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Jan-12-2006 08:49

A Few Good Men
Terminator 1&2
Life is Beautiful (Did he HAVE to die??!!??)
Amelie
The Princess Bride

Jan-12-2006 09:24

Princess Bride is wonderful
Several of the Monty Python
Blade Runner was a great adaptation
Labrynth is a fun movie

I am not a real movie buff, but those of the top of my head

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Jan-12-2006 13:24

My favorites, picked for cinematic quality, mark of time, story that must been told, impacted or influenced me, or simply personal memories:

The Shawshank Redemption
The Silence of the Lambs
Forrest Gump
The Usual Suspects
Hotel Rwanda
Top Gun
ET
Color Purple
The Princess Bride
The Matrix 1
Gandhi
Die hard (part 1)
Blue Velvet
Fargo
Love and other catastrophies
Kingkong (1933 version)
Grease I
Grease II
Citizen Kane
Apocalypse Now
American History X
Singing in the rain
Terminator 1
When Harry met Sally

and of course

Dirty Dancing

Jan-12-2006 15:30

I loved Greyling's and Jstk dn's movies. I have to add The Quiet Man and Cary Grant movies, like Bringing Up Baby and Arsenic and Old Lace.

Jan-12-2006 15:37

Oh, and Wonder Boys - how could I forget

Jan-12-2006 18:08

I can't believe I forgot Enternal Sunshine!

Jan-12-2006 19:35

I just finished watching Phantom of the Opera. It's very good.

Favorite movies are:
Phantom of the Opera
The Westside Story
Mulan

There are others but I can't remember right now.

Jan-12-2006 20:06

Yes Amelie and Forrest Gump are great. And:
Zelig
No Man's Land
The Salton Sea
Motorama
The Karate Kid
The Truman Show
Cast Away
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Donnie Darko
Requiem for a Dream

And probably a whole bunch of others I've forgotten.

Jan-12-2006 20:22

:P Like Home Alone 1,2 & 3!

Jan-14-2006 12:35

My favorite is Big Fish. It is really interesting, but confusing if you don't get it. It has the guy from star Wars if you need to amke sure which one!