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[Paulo)))]

I just remembered making a thread about this before the previous board was scrapped for this new one.  Anyway, I am currently a film major (aspiring filmmaker) that's just about to make my final film for school over the course of the next four months and because cinema is on my mind pretty much 24/7, I always wonder what movies/films/documentaries other people are fans of.  Not because I want to be a film snob, which I couldn't really be anyway, but because it's good to hear about what people like/dislike and to find out about films that I may not have heard of or haven't given much thought to seeing as of yet.

For me, my favorites include:

-Trainspotting
-The Tin Drum
-Distant Lights
-Winter Light
-Persona
-The Seventh Seal
-The Sword of Doom
-Seven Samurai
-Saving Private Ryan
-Schindler's List
-Clerks
-Stranger Than Paradise
-Night on Earth
-AKIRA
-The Crying Game
-The Big Lebowski
-Sunset Boulevard
-Fargo
-A Beautiful Mind
-American History X
-Taste of Cherry
-Marooned in Iraq
-Dog Day Afternoon
-To Be or Not to Be
-Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2 (I like the second better because the story is more compelling)
-Control Room (documentary on the media decisions are made from both sides - US and Iraq - in covering the current war in Iraq)

What's everyone else into?

[ShadowsFall]

Some of my favorites:

Saving Private Ryan
Band Of Brothers (HBO Series)
Bravheart
Lord Of The Rings
Star Wars
American History X
Gladiator
The Shawshank Redemption
The Memphis Belle
Forrest Gump
The Godfather

 Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth

[Ulysses]

My Favorites:

Suicide Circle
The Seven Samurai
The Last Samurai (Even though Tom Cruise stars in it, and the story is actually supposed to be based around a French soldier, this movie is very well done!)
Conan The Barbarian
Battle For Britain
V for Vendetta
The Matrix Trilogy
The Indiana Jones Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings
Wild Zero
Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Day of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
Fargo
Rambo
Predator
Commando
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tetsuo II: The Body Hammer

And some other shit. hehe

[Mike Patton]

-Persona
-The Seventh Seal

Bergman rules. 

Anything by Tarkovsky would surely be on my list, check him out if you're into art films.

[Zdan]

The Dirty Dozen
Space Odyssey 2010
Eraserhead
Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Highlander (the first movie)
The Seven Samurai
Ran
Yojimbo
Rashomon
Dogma
AKIRA
Star Wars (original trilogy)
Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai
Pulp Fiction
Desperado and El Mariachi

And many many more...

[ConanTL]

I actually haven't seen many movies especially ones that have been deemed"essential" or whatever. I haven't seen several movies that have been listed so far. Here are some of my favorites:

Evil Dead trilogy
Star Wars episodes 4-6
The Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Fight Club
Saving Private Ryan
Jaws
The Matrix
Equilibrium
Memento

I noticed that AKIRA has been mentioned twice (and this will the the third). It's an excellent movie that shouldn't be overlooked just because it's anime.

 Icarus Witch - Roses on White Lace

[Sirliftsalot48]

Evil Dead trilogy-Best movies ever made IMO
American Psycho
Ernest Goes to Jail

 Kataklysm - Shadows and Dust

[ConanTL]

Ernest Goes to Jail

[Nahsil]

most of my favorite movies have already been listed, so I'll just give the ones that I didn't see up.

Avalon (Polish movie about VR)
eXistenZ
Shinobi
Romero's zombie movies (yes, I know they've already been mentioned, but I couldn't resist)
The Rock (with Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage)
Where Eagles Dare (fantastic Clint Eastwood WW2 movie about infiltrating a nazi castle!)
Fist of Legend (just about every Jet Li movie, actually)
Tombstone
Godfather Trilogy
Count of Monte Cristo
Dune (miniseries, not the movie)
Princess Bride
Drunken Master (Jackie Chan's best, imo)
The Road Warrior (like it a lot more than the first Mad Max movie)

as for documentaries, I haven't seen many, but I'm watching "The Question of God" right now, which goes about comparing the lives of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. Pretty interesting. Also saw Supersize Me a while back. Can't say it did much for me though. As soon as it was over I wanted a hamburger.

There are a couple I want to see, such as "Hitler's Search for the Holy Grail," "Hell - The Devil's Domain," which talks about the history of 'Hell' in mythology and different cultures, and last of all: "The Knights Templar"

some of those can be found on http://www.mvgroup.org/forums/

[Sirliftsalot48]

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[Paulo)))]

Bergman rules. 

Anything by Tarkovsky would surely be on my list, check him out if you're into art films.

Bergman is a genius.  I have yet to be disappointed with anything of his I've seen.  Also, Winter Light, which I mentioned, is a Bergman film as well and I would say that it is probably my favorite film of his that I've seen.  The premise is a pastor has lost his faith in God and is not afraid to show it.  It's rather deep (duh!) and I know exactly how the guy feels, even though I've never been one to put much faith in God or anything.

I'll make sure to check out Tarkovsky as artsy films are right up my alley.

Zdan: I'm glad I'm not the only Kurosawa fan here.  If haven't seen it, check out Okamota's film The Sword of Doom.  The fight sequences are unreal and it's just a really twisted film.

Everyone else's lists are pretty good too.

[ShadowsFall]

 "The Knights Templar"

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I saw this, and it was VERY good; really interesting

 Pagan's Mind - Infinity Divine Re-release

[Ulysses]

I actually haven't seen many movies especially ones that have been deemed"essential" or whatever. I haven't seen several movies that have been listed so far. Here are some of my favorites:

Evil Dead trilogy
Star Wars episodes 4-6
The Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Fight Club
Saving Private Ryan
Jaws
The Matrix
Equilibrium
Memento

I noticed that AKIRA has been mentioned twice (and this will the the third). It's an excellent movie that shouldn't be overlooked just because it's anime.

I agree 100%! AKIRA is the best animated film I've ever seen - Killer shit! 

[Tyrant]

Taxi Driver
Godfather (trilogy)
Following
American Psycho
Heat

Those are just a portion of my favourites though.

[HeathenMke]

1.  Terminator 2: Judgment Day  (Always will be my number one movie)

Then, in no order:

The Phantom of the Opera (2004 Musical Version)
Primal Fear
Fight Club
Transformers: The Movie  (1985 Animated Film)
Total Recall
Scarface
Hamlet (1996 Kenneth Branagh Version)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994 Kenneth Branagh Version)
American History X
The Brotherhood of the Wolf
Irreversible
Star Wars Episode 3:  The Revenge of the Sith
Carlito's Way