Off topic, but...
Clubber
Florida
shadowcat's topic, "Has Hollywood gone too far.", made me think. For all time, you get one choice, what movie would YOU watch. Remember, only ONE! I'll tell you mine later. No idea how many times I've seen it, but would watch right now if I had the time.
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GWTW - "Gone With The Wind"
I've seen it 250+ times in my life.
I can repeat just about every line in that movie and my impressions of the barber shop scenes are requested by my friends at parties all the time.
North by Northwest
Others:
Casablanca. I agree with SuperDude.
Requiem for a Heavyweight. Great performances by Jackie Gleason, Anthony Quinn and Mickey Rooney. The ending of that movie will break your heart.
or
In Harm's Way- John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Directed Otto Preminger WWII epic
Do you notice that there are almost no new movies.
However, I think my real pick would probably be Lebowski, or maybe The Longest Day. How The West Was Won would also be good for mulitple movies within one movie.
I could watch that 24/7.
60+ full length viewings, 25+ highlight viewings
erieroamer beat you out by one post. Amazing to me how many of the films listed are among my favorites.
I certainly did! When will writers andrnerdtedrnerdted director truly understand what the audience wants - not give us what they THINK we want.
I would rather watch 12 Angry Men a million times over rather than watch another special FX summer blockbuster with computer generated explosions.
A movie I just watched recently on TCM was "The Iron Rose" a quirky French horror film from the 70's. Not a great movie, but it has one of the sexiest actresses I've seen literally falling out of her blouse most of the film. it's rare, but you can stream it from Amazon if you want to check it out.
Some great choices here. Those I enjoy among those listed, in no particular order...
Gone With The Wind
Shawshank Redemption
Goldfinger
Animal House
The Godfather
The Green Mile
Slapshot
Others I really enjoy...
Red Dawn
Ghost
Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, The Mummy (old B&W)
Journey To The Center Of The Earth, and also not the BS remake!
Time Machine, see above about remakes.
Christine
The Stand
This could go on a long time...
If I had to pick something not already mentioned? I lean toward Dr. Strangelove but would pick A Christmas Story. I eagerly await the annual 24 hr showing each season on (I think) TBS.
Blazing Saddles
Weird Science
One Million Years B.C.
Wayne's World
Austin Powers
Star Wars
Goodfella's
As Good As it Gets
Pulp Fiction
Gladiator
Perfect Storm
There's Something About Mary
Pirates of the Carribean
Sherlock Holmes
The Fighter
The Departed
The Hangover
Goodfellas would be near the top. I can watch the first half of that movie all day long. The second half is good, just gets boring after repeated viewings.
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Blazing Saddles
Pulp Fiction
Major League
Bull Durham
Dragnet (the comedy)
And I'm not an especially big fan of Westerns, but it may be one of the best things ever put on film.
A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick
Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen
Network Sidney Lumet
Three Days of the Condor Sydney Pollack
The Birdcage
I thought that had been scrubbed from existence!!! Damn those Feds that can recover ANYTHING! :)