All Time Favourite Film(s)

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by troggi

I suppose that since we're all actively watching films most of us will need to "tweak" favourites lists from time to time. I've yet to put one together but you can bet a fair amount o' smarties that it will change before long!

Yeah, I see last time I posted my top 25 here was December. Maybe I'll make mine an annual thing. Might have to fit Tokyo Drifter in there too . . .

[troggi]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Yeah, I see last time I posted my top 25 here was December. Maybe I'll make mine an annual thing. Might have to fit Tokyo Drifter in there too . . .

What? No witty retorts about "Tweaks"?? I'm shocked! Look! That's how shocked I am!

[Slippery Jack]

Favourite film listing is a serious business, Troggi . . .

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by troggi

What? No witty retorts about "Tweaks"?? I'm shocked! Look! That's how shocked I am!

It could be a shorthand way of saying Twin Peaks!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Favourite film listing is a serious business, Troggi . . .

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

It could be a shorthand way of saying Twin Peaks!

Twin Peaks..... makes me think of

[Gothmogxx]

In no particular order-

. The Goonies
. Cannibal Holocaust
. A Clockwork Orange
. The Shining
. House on the Edge of the Park
. Star Wars (A New Hope)
. Hatchet I, II and III
. Jaws
. Harry Potter (any of them: My favourite one always changes)
. Dawn of the Dead (original)
. The Fog

Runners up would be Misery, Frozen, Reservoir Dogs, My Bloody Valentine (original) Friday the 13th part's 2 or 4, Mad Max and 2001: A Space Oddysey. There is many more but I can't think of any right now...

[Prince_Vajda]

Top 10? No way! I may be able to compile a list of my 50 favourite films, but this would be way too long and a a bore for you all.

[troggi]

In my case I do not believe I have seen my "favourite film" yet! Because of this my top 10 has to be a working document, one that can be added to, deleted from and re-ordered. Bear with me because this is like deciding which of my fingers I like the most they each have their merits.

troggi's top ten (today)
10. "The Wicker Man" There is so much going on in this well crafted British piece that it is hard to find out what makes it so good, "everything" I suppose is the answer. It is probably the answer as to why it should never have been remade!
9. "Dracula" Lugosi playing the ancient Count for the first time but you might have guessed that the star of the show, in my eyes, is Dwight Frye!
8. "Silent Movie" Mel Brooks again and with the late, great Marty Feldman. Yes, Feldman stole the show in "Young Frankenstein" and he is slightly out-performed here by Dom DeLuise but it is always good to see him.
7. "Night of the Living Dead" I "ummed and arred" about this one and really it should be the whole trilogy. What "Dawn..." has in comedy "Night..." has in a bleak, almost documentary style which is chilling.
6. "The Bride of Frankenstein" Quite possibly the campest of the Universal Monster Movies but definitely the best.
5. "Drunken Master" OR "Snake in the Eagles Shadow" Jackie Chan showing early promise in these two brilliant and funny "chop sockie" flicks.
4. "A Clockwork Orange" Because of Kubrick's feelings about the film I had to wait almost 30 years to see it! I was 11 when it came out and 39 when I finally saw it all without the fog of a too often copied VHS.
3. "The Exorcist" A groundbreaker, special effects, story, soundtrack and stars. Without this film there would have been a lot less exorcism movies around today!
2. "Young Frankenstein" Without a doubt THE best movie parody EVER, it takes it's subject matter lovingly and then spins it into something that is totally new, funny, and respectful all at the same time.
1. "Hero" OR "Fearless" Both Jet Li movies, both have excellent set-pieces - "Fearless" is a better story "Hero" is just gob-smackingly gorgeous!

I have to add that creating this list and trying to order it has been a very hard task and that the list is far more fluid than it looks. The order could be completely different in another half an hour!

[Prince_Vajda]

My top 69 – kinda like that number.

All in first postion, and all in alphabetical order. Compiling this list took some time. I’m sure most of you’ll find it boring, but I felt the urge to contribute to this thread.

The Battle of the Sexes (1959) . Directed by Charles Crichton.
A Bay of Blood (1971) . Directed by Mario Bava.
Black Sunday (1960). Directed by Mario Bava.
BloodRayne (2005). Directed by Uwe Boll.
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Directed by James Whale.
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) . Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
A Bridge Too Far (1977). Directed by Richard Attenborough.
To Catch A Thief (1955) . Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Cobra (1986). Directed by George P. Cosmatos.
Commando (1985). Directed by Mark. L. Lester.
Crank (2006). Directed by Neveldine/Taylor.
The Crow (1994). Directed by Alex Proyas.
The Dreamers (2003) . Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
The Driver (1978) . Directed by Walter Hill.
Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde (1971). Directed by Roy Ward Baker.
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). Directed by Roman Polanski.
First Blood (1982). Directed by Ted Kotcheff.
The French Connection II (1975) . Directed by John Frankenheimer.
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Directed by Robert Rodriguez.
The Getaway (1972) . Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Hell Is For Heroes (1962). Directed by Don Siegel.
Heartbreak Ridge (1986) . Directed by Clint Eastwood.
High Plains Drifter (1973) . Directed by Clint Eastwood.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) . Directed by Terence Fisher.
Inferno (1980) . Directed by Dario Argento.
The Image (1975) . Directed by Radley Metzger.
Jamaica Inn (1939) . Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
John Rambo (2008). Directed by Sylvester Stallone.
Kalifornia (1993) . Directed by Dominic Sena.
Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949). Directed by Robert Hamer.
Kiss Of The Dragon (2001). Directed by Chris Nahon.
The Ladykillers (1955). Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
The Last Tango in Paris (1972) . Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.
Der letzte Mann (The Last Man) (1924) . Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) . Directed by John Ford.
Maniac (1980) . Directed by William Lustig.
El Mariachi (1992) . Directed by Robert Rodriguez.
Miami Blues (1989). George Armitage.
McQ (1974). Directed by John Sturges.
Mon Oncle (My Uncle) (1958) . Directed by Jacques Tati.
Ms.45 (1981). Directed by Abel Ferrara.
Ninotchka (1939) . Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
La Nuit de Varennes (That Night in Varennes) (1982) . Directed by Ettore Scola.
The Party (1968). Directed by Blake Edwards.
Payback (1999). Directed by Brian Helgeland.
Peeping Tom (1960) . Directed by Michael Powell.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) . Directed by Bob Rafelson.
Psycho (1960) . Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Rebecca (1940) . Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Robocop (1987) . Directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Ronin (1998). Directed by John Frankenheimer.
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935). Directed by Leo McCarey.
Run! Bitch Run! (2009). Directed by Joseph Guzman.
Sabrina (1954). Directed by Billy Wilder.
The She-Beast (1966). Directed by Michael Reeves.
Some Like It Hot (1959) . Directed by Billy Wilder.
Sudden Impact (1983) . Directed by Clint Eastwood.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010). Directed by Eli Craig.
Ultraviolet (2006). Directed by Kurt Wimmer.
Vampires (1998). Directed by John Carpenter.
Viva Maria! (1965) . Directed by Louis Malle.
The Ward (2010). Directed by John Carpenter.
What Have You Done To Solange? (1971). Directed by Massimo Dallamano.
Wild At Heart (1990) . Directed by David Lynch.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) . Directed by Frank Tashlin.
The Wild Bunch (1969). Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
Witchfinder General (1968) . Directed by Michael Reeves.
Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without A Face) (1960) . Directed by Georges Franju.
Young Frankenstein (1974) . Directed by Mel Brooks.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

It's an eclectic list, that's for sure! It's not often you see films like Bloodrayne and Crank on the same list as Rebecca, Some Like It Hot and Eyes without a Face.