I know this topic has been done (probably many times) before, but considering new people join the site all the time and reviving old threads is frowned upon, I thought I'd revive the 'ole What're your 10 favorite films. I think such lists can be very informative about a particular filmmaker. Put it in order, or not, whichever you prefer.

For me:

1) The Lord of the Rings (this counts as a single film in my head)
2) The Matrix

and then, in no particular order

- The Usual Suspects
- Fight Club
- Garden State
- King Kong (2005)
- V for Vendetta (don't ask)
- Pan's Labirynth
- Spirited Away
- The Departed

My list is...interesting, I know, and it's constantly being reevaluated and updated. But these are just my (current) personal favorites. I'd love to know others'!

In no real order

Twelve Monkeys
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
The Thin Red Line
Apocalypse Now
Once Upon a Time in the West
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Children of Men
The Proposition
The Empire Strikes Back
Heat

This is a tough one, but I'll give it a shot:

In no particular order,
• The Truman Show
• Bladerunner
• The Unforgiven
• Once Upon a Time in the West
• 3-Iron
• Nobody Knows
• City of God
• Princess Mononoke
• The Godfather
• Life is Beautiful

Princess Mononoke is incredible. Actually, Myazaki is incredible in general.

1.Mulholland Drive
2.Requiem For A Dream
4.Eraserhead
4.Fight Club
5.Pink Floyd: The Wall
6.Being John Malkovich
7.Kill Bill Vol 1
8.A Clockwork Orange
9.Edward Scissorhands
10.Spirited Away

Haha. Im not sure of the accuracy of that list...its kind of difficult and largely dependent on my current mood.

I would try to make a list but it would probably change on a daily basis.

This is a hard list to make but the best movies for me are
Fight Club
Pulp Fiction
Donnie Darko
The Usual Suspects
Goodfellas
Apocalypse Now
A clockwork orange
the Matrix
Do the Right Thing
American History X

Very tough list that might change next week:

Star Wars
El Mariachi
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Reservoir Dogs
Apocalypse Now Redux
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Back to the Future
The Godfather

This was a cringeworthy list to make as there were plenty I didn't want to leave off.

I've decided to see every movie posted above which I haven't already seen, in the next few months. I say posted above, because one never knows what may lie beneath.

Mine is so hard to put into any sort of order (and it changes all the time), so let me try this. Each section is in no particular order.

Über high on the list:

12 Monkeys
Children of Men
The Lord of the Rings
Casino Royale

Pretty high on the list:

Hot Fuzz
The Matrix
Star Wars

Lower on the top ten:

Run Lola Run
The Eye
Unbreakable

More (Mark Osborne Short- in case you're looking)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Labyrinth
Momento
Pink Floyd the Wall
Fight Club
Immortal Beloved
Life is Beautiful
Dream for an insomniac
Run Lola Run

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Originally posted by Winterreverie:
More (Mark Osborne Short- in case you're looking)

Wow. I looked this up on youtube after reading your post. I was quite impressed. Wow.
Also Ive never met anyone else that ranks The Wall in their Top10. Hooray (!)

No orderI really can't think of all the favorite movies right now so I am listing it if I liked it )

-Bourne Series
-Amorres Perros
-Crash
-War of the Worlds
-Diary of a mad black woman
-Citizen Kane
-Spiderman
-Sin City
-Inside Man
-Batman Begins
-It's a Wonderful Life(comedy kinda)

Comedy (people don't have alot of comedies in their favorites and the Academy doesn't respect comedies so I'll list my ten favorite comedies

-Click
-Billy Madison
-George of the Jungle
-National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
-Anchorman
-40 year old virgin
-Dodgeball
-National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
-Arsenic and Old Lace
-Rush Hour(all)

Not neccessarily in this order and I'm sure I'm forgetting so many but at this very moment my top are...
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Amelie
The City of Lost Children
Little Miss Sunshine
The Usual Suspects
Sink or Swim
Cinema Paradiso
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Other Sister
As Good As It Gets
& a bunch more

Cinematical: Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are amazing - if I didn't try to vary my list, half the films on it would probably be Miyazaki's. My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Spirited Away, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso and of course Pincess Mononoke are all must-sees.

If I could I'd tack on to my list
The Shawshank Redemption
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I'll try to say why some of those are in my favorite or at least comment them. There is only one I can give a position to. The rest is not in order.

1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The funniest movie I have ever seen. EVER. It also cleverly combines intelligent message and good laugh.

The Thing
Holy jesus do I love this movie. Why? The gore maybe...but I'm no fan of gore for the fun of gore. This one of this film that succeded to use paranoia at its best.
A merciless film, genuinly violent and maybe not fit for everyone (although I think most people would at least like it if not love).

American psycho
Awesome performence by Christian Bale. The kind of black humor I'm a fan of.

Ben-Hur
A biblical epic that impressed my dad very much. He just transmitted its love of this film to me.

A clockwork orange
Ah! Those awesome, awesome nasty ending that depict society so well.

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
I don't know if I should put it in my top ten...Still, it's one of those film I've seen 10 times or so. It's probably only because of Lestat tough. I do love those sadistic bastard that dance with death people on a nice music.

Ladri di biciclette


Night and Fog
A weird, weird documentary about the Holocaust. But at the time of its production, people didn't fully realised what they were filming and what those camp were about. It brings Auschwitz in your TV.

War and Peace (the whole serie by Bondarchuck)
Epic! Epic! The most impressive and costly production of all time. But there is more to it than money and thousand of extras. The duel scene, the party scene, the ball scene, yes the battle scenes, the plundering of Moscow...7 really well used hour.

I'm typing this with the first movies that pop into my mind. In no particular order:

LOTR Trilogy (I'll cheat with that one too )
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Serenity
Life is Beautiful
Aliens
Edward Scissorhands
The Big Lebowski
Love Actually
Dead Poet's Society

The last three are a little iffy; like everyone else, depending on my mood, those three may get jostled around (or even off the list).

I remember being a kid and saying that "Masters of the Universe" (the live action movie) was my favorite movie ever. Oh, how times have changed...

Ignis - Have you seen Howles Moving Castle? I haven't yet, and want to...

TitaniumDoughnut - I like your list. A lot. Casion Royale, Children of Men, and the first two Star Wars films are all in the nebulous fringe around my top 10 (and depending on the day often drift in). And I apparently have to watch 12 Monkeys again, because I saw it on TV in a crappy, cut up version and didn't really get a feel for it.

Oh, and Hot Fuzz was that good? Looks like I'm going to HAVE to see it now!

Cinematical:

Howl's Moving Castle was alright. As far as the visuals went, it was the most elaborate of his films, and indeed of all animations, so far. The story was a bit iffy though. It seemed like a collection of not necessarily related ideas forced together. A cut and paste mosaic. It lacked the simplicity, cohesion and clear themes of his greatest films, or so it seemed to me. Others I know loved it so, it may just be a matter of opinion. As always though, it's well worth watching and a breathtaking example of hand-drawn animation.

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Originally posted by Cinematical:
Ignis - Have you seen Howles Moving Castle? I haven't yet, and want to...

Im not a fan of anime at all, but the creativity and imagination in Howls Moving Castle is very inspiring. I love how it starts out with a very realistic and familiar setting and all of a sudden these crazy fantasy elements get thrust into the story without warning . It took me by surprise. Not quite as good as Spirited Away though, in my opinion.
I find it interesting that Christian Bale voices Howl. Hehe. Kind of unexpected.

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I apparently have to watch 12 Monkeys again, because I saw it on TV in a crappy, cut up version and didn't really get a feel for it.

Oh, and Hot Fuzz was that good? Looks like I'm going to HAVE to see it now!

Every time I watch 12 Monkeys I see how flawed it is, and then three days later, I love it again.

Hot Fuzz was just sooo much fun. I saw it with the ideal audience (100% film students - advance screening) and the director and two actors were there, so I'm inclined to be biased more toward "best movie ever" that is normal, but yes, it's awesome.