<p>Just curious as to what everyone's favorite movies are.</p>
<p>For me I'd have to say...
Requiem for a Dream
The Matrix 1
2001: A Space Odyssey</p>
<p>Please no stuff like "Finding Nemo" if you can resist.</p>
<p>I thought "Requiem for a Dream" was very interesting. A movie that is similar in content is "Basketball Diaries" starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg (in their younger years). </p>
<p>Favorite movies:</p>
<ol>
<li>Saving Private Ryan</li>
<li>Forrest Gump</li>
<li>(can't think of a third one for now, but I'll get back to you on that!)</li>
</ol>
<p>I promise that third one won't star Tom Hanks.. !</p>
<p>1) Cruel Intentions
2) Mean Girls
3) Closer</p>
<p>Are there any movies that follow something like this:</p>
<p>Question the fate of humanity/mankind.</p>
<p>Leave the audience wondering or inciting new ideas.</p>
<p>Have figurative meanings that apply to history or ridicule society.</p>
<p>I have a feeling I watched one like this sometime in my life, but I can't put my finger on it. By the way, this might be 3rd on my list! :P</p>
<p>KRabble88, I suggest you watch a Charlie Kaufman film. I LOVE his stuff!! It breaks all boundaries. It's a shame though that these kinds of films are not very welcome in Hollywood.</p>
<p>By the way, I like a lot of Woody Allen's movies (especially his old ones). I can't recall any of the names right now, but the ones I've seen on TV we're all great!</p>
<ol>
<li>Contact</li>
<li>Matrix</li>
<li>Beautiful mind</li>
</ol>
<p>KRabble88. Pi, the matrix, a clockwork orange, 2001, reqiuem for a dream, pulp fiction are all those kind of movies. Your criteria is basically how I distinguish a good movie from a great movie.</p>
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<p>I haven't seen a Woody Allen film yet, but I caught some glimpses of "Bananas" on TV a few weeks ago, and that work station/gym was brilliantly ludicrous. Poor Woody!</p>
<p>My favourite movie is JFK: it's thrilling, it's frightening, it's inspiring, and it's damn entertaining.</p>
<p>I also really like Adaptation and Peter Pan (the 2003 live action one).</p>
<p>In no order: Godfather (I and II), Saving Private Ryan, The Usual Suspects, Dr. Strangelove, Forrest Gump, Silence of the Lambs, and Independence Day.</p>
<p>Great movies for me need a couple of the following traits: personal memories (seeing with family/friends, etc.), slick characters, memorable lines, good aesthetics, personally entertaining, rewind-ability.</p>
<p>It seems like everyone is a Godfather fan. I need to check that out, as well as Scarface. I'm also wanting to watch Hotel Rwanda.</p>
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Leave the audience wondering or inciting new ideas.
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lol I thought of Final Destination 1/2 and Identity.</p>
<p>-Pearl Harbour
-Black Hawk Down
-Napolean Dynamite
-White Chicks
-Final Destination 1 and 2
-Gothika
-The Grudge (only a bit.. too scary)
-The Shawshank Redemption
-Tears of the Sun (?)
-Billy Madison
-The Water Boy
-Remember the Titans</p>
<p>In no particular order...</p>
<p>[ul][<em>]Motorcycle Diaries
[</em>]No Man's Land
[<em>]La Vitta Belle
[</em>]Final Destination (1)
[<em>]Pearl Harbor
[</em>]The Butterfly Effect
[li]Donnie Darko[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Other chick-flick worthy ones will include Princess Diaries, Monster-in-Law (and only because of Vartan.), 13 Going On 30, Mr and Mrs Smith, The Notebook, The Day After Tomorrow and Garden State</p>
<p>For ME</p>
<p>The Graduate</p>
<p>American Beauty</p>
<p>Butterfly Effect</p>
<p>Closer</p>
<p>Forrest Gump.</p>
<p>Major Payne</p>
<p>He is the BEST comedian in a movie ever! At least IMO.</p>
<p>Fight Club</p>
<p>The Notebook, Princess Diaries, Pearl Harbor, Grease (hehe...your probably laughing)</p>
<p>Billy Elliot
Finding Neverland
Moulin Rouge!
Pirates of the Caribbean
Peter Pan (2003 version)</p>
<p>I also really love the cinematic masterpiece of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but the movie itself isn't one of my favorites.</p>
<ol>
<li>A Time To Kill</li>
<li>As Good As It Gets</li>
<li>Million Dollar Baby</li>
</ol>