Favorite Films (lists up to participating site members)

[Mayerling]

In honor of he suggestion of Mr. Steadmund Brand.

[Steadmund Brand]

Thank you for the thread!!

As a lifelong film fan I thought this might be a fun place to post lists of our favorite films broken down by genre, as it's so hard to just name your 10 favorite films. I hope these lists will get people talking, enjoying memories and maybe most important open our eyes to films we have not seen.....now, where should we begin? , Horror, Comedy, Action, Western, Silent, Noir, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance….. how about a category for films that really fit no particular genre? The list doesn't have to be top 10, you can name as many or as few as you like.

I’ll let someone else decide where to begin and then I will play along..

Hope to hear from you soon

Steadmund Brand

[Robert]

Hi Steadmund

Just a quick post to make sure that Bartleby starring Paul Scofield is mentioned.

[Steadmund Brand]

Hello Robert,

It's on the list now... and it is a film I have never seen before, and now added to my list.. see this thread is working already!!

Steadmund Brand

[pinkmoon]

One film that has it all and has been a firm favourite of mine since its release in 1995 is the classic"muppet treasure island"

[Mayerling]

Hi Steadmund

Just a quick post to make sure that Bartleby starring Paul Scofield is mentioned.

Hi Robert,

I do not choose to not include "Bartleby" with Paul Schofied.

While we are at it include Peter Ustinov's excellent "Billy Budd" and John Huston's "Moby Dick".

Call me Jeff

[GUT]

Here's two

One Flew Over the Cookoos Nest


Silent Movie (with the only word spoken being by Mercel Marceau)

[Robert]

Portrait of Jennie
Random Harvest
No Highway in the Sky
The Haunting
The Green Man
Green for Danger
The Devil Rides Out
The King and I (musical version)
Oliver
My Fair Lady
A Man For All Seasons
The Cat and the Canary
All the Roger Corman horror films
The Blue Dahlia
While I Live
The Glass Mountain

[Mayerling]

Like seeing "No Highway in the Sky" as well as "The Green Man" and "The Blue Dahlia".

Alistair Sim Films

Scrooge
The Belles of St. Trinians
The Happiest Days of Your Life
The Green Man
An Inspector Calls
Green For Danger
Laughter in Paradise
School For Scoundrels

Alan Ladd Films

This Gun For Hire
Shane
The Blue Dahlia
The Glass Key
Lucky Jordan
Salty O'Roarke
The Great Gatsby
Whispering Smith

[pinkmoon]

Portrait of Jennie
Random Harvest
No Highway in the Sky
The Haunting
The Green Man
Green for Danger
The Devil Rides Out
The King and I (musical version)
Oliver
My Fair Lady
A Man For All Seasons
The Cat and the Canary
All the Roger Corman horror films
The Blue Dahlia
While I Live
The Glass Mountain

The devil rides out is the only horror book that has ever really scared me the film is good as well.

[John Wheat]

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Wizard of Gore
10 Rilington Place
Murder Set Pieces
The Rise of Leslie Vernon

[barnflatwyngarde]

Portrait of Jennie
Random Harvest
No Highway in the Sky
The Haunting
The Green Man
Green for Danger
The Devil Rides Out
The King and I (musical version)
Oliver
My Fair Lady
A Man For All Seasons
The Cat and the Canary
All the Roger Corman horror films
The Blue Dahlia
While I Live
The Glass Mountain

Thank goodness someone else loves "Portrait of Jennie".
I have been talking up this wonderful movie for years, with mixed results.
Many eyes glaze over when I give a rough synopsis of the plot.

It is available on Amazon for £2.90.
Go on, give it a try!
You will be talking about it for years.

[lynn cates]

Alastair Sim

Hello Jeff. Good Lor'! A Sim fan. Hmmm.

Cheers.
LC

[Robert]

"Madam please remove yourself from my desk, my telephone, my chair."

[Robert]

In Green for Danger there is a bit where a doctor says something like "Actually with nitrous oxide, it's the impurities that cause the laughter" and Sim says that the same thing applies in the music halls.