Pretty impossible question, but because I assume someone else will chime in with Chinatown eventually, I'll go with On The Waterfront.

I'm not too sure of that. It's not like somebody thinks, "Well, it's among
Hoosiers, Shawshank Redemption, and Chinatown. Let's go with the slightly okay movie instead of a masterpiece."

But, I need to keep telling myself that the thread is about favorites, not really good movies.

Didn't really feel like much of a trade off either way tbh, I can't really split the two. In fact, I'm pretty sure I could come up with 20 or more titles that would be satisfactory to me depending on how I felt when I was asked and what happened to pop into my head first.

well, I realize Blade Runner is not the best movie ever made, but it is my favorite.

For me its Fight Club

I wa in awe pretty much the whole movie when I saw it for the first time. the pictures are mindblowing sometimes. and the final turnaround made me feel like I was dropping down for a second. just like it sometimes happens when falling asleep. I just stared at the screen and couldnt say or think anything. that was the most intesnse feeling a movie ever gave me.
and whenever i watch it now, it kinda pumps me up.

before that my favourite movie was dead poets society. it has such a peaceful atmosphere although I am not the kind of person who would want such a teacher.

Another vote for The Godfather.

City of God.

Superbad

goodfellas. I watch it every time I see it somewhere, even censored with commercials.

It's a toss-up between The Usual Suspects and Run Lola Run.

Are you knocking Hoosiers JC? It was my second choice, just due to the nostalgia I feel watching it because I've seen it 2-3 times a year, every year, since I was a young child.

No, it's a a fairly well done small film that, although a bit formulaic, I think, doesn't even show one shot in slow motion (the bane of almost every sports movie). To me, anyway, it seems like the kind of movie to enjoy once or twice. But I am trying to keep in mind that I named my favorite movie at the moment, too.

If I were to use a kind of rating system based on stars, I'd give Hoosiers two, maybe two and a half, out of five.

not to hijack, but I was so disappointed with Hoosiers after hearing how great it was and because I work on the assumption that anything with Gene Hackman in it is worth watching. I'm not sure you're right about there being no slow motion in it, but you might be. Either way, what really struck me was just how terribly edited together the basketball scenes were. I remember thinking it looked completely ameteurish. Apart from that I didn't find the story particularly compelling either. All in all, I was left kind of dumbfounded by its reputation.

Ditto. Overrated movie imo.

When I played basketball in middle school, our coach would constantly talk about Hoosiers. He obsessed about it, but as 11 and 12 year-olds, we had never seen the movie.

After regular season had ended, we got together to watch it before our first playoff game. He gave his speech in the locker room and then put in the tape.

As we watched the movie, we realized that every drill we had ever run, our coach stole from the montage in the movie. Every speech he had ever gave us, was stolen straight from Gene Hackman.

Needless to say, none of us ever gave him any credit for being a good coach again and he kind of felt like a tool when he realized how much he lifted straight from the film.

Not that impressive of a movie, btw.

Gene Hackman's best acted movie -- The Poseidon Adventure
Gene Hackman's most fun movie -- Behind Enemy Lines

If these are the only two Gene Hackman movies you've ever seen, then I agree.

1. Lawrence of Arabia
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2. Trainspotting
3. Dazed and Confused
4. Pans Labyrinth
5. Hable Con Ella

1. Lawrence of Arabia
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2. Schindler's List
3. Pan's Labyrinth

Beyond that I'm just not sure anymore.

Gene Hackman tribute, courtesy of the Hoodoo Gurus

Gene Hackman

He's not a man to be trifled with.

hijacks are very welcome in this thread. Wandering off topic to focus on a specific film is fine - and going down sideroads is perfectly fine too.

* denotes latest entries since last update

andyfox - The Godfather *
AGx19 - Remember the Titans *
AJW - Goodfellas *
Barcalounger - Dr Strangelove *
Barretboy - Goodfellas *
batair - Manhattan *
BrokeDonk - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Coffee - Heat *
Count Chocula - Blade Runner *
daveT - The Last Dragon *
DC11GTR - The Breakfast Club *
diebitter - Lawrence of Arabia
diddyenstein - About a Boy *
Dominic - Blade Runner
elteed - Lawrence of Arabia *
En Passant - Rocky *
Faustfan - Fight Club *
GBP04 - Star Wars
Get It Fast - The Prestige *
illiniKB - Boogie Nights *
J.Brown - City of God *
John Cole - M. Hulot's holiday
kennywawa - Goodfellas *
Kevroc - A Clockwork Orange *
Landonfan - Superbad *
LirvA - The Silence of the Lambs *
LKJ - The Godfather *
Losing all - Apocalypse Now *
Marwan - Vertigo *
Michaelson - On the Waterfront *
mrbaseball - Casablanca *
Nicefingcatch - Shawshank Redemption *
ohead - Blade Runner *
Orange - Goodfellas *
Peter666 - L'Atalante *
pokerja3 - Hoosiers *
RichGangi - The Godfather *
scar - LAwrence of Arabia *
Shadowrun - A Clockwork Orange *
ShipDaSherb - Shawshank Redemption *
sixfour - Shawshank Redemption *
Stagger_Lee = Wake In Fright *
steamraise - The Sting *
The_Outlaw - The Big Lebowski *
thirddan - Godfather 2 *
tsearcher - Braveheart *
zzzzzz75 - Dogma *


Represented most strongly is Goodfellas, Lawrence of Arabia and Shawshank Redemption, with solid Blade Runner and Godfather support too.

Still love Pulp Fiction.

Ive never seen Blade Runner or Lawrence of Arabia, something tells me I need to work on this.

Mines a toss up between Pulp Fiction and Gladiator. I know Gladiator is supposed to suck but I cant help but love that film. Yup Im going with Gladiator.

I don't think I have a favorite movie of all time. If I was picking the best movie of all time I'd probably go with City of God. But I'm not sure it's my favorite movie of all time. My favorite would probably be a comedy like Animal House or Dumb and Dumber.

Thanks for lifecrushing me with the Hoosiers hate everyone.