Five favorite movies

[David]

I ran across this link from Rotten Tomatoes, which gets responses from various actors, directors, and other people on their top five favorite movies.  Just from perusing the Hugo Weaving entre I find he enjoyed three films I was unfamiliar with, and two I enjoy a lot as well:  Lindsay Anderson's If... and Kubrick's Barry Lyndon.  I like how he prefaces his favorites by saying, these are my top five films today--tomorrow it might be another list.  At any rate, here's the link if you'd like to read it:

www.rottentomatoes.com/news/columns/column.php?id=62

My top five today might be:

1. Midnight Cowboy

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey

3. King Kong (original)

4. Dirty Harry

5. Dr. Strangelove

Yep, tomorrow it would probably be something else.

[rfelix]

Whoa. These are all really good. I was going to follow this up with mine, but I'm feeling sheepish now. :)

[David]

Might as well go for it, it's just a matter of taste. :)

[David]

It's a new day so:

1. The Third Man

2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

3. Cool Hand Luke

4. Carousel

5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

[Pihk]

Cool Hand Luke is such a fantastic film. My kind of "feel good" movie.

[Sevorin]

Feel this, fuckface.

[Pihk]

A shirtless George Kennedy creates a whirlwind of emotions in ya, don't it....Sev??

[Phineas T Freakears]

I would say my favorite movies would be ones that no matter what when or where I could sit down and watch. I probably have more than five in that category, but definitely these five:

 

The Bank Dick

Duck Soup

Casablanca

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

The General

[David]

Sounds like a classic round-up to me, pardner.  I like all of those too. 

[The Professor]

Today:

The Human Comedy

Double Indemnity

The Best Years of Our Lives

Raiders of the Lost Ark

L.A. Confidential 

Tomorrow, Maybe. 

About a Boy

Sullivan's Travels

Ride the High Country

Jaws

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

You said favorites, right? 

Oh, and "Hi!" everyone. They call me the professor. (Japanese schoolgirls, that is.) 

[borka]

bless your beautiful hide, prof, where you may be

[The Professor]

We ain't met yet, Bob, but I'm willing to bet — you're the gal for me. 

[David]

Hey Prof, and welcome back Kotter.  You listed some classics that I'd agree with as well: Jaws, Sullivan's Travels, The Best Years of Our Lives, etc.  I haven't seen The Human Comedy, I'll have to see what NF says about that one.  I'm surprised by the About A Boy entree, although I enjoy that movie too.  In fact, I've enjoyed a few of Hugh Grants films: light, British comedies.   Yes, favorites, you got it right.