OT: Favorite GOOD movies

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I think there are far too many good movies making that favorite BAD movies list.. so lets see what you say your FAVORITE good movies are. Don't just post a list of AFI's Top 100 or something.. just give us names of movies you think are good that make your FAVORITES list.

Here's mine.. not in a specific order, just as they come to me..

Casablanca
The Quiet Man
Treasure of Sierra Madre
The Thing
A whole bunch of Hitchcock films.. like To Catch a Thief, Rear Window
Godfather
True Grit (orig and remake)
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old men
There's Something About Mary

10/11 is enough. but I would have a huge number of GOOD films among my favorites.

Here's a bonus thing to think about if you are a Casablanca fan.. what would it be like if remade today to appeal to millennials (or made by millennials)?

 

[bac2therac]

Rosemary's Baby
The Shining
Requiem for a Dream
Little Children
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 78
Fast Times At Ridgmont High
Heathers
Carrie
The Bad Seed
Dressed to Kill
Giant

 

[Caliknight]

Pop Star. Never Stop Never Stopping.

 

[seels2662]

Lol I hated No Country for Old Men.

If "good" means it was up for at least an award...

Gladiator
Shawshank Redemption
Cinderella Man
League of Their Own

I liked Mad Max Fury Road but I am still dumbfounded by how many Oscars it won. Its storyline could have very well put it on the bad list.

 

[LC-88]

Stalingrad (the German one)
The Red Violin
Immortal Beloved
Smokey and the Bandit #1
Better Off Dead
Pandorum
The Thing (both of them)
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
Dirty Harry
Play Misty for Me

 

[knightfan7]

Stalingrad (the German one)
The Red Violin
Immortal Beloved
Smokey and the Bandit #1
Better Off Dead
Pandorum
The Thing (both of them)
The Deer Hunter
Deliverance
Dirty Harry
Play Misty for Me

Better off Dead is one of my all time favorites.

Saving Private Ryan
The Searchers
The Quiet Man
The 3rd installment of Lord of the Rings
A Walk in the Sun
3 Days of the Condor
North by Northwest
Godfather Parts 1 and 2.
Pulp Fiction
and many more.



A couple more recent movies I really enjoy are

The Martian
Kingsman: The Secret Service

 

[BillyC80]

The Godfather (1& 2)
Titanic
Jaws
Gladiator
Rocky
Juraissic Park
Close Encounters
Shawshank
Pulp Fiction
The Graduate

 

[zappaa]

Becket
Alien
Bridge over River Kwai
The Sting
Red River
Casablanca
The Verdict
Papillon
It's a Wonderful Life
Glory
Anything with Denzel
Inglorious Bastards

 

[knightfan7]

Becket
Alien
Bridge over River Kwai
The Sting
Red River
Casablanca
The Verdict
Papillon
It's a Wonderful Life
Glory
Anything with Denzel
Inglorious Bastards

Wow, how could I forget It's a Wonderful Life and The Verdict.

Good job Zap.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Lol I hated No Country for Old Men.

If "good" means it was up for at least an award...

Gladiator
Shawshank Redemption
Cinderella Man
League of Their Own

I liked Mad Max Fury Road but I am still dumbfounded by how many Oscars it won. Its storyline could have very well put it on the bad list.

I read a bunch of Cormac McCarthy before seeing the movie so maybe I just had an affinity for it because it respected the book fairly well.

About MMFR.. yeah.. as I read the favorite BAD movie posts I thought that many of these are just good movies with stories you would think would produce a bad movie.

As for measuring GOOD vs BAD movie.. perhaps the true test is if you mention the movie to a room full of random people, would they say "good movie" or "bad movie"... and for the other thread.. "that's so bad, its good"... like the first Sharknado.

 

[LocalDC]

The Game
Memento
The Last Waltz
Tombstone
The Phoenix

 

[phs73rc77gsm83]

It's a Wondeful Life
Casablanca
Maltese Falcon
Charade
North by Northwest
A Christmas Story
Pulp Fiction
The Sting
INvasion of the Body Snatchers (original)
Godfather 1 and 2
The Outlaw Josie Wales

Some light-hearted ones not often mentioned that I like:
Cabin in the Sky
Father Goose
The Major and the Minor
The Time of their Lives
Abbot ans Costello Meet Frankinstein

 

[newwavedave1]

Fargo, Shawshank Redemption, Godfather, Alien, Butch Cassidy, Man Who Would Be King, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, Avatar, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment, The Revenant, No Country For Old Men, Pulp Fiction, King Kong - original, The Thing - original, Dances With Wolves, Brother Where Art Thou, Close Encounters, True Grit - remake. Did I forget any?

 

[FanuSanu52]

The Game
Memento
The Last Waltz
Tombstone
The Phoenix

Awesome list. The Last Waltz was one I happened upon on a plane - engrossing look at an incredible concert.

Never saw The Phoenix, but will look for it based on our complete agreement on the rest of the list. Is it the 2014 film about post-WWII? (Shows up as just "Phoenix" on search).

Others on my list, off the top of my head:

The Sting
The Great Escape
Goodfellas
Locke
The Game (ETA: missed this in LocalDC's list since first time around - like the list even better on second read!)

 

[FanuSanu52]

Fargo Shawshank Redemption Godfather Alien Butch Cassidy Man Who Would Be King Saving Private Ryan Schindler's List Avatar One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Terms of Endearment The Revenant No Country For Old Men Pulp Fiction King Kong - original The Thing - original Dances With Wolves Brother Where Art Thou

commas?

 

[coldsprings]

In no order:

Groundhog Day
Defending Your Life
Annie Hall
Cloud Atlas
Godfather (part 1 and 2)
Heartbreak Kid (original, although the remake is worth a watch too)
Heaven Can Wait
Joe Versus the Volcano
As It Is In Heaven
The Sting

 

[LocalDC]

Yes, I guess it is just Phoneix...amazing premise and there is a moment at the end that I could watch 100 times
a genius piece of work..hope you enjoy!
and now I'll have to watch Locke..never saw that one thx

 

[brgRC90]

Sophie's Choice, Tootsie, Star Wars, Gone With the Wind, The Shining, The Exorcist, Aliens, Terminator 2, Young Frankenstein, There's Something About Mary, Cabaret, The Wizard of Oz, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Planes, Trains and Automobiles

 

[beaced]

Becket
Alien
Bridge over River Kwai
The Sting
Red River
Casablanca
The Verdict
Papillon
It's a Wonderful Life
Glory
Anything with Denzel
Inglorious Bastards

Right there with you on the STING and Anything with Denzel.

 

[beaced]

BIG,Prizzi's Honor and most of Morgan Freeman's work.

 

[NewJerseyGuy]

Tin Men

 

[Armor and Sword]

Stalingrad (the German one)

The German one was great, the Russian one was a little odd and both versions had the same German actor, Thomas Kretschmann even though they were made 20 years apart.

OP..you know you are asking a lot here, way too many to choose. Here goes:

Hunt for Red October
Dances with Wolves
Last of the Mohicans/Heat/Manhunter
Silence of the Lambs
Gladiator/Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
Apocalypto/Braveheart/We Were Soldiers
Saving Private Ryan
Zeppelin/Logan's Run
Kelly's Heroes/Tora Tora Tora/Patton
Glory/Gettysburg
United 93
Stripes/Animal House/Caddyshack/Fast Times @ Ridgemont High
Office Space
V for Vendetta
Pitch Perfect
Michael Collins/The Crying Game/In The Name Of The Father
The Worlds End
Divergent/The Hunger Games
Mad Max/Road Warrior/Mad Max Fury Road
Good, Bad and the Ugly
Terminator/Commando/Predator
Die Hard 1 and 2
Passchendaele/Hyena Road
Downfall/The Bader Meinhoff Complex
Clerks/Mallrats
Private Parts
Vacation/Christmas Vacation/Vegas Vacation

 

[NewJerseyGuy]

Thirteen Days

 

[Beancounter88]

Some greats mentioned already always make the list (Godfathers, Goodfellas, Shawshank), but would include Jaws, Rocky, Silence of the Lambs, In The Name of the Father, Almost Famous, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Papillion, Cool Hand Luke, Caddyshack, Wrestler, Slumdog, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Stripes, Animal House.

 

[jmg75]

Deer Hunter
Witness
True Romance
This movie had a ridiculous cast:
Christian Slater
Roseanna Arquette
Brad Pitt
Christopher Walken
Samuel Jack
Val Kilmer
James Gandolfini
Gary Oldman

 

[newwavedave1]

Reading other people's favorites made me realize my list should have been much longer.

 

[KevH]

I think there are far too many good movies making that favorite BAD movies list.. so lets see what you say your FAVORITE good movies are. Don't just post a list of AFI's Top 100 or something.. just give us names of movies you think are good that make your FAVORITES list.

Here's mine.. not in a specific order, just as they come to me..

Casablanca
The Quiet Man
Treasure of Sierra Madre
The Thing
A whole bunch of Hitchcock films.. like To Catch a Thief, Rear Window
Godfather
True Grit (orig and remake)
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old men
There's Something About Mary

10/11 is enough. but I would have a huge number of GOOD films among my favorites.

Here's a bonus thing to think about if you are a Casablanca fan.. what would it be like if remade today to appeal to millennials (or made by millennials)?

In no particular order...

Godfather I, II
Saving Private Ryan
Star Wars IV... A New Hope
Jaws
The Color Purple
Goodfellas
Casino
Apocalypse Now
Kill Bill I, II
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Primal Fear
The Perfect Storm
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Mississippi Burning
Stripes
Trading Places
Kelly's Heroes
Patton
Silence of the Lambs
Shawshank

 

[shields]

Tootsie
Wall Street
Remember the Titans
Hoosiers
Dances with Wolves

 

[scarletschuyler]

My Cousin Vinny
Animal House
The Sting
Bridge on the River Kwai
The Apartment
Around the World in 80 Days
Raging Bull
Full Metal Jacket
Chinatown

 

[ashokan]

Amadaeus
Gone With Wind
Mary Poppins
Gump
B'fast Tiffany's
Branagh's Henry V
Spartacus
My Fair lady
Cleopatra
Ben Hur
Wonderful Life/A Christmas Carol (Sim version)
Barry Lyndon
Sound of Music
Casablanca
Lawrence of Arabia
King kong

 

[LocalDC]

whenever I see Dances with Wolves I think of the great line from Anthony Lane in his review of Costner as a director
he said the movie should have been called Plays with Camera

 

[RUnTeX]

The Untouchables
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Gandhi
Braveheart
Cinderella Man

 

[Goo]

Easy:

Godfather 1 & 2
Goodfellas
Departed
Donnie Brasco
Casino
American Gangster
Pulp Fiction
Carlitos Way
Scarface
Snatch
New Jack City
Boyz n the Hood
Kill the Irishman

 

[RU4Real]

To Kill a Mockingbird

Pulp Fiction

Parenthood

The first 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies

Clerks

Steel Magnolias

Many Jack Nicholson movies

2001

Alien

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Animal House

 

[APKnight]

Mulholland Drive
After Hours

 

[hoquat63]

Comedy
My Cousin Vinnie
Sci-fi
Star Wars IV
Guardians of the Galaxy
Action
Italian Job
Chick Flick
Tender Mercies

 

[ru75]

The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Independence Day
The Lord of the RingS
Casablanca
Meet Joe Black
Gone with the Wind
The Godfathet I Ii
Goidfellas
Shawshank Redemption
Dr. Zhivago

 

[Knightmoves]

So many great movie choices in this thread that I’m taking notes on ones I haven’t seen yet. Many thx.

Casino and Goodfellas are top picks for me, along with all Humphrey Bogart flicks, Deer Hunter and others already listed.

Here is a dark horse pick and one of my fave movies to watch.

The Pope of Greenwich Village - Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, Darryl Hannah and Burt Young. Lots of NYC and Monmouth Park scenes, Sinatra music. Underrated.

 

[robwes207]

Im going to try to keep it to 5.
Breakfast club.
With honors.
Guns of Navarone.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Die hard Nakatomi. Plaza version

Bonus picks
Sophie's choice
The defiant ones.
Brians. Song
I can think of 10 more. But that's a good start.

 

[rurx1228]

1. Field of Dreams
2. Jaws
3. Casablanca
4. My Cousin Vinny
5. Any Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Ratbone/Nigel Bruce
6. High Plains Drifter
7. Any Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers
8. Good Will Hunting
9. Hoosiers
10. The Godfather