Top 10 Fave Movies - Besides Serenity
POSTED BY: queenofthenorth
UPDATED: Sunday, April 5, 2026 17:38
VIEWED: 18734
PAGE 4 of 7
Just off the top of my head in no particular
order:
Annie Hall
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Manhattan
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Classic Star Wars Trilogy
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
Dazed and Confused
Bottle Rocket
The Godfather 1 & 2
(Honorable mention to Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, Linklater is brilliant!)
---------------------------------------
The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason!
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by meangoldfish:
holy god, you guys have some terrible tastes in movies (i mean that in the nicest way possible)
I'm having to agree with you on this one. I read some of these and winced . I do love some dogs, but I'm not proud of it.
Not including Serenity:
Braveheart
Casablanca
Wait Until Dark
Somewhere in Time
American Werewolf in London
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Fiddler on the Roof
Empire Strikes Back
Stalag 17
Island of the Blue Dolphins (also a top 10 book)
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/MN-Firefly/
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Just 10?!?!?! You're kidding right? I have 10 favorite War Movies. And 10 favorite sci-fi movies. Ugh. Ok, I'm gonna try (there's really 12, but cut me some slack, yeah?)
In no particular order:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?: Closer WISHED it was this screwed up. Plus Liz Taylor at her best.
The Court Jester Danny Kaye silliness and singing, and lovely dialogue! Love it. (After months of pleading for just this kind of action, what makes you think that anybody - anybody could make me reveal the identity of my confederate?
Because they'd put you on the rack, crack your every bone, scald you with hot oil, and remove the nails off your fingers with flaming hot pincers.
I'd... like to withdraw the question.)
Mel Gibson's 3 'Patriot' movies: Braveheart, The Patriot andWe Were Soldiers: William Wallace's death: classic. An uplifting, beautiful film about one man and his principles, and the BEST, most Spin-Free Vietnam movie I've ever seen. It's not about the war, it's about the soldiers. (Read the book, too) I can't choose between these three. They go together for me.
The Boondock Saints: Either you adore this movie, or you hate it with a fiery passion. I LOVE it. The dialogue, the premise, even the liberal sprinklings of violence, lol.
Friday Night Lights Not your father's football movie. I <3 football, and I usually love 'regular' uplifting, inspiring football movies (like Rudy), but I just fell in love with this team, the boys on it, the coach (Yay Billy Bob!) and the way it was shot. Brilliant.
the Big Tease Most people haven't seen this silly romp about a gay Scottish hairdresser. If you're one of them: do it. It's funny, it's got heart, and it's just plain silly. Plus it has that guy who played Drew Carey's boss on the Drew Carey Show. I like him!
Lord of the RingsDuh?
Independance Day I'm not sure WHY I love this movie. It was sort of just the big summer blockbuster. But it was a good one! And it has one of my top five movie "Inspirational Speeches" (hmm, that could be another thread...)
Sin City Can I say duh again? Beautifully shot, it WAS the comic books..but shorter. Alexis Bledel was the only part that bugged me.
Gattaca Ethan Hawke, Jude Law, creepy future, forties look in the clothes and cars, awesome score. Just one of my faves.
Honorable Mentions: the Prince and Me (not your typical romantic comedy) Manon (French) Starship Troopers (I just love that their society is soooo facsist and nobody ever says anything about it. Plus it has some of my favorite movie quotes ever) A.I. (absolutely awesome, right up until the cheesy Speilberg ending) Top Gun (I just love TOm Cruise and Val Kilmer in dress whites)
Hmmm, think I'll start a Top Five Inspirational Speeches thread.
--Ballad
They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky, and they remember what they are.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
As with most people, this is no particular order. And I warn you, my tastes are similar to no-one else's on this planet. I don't care.
Star Trek: Nemesis
Galaxy Quest
Shrek 2
InuYasha 1: The Love that Transcends Time (I refuse to use the crappy translated title; for reference it's "Affections Touching Across Time")
Godzilla (Yes, the Devlin/Emmerich version. See above.)
Batman Begins
The Last Samurai
Duck Soup
Renaissance Man (with Danny DeVito. It may only be a TV movie, do those count?)
The Pacifier
Yeah, it is tough to list just 10.
Oh, and InuYasha 2: Castle Beyond The Looking Glass is also on the short list, and would be here if not for that obnoxious epilogue whose only real purpose is to undo any plot development from The Kiss. Haven't watched Swords of an Honorable Ruler yet, 'cause I'm waiting for the TV episodes to get to that point (so I can see it "unspoiled").
-----
We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
I don't like top ten lists since I exclude alot of great films, but heres a small list.
Clockwork Orange
Blues Brothers
2001: A Space Odyssey
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Lawrence of Arabia
Apocalypse Now
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Midnight Cowboy
Rear Window
The Wizard of Oz
NOTIFY: N | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Galaxy Quest
You're a SUPERSTAR. I love that movie, and I forgot to list it. I love the way it sends up Star Trek. I love Alan Rickman. I love the aliens.
(random tangent: I think I could play 6 Degrees to Nathan Fillion. That idea literally JUST popped into my head. And I think I could do it.)
--Ballad
They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky, and they remember what they are.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Oh, just wanted to let you know, Cybersnark, Swords of an Honorable Ruler doesn't spoil anything from the TV show. It's very stand-alone. You can hardly even tell where among the TV episodes it's taking place. I was afraid of the same thing but I got bored, so I watched it and there are zero spoilers. You don't have to deny yourself!
~~~~~
You run when you oughta fight, fight when you oughta deal.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
My top ten are and again in no particular order...
Lord of the Rings - all 3 are fantastic. Was never a fan of the books and only forced myself to read them when the films came out (still didn't like the books...sorry)
The Usual Suspects - love the characters, love the actors, love the twist. Hated it on first viewing in the cinema. Was given the special edition video (anyone remember them?) for Xmas and listened to commentary - fab.
The Matrix - so original, fantastic soundtrack and just sooooooo coooool.
Fight Club - very clever film and some hilarious as well as disturbing moments.
Snatch - I have nearly peed myself at times watching this and it contains the BEST Irish dialect ever produced from an American's mouth.
The Green Mile - I can't actually watch this film anymore. First watching resulted in me balling my eyes out. No film has ever upset me so much. Didn't watch it for more than a year and same thing happened again so that's it for me. Keeping my distance.
The Searchers - Love Westerns and this is one I studied in college. It's the first time I ever remember seeing an 'anti-hero'. A true classic.
Star Trek - the Wrath of Khan - Big trekkie and this just has everything I love about Star Trek and a fantastic ending.
The Frighteners - My first ever encounter with Peter Jackson. Very funny film and it's the one that comes off the shelf when I have a cold and am feeling miserable lying on the couch. Highly recommended.
Black Hawk Down - I am helicopter crazy to start with and a Black Hawk really makes my day for me. But seriously, this is a very gritty, no punches pulled film and a fabulous cast. Ridley Scott is a genius.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Quote:
Originally posted by meangoldfish:
holy god, you guys have some terrible tastes in movies (i mean that in the nicest way possible)
Requiem for a Dream is definitly number 1, with the Evil Dead trilogy I'm counting them all as one) at number 2.
the other 8 are in no particular order.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Rushmore
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Mallrats
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
I Heart Huckabees
Buffalo '66
Snatch
No offense taken... because in the nicest way possible, I've seen 90% of the movies you listed and they bored me senseless. Especially Mallrats... Monty Python's a classic though
Just not particularlty re-watchable to me.
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Just an unordered set of 10 great films:
1. The Goodbye Girl (Neil Simon, anyone every heard of this writer?)
2. A Taxing Woman (Japanese, Juzo Itami)
3. This is Spinal Tap
4. An American in Paris
5. Vertigo/High Anxiety (should be viewed as a pair)
6. Army of Darkness
7. The High and the Mighty (John Wayne)
8. Resevoir Dogs
9. The Gods Must Be Crazy
10. Groundhog Day
Honorable mention: [Don Juan De Marco; American History X; South Pacific, A Boy and His Dog; Dark City; The Hunt for Red October; Damn Yankees; The World of Suzie Wong; House of Games; Zero Effect; The Lathe of Heaven; Graveyard of Fireflies; Leaving Las Vegas; Shadowlands; Blazing Saddles]
You guys need to Netflix some older movies...
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME