What is your favorite movie?

The depth of feeling, the imagery, the artistry, make this an all-time great. This comes from a straight man who respects great movie making and story telling. Its Picture loss at the Oscars (and only the Oscars, it deservedly won everything else there was to win) renders the Academy irrelevant.

Great love story Also the movie has a little bit of everything in it

It’s extremely witty, well written, well acted and romantic.

Titanic: best movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life. it’s a great movie, and as we all know the ship sinks at the end, the whole movie is very romantic because as you watch every little innocent scene between jack (leo dicaprio) and rose (kate winslet), you know time is ticking. i think it’s sad and romantic how jack tells rose to never let go of the promise to live her life at the very end and OMG i loooooove every little thing about this storyline. and leo dicaprio is very hot. and kate winslet is stunning as usual.
King Kong (2005): it has EVERYTHING!! suspense, romance, action, adventure, humor, etc. the special effects=woaaaahhh. i dont care how long the movie is, it’s just fabulous. naomi watts, adrien brody, and jack black were GREAT pretending they saw kong or a dinosaur, etc, when there was nothing actually there as they were filming. and yes, i did cry at the end.every time i watch it, i get teary eyed. i think naomi watts should have been nominated for an oscar for playing ann darrow. peter jackson made a GREAT remake.
Little Miss Sunshine: probably one of the best movies in 2006. it’s hilarious. i love how a little indie movie made it as a nominee for best picture at the oscars!!! :] its a spectacular movie of how a little girl from a dysfunctional family shows everyone what it really means to win. and you gotta love abigail breslin dancing to superfreak!!! lms has a great choice of actors and a wonderful screenplay!!!!!!!!! I love this movie! soo different, what other movie have you seen with a dysfunctional family pushing a yellow bus? GOTTA LOVE IT!!
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape: Leo DiCaprio blew me out of the water. He was that good as playing mentally challenged Arnie. Johnny Depp was great too. He was going through a really tough time and made me believe what Gilbert was going through. I just love this movie cuz its so different and deep. You really feel like you’re a part of the family.
Million Dollar Baby: It’s real, it’s sad, it’s perfect.
Forrest Gump: i love watching forrest in different parts of history, no plot but has a point. it has you laughing and crying.

My favorite movie of all time is Titanic..it’s not only your classic Romeo and Juliet story, but it shows the emotions of humans during a sad time in history. It’s just sooo good and I cry every single time I watch it…which is over like, a hundred. Plus, Leo DiCaprio is SO hot in this and Kate Winslet is absolutely stunning. :] I also like King Kong (2005) because the special effects are fabulous and it’s just so fun to watch. Other favorites of mine are: Little Miss Sunshine, Million Dollar Baby, and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

Well I have to agree with the 2 listed below me the Sting and Titanic are 1 and 1A for me but to add to that The Best Years of Our Lives is 1B.

All 3 great movies for different reasons. I managed a theatre that had Titanic from December from April and I never tired of it

How can this not be in the Top 100, and Toy Story and the horribly overated Titanic be on it, give me a break!

beautiful love story is not represented it has happy ending. Obtains the love forever is the best recollection.

Love needs honesty. Honesty needs courage. Are they able to face the love suffering. If they are unable to do, the result is leaving and then bury in the deepest of the hearts.

GWTW is the model for every epic, romance or human condition flim. The spectacle, acting, music and pure movie magic have never been surpassed.

Mag.7 has human interaction,pathos, good acting, fantastic music and scenery. More than a western - a great movie experience.

Zulu is a spectacular presentation of the human spirit. Great photography and music wrap the good acting and inspiring story in a mesmerizing event.With all the world attacking english/american values, this film is a shot in the arm for our image.

WHAT! Leave this out! It is one of the BEST stories ever shown in film. I love it and could watch it over and over forever.

It makes me laugh and cry. It is a girl movie then MEN like! I can watch it over and over again.

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS
I never see this Movie Listed on the Great Movie Lists.
It is a Horrid Shame that it isn’t on the top 100.
It is a Great, Fun, Wonderful movie and an all time classic in my mind.
It has many wonderful and charming tunes that were hits in it’s time.
Wonderful, colorful sets.
And Great acting.
One of it’s Greatest piece of Acting (or maybe it was real?)
that I’ve ever seen is when the tears flow during
the truly heart felt tune Judy Garland sings to
Young Natalie Wood, in “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”.
This movie and the tune, if I remember correctly, was released in
1944 during the Murderous killing of Our soldiers on Both fronts
of World War II.
I always cry when I hear and see this tune,
because of all the Boys that we lost in that war that were
never going to come home for Christmas,
or any other time from that War.
I always feel that this song is meant for them, (and Probably was)
and that in the tune, if we can’t get to together…
we’ll have to muddle through some how…
(it’s not really said, but is implied in the tune)
that we’ll meet again, if not on earth…
then sometime. (AKA after life / Heaven)
Anyway, with that historical perspective,
Try watching this Movie Again sometime,
and see if you aren’t touched by this tune too.
It’s still just as applicable today,
for all the Kids (and families of those) who are serving
for and dying for our country today.
And that’s what a great movie does…
It moves it’s audience.
Does Anyone else agree?
Chris

How could anyone come up with one favorite movie. I more than the above to go a top of the heap list. I love movies for many reasons. The Pianist is a emotionally powerful work with one of the great acting performances of all time.

American Beauty is funny, hypnotic, lyrical, beautifully photagraphed, great writing, acting………. Great Story telling. Hip.

Godfather I & II all of the above and insightful.

Bulworth: I movie I never tire of watching. It is hillarious……..

Thunder Road….. Robert Mitchum

The Hustler……. Again great cinematography, acting.
Solyaris: But if I had to pick my greatest movie it would probably be Solyaris. A beautiful film that is the most affective film I’ve seen that paints a picture of transcendence and creation.

Just one comment about a movie lot’s of people love and I send to the bottom of my list. Namely 12 Angry Men. Thought this movie was God awful. It does not put you in the room in the sense that you could make a decision on the fate of the person being judged. The evidence used to walk you to this jury’s conclusion was non-existent.

Everything a movie should be. It’s exciting, funny, romantic, heartbreaking, suspensful and so much more. It is everything Classic Hollywood represented which is what movies should alwyas epitomize!

It’s almost 10 years old. It’s a film that has never lost its ability to sweep me into its story. It’s got the most impressive effects shots in the history of film. It’s a romance told with the kind of excellence that once set Orson Welles apart from everyone else. It is in my humble opinion, the great film.

You can have your Godfathers, your Lawrence of Arabias, your Casablancas and your Citizen Kanes… I’ll keep my Titanic.

I personally can’t wait for this list to air on TV. I can’t wait to see how high AFI puts this magnificent film. But then again, in a weird way, I can’t wait to see how low AFI puts Titanic in all of their “great wisdom”.

Titanic has its flaws. No film is perfect. There’s only a handful that come close.

Simply the greatest film ever put on screen!

Simply the greatest film ever put on screen! It’s the only movie that I can watch over and over again, but never get tired of or be unmoved. It’s timeless,as even kids of today enjoy it. It features the pairing of the single best actor and actress ever to grace the screen. Unmatched performances,incredible attention to detail, unforgettable characters, humor, action, suspense, romance…one could go one forever! An immortal story of love, courage, sacrifice, and redemption with an extremely important message that still resonates over fifty years after it was made…there are values worth sacrificing for!
By: Rachel Newton

The most incredible of all epic movies! GWTW in my opinion is the greatest American movie of all time! Full of drama, passion, and the history that who know, never forgett.

When I was a child I remember that my mom and I always watch GWTW in television, here in Brazil the film is very popular even after almost 70 years ago your first release.
The history of Scarllet teach me how suppress my own limits and believe that no matter what happens, some how I’ll find a way to pull through, and this make the movie so powerful until now.
By: Ederson Silva da Silva

It has everything I love in a film.

It has everything I love in a film, and everything all filmmakers want to achieve. You laugh, you cry, but most of all your heart leaps and wrenches right to the end for the most lovable and most real protagonist ever seen on film. No other film can match It’s A Wondful Life’s brutal honesty about life and still manage to give such a wonderfully happy ending. The screenplay is taught, the acting is phenomenal, and Bedford Falls is such a real town to us. As we watch George Bailey’s numerous failed attempts to leave his home town, we learn what the true indications of success are in a person’s life: love, family, friends. It is the honesty and simplicity of the film’s message that allows us to relate to this film still, 60 years after it’s release, and what compels each of us to watch it over and over again.
By: Christina Bagnarol

Annie Hall is a romantic comedy staring Diane Keaton and Woody Allen. This film chronicles the great moments and mishaps Diane Keaton and Woody Allen as a couple shares.

This film is unlike any other comedy I’ve seen. Annie Hall is a very intelligent film. It talks about life, love, death, relationships, New York and L.A. all in a humorous way. Woody Allen did a great job, and every time I see this film I laugh constantly.
By: Mariana Garcia

Audrey Hepburn AND Cary Grant…romance, suspense, comedy…and a fantastic supporting cast!

Love is all there is
Life, loss, love, healing, grief, laughter, peace… what more could you want. plus robin williams
BY: John Metcalfe

2. Casablanca 3. It’s A Wonderful Life 4. Citizen Kane 5. Sound Of Music 6. Gone With The Wind 7. The Godfather 8. Wizard Of Oz 9. Star Wars 10. Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King

Titanic:
“I’m king of the world!” My personal favourite film. Titanic broke my heart and keeps a piece still. 11 Academy Awards, Highest Grossing film ever. ‘My Heart Will Go On’ haunting soundtrack.

Casablanca:
The Perfect Film. Casablanca is one of my favourite films. To me it represents everything a film should, i.e. the perfect film. The most quoted, and loved of films. A great love story, great action, mystery, suspence, sadness, comedy all in equal greatness. The greatest romantic drama of wartime sacrifice. The great Classic, with the classic song, “As Time Goes By” perfect cast, Bogart, Bergman, Rains, the Academy Award for Best Picture and more famous quotes than any other. “I think this is the begining of a beautiful friendship”and “.Here’s looking at you, kid.” and “Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By.” and “Round up the usual suspects.” and “We’ll always have Paris.” and “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”

It’s A Wonderful Life:
One of the best films of all time. Christmas classic, Philosophical genius, each person’s life touches many others. With the complex, engrossing, Everyman performance by Stewart as George Bailey. Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.

Citizen Kane:
Considered to be the greatest film of all time. “Rosebud.” The most geniusly clever film I have ever seen. It doesn’t answer ‘the question’, what is the meaning of life, but it responds to the American Dream with harsh honesty in this tragic story, which in a way answers the big question. Acclaimed for its innovative narrative structure, deep focus cinematography, soundtrack, literate screenplay, and nuanced portrayal of the central character. Citizen Kane is truly the best.

The Sound Of Music:
The greatest musical ever. A stroke of purer cinematical and musical genius. Winner of my Greatest Holltwood Musical. With the breath taking opening song ‘Sound of Music, The’, one of the greatest songs and numerous others like ‘My Favorite Things’ and ‘.Do Re Mi’

Gone With The Wind:
One of the Greatest Epics of all time. From “Immortal tale of the old South” - the epic tale of Civil War destruction, compelling story and the romantic but weird relationship between Leigh and Gable. With the greatest line of all time, ‘Frankly My Dear I don’t give a damn’ and “.After all, tomorrow is another day!”, “As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.”

The Godfather:
Tragic, three part romantic saga with Mob boss Don Corleone and the rising, son Michael. Gripping suspense and memorable dialogue “I’ll make
him an offer he can’t refuse”. The visually grand images of times and places contrast with the film’s graphic violence. The Godfather remains among the most celebrated, landmark films of all time.

Wizard Of Oz:
Greatest musical of all time, my greatest anyway. The journey down the Yellow Brick Road that made Garland a star, with the great characters of Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion. An all-American family fairytale. With the AFI’s top song, ever, “Somewhere Over the rainbow” Dorothy and Todo will remain always Universally loved, and ‘Ding Dong the Witch is Dead’. “Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” and “There’s no place like home.” and “I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!”

Star Wars:
The begining the Series to end all Scfi Series. A film that doesn’t show History, but makes History. The ultimate spectacular space adventure combined a simple story of good vs. evil with stunning visual effects “May the force be with you.”

Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King:
Greatest film of the 2000’s decade. End to the best saga of the age. 11 Academy Awards, second highest grossing film worldwide. Best of the Decade 2000- and Top Film of 2003.
By: Jeremy Smith

A period piece that is done extremely well.

The story, acting, special effects, and directing are nothing less than perfect. A period piece that is done extremely well.
By: Elizabeth Weaver

Titanic is cinema glory at its best!

Who can forget the perfect and mindblowing scene where Jack and Rose “fly” above the Atlantic ocean ? A classic scene wich will remain in the history of movie-making forever. James Cameron has captured many hearts with this tale of forbidden love on the unforgettable Titanic. With an amazingly beautiful soundtrack composed by James Horner, an incredible cinematography making you almost believe that you are actually on the real ship and a deeply touching love story. Titanic has a little everything for everyone. Even 10 years after its official theatrical release, it remains unforgettable and a masterpiece for cinema history. I still watch it today and get moved by the tragedy and the beautiful story of passionate and sacrificed love, having a hard time believing so many years have gone by since Titanic was first released. It STILL hasn’t grow old for me, and every scene is absolutely memorable.

Titanic is obviously one of the greatest movies of all time and surely deserves all the praise it has got. Perfection in every aspect, Titanic is cinema glory at its best!
By: Anto Raso

11 Academy Awards, Highest Grossing film ever.

“I’m king of the world!” My personal favourite film. Titanic broke my heart and keeps a piece still. 11 Academy Awards, Highest Grossing film ever. ‘My Heart Will Go On’ haunting soundtrack.
By: Jeremy Smith

This is the most wonderful and beautiful movie ever made.

This is the most wonderful and beautiful movie ever made. It manages to encompass a timeless love story and a tragic moment in history in the same film. It tugs at your heartstrings, makes you earn for that perfect romance that is so rare, and stuns you visually. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are the perfect film couple, and they always will be. The heart of this film will go on for many, many years.
By: Danielle Griffin

I love the music, the emotion, the feeling I get from watching this movie.

I love the music, the emotion, the feeling I get from watching this movie. Whenever I’m in a bad mood, it helps me to feel better because I know in the end everything will be alright. I don’t think I will ever find a movie like it in my life.
By: Tommy Steinhilber

One of the greatest spectacles surrounding one of the greatest movie romances..

One of the greatest spectacles surrounding one of the greatest movie romances..
By: Douglas Johnson

This James Cameron film really changed how I saw film.

This James Cameron film really changed how I saw film. It showed me an incredible story set against a historical backdrop. It introduced me to James Cameron’s film. I love epic films that are emotionally satisfying. This movie has a combination of everything everybody will love. It has incredible special effects, a love story, historical background, a dashing hero and despicable villain. This is my favorite which I enjoy watching on my big screen TV once in a while. No matter how many times I see it, It never fails to envelop me in its story. It is my favorite film and will always remain that way.
By: Sean Zink

What more can be said about the movie that took the world by storm, capturing 11 Academy Awards and becoming the highest grossing film of all time?

Titanic is an amazing film! It wove the historical facts and figures of Titanic through a love story, which showed you the two different social worlds of 1912, as well as made you emotionally attatched to the events of Titanic (IE: people loosing their loved ones and lives).

Sure, the dialogue isn’t perfect. But it is never so bad that it distracted from the film. The acting is underrated; as both Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have gone on to prove they are amazing actors. And if you still think they both acted poorly in Titanic, the chemistry between the two is enough to counteract their individual performances.

The music, costumes, sets and amazing pace helps creates a feeling that you are actually aboard the ship! Sure, we know the outcome of the film before we see it. But because of James Cameron’s amazing talents we forget that the ship sinks and Rose survives and are on the edges of our seats until the very end!

Titanic should get more praise and people need to stop bashing it. Titanic will always be my favorite film and it still manages to capture the hearts of all who watch it!
By: Paul Hamblen