Pulp Fiction – By far Tarantino’s finest film, although Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill vol 1 (by itself) are very good in their own rights.

The Big Lebowski – The Coen brothers’ filmography is littered with fantastic (and diverse) movies like Fargo, Blood Simple, O Brother Where Art Thou, and No Country for Old Men, but the Dude abides.

Magnolia – Seriously, just a great movie, even with the length, the singing, and the frogs. Paul Thomas Anderson’s best, though There Will be Blood (of I’m drinking your milkshake fame) is solid.

Rushmore – It sounds cooler than saying The Royal Tennebaums. Both are great.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – One of the trippiest and most romantic movies I’ve ever seen. Jim Carey is fantastic.

Honorable Mentions: Network, The Savages, Broken Flowers, As Good as it Gets, The Matrix (the first one), Stay (really the trippiest movie I’ve ever seen), The Graduate, Robin Hood (the animated Disney one, Maid Marian is so hot), Waitress, Volver

Hey if you ever need an extra for a movie of your’s I’m in. I love movies almost as much as regular TV b/c for so long I worked crazy hours (school and work) and didn’t have a Tivo so it was movies all the time instead of regular TV shows. So with that being said here’s my list:

1. Fight Club – Watched the VHS so many times I wore it out – “How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight”
1a. Snatch – yes I’m a closet Brad Pitt fan – “Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
1b. Tombstone – Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell’s best roles ever – “I’ll be your Huckleberry”

All the rest are lumped together but the list includes:
Gladiator – Just plain awesome action and decent story – “Net Yet”
Primal Fear – Didn’t get much fan fare but one of the best twist endings ever –
Man on Fire – “Forgiveness is between them and God, my job is to arrange the meeting”
Rounders – Greatness – “All night long, check, check, check, he tricked me” (all with Russian accent)

SPORTS; Any Given Sunday, North Dallas Forty, Remember The Titans, Major League, Love & Basketball, White Men Can’t Jump, Fast & Furious, Rocky, Cannonball Run, Eight Men Out
MAFIOSO; Godfather I & II, Good Fellas, Mobsters, Hoffa, Casino, Johnny Dangerously,
COPS & ROBBERS; Heat, LA Confidential, Speed, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon
BIZARRE; Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Reservoir Dogs, Rambo, Taxi Driver,
WESTERN & WAR; Tombstone, Wyatt Earp, Silverado, Good Bad & Ugly, High Plains Drifter, Gunfight At OK Corral (Burt Lancaster), In Harms Way, Kelly’s Heroes, Dirty Dozen, Braveheart, Star Wars (definitely a western) Independence Day
FUNNY; Animal House, American Pie, Fast Times, Blazing Saddles, History Of The World, Hitch (Eva Mendes!)

Military – Gettysburg – Jeff Shaara’s Killer Angels comes to life
Glory – see all above comments
We Were Soldiers Once – I love it when a movie can stay true to the book
Braveheart
The Longest Day
Patton – “Well you’re nothing but a God Damned coward’s what you are.”

Military Fiction
Full Metal Jacket – “I bet you’re that type of guy that would fuck another man in the ass, and not have the God Damn common courtesy to give him a fucking reach-around.”
Troy
Gladiator
The Green Berets – The special affects were terrible, but you had to love the characters
Saving Private Ryan
Apocolypse Now – “Charlie don’t surf!”
Top Gun

Over the top Military Fiction
300
Fearless

Drama
A Few Good Men -

The General’s Daughter – “Well lookie here Delbert. What we got ourselves here is a Freedom Fighter, we got ourselves Che Fuckin Gueverra. Where’s your kooky red hat boy? Don’t you know that every freedom fighter that’s ever been worth a gull durn has got emselves a kooky red hat?”

All movies taken from Harris books; Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Hannibal Rising

Scarface

The first two Godfather movies Godfather 2 is my #1 Fav of all movies

Citizen Cane

Pulp Fiction

Rocky

Sin City

Boondock Saints

Comedy
Wedding Crashers
Talledegha Nights
Old School
Walk Hard
Super Bad

Fantasy
The Lord of the RIngs Trilogy

Musical
Moulin Rouge
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sweeney Todd

I know that there are a ton that I’m forgetting

GLADIATOR- ANY RUSSEL CROWE MOVIES ARE MY FAV.
3:10 TO YUMA
CINDERELLA MAN
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD-IF NONE OF YOU SEEN IT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
LA. CONFIDENTIAL
FIELD OF DREAMS-”IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME” A CLASSIC
TROY
300
WIZARD OF OZ: SORRY BUT I HAD TO PUT THAT HERE CAUSE IT WAS MY FAV. IN ABOUT THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
DAMN YANKEES- WOULD YOU SELL YOUR SOUL TO PLAY FOR THE STEELERS

such as all the comic book movies, star wars series, matrix series, and jurassic park movies.

Great movie!
What were all his aliases? What am I missing? Fletch B Fletch, Harry S Truman, Ted Nugent, John Cocktosin, Mr. Poon (“what kind of name is Poon?”)

Well, looks like you got a good response, ark! I’ll try to contribute some myself:

1. Braveheart – When I saw it in the theater, it was summer in Raleigh. I didn’t realize how long the movie was, but we went into the movie in the afternoon (4 or 4:30, I guess). When we left, I was amazed at how much later it looked (it must have been twilight by then). I sat through a 3+ hour movie, and it never felt long. I was into it the whole time. Just a spectacular story.

2. Forest Gump – Probably the best acting job I can remember. Throughout the movie, I never thought “this is Tom Hanks”. The only exception was when he was running back to find Bubba, and he yelled “BUBBAAA!” That sounded like a Tom Hanks yell, but the rest of the time, it was just like I was watching a person named Forest. Another great story.

Those are really the only two that stick out to be as being above the others. There are a lot of great movies that I’ve seen:

The Truman Show – Another good story/acting performance. Jim Carrey did a great job in one of his first non-comedic roles.

The Indiana Jones movies – Harrison Ford is the best swashbuckler since Errol Flynn.

Some old John Wayne movies that I like: True Grit – the first western that I liked (in 6th grade), McClintock, The Quiet Man, In Old California – one of his older movies from the 30s or 40s. He played a character other than the tough guy gunslinger. He was still a tough guy, but in this case, as a pharmacist from Boston.

Clint Eastwood westerns – I agree with many: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Hang’em High, A Fistful of Dollars. I think my favorite is For a