Favourite non-WWII films?

We have been talking much about many non-WWII films, so I was wondering to ask which are the films you really love in this world? Mine are:

"The English Patient"- with Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche and William Dafoe.

Martin:

"Brave Heart"- with Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau and Patrick McGoohan.

"Total Eclipse"- with Leonardo DiCaprio (he is a very good actor after all...)

"Amadeus"- by Milos Formann with Tom Hulce and F. Murray Abraham.

"Gandhi"- It is a bloody work of art! by sir Richar Attenborough with Ben Kingsley.

WOW!

I am yearning to see yours!

 

Hmmm Favorite non ww2 flicks eh?

not neccessarily in this order but:

1) The Odessa File. Jon Voigh, M. Schell
2) The Eiger Sanction. C. Eastwood.
3) Shennandoah. J. Stewart, P. Wayne, Paul Fix, Doug McClure.
4) Star Wars (the 1st of the original three)
5) Allegheny Uprising. J. Wayne, C. Treevor, G. Saunders (future Mr. Freeze on Batman)
6) The Alamo. John Wayne, R. Widmark, R. Boone.
7) The Lost Patrol. E. Flynn, D. Niven and B. Rathbone.
8) Adventures of Robin Hood. E. Flynn, B. Rathbone, A. Hale Sr.
9) Fort Apache. J. Wayne, H. Fonda, V. McLaglen, P. Armendariz, Shirley Temple and John Agar.
10) Moonraker. Roger Moore (007) and Richard Kiel (Jaws).
11) The Wild Geese. Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris.
12) The Wild Bunch. Robert Ryan, William Holden, Ernst Borgnine, Ben Johnson.
13) Zeppelin. I can picture the fine British actor but for the moment cannot think of his name. NOW I REMEMBER--he is Michael York.
14) The Horse Soldiers. J. Wayne, W. Holden.
15) The Bedford Incident. R. Widmark, Sydney Poitier.
16) Every Which Way But Loose. C. Eastwood, Ruth Gordon.
17) Firefox. Clint Eastwood.
18) The Warlord. Charlton Heston, Richard Boone.
19) The Count of Monte Cristo (newest version with Richard Harris.
20) Hell and High Water. Richard Widmark.

I had better stop at 20 or I can go on forever.

[ 07. November 2002, 02:28 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]

 

Well, in my opinion the best version of "the count of Montecristo" is the French one with Gérard Depardieu. Nothing better than listen to the French novel in French!!!

 

My top five would have to be, hmmmm.....

1) The Wild Bunch
2) Get Carter
3) Heat
4) The Long Good Friday
5) The Wages Of Fear

Sorry Friedrich !

 

1) Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan-William Shatner, Ricardo Montelban
2)Batman-Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger

ill have my next 3 later!

 

Anything Star Wars. I hate to put them in an order but you have to put Episode IV at the top.

Favorite Star Trek is First Contact.
Lord of the Rings
The Life of Brian

 

3-5) Original Star Wars Trilogy
6) MIB
7) Scary Movie

I like Life of Brian. My favorite part is the stoning.

 

Black Hawk Down
Gladiator
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
ANY GUY RITCHIE FILM-THE MAN IS THE STEVEN SPIELBERG OF BRITISH CRIME MOVIES
Three Kings

 

I just love this film/. Theres so many scene i could quote. But my two favorites are, in everse order

The old boy hanging upside down in his cell, looking out the window at the guys about to be crucified

'You lucky barstards, you lucky, jamy barstards'

And my favorite, when Brian is arrested the seond time

'Your f**king nicked me old beuty'

 

Martin: I have no bloody idea of which films are those...

 

What can you say ? No taste, no taste at all .....

( Or maybe these films are too by far ! )

 

Top Five:
1.)The Beach - nucleair disaster and all mankind is being destroyed
2.)Billie Turf 1 + 2 - Dutch movie about a really fat boy who works himself into trouble
3.)Back to the Future 2 - Marty and Doc go to 2015
4.)Alles moet weg - very funy Flemmish movie
5.)Jurrassic Park 1 - very good movie about an event that could take place

 

Maybe too OLD!!!

 

apocalipse now
hunt for red october
goodfather 1

 

Too true - like the Mona Lisa and other masterpieces are old......!

 

Fast becoming my all-time fav film IS a ww2 film---Decision Before Dawn--Richard Basehart, Werner Graf, Hans-Christian Bleth, Gary Merrill.

 

I don't have any 1 favorite. I do like Star Wars. I like most War movies. I like most sports movies. I like lots of movies. It's just that simple. There's also a lot of movies I don't like. It's just that simple.

 

Ahh... all of a sudden don´t remember all possibilities but at least I did enjoy the Aliens series, and the "Thing"..."X-men"...and indeed my favourite "Spawn"!!!!Second to my ww2 interest as you can see are the aliens and higher powers....

 

Kai, I love sci-fi as well... John Carpenter's The Thing and the ALiens trilogy (NOT the fourth one) are some of the greatest movies ever...

But I have to ask- did you like the Spawn movie??
I was a big fan of Spawn, a friend of mine had all the comics... then I went to the movie...

I swear, that was the closest I have come to walking out of a movie early!!!

But I take it you have a differing opinion?
(Or are you talking about the animated movie?)

Although his movies seem a bit too similar from one to the next, I do like Guy Ritchie. Lock, Stock, etc. was one of the better movies I've seen in a long time.

 

Well, as you mentioned it Crazy, not all the "Spawn" movie, but I must admit the jokes of the Clown and Spawn are quite good ( my opinion ) and the scene where "Bishops`s" (?) wasted but a lot more could have been done, but just the whole image of "Spawn" interests me so I just have to make what´s there to feel, even the PS one game that´s quite ...nothing...But the image of "general of hell´s army ", it has something...eek..and I am not a worshipper of devil by the way. I have also seen quite many animated series of the "Spawn" and also read whatever on him is available in Finland.

Then again a movie that comes to my mind from this is The Crow.Know it?? Sometimes the atmosphere is worth a lot...Brandon, come back...

http://www.pcs.cnu.edu/~mblount/crow/crow.org.html