Favourite Films

[Augustus]

What are your top films, and why?

Some of mine (Not all by any means) are:
Anchorman
In Bruges
Iron Man
500 Days of Summer
The Battle of Algiers
The Ladykillers (1955)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
Inglorious Bastards
and Anything with Liam Neeson

[Crow]

Layer Cake
Back to the Future
Blade Runner
A Room for Romeo Brass
Nil by Mouth
Black Swan
Requiem for a Dream
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Amelia
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
A Single Man
Fargo
Paris Je T'Aime
The Lives of Others
Four Lions
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Tony Takitani
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
I Am Love
Do the Right Thing
The Grifters
Crooklyn
City of God
Secretary*
Donnie Darko*

*added in edit

[Tank]

Wall-E
Up!
Where Eagles Dare
Blade Runner
Star Trek (2009)
Avatar
As good as it gets
Secretary
Bound
Liar Liar
Starship Troopers
All three LotR
Star wars
Terminator I & II
American Beauty
K-Pax
Pulp Fiction
The Matrix
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
The Deer Hunter
Das Boot (TV series was better)
Alien

[Stevil]

Rambo 4
Rambo
Diehard
Shawshank Redemption
Bad Taste
Aliens
Aliens II
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
ET
Firestarter
Back to the Future
Highlander
The Matrix
Terminator
Rambo 2
Wolverine
Cocoon
Lady Hawke

[Asmodean]

My list changes with my mood, but the current looks something like this:

K-PAX, because I find it strangely appealing pretty much regardless of the mood.
Donnie Darko, because it's slightly mad and kind of heavy.
A.I - Artificial Intelligence, for being nicely made with a decent story, for once NOT ruined by a kid actor in the lead role.
Die Hard 4.0, despite Willis ruining every evil tech geek's wet dream.
Le Professionnel, the ending featuring Ennio Morricone's Chi Mai in particular.
The Wall, Pink Floyd.
Das Boot, the theme of which I can play.

[Crow]

Secretary

Such a good film I'm going to have to watch that now.

[Augustus]

Black Swan

For those who have seen it, what did you think? There were a lot of mixed opinions in my Film class. Personally i think it did the psychological aspects brilliantly although it seemed to end without tying up a lot of the loose ends. Would definitely recommend a watch though

[Siz]

Black Swan

For those who have seen it, what did you think? There were a lot of mixed opinions in my Film class. Personally i think it did the psychological aspects brilliantly although it seemed to end without tying up a lot of the loose ends. Would definitely recommend a watch though

Very on-topic for me at the moment. I've just got back from the Royal Opera House to see Romeo & Juliet (date night with wife). Absolutely stunning. And all the more impressive (having seen Black Swan last week) to understand something of the dancers lives.

As for the film, well not enough spaceships for my liking, but gripping and good suspense. It's a fairly simple story but spun well and told with interesting insight into the mysterious world of ballet. Definitely worth a watch... once.

[Crow]

Black Swan

For those who have seen it, what did you think? There were a lot of mixed opinions in my Film class. Personally i think it did the psychological aspects brilliantly although it seemed to end without tying up a lot of the loose ends. Would definitely recommend a watch though

I love it but I like the majority of Darren Aronofsky movies. What loose ends do you think didn't get tied up? I cant think of any as its a character story, so *SPOILER* she dies *SPOILER* therefore no loose ends.

[Stevil]

Black Swan

For those who have seen it, what did you think? There were a lot of mixed opinions in my Film class. Personally i think it did the psychological aspects brilliantly although it seemed to end without tying up a lot of the loose ends. Would definitely recommend a watch though

I watched it all the way to the end, but I didn't like it, found it quite boring. I guess I just didn't "get it".

[Sandra Craft]

What are your top films, and why?

. . .

and Anything with Liam Neeson

Hear, hear.  Also loved Inglourius Basterds, tho don't usually care for Tarantino's movies.  Brad Pitt, however, was hilarious and Christoph Waltz was amazing.  I'll give this to Tarantino -- he knows how to pick the right actor for any role.

84 Charing Cross Road.  The ultimate book lovers movie, plus Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins.
Paradise Road.  My idea of a chick flick.  Assorted European women held captive by the Japanese during WWII, and how they kept it together with song.
12 Angry Men.  This is the movie that started my love of courtroom dramas, altho it's technically a jury room drama.
Anatomy of a Murder.  The coolest I've ever seen Jimmy Stewart, and plenty of good acting.  And speaking of good acting --
To Kill a Mockingbird.  Ultimately a feel-good movie for me, despite the subject matter.  And Atticus Finch reminds me of my Dad.
Monty Pyhon and The Holy Grail.  Do I even have to explain why I like this?
The Court Jester.  One of Danny Kaye's least known but funniest movies.  A take-off on Robin Hood with derring-do, fighting and singing, plus circus folk.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon.  My favorite monster flick.
Million Dollar Baby.  Is it going too far to call this a classic father/daughter movie?  Probably, but that's what it is to me.
Radio Days.  Woody Allen's fictionalized childhood at the beginning a WWII, with lots of great actors and fantastic dialog.
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.  Cary Grant and Myrna Loy leave crowded NY to build a house in Connecticut, back in the days when $13.5K to build a house was considered a huge expense. 
Citizen X.  The story of the hunt for, and capture of, the first serial killer the USSR admitted to having.  Aside from wonderful performances by Stephen Rea and Donald Sutherland as the two official in charge of the hunt (they are refered to by another character as making one interesting person) the glimpse it gives of the red tape and politics involved in Soviet civil service is just stunning.  As a civil servant myself, I'm both sympathetic and horrified on that level alone.  And then there's the serial killer.

[Augustus]

What films are you all looking forward to this year? It's looking like it will be a pretty good year for films. I'm looking forward to Avengers, Prometheus, The Hobbit and TDKR (I'm not that into the batman films but i have a bet with my friend that he dies at the end). Also Iron Sky because space Nazi's from the moon... seems legit

[DeterminedJuliet]

-Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind
- Love Actually
- Hot Fuzz
- The Last Unicorn
- Serenity (probably only because I love the Firefly series so much)

[Melmoth]

no order:

A Room for Romeo Brass
Straw Dogs
There Will be Blood
The Day of the Jackal
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
Tekkon Kinkreet
Network
In Bruges
Happiness
A Fistful of Dynamite
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Get Carter (original)
My Own Private Idaho
Watership Down
American Psycho
Richard III (1995)
Old Boy
12 Angry Men

[Guardian85]

Star Wars
Terminator 1-2
Alien/Aliens
Lethal Weapon
Serenity
Ghost in the shell
Appleseed
Avatar
X-men

Anything made by Mel Brooks.