Demolition Man and Fifth Element for me.

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9/24/08

acousticguitarist

dreams by kurosawa

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9/24/08

acousticguitarist

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV1Gu0IYugw

or with music www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuT2Le1Y9e4

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9/24/08

katarokkar

Un chien andalou

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9/24/08

roadgurl5

A River Runs Through It

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9/24/08

buffedstuff

Lord of the rings series

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9/24/08

zawadi

It hasn't been on screen yet and It is being written as we read this. It is about my life. I lived a past Life and I was a Warrior Princess. Xena couldn't touch this one

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1. 9/25/08
  
  alexia28
  
  that's cool
9/25/08

alexia28

that's cool

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9/25/08

csiunatc

Shawshank Redemption and Good Will Hunting take the top two for me

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1. 9/25/08
  
  alexia28
  
  thanks. have a nice day
9/25/08

lamenews

are you including porn

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9/25/08

alexia28

hmm hmm

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9/25/08

alexia28

yeah ok if that is your choice

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9/25/08

wandadog13

I'd like to say a Bond film but i'd probably have to choose Star Wars not least for what it spawned afterwards. The film I've recently most enjoyed was Spiderman 3.

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9/25/08

wandadog13

oh alright then - Goldfinger - the plot, the music, everything really came together and set the scene for the next 20 odd films.....

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9/25/08

alexia28

i have a lot to catch up

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9/25/08

Scribblerchick

This is hard to answer. To me, it would be hard to choose between Jerry Maguire and The Color Purple. I also love Bravehart although it's too bloody.

My 12 year old son would say The Matrix.

My 17 year old daughter would say Love Actually.

My 74 year old mother would say Roman Holiday.

Just trying to give the different perspectives...

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9/25/08

VampireFaust

Hmmmm...I have a few...

The Shining
Fightclub
Modigliani

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9/25/08

foodbeast

my vote goes to "the nightmare before christmas"

anyone a fan?

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9/25/08

huggingthecoast

Mine might be Blade Runner (the director's cut) or Tampopo.

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1. 9/27/08
  
  Aluajala
  
  Yeah bladerunner is a cool movie!
9/25/08

aningeniousname

My favourite American movie is Taxidriver, but my all time favourite is Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

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9/26/08

GrayFoxDown

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY...and about 2,001 other films (with or without Kubrick).

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9/26/08

alexia28

I have to see these movies which i dont see yet,and it would be worth my time and money. thanks for the recommendation guys.

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9/27/08

alexia28

any more please

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9/27/08

katarokkar

you want recommendations?

these aren't my favorites, but they are very good films...

In Theaters Now:
Burn After Reading
Choke
Religulous

DVD:
Last Night
Dancer in the Dark
Short Bus
Eraserhead
Waking Life
I Heart Huckabees
The Orphanage
Session 9

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9/27/08

farangrakthai

Taste evolves with technology, I guess but I still like quite a few "old" movies like Apocalypse Now, Alien, Jaws and Duel, one of the first movies of Spielberg.

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9/27/08

sharpodue

Hook! blatently!

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9/27/08

Missbubblegumpop

The pursuit of Happiness & The Notebook

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9/27/08

chrisso

Dances with wolves, The big blue

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1. 9/27/08
  
  sharpodue
  
  ooo yes got dances with wolves on DVD although it is an epically long film
9/27/08

annaswan

Okay - my 80's is showing - but for me it was "High Fidelity" The boombox scene... still gives me fuzzies!

Or Valley Girl - the ending when the song "I'll Stop The World (and melt with you)" plays... that was so freeken' cool

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9/27/08

ThriftShopRomantic

I wanted to add "Sling Blade" into the mix on this.

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9/27/08

alexia28

the notebook..wow.. i cried a bucket. like it. how many couples would end like that? even in a different way.
jaws -- great too but made me nervous. at that time it was a great film.
spielberg movies like it.

and the rest i have to see them or have to see them again .

thanks again guys

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9/27/08

Hangingonahyphen

I wonder why no one picked the first Godfather? C'mon guys... It's a masterpiece. Everything in it is beautiful... From the script to the cinematography, to the soundtrack and most of all the acting. Everyone on that movie outdid himself. I could watch it frame by frame and there is not one shot and I mean absolutely not one shot that you will throw away. It's that beautiful. There was one camera shot of the well-heeled guests coming to the funeral of Don Corleone, that one shat when they step out of the vintage cars... It was so surreal and so dreamlike, it's just... well, how can I say it... out of this world? Oh well, I'm raving like some demented movie fan again, but hey, if you watched the film, you will know what I'm talking about. Marlon Brando is an acting God... I love every second of the movie and every single word on the script from the first scene when a face seemingly floating in darkness delivered the opening line... "I believe in America"... I mean, how can you forget that movie? It becomes a part of you when you watched it...

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1. 9/27/08
  
  Aluajala
  
  Godfather is no doubt an epic movie! Beautiful from the first scene.
2. 1/03/09
  
  Guzzo
  
  Okay.. I'll pick it. I'll also pick The Godfather part II. Two of the greatest movies ever made.
9/27/08

indianhits

carlitos way,rambo,rocky etc.

ifashionhits.blogspot.com

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9/27/08

daniel23

A bridge too far, perhaps. that was ace...

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9/27/08

Aluajala

American Beauty. Watched it thousands times..

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9/28/08

roadgurl5

Goodfellas and A Few Good Men

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9/28/08

TangledWeb

Talvisota

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9/28/08

roentarre

Shawshank redemption!

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9/28/08

Katuluu

Fritz Lang's M

I wrote a pretty extensive review of it a month ago as a guest post for another film site. Feel free to read it ... if you dare!

www.moviezeal.com/2008/09/01/m-the-original-film-noir/

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9/28/08

roadgurl5

...also Cool Hand Luke... r.i.p. Mr. Newman

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1/03/09

austinpandb

I would have to say Michael Mann's Heat.

A list of my top 20 movies can be found on my blog whattowatchbeforeyoupay.blogspot.com/ along with film reviews

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1/03/09

Bonnielicious

These three are my favourites:
Titanic
Saving Private Ryan
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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1/03/09

acousticguitarist

the party - peter sellers

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1/03/09

voodooKobra

300 was my favorite movie, but pop culture has ruined it for me.

The Godfather was pretty damn good, too.

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1/03/09

gentledove

The Totton Linnet - totally riveting.

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1/04/09

PlantaSeedNow

How can you really choose? Let's see.

The Color Purple
A soldier's story
Shawshank redemption
Malcolm X
Casablanca
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Glory
Mahogany
All the Godfather's
Scent of a Woman
Splendor in the Grass
It's a wonderful life
Legend of the Fall
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Yentl
When Harry Met Sally
*Life is Beautiful
Sunset Boulevard
The Wiz
The Wizard of OZ
Scarface
Meet me in St.Louis
Dr.Zhivago
The Great Debaters
Camelot
Say Anything
Guess who's coming to dinner? (Sidney,Katherine and Spencer)
Gone with the Wind
In the Heat of the Night
Lady Sings the Blues
Rocky
Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink - I was a big Molly Ringwald fan
* I really enjoyed The Secret Life of Bees on screen this year

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1/04/09

PlantaSeedNow

Was that too many?

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1. 3/09/09
  
  alexia28
  
  i have a lot to catch up! i know all of these films you mentioned are really worth to be seen. thanks a lot guys! it is good to know from all of you. add me please thank you
1/04/09

Mizdemeanor

This is my short list:

The Gladiator
Nothing Hill
Shawshank Redemption
The 5th Element
The Last Samurai
Love Actually
Resident Evil
Enemy of the State
Forrest Gump
The Sixth Sense
Jaws
Beverly Hills Cop(1984 )
Pretty Woman
Top Gun
The Sting (1973)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Sister Act
Lara Croft Tomb Raider
Sweet Home Alabama
My Best Friend's Wedding
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Underfire (1983)

and the trilogies of

Pirates of the Carribean
Indiana Jones
The Ring
Back to the Future
Matrix
Jason Bourne
Die Hard
The Godfather
Star Wars (only d 1st 3)
and all Harry Potter movies though they pale in comparison with the books
but this is about movies so i include them

I cant pinpoint just one movie..there are just so many great movies worth watching.

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1. 3/09/09
  
  alexia28
  
  thanks a lot for the info. i know what i am missing now tcre
1/04/09

Kobolito

Ludwig II by Visconti, starring Helmut Berger and Romy Schneider.

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1/04/09

saiffarooqi

American Beauty

Taare Zameen Par (an Indian movie ... its about a dyslexic boy)

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1/04/09

satijournal

Raging Bull has to be up there among the best.

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1/04/09

DeadRooster

Psycho (1960) It is brilliant from start to finish.

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1/05/09

nadzmiteh

the classic(korean movie) love it!
kuch kuch hota hai(hindi movie)
kabhi kushi kabhi gham(hindi)
the sisterhood of travelling pants
the curious case of Benjamin Button

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1/05/09

Robbyg13

Pulp Ficton hands down

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1/05/09

4Freedoms

Forrest Gump

Empire of the Sun

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3/09/09

TheBigRuski

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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3/09/09

ron5x5wolf

Dances with Wolves

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3/10/09

txtface

Sense and Sensibility
Notting Hill
Forest Gump
Merchant of Venice

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3/10/09

latonyarich

The Color Purple
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Where the Heart Is
Steele Magnolias
Fried Green Tomatoes

Okay, so I couldn't just go with one!

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3/10/09

infowebexplore

generally speaking it does not exist only one best movie ever. that depends on the taste of each person but are you gonna interview everyone on this earth??

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1. 3/10/09
  
  alexia28
  
  smile..more knowledge is great. to know the best film for each and everyone is worth the effort and money..wink
3/10/09

LynneaUrania

The one of which I have been most impressed with over the years is:

Dr. Zhivago

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3/10/09

Friday13

Everything by Uwe Boll!

Okay, maybe not.

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3/10/09

SiuilARuin

Citizen Kane ...not an original suggestion...but it is the greatest film ever made!

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1. 3/10/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Over rated, a touch of evil was a much better effort from Welles.
2. 3/10/09
  
  SiuilARuin
  
  NO WAY!!!
  
  Citizen Kane is Welles' masterpiece...the only time he got free-reign, and it is stunning! The perfect film!
3. 3/10/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  I'll grant you there are some stunning steps forward in film making (such as the spinning newspaper) but as a film it isn't a patch on a touch of evil.
  Most of the interest in Citizen Kane is in a few technical innovations and the fact that in attacking Hearst he effectively ruined his career.
4. 3/10/09
  
  SiuilARuin
  
  I'm going to have to disagree with you there...I think it was a beautifully structured and scripted film...and I'm quite partial to visual metaphors so I had a lot to enjoy with Citizen Kane!
5. 3/10/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Have you seen Kurosawa's Roshomon? That is a much superior film to Citizen Kane. As good a film as Citizen kane is it is a sort of self fulfilling prophecy, the legend of it's greatness outweighs its actual appeal.
  I could name 20 films better than Kane but Kane will always come up as the best film because it is some how a "fact"
6. 3/10/09
  
  SiuilARuin
  
  I have not, I'll check it out.
  
  I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on Kane!
3/10/09

LikeitWinit

Ever after with drew barrymore, and pretty woman with julia Roberts, cant decide.

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1. 3/10/09
  
  SiuilARuin
  
  I find this very pleasing...Citizen Kane to Ever After or Pretty Woman! Ha!
3/10/09

beinki

The Man Who Would Be King with Sean Connery and Michael Cain.
"Me and Peachy don't go nowhere lessen our army goes with us."

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1. 3/10/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Classic John Huston film, up there with "The treasure of the sierra madre" for me.
  I read he tried to make that film in the forties with Gable and Bogart but for some reason he couldn't get it made.
  It would have been a good film with those two but I love the Connery/Caine version.
3/10/09

Sway

I have always loved "Clerks"
But..
I also really like "Blood Diamond"
"Hunting Party"
"Dawn of the Dead 2005"
"Dog Day afternoon"
"Terminator 2"
"Momento"
"The Last King of Scotland"
However, like most things, over time my taste in movies changes...

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1. 3/10/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  "Dog day afternoon" is one of those Hollywood golden films from the seventies. I believe the 1970's to be the height of the American film industry.
  After that it falls into franchised summer blockbusters and audience approved endings.
2. 3/10/09
  
  Sway
  
  ...a generalized statement.
3. 3/10/09
  
  aningeniousname
  
  Yup, true statements usually are.
3/11/09

SaintSeanzy

I'll have to bring out the Gimp on this one... Pulp Fiction hands down...

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3/12/09

alexia28

am having fun with this discussion. it is nice to know that we are able to share something and that makes it beautiful.

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