Anybody Got a Favorite Movie?

[Hedji]

You will bow down before me. Both you then one day your assss.

For years, that's what I heard too.

[The Bat]

"A favorite movie?" Boy that's a tough one...most of us have MANY! But just off the top of my head..."Angels with Dirty Faces" is one of my all time favorites. An amazing cast: Jimmy Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart and The Dead End Kids!!

[Iron Mego]

I don't know man, it was an easy choice for me. If you were Burgess Meredith in Time Enough at Last, what disc would you want to see survived? And that you couldn't watch 'cuz your glasses broke.

[PNGwynne]

^Stop it!! I've literally had nightmares of being in such a situation. My greatest fears are of blindness or a fire.

[knight errant00]

Just got back from the Fathom Events 40th anniversary screening of Superman, and that's a strong contender for me, oddly for many of the same reasons Hec listed Alien.

That or Wrath of Khan.

[Mr.Marion]

On him joshing me, perhaps, perhaps not...

I usually don’t get emotional on disagreements, but when there’s a connection between film and a long gone loved one, and it gets dismissed, you react in a certain way...it’s just natural...

Don't joke with Hector, noted

[Brazoo]

Eraserhead

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Eraserhead is one of mine for sure. For me it's on a short list of movies that transcend normal movies for me because they're so iconic - like the original King Kong and The Wizard of Oz.

A way cooler and slightly older hippy girl told me about it in 9th grade and I went to a rep theatre to see it - mind blown.

[Iron Mego]

On my first viewing of Eraserhead I made it exactly half way through. Wasn't bored. Wasn't scared. Didn't think it was dumb. I simply had no context for it and was disoriented and unnerved by it. Not sure how long after I gave it another whirl, but it really dug in and has never unhooked itself from my brain.

[megoapesnut]

Jeez, where do you start. I guess my top 5 would be in no particular order:

Halloween
Gladiator
Alien
The Dark Knight
Minority Report

Some other favorites are:

Mutiny on the Bounty (Marlon Brando version)
American Graffiti
The Warriors
Planet of the Apes (obviously)
The Terminator

That rounds out my top 10

[YoungOnce]

Jeez, where do you start. I guess my top 5 would be in no particular order:

Halloween
Gladiator
Alien
The Dark Knight
Minority Report

Some other favorites are:

Mutiny on the Bounty (Marlon Brando version)
American Graffiti
The Warriors
Planet of the Apes (obviously)
The Terminator

That rounds out my top 10

I almost named American Graffiti too. It just taps into something in me, even though that wasn't my era

[Allie Fox]

Star Wars.

nuff said.

[megoapesnut]

I almost named American Graffiti too. It just taps into something in me, even though that wasn't my era

The soundtrack is a favorite playlist on my iPhone.

"Let's make another call on the Wolfman telephone!! Ring...Ring... Answer the phone Dummy!!"

[Moxen]

Dark Knight.

Sometimes Shawshank Redemption.

[Steeler80]

Raiders of the Lost Ark. The opening scene grabbed me and never let go.

[EmergencyIan]

Earlier in this thread I said that I could never pick a favorite and I still feel that way. However, if pressed I’d go vintage and choose The Best Years of Our Lives. If it’s on TCM or elsewhere, I always stop to watch it. I truly love countless movies, but that one always pulls me in.

- Ian