Six favourite films (Movies)

[North Star]

I haven't!

(Have Will I?)

There, now it's fixed 

[SimonNZ]

Cremaster Cycle (probably weird nonsense to most people)

Cremaster I can imagine working much better as gallery instalations than they do as cinema films. Where you can watch as much as you care for wander away for ten minites and when you wander back it will be only one scene on from the last one you saw, and you've missed little new information that you hadn't already taken in.

[Hollywood]

Dracula (1931)- I love Bela Lugosi and I love vampires.

Amadeus- Love Mozart.

The Adventures of Robin Hood- My favorite Errol Flynn film.

Becket- My favorite Richard Burton film and Peter O'Toole portrays my 26 times great grandfather , King Henry II of England.

Twelve O'Clock High- All about my favorite airplane ever, the B-17 Flying Fortress.

House of Dark Shadows- Love Dark Shadows and did I mention that I love vampires.

[vandermolen]

An easy one:

Tarkovsky, Offret (the Sacrifice)
Tarkovsky, Mirror
Tarkovsky, Nostalghia
Tarkovsky, Andrei Rublev
Tarkovsky, Stalker
Tarkovsky, Solaris

I've just got the DVD of Andrei Rublev which I will look forward to viewing.

[mc ukrneal]

Dracula (1931)- I love Bela Lugosi and I love vampires.

Amadeus- Love Mozart.

The Adventures of Robin Hood- My favorite Errol Flynn film.

Becket- My favorite Richard Burton film and Peter O'Toole portrays my 26 times great grandfather , King Henry II of England.

Twelve O'Clock High- All about my favorite airplane ever, the B-17 Flying Fortress.

House of Dark Shadows- Love Dark Shadows and did I mention that I love vampires.

It's a shame you don't like vampires!   

[radicle]

Well, since this old thread appears to have revived in the last couple of days, I, as a baby newbie, will make free with with a non-musical contribution. And since, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Duck Soup have already been mentioned, and it's too soon since Debbie Reynolds' passing to decently name Singin' in the Rain, I can easily stretch my sentimental list to ten with barely a mention of Russian Ark:

The Fisher King
Koyaanisqatsi
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Secret Ballot
They Might Be Giants
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

[SimonNZ]

Secret Ballot

Though I love Iranian films I hadn't heard of this one. Looks great, thanks for the heads-up!

http://www.ferdyonfilms.com/2008/secret-ballot-raye-makhfi-2001/364/

[ludwigii]

Ludwig (Luchino Visconi) 

Dekalog (Krzysztof Kieslowski)

His Days Are Numbered (I giorni contati, directed by Elio Petri)

Curd Cheese (La ricotta, directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini)

Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau)

[Jaakko Keskinen]

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Casablanca
Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Asphalt Jungle
Once Upon a Time in the West

[Karl Henning]

Well, since this old thread appears to have revived in the last couple of days, I, as a baby newbie, will make free with with a non-musical contribution. And since, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Duck Soup have already been mentioned, and it's too soon since Debbie Reynolds' passing to decently name Singin' in the Rain, I can easily stretch my sentimental list to ten with barely a mention of Russian Ark:

The Fisher King
Koyaanisqatsi
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Secret Ballot
They Might Be Giants
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

I do need to watch Rabbit-Proof Fence.

[Karl Henning]

There, now it's fixed 

Not sure!

I do need to watch Blimp.  I had it checked out from the BPL, but wound up needing to return it before I could sit down with it.

[Spineur]

6 is very little.

Cristo si è fermato a Eboli, Francesco Rosi
Ran, Kurosawa
Les 400 coups, François Truffaut
Un coeur en hiver, Claude Sautet
Double indemnity, Billy Wilder
Gilda, Charles Vidor

[Karl Henning]

6 is very little.

The impossibility of the endeavor, is part of the exercise 

Which should I list?  Do all six need to be films I have "lived with" a long while, or can I include films I have only seen for the first time recently?

Well, it's all just impossible, isn't it?

[NikF]

This time I've listed the first six films that popped into my mind.

Dushka (2007) directed by Jos Stelling https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duska_(film)

Wilder Napalm (1993) directed by Glenn Gordon Caron https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilder_Napalm

Volere volare (1991) directed by Guido Manuli and Maurizio Nichetti https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Want_to_Fly

Matinee (1993) directed by Joe Dante https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matinee_(1993_film)

Dreamscape (1984) directed by Joseph Ruben https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamscape_(1984_film)

À gauche en sortant de l'ascenseur (1988) directed by Édouard Molinaro https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_on_the_Left_as_You_Leave_the_Elevator

[Karl Henning]

This time I've listed the first six films that popped into my mind.

That is what I should likely do!

Dreamscape (1984) directed by Joseph Ruben https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamscape_(1984_film)

I remember that on in the cinemas!  Really creeped me out then.

[Karl Henning]

Okay, just going to release the first six I think of:

Twelve Monkeys

Moonrise Kingdom

Roman Holiday

Much Ado About Nothing (Branagh)

The Big Sleep

The Devil's Backbone

[nodogen]

This thread reminds of some great films, one or two will no doubt fall into my list....

...once I decide what they are! 😊

[NikF]

That is what I should likely do!

And you should post the results. It would be interesting. But it needs to be the first six that comes to mind - and so if it must be 'Police Academy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5' and 'Boxing Helena' then so be it.

I remember that on in the cinemas!  Really creeped me out then.

Yeah, it had something about it in that respect.

[NikF]

Okay, just going to release the first six I think of:

Twelve Monkeys

Moonrise Kingdom

Roman Holiday

Much Ado About Nothing (Branagh)

The Big Sleep

The Devil's Backbone

That's the spirit. And a fairly eclectic list you have there.

'Moonrise Kingdom' - I'll need to check that out.

[North Star]

Moonrise Kingdom could be on my list too.