Ben-Hur was written in 1880 and four movies were produced. The first two were silent movies, one was produced in 1959 starring Charleton Heston, and recently a 2016 version came out.
The 2016 Ben-Hur movie is the best one.
If you have a favorite movie please tell us and give some information about it and what year it came out!
It's a wonderful life.
Starring Jimmy Stewart and put out in 1946.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Hah! I live where that was filmed. I ride past the oak tree all the time. Well, where it used to be, anyway. Lighting hit it and destroyed half of it a few years ago and high wind finally pushed it over about a year ago. I've toured the prison many times. Creepy place, that Shawshank. We used to break in there in HS and steal the orange jumpsuits. That was before they filmed the movie.
My fave: Napoleon Dynamite, 2004 (I think)
1994 was the best year for movies
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Forest Gump
True Lies
The Professional
Dumb and Dumber
Natural Born Killers
Clerks
Interview with the Vampire
Legends of the Fall
The Mask
The Crow
Speed
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Ed Wood
Clear and Present Danger
The Lion King
Ace Ventura (Jim Carey was busy)
Disclosure
Reality Bites
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. 1966
Tender Mercies (1983)
Robert Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor
Movie was nominated for Best Picture
A little slice of life movie.
Great acting, direction, cinematography and sound track.
Animated:
The Incredibles
Musical:
Les Miserables
Based on a book:
The Great Gatsby w Leo DiCaprio
Overall:
Avengers
Casablanca
Dr. Strangelove
The Lives of Others (German)
Dead Poet Society 1989
R.I.P Robin Williams
Paulers wrote:
Dead Poet Society 1989
R.I.P Robin Williams
Solid pick.
Also Good Will Hunting 1997
old guy 72 wrote:
Tender Mercies (1983)
Robert Duvall won the Academy Award for Best Actor
Movie was nominated for Best Picture
A little slice of life movie.
Great acting, direction, cinematography and sound track.
Excellent choice. I remember that you mentioned it a while back on another thread. It's a beautiful understated film with beautiful understated performances. Duvall may be best remembered for "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" in "Apocalypse Now," but his performance in "Tender Mercies" is what I remember best of all.
My favorite is Paul Thomas Anderson's third feature film, "Magnolia" (1999). PTA has a lot of fans these days, and they tend to have very different views about the relative merits of his films. I prefer his earlier, rather Altmanesque films -- "Hard Eight," "Boogie Nights," "Magnolia," and "Punch-Drunk Love."
Speaking of Robert Altman, two of my all-time favorites are "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "The Long Goodbye" (1973).
Good Will Hunting - 1997
This is Spinal Tap - 1984
Forrest Gump - 1994
Napoleon Dynamite - 2004
King of Kong; A Fist Full of Quarters - 2007
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1975
Rocky - 1976
Missing from my list of favorites:
Nerd movies (though I do like the Star Wars series, but just not my favorite)
War movies
Mobster movies
Solid list Flagpole:
Flagpole wrote:Good Will Hunting - 1997
This is Spinal Tap - 1984
Forrest Gump - 1994
Napoleon Dynamite - 2004
King of Kong; A Fist Full of Quarters - 2007
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 1975
Rocky - 1976
I will add:
Dr Strangelove
Princess Bride
Casablanca
Three billboards outside Ebbing Missouri
Pulp Fiction
Snatch
In Bruges
Cool Hand Luke
The Outlaw Jose Wales
Zoolander
Mr Deeds
Dodgeball
Fargo
O brother where art thou
Of these, Three Billboards is the only recent entry, and to me it was BY FAR the best movie I'd seen in many years. Mind you there's no accounting for taste...
Silver linings Playbook - 2012
Rocky 4 - 1985
Anything with Frodo
Any Lifetime movie about a woman catching her husband in an affair with a bunny boiler
Full Metal Jacket - 1987
The Apartment - 1960
Three Colors: Red - 1994
In the Mood for Love - 2000
Akira - 1988
The World According to Garp - 1982
Through a Glass Darkly - 1961
Casablanca - 1942
Dream Detective Paprika - 2006
Funky Forest: First Contact - 2005
Stalker - 1979
...and so many others. Hard to pick a single favorite, but here's a perfect masterpiece:
To Be or Not to Be - 1942
I'll add:
Lolita (the 1962 version with Sue Lyon, James Mason & Peter Sellers)
Mediterraneo (1991 Italian movie)
The Last Picture Show (1971 Ben Johnson, Beau Bridges, Timothy Bottoms & a host of others)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 with Brando & Vivien Leigh)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962 Jack Lemmon & Lee Remick)
I just noticed 4 of these 5 are old black & white movies (I'd say films, but I don't want to appear pretentious)