What Is Your Favorite Film of All Time and Why?

[scourge]

in no particular order:

se7sen- brilliant script, good acting, great direction, one of the best thrillers ever filmed. plus an amazing opening title sequence.

fight club- great book, great movie. some of the most awesomely nihilistic lines.

the princess bride- hilarious. great fairy tale.

city of lost children- great story. the visuals in this flick are amazing. from the same directors who brought you "the diner" and "amelie", and "alien: resurrection" (unfortunately).

the godfather I & II- of course. arguably the finest american film of all time.

the cell (with the sound off)- stunning, jaw-dropping visuals, lame script.

love actually- best romatic/comedy i've seen in a long time, although british humor is a little weird. unfortunately, my fiancee made me buy it, and we now view it on a daily basis. see it, but not 700 times.

clerks- piss-your-pants funny.

cube- i'm, like, the only person who's seen this, i think. rent this movie, if you can find it. you'll be washing your hair with your eyes open for a week.

reservoir dogs- brilliant script, well-served by the low production value.

greg

[Colorblind]

10 Caddy Shack
9 What About Bob?
8 Napoleon Dynamite - "Sweet moon boots"
7 Smoke Signals - "It's a great day to be indigenous"
6 Grease
5 A Christmas Story - ( Red Rider BB guns will put your eye out)
4 Tati' Danelle - French foreign film
3 Office Space
2 Color Purple - I cry every time I see it and know most of the lines
1 3 Seasons - Vietnamese film (3 stories in one; It's a beautiful and clean love story that will melt your heart.)

[BellaBe]

Hello There! This post was so long ago but here are some I'd like to contribute:

If you have not seen it go out and rent it for those who love a good story and twist........

THE USUAL SUSPECTS - its just excellent!! #1

L.A. Confidential

The Count of Monte Cristo - I saw this one on the plane to Puerto Rico, go rent it. Sometimes we are naive he learned a hard lesson.

Gladiator - and not just because of Russell Crowe :-)

Shrek :-)

Monster's Ball is a good one too. so much talk of the sex scene and cable cuts through the movie straight to it you lose it. Rent it to understand better.

There are others but I can't think of them right now.

"Under Suspicion" is a good one, too.
Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Monica Bellucci...

Well, it is based in PR, for starters (as for my reasoning) but a VERY GOOD and DIFFERENT movie -- in terms of directing and camera shots, chronology, etc...

[grape-ape]

kill bill 1&2 - very well scripted and the attention to detail, martial arts cinema tradition and craftsmanship.

tlr all 3 - labor of love that got better all the way through to the last one. i really admire his dedication to those movies.

shogun assassin - acting and martial arts that brought a real contrast to the acrobatics and drawn out fights of hong kong movies that didn't disappoint.

13 assassins - best samurai movie in years hands down and a nice new direction for the director miike.

harakiri - amazing story and the discipline put into the way the plot unfolds really helps the ending have that much more impact.

but those are just the ones that pop into mind off the bat. really there are so many. definitely a movie person.