What are your Top 5 movies?

[jsb357]

Five favorite movies?

1. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

gotta think about the other four.

2. Apocalypse Now

gotta think about the other three.

 

[jsb357]

2. Apocalypse Now

gotta think about the other three.

3. Cool Hand Luke

gotta think about the other two.

 

[DallasEast]

Excellent thread @CyberB0b. Makes me think. hmm. Which five movies do I hold as both great and are must-sees for me on practically every opportunity?

Episode IV: Star Wars: A New Hope
The Ten Commandments
Aliens
Kill Bill (Both volumes are technically two parts but Volume 1 is my most favorite of the two films)
Raiders of the Lost Ark

So many honorable mentions...

 

[Runwildboys]

1-One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
2-Scent of a Woman
3-My Cousin Vinny
4-As Good as it Gets
5-Rainman (and I hate Tom Cruise)

Now ya got me wondering if I should swap with something on my list!

 

[LoneStarDawg]

Revenge of the Nerds
Coming to America
Napoleon Dynamite

Only 3 on my list

 

[FloridaRob]

"Yutes, did you say yutes"? Classic line and delivered by a real pro. His facial expressions in that cracked me up every time I saw them.

So many great lines in that movie.. "Mrs. Reilly and only Mrs. Reilly"

 

[DallasEast]

Aliens

Aliens

Aliens

Aliens

“We're in the pipe, five by five”

 

[Silver Surfer]

I'm weird.

2nd tier old-timey sci/fi-horror films like:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Them
Creature from the Black Lagoon (any)

Comedies like:
The Ghost and Mr Chicken
Harold and Maude
The Pink Panther

Uplifting Movies Like
Its a Wonderful Life
Phenomenon
The Green Mile

I want to like the main protagonist. If I do, I'll easily "suspend my disbelief" and overlook other problems in the film.

 

[Xelda]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Why are you holding my hand? Where's your other hand? Between two pillows. Those aren't pillows! AAAAAHHHH!!!)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Her: I love you. Him: I know.)
A League of Their Own (Boy, that was some good peeing.)
John Carter (Virginia)
The Princess Bride (Inconceivable!)

 

[Silver Surfer]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Why are you holding my hand? Where's your other hand? Between two pillows. Those aren't pillows! AAAAAHHHH!!!)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Her: I love you. Him: I know.)
A League of Their Own (Boy, that was some good peeing.)
John Carter (Virginia)
The Princess Bride (Inconceivable!)

True story: My high school English teacher from Michigan was one of the producers of A League of Their Own. I went off to college and didn't know until some time later he'd made a career change. It may have been his first or at least one of his earliest endeavors as a producer. He's doing Movie of the Week type work these days.

 

[Lutonio]

Tropic Thunder
Slingblade
The Three Amigos
The Departed
Good Will Hunting. As a therapist, this movie resonates with me.

I'm positive there are two or three that could rotate in over some of these that have escaped me right now.

 

[DallasEast]

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Her: I love you. Him: I know.)

Their exchange in Return Of The Jedi is almost as good.

 

[cowboy_ron]

Lonesome Dove
Castaway
Fifth Element
Full Metal Jacket
Platoon

 

[Doomsday]

Dark Knight
God Father
Goodfellas
BraveHeart
Gladiator

I knew I was missing one of my favorites but couldn't think of it earlier.

I would switch out Gladiator for Tombstone

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I'm weird.

2nd tier old-timey sci/fi-horror films like:
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Them
Creature from the Black Lagoon (any)

Comedies like:
The Ghost and Mr Chicken
Harold and Maude
The Pink Panther

Uplifting Movies Like
Its a Wonderful Life
Phenomenon
The Green Mile

I want to like the main protagonist. If I do, I'll easily "suspend my disbelief" and overlook other problems in the film.

Some solid movies there.

I would have loved to include...

Forbidden Planet
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Young Frankenstein

On my list but couldn't muscle them into the top 5.

 

[SlammedZero]

Everything. The plot, the score, the acting, the metaphors and imagery. All top notch.

Yeah, I love Chris Nolan and his movies always seem to have some good depth to them. There were some really good underlying tones in Interstellar.

Also, I have a technical question. Do movie trilogy's or series count as one movie or do they have to count as one spot in the top 5. For example, I love the Back to the Future trilogy. Can I count that as "one movie" or would all 3 take up 3 spots?

 

[cowboyec]

5 different movies by my 5 favorite actors.

1.Thats The Way It Is...Elvis...documentary film from 1970,covering Elvis' Vegas Stand in August of 1970...GREAT STUFF.

2.A Fistful Of Dollars...Clint Eastwood's man with no name...legendary.
3.The Searchers...my favorite John Wayne western.
4.Rocky....Stallone's best character.
5.Broken Arrow...my favorite Jimmy Stewart western...excellent story.

 

[cowboy_ron]

I liked the newer True Grit with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon better than the original version with John Wayne.

 

[cowboyec]

ah....the hell with being "fair"...."inclusive"...."objective".

gotta be me.
gotta do it.

5 ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIES:
1.Thats The Way It Is-Elvis.
2.Elvis On Tour-Elvis.
3.Jailhouse Rock-Elvis.
4.G.I. Blues-Elvis.
5.Charro-Elvis.

I feel better.

 

[cowboyec]

I liked the newer True Grit with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon better than the original version with John Wayne.