Top 10 Fave Movies - Besides Serenity
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UPDATED: Sunday, April 5, 2026 17:38
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I can never narrow this list below 10 in every catagory, so I'll add a pick of 10 favorites that I haven't posted elsewhere, and aren't listed here:
Ghost in the Shell, both parts.
Nobody does scary dolls and soul sucking ghosts like the Japanese.
Home For the Holidays
My Thanksgiving/Christmas must see. I like this one as some like A Christmas Story. Psycho relatives delux.
Best in Show
The theater was almost empty, and I still laughed so hard I fell off my seat. Really.
Harvey
Giant invisible white rabbit. Joss in a former life.
Gosford Park
Dangerous Liasons
The Hours
My Brilliant Career
The Grapes of Wrath
Sin City
Serenity, Serenity, Serenity.......
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Something like this is a loaded question for me, because I am a huge film geek, and like different movies of different genres and eras. And I agree with the sentiment that a true favorites list isn't a real list if all the movie's have been released in the last ten years.
But rather than just list my fave flicks in numerical order, I'm just going to spout them off randomly to give you a sense of my tastes.
AMADEUS- My #1 all time favorite film. It's everything movies should be, in my opinion.
AUNTIE MAME-It's this old 1950's screwball comedy with Rosalind Russell in the lead. I saw it as a kid, and it serves as my intro to Old Hollywood and it's magic of yesterday.
BACK TO THE FUTURE 3: This was the first movie I remember falling in love with as a kid. Despite people saying it's the weakest of the three, it still holds a place in my heart. Blends almost every genre together, and the train sequence gives me more thrills than every action film I've seen put together.
CLERKS: The textbook definition of independent film. It's funny as hell, it has a modern day pathos to it, and it proves Kevin Smith is a voice of a generation.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL: This is real,adult filmmaking at it's finest. The film noir genre is a genre that deserves a roaring comeback, and I think L.A. CONFIDENTIAL is a great attempt at making sleaze look cool.
THE COMMITMENTS: I read in a book that the two greatest musicals evermade were SINGING IN THE RAIN and this flick. After seeing it, I'm inclined to agree. Captures the poverty of Ireland and the dreamers in it desperate to escape. Inspirational for all of us.
DUCK SOUP, the films of Ernst Lubitsch, MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN and WITHNAIL AND I-The former is the Marx Brother's finest comedy and one of the best political satires ever filmed. The Ernst Lubitsch films are real gems for those who can find them. Intelligent, sophisticated and bawdy at the same time. You'll never see comedies the same way once you've felt the Lubitsch touch. And the latter two films are British absurdism at its best. THOSE flicks are infinitly more quotable far more memorable than some dumb-ass Adam Sandler flick.
THE LAST WALTZ- The best rockumentary ever done, since it captures the end of an era of rock with fun, reverence and gusto. And proof that Marty Scorsese can pull something out of his ass, and it's still gold.
AMERICAN BEAUTY/GARDEN STATE- Both of these flicks are the kinda movies that make you want to re-evaluate your life and live it to its full potential.
And just to make things easier, the films of Stanley Kubrick, Sam Fuller, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog and Francois Truffaut.
For other sci-fi flicks, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, 2001, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and CONTACT are the best of the best.
For indie flicks, anything by Jim Jarmusch is always a good bet.
Horror flicks, THE EXORCIST, THE SHINING and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT.
And I still have too many to list here.
And one more thing. By my computer, I have two posters next to each other. One is of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, the other is of THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. That should give you an idea of my range of taste.
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XANDER: (baby-talk) Who's a little fear demon?
C'mon, who's a lit-tle fear demon?
GILES: Don't taunt the fear demon.
XANDER: Why? Can he hurt me?
GILES: No, it's just… tacky.
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The older ones are the films I remember loving and watching repeatedly. In no particular order:
* The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2) -
A simple tightly-paced action story with f*cked up cars, a boomerang blade and a feral child... what's not to love?
* A Fistful of Dynamite (aka Duck, You Sucker) -
Sergio Leone's last spaghetti western. Stars James Coburn and Rod Steiger.
* Being John Malkovich -
an amazing piece of artistry (from both the writer and director)
* Koyaanisqatsi -
when you watch this, keep in mind the special effects are in camera and not produced by a computer!! Fantastic visuals accompanied by Philip Glass' best musical score.
* The Last Temptation of Christ and Kundun -
IMHO, Scorsese's two best films are these two gems about religious icons Jesus and the Dalai Lama.
* Winged Migration, Microcosmos and March of the Penguins -
I love all three of these stunning nature documentaries and refuse to pick a favorite.
* Dark City and The Matrix -
These two films debuted within six months of each other (Dark City first). It is remarkable to me that each film achieved individually stunning excellence when they are practically the same exact story.
* Repo Man -
I admit this one is a guilty pleasure. The soundtrack is great, Harry Dean Stanton is priceless and this is the only Emilio Estevez film I ever really liked.
* The City of Lost Children and Run Lola Run -
My two favorite non-Hollywood, non-American films. Children is a delightfully visual very scary fairy tale that is more for adults than kids. In my mind, stylistically, Lola is the first truly punk rock film ever made (regardless of the techno soundtrack).
* Monty Python's Life of Brian -
We take the butchering of sacred cows for granted these days. But this ballsy late '70s comic gem skewered the Jesus mythos so thoroughly that it was banned by the catholic church.
Honorable Mention:
* Unforgiven -
Eastwood's finest directorial work and the best of his many westerns. This is the western genre version of the Dark Knight Returns.
* McCabe & Mrs. Miller -
The first Pacific North-Western. A cold, damp Altman masterpiece.
* Blade, X-Men 2, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins and Sin City -
The comic book to film genre's greatest masterpieces. Film's latest "new wave" happened right under our noses! Did you notice?
Sorry, I got carried away! What a great thread. 
mattro
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In no particular order:
1. Beauty and the Beast
2. Lord of the Rings
3. Indiana Jones
4. Star Wars
5. Tommy Boy
6. Anne of Green Gables
7. Princess Bride
8. Pride and Prejudice (BBC miniseries!)
9. Annie (childhood fave...had to make the list)
10. Star Trek II: The Pecs of...I mean, the Wrath of Khan.
I know...a good half of them are chick flicks. I'm such a girl.
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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
huge film geek,
AMADEUS CLERKS: Kevin Smith, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL,
DUCK SOUP, the films of Ernst Lubitsch, MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN, THE LAST WALTZ, AMERICAN BEAUTY/GARDEN STATE,
Stanley Kubrick, Sam Fuller, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog and Francois Truffaut, anything by Jim Jarmusch
THE SHINING, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW,
Your list rocks! All of these are on my masterlist. It's not ever possible for me to choose just 10 either. 10 from each of 15 genres, maybe.
I don't know Withnail and I, but I've seen it mentoned twice here, so I'll be seeing it soon.
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* Monty Python's Life of Brian -
We take the butchering of sacred cows for granted these days. But this ballsy late '70s comic gem skewered the Jesus mythos so thoroughly that it was banned by the catholic church.
Ahem. Not to nit-pick, but the movie doesn't make fun of Jesus himself. What the movie does make fun of is how people misinterpret the words of Jesus, create different belief systems around them, and kill each other over who has the right interpretation.
"I think he said "Blessed are the cheesemakers."
"Oh what's so special about the cheesemakers?"
"It's not mean to be taken literally-he mean's any sort of manufacturer of dairy products."
and then later
"Oh it's the meek. "Blessed are the meek." Oh isn't that nice, dear. I'm glad they're getting something, cause they have a hell of a time."
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XANDER: (baby-talk) Who's a little fear demon?
C'mon, who's a lit-tle fear demon?
GILES: Don't taunt the fear demon.
XANDER: Why? Can he hurt me?
GILES: No, it's just… tacky.
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In no particular order:
- The Lion King (It's the first movie I can remember seeing in a theater)
- Sabrina (The Original, cuz the remake sucked)
- Benny and Joon
- Night of the Living Dead (The Original)
- SLC Punk
- Homeward Bound: The Incredibly Journey Home
- The Princess Bride
- The Goonies
- Sense and Sensibility
- Riffraff
This isn't even remotly close to covering all my faves 
"We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land'."
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I don't think I really like any movie enough to have it on a top 10 list. The Butterfly Effect was extremely well-written and it was almost as if Kutcher was a good actor in it. I waited about a year before seeing it because I thought it plain sucked but it was really good. That's the only movie that surprised me at how good it was, it wasn't monumental or anything but it's probably the only movie in my top ten. Not even #1 either, it's like #8, if I hate to choose. I can't think of any movie on the spot that I really really enjoyed so my list is thus:
1. -
2. -
3. Serenity
4. -
5. -
6. -
7. -
8. The Butterfly Effect
9. -
10.-
I've seen quite a few movies, I guess I'm just picky.
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Aww hell - and i was so busy at work until i saw this thred! not! Well i love movies so picking out 10 best is kinda hard but here some of my most loved in no particular order:
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid - great acting, great dialogue, great pairing.
Star Wars ANH, i love all the original 3 but the first one is v.special because you are just in awe of being introduced to this amazing new environment and characters, oh yeh and luke doesn't whine on too much (arf!)
LOTR Trilogy: The movies i waited my whole life to see!! and i wasn't disappointed in anyway, just amazingly how i thought it should be.
Die Hards: hard core action, hero quipping, punching fun.
Lethal Weapons: ok so they dragged on a bit at the end and Mel was in desperate need of a haircut but i love their interplay and gratutious action/explosions, just good fun to watch and you don't have to engage too much!
Stakeout: Another buddy movie but i love it, v.funny interplay.
Romeo & Juliet: the Leo/Clare Danes version i thought it was an excellently modernised version of the tale and beautifully shot too.
Bourne Movies: More violence - i see a theme! Excellent characterisation, and use of a newspaper.
The Fugitive: one of Harrison's classics, gripping acting, and TLJ comes into his own too.
Gladiator: incredible imagining (is that a word?) and will definatley stand the test of time.
Ar*e and i'm up to 10 already, there were loads more i could have opted for but these sprung to mind first, thx for letting me share - look forward to seeing what everyone else is in to!
have a good one
xx
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Another motorised rock?"
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Wow. (hastily scribbling on piece of paper).
There's so many movies here I haven't even seen!!
And I thought I'd watched tons of movies. Glad to see everyone liked this thread and there is some repeat picks. I agree that it was extremely hard to pick. There's many others that I love that aren't on there. I mean, i own at least 200 DVDs and there's tons more I want to buy. But I picked those based on how many times I'd watched them. Someone mind telling me about Bladerunner? I've never seen it but it sounds intriguing. Thanks!
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