Favorite Movies

[Toptwo]

In no particular order:

Matrix
The Great Escape
The Rock
Platoon
National Treasure

[Endless Night]

In no particular order.... (choosing 5 is hard)

Blade Runner
Life Of Brian
Matrix
The Mosquito Coast

Carnt rember name of one i want to be fith so substitute 5th .. "Train Spotting"...   or maybe "London Kills Me"

[Crome969]

i Like:
Paul Blart Cop
Full Metal Jacket
All Jason stateham Movies
all Vin Diesel Movies
Most of Movies from jacky Chan
Most of Movies from Nicolas Cage
Planet of Apes
oh no more than 5 ?!?!

[thcjunkie]

the two ace ventura movies, 300, pineapple express, tokyo drift

[GiovanniMonos]

I know this is supposed to be a short post of our list of Top 5 Movies, but I've proven I'm a long-winded poster, haven't I?  I just can't think of what my "Top 5 Movies" are.  For me, it's like an impossible task to name the top 5 movies because I love so many, I've seen so many, I've owned so many (and in so many different formats: Film, VHS, Betamax, LaserDisc, VCD, DVD, Blu-ray and now any number of different digital files).  But even if I were to break it down into categories like Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, SciFi, Comedy, etc I still don't know what I'd name. 

So, let's say for instance, we start with my top 5 favorite Science Fiction movies as of this writing:

The Matrix
Serenity
Fifth Element
Donnie Darko
Star Trek

However that's my list of Top 5 SciFi movies right now in 2009.  But if you asked me the same question 15 years ago in 1994 my list may have been:

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Back To The Future
Blade Runner
Aliens
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

Now let's double the years back... had you asked me 30 years ago in 1979, you'd probably hear a list more like:

Close Encounters of The Third Kind
Star Wars
Planet Of The Apes
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Logan's Run

Had you asked me when finishing up high school in 1956 and my list may have been roughly:

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Creature From The Black Lagoon
War Of The Worlds
Forbidden Planet
The Day The Earth Stood Still

So to take all those experiences over all those years watching all those movies and to try to name my Top 5 SciFi movies is a hard task, let alone my Top 5 Movies.  But not using categories, not worrying about what year it was made and not considering anything other than "I simply love that movie" and I need to name my top 5 movies right now...

Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Lord Of The Rings (I consider all three of the "Extended Editions" together to be one single 14 hour movie)
In Bruges
Brazil
Serenity or Fifth Element (I can not figure out which I like more, so they both go on the list - tied)

So... after considering that top 5 list for only a moment or two, I can't help but feel odd not including: Seven Samurai, The Usual Suspects, Citizen Kane, Sin City, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Goodfellas, The Sixth Sense, Psycho, Jaws, Full Metal Jacket, To Kill A Mockingbird, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, The Shining, On The Waterfront, The Wild Bunch, Scream, Pulp Fiction, North By Northwest, The Godfather, V For Vendetta, The Princess Bride, Trainspotting, Chinatown, Pitch Black, Casablanca, Singin' In The Rain, Rocky, Midnight Run, Batman, Donnie Darko, Running Scared...

[TrailMyx]

Man GiovanniMonos, you just named my entire DVD collection!  Kudos to good taste!

[Xander]

Underworld
Death Race
Transformers
The Grudge
Queen of the Damned

[onlyindreams]

At the moment...

Dark Knight
The Kingdom
Dr. Strangelove
Saving Private Ryan
Forgetting Sarah Marshall


The last one isn't one of the greats but currently I hate the opposite sex so it works for me.

[KilroyIsDead]

Best Movie Ever
The Quiet Man
c'mon a 15 minute fight seen with a beer break

TOP 5 Comedy -- I don't know a single person that i went to college with that can pick any character in any of these movies and recite the whole thing
Airplane
Fletch
Caddy Shack
Animal House
Blues Brothers

Top 5 Drama -- This is based solely on the fact that if I am flipping channels and see one of these, I'm compelled to finish watching
Braveheart
Shawshank
Few Good Men
Crimson Tide
Good Will Hunting

[Khameleon]

I think Gran Torino just made my top 10 List.

[Scrripty]

I think Gran Torino just made my top 10 List.

Great movie.  I didn't read the whole thread but what about ALIEN.  And the first time I ever saw a sequel rocked as hard as the first movie, ALIENS.

[TrailMyx]

Aliens was one of my most favorites.  I always forget about that one.  "We're doomed!!"

No sequel will ever match this epic.

Edit:  GiovanniMonos did mention Aliens first.  EN also mentioned Blade Runner as well (that's a GREAT movie).

Where did GiovanniMonos get off to anyhow?  I was interested in the historical perspective of when dinosaurs roamed the earth.  lol

[Scrripty]

Aliens was one of my most favorites.  I always forget about that one.  "We're doomed!!"
No sequel will ever match this epic.

Have you seen the extended cut?    My best friend and I have an "Aliens" marathon once a year.   We invite friends over and just kick it, mixing drinks and yelling classic Aliens lines at the 60" big screen.  "Alright people, you heard the man, and you know the drill, ASSHOLES AND ELBOWS.  HUDSON, COME HERE... COME HERE!"

[Coragin]

Ripley "Hudson, this little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training"
Hudson almost crying "Why dont you put her in charge?!?"

[SunTigress]

Wow, just pick 5? That's tough.....

The Rock
The Burbs
SAW 1,2,3,4,5
Without a Paddle
We Were Soldiers
Face Off



I could keep going........for a while too. How about honorable mentions?
True Lies
Independence Day
Star Wars (all of them)
Lord of the Rings (all of them)
300
Transformers
and like Crome said, all Vin Diesel movies (minus the pacifier)

Being a chick, I have to make this statement. Girly movies are ok........one per year.....otherwise give me the shooting, gore, action, and death!