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Lately I do not watch movies much but I like Drama and Thrillers the most. I also like dystopia movies. I have to say that I am embarrassed to say I have not watched a single GodFather movie. I am downloading it ASAP. Any movie with Richard Gere ( Especially in Primal Fear), Tom Hanks, Peter Dinklage and Leonardo Di Caprio is fabulous !
 

Oh Boy! Love this topic. I am an ardent movie lover and have a long list:

Cinema Paradiso – Italian
Fanny and Alexander – Swedish
Pan’s Labyrinth – Takes place in Spain but Mexican director
Annie Hall
Vertigo
La Strada – Italian
Jean de Florette – French
Raise the Red Lantern – Chinese
Wings of Desire – the German one, not the crappy American remake
Central Station – Brazilian
Ran - Japanese
 

OMG! I was just thinking of Cinema Paradiso, the other day. It's a favorite of mine. Jean de Florette, I remember watching long time ago, but don't remember much of it. Was there a sequel to that called Manon? Who was supposed to be his daughter.... I loved Central Station, too. That was really good.

Like CountxAlacran wrote above, I don't watch movies much, anymore. But back in the day, I was an avid moviegoer. Had a lot of favorites. I especially like(d) foreign movies.

I've seen bits and pieces of Vertigo on TV. I'd like to watch it in its entirety.

There are a lot of movies I like. I'll have to think about my favorites and return here.

~ Paz


 

Yay! Movie topic! Thanks UA

oooh novelera you just named some of my favorites
Wings of Desire I loved so much, just everything about it was great

Raise the Red Lantern was hard to watch, just too much drama and backstabbing, but worth the effort.

Pan's Labrinth I liked much more than I expected because everybody told me it was gross before I saw it. (maybe low expectations are a good thing?)

Vertigo gets mocked a lot for the effects but its great anyway, its not about them.

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I seem to watch a lot of movies and love the screwball comedies from the black and white era but also like action movies (when they have a brain) and heist movies

Other movies I loved
Serenity - I will never get over it, never

A Face in the Crowd - a totally new face of Andy Griffith for any fans of his tv shows

Gaslight - needs no explanation IM(not so)HO

The Man from Uncle - probably the best movie out of a tv show I've seen

Meet John Doe - because sometimes you need something sweet and inspiring

Now You See Me - fun to watch, fast and waaay better than all the critics said

The Lady Vanishes - I always wonder if this happened to me, what would I do?

Penny Pinchers - Korean movie about love finding the thrifty

The really old Saint movies with George Sanders in were great - the role might have been made for him, he was so smooth

I really liked the newest Terminator movie, but then I've always been a fan of Terminator

Ladron que Roba Ladron - heist movie Latino style

Nothing Sacred - Carole Lombard is too funny for words

Better Luck Tomorrow - American movie about Asian American teenagers - kinda dark but engrossing

Happenstance - sweet and romantic

The Sting - Robert Redford, Paul Newman, such charm, such oooh

The Thin Man - fast talking, funny jokes, you barely notice the plot.

The Trouble With Harry - comedy classic

Well I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I post but this is soo long already ;)

 

I love movies. Here are some of my more recent favorites: The Grand Budapest Hotel; Hunger Games (soon to be) trilogy; The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Twilight series; Harry Potter series.

I will have to think of how to pare down a list of my older favorites.
 

I'm not huge into movies, but I did LOVE Pan's Labyrinth. Such lush storytelling.

I'm really low brow, so I'm sure my movie likes are equivalent to fast food (which I also like). I love romances and romantic comedies, my favorite being Fools Rush In. I love Disney classics, My Favorite Wife, The 10 Commandments (whoo Charlton Heston!), The Sound of Music, Jane Eyre (both the 1996 and 2011 versions), Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet, Stardust, Forrest Gump, Annie (1982),. I think What's Eating Gilbert Grape is beautifully acted, but I've only seen it a couple of times.

I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can think of right now.
 

If you are low brow, hellashelle I hate to think what my tastes qualify as. I was going to say High Anxiety and The Producers by Mel Brooks.

Any old musical with Kiss Me Kate and Singing in the Rain at the top of the list.

Lenguas de las mariposas is wonderful but left me an emotional wreck by the end.

Sin nombre is another good one.
 

That should be Lengua de las mariposas.
 

I am an oldie by comparison and love oldies... no matter if they are comedies, tear jerkers, action movies. Frank Capra's movies from the 50s (Its a wonderful life, Mr Deeds goes to town, Meet John Doe, etc), action movies from the 40s with the competing leading swashbuckling men between Warner Bros (Erroll Flynn) and 20th Century Fox (Tyronne Power), old novela movies like Natacha (from Peru, with a very young Gustavo Rojo), Corazon Salvaje (with Angelica Maria and Julio Aleman), even Doris Day comedies like Pillow Talk, romantic oldies like An Affair to Remember, etc etc... i could go on and on...
BOth natacha and COrazon Salvaje movies are available in youtube in several segments each.
 

That's great, Marta! Thank you for the info on Natcha and Corazón Salvaje.

(oooo. Caray should do a movie night.)
 

Golly, don't watch many moves and certainly not anything current unless it a foreign film and unfortunately cannot remember most titles, thinking of two in particular one an Iranian film the other Portuguese. I need to do some google work.

Anything and I mean anything with Danny Kaye or Gregory Peck
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
Afterlife written & directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Roman Holiday, saw it again the other night and cried, cried, cried
Brigadoon, the one with Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, and Cyd Charisse
 

Oh yeah! Brigadoon is a great one!
 

Great topic, UA.

Sense and Sensibility (the Emma Thompson version) is my favorite, followed closely by Pride and Prejudice (the Keira Knightly version).

Like Jarifa, I also loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Diana
 

Thank you Urban Anthropologist! Okay, want to say my piece first before reading comments cause if not I'll be like, "me, too!"

Everything I like is classic and then I'm not real well-versed in titles and actors. Geez. Maybe I need to do a "me, too" post

Some individual faves:

Musicals like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Sound of Music; Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire flicks
Black Orpheus
Old "Race Films" when I can find them
Spencer's Mountain
It's a Wonderful Life
The oldest Christmas Carol
To Kill a Mockingbird
Shirley Temple Movies
Old Sci-Fi/Fantasy flicks like Jack the Giant Killer; 7 Voyages of Sinbad; The Day the Earth Stood Still; The Birds

Comedies/Family Classics/Shorts like Little Rascals; Bowery Boys; Three Stooges; Doris Day flicks; Bob Hope/Bing Crosby "Road to" flicks

So, essentially every genre from the 40s to probably the 80s? when I kinda stopped watching too many movies cause I was busy with babies and full time employment and stuff. I love comedies A LOT, dramas, adventure, family, mysteries.

Everything EXCEPT: slasher and anything with graphic violence, dead bodies, atrocities, mass slaughter, rape, genocide . . . .you get the picture, even if it's "based on actual events." Life is hard enough without going into a space that for me that is supposed to be fantasy and entertainment and watching suffering and man's inhumanity to man. No. Way!

So, there's my choppy, ill-arranged answer. Now, I'll go back and read y'alls comments!
 

Okay, here's my "me, too"

Vertigo - novelera
Disney Classics; Jane Eyre (194310 - Hellashelle
Most everything that martaivett said!
Danny Kaye and Gregory Peck - Tofie

Others:

Wuthering Heights with Orson Wells
South Pacific
The Bad Seed
Raintree County with Liz Taylor and Montgomery Cliff
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Liz Taylor and Paul Newman

I'm sure there's more. Great topic, Urban!
 

Now the older movies I love:
The Birds,Vertigo, Marnie, Psycho, Halloween, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien 1&2, Mad Max series with Mel Gibson, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, Top Hat (Fred Astaire dancing "Cheek to Cheek"), Mel Brooks History of the World Part I, Woody Allen everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex . . . , Gone with the Wind, Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry series, The Searchers with John Wayne, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), Moby Dick with Gregory Peck, The King and I with Yul Brynner.

Foreign Language:
Jean de Fleurette, Manon of the Spring, Raise the Red Lantern, Un cuento chino --Has my favorite opening movie scene ever.

Others: Whale Rider, Babe, Disney Beauty and the Beast, Disney The Lion King, Disney Fantasia, The Secret of Roan Innish.
 

Thanks, Urban, for this great topic.
 

oh yeah forgot Disney classics and musicals all the way from West side story to funny cute ones like Singing in the rain (who can forget that Yes, yes, yes! No, no, no!! funny clip)

 

That is a great scene, Marta! And it reminded me of No, No Nanette which led to Thouroughly Modern Millie, another good musical.
 

Do you guys remember the "Saturday Night at the Movies" Tv show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Saturday_Night_at_the_Movies

or ABC Movie of the Week
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Movie_of_the_Week

Lots of good memories from this series, Brian's Song for one and Duel, another, which I didn't know was a Steven Spielberg piece.

Then, I'm sure your local affiliates used to show movies after the 11:00 news which is where I first saw The Bad Seed, A Christmas Carol (1951) and others on various iterations of "The Late Show", or "The Late Late Show."

Love me some B monster flicks, too: Godzilla flicks, The Blob, The Thing, The Tingler, and Classic Horror flicks, not the knife in the eyeball slasher porn crap.
 

This has really been fun seeing who is into what kinds of movies. As usual, too much to watch!
Sara, why am I not surprised you are a Mel Brooks fan, too? Btw, I am spending the evening in a "Cuna de lobos".
Lila, I also love the old Godzilla movies and the new one that came out last year. Nothing bad about "The Bad Seed" either.
Novelera and Sneaky, glad to see somebody somewhere saw "Raise the Red Lantern" besides me!
 

Jarifa, it's great because now I've got several to look for, too!
 

Jarifa - I am a fan of Mel Brooks up to High Anxiety. I'm not crazy about any of his films after that.

And I actually got up from bed to add Mildred Pierce, Now Voyager, Imitation of Life and A Place in the Sun to my list.

PS Jarifa I can't wait to hear your final assessment of Cuna de Lobos :)
 

Yes, Sara! Thanks for these reminders: Now Voyager, Imitation of Life and I would add Pinky (1949 with Ethel Waters and Jeanne Crain).

Oooh! Add Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, A Summer Place, Inside Daisy Clover, Splendor in the Grass, Five Finger Exercise!
 

OH! OH! Magnificent Obsession!! Flower Drum Song!!

I'm also a fan of some of the Disney movies of the 60s and 70s- the Herbie movies, The Cat From Outer Space, The North Avenue Irregulars, Escape to Witch Mountain....


 

Ditto, Sara! Golden age of Disney live action movies. My son is a Disney Freak and owns many of these! Great fun!
 

Classic. Imitation of life, Now Voyager, Mama Dolores, A place in the Sun, White roses for my black sister(Rosas blancas pro mi hermana negra), lol I can't translate I saw it in French but it's Mexican. Madam X, All that Heaven Allows, Magnificent Obsession. Il figli di nessuno, saw it in French as Le fils de personne, Nobody's son but I never saw it in English, El cielo y tu, 1971 but I was young so it's a classic to me. I'll stop too many to name.
 

Oh gosh can I do a me too post now even though my last post was so long?
Thanks people who reminded me of favorites

martaivett &Sara - Musicals Yes!

tofie - Danny Kaye YES!! (seriously, anything)

Jarifa - Lord of the Rings -how could I forget that

Sara & Lila - When you say Disney live action you mean when Kurt Russel was a fresh faced cutie right? Cause I do :)

Oh yeah Mel Brooks Yes, I'm not picky, the first one I saw was Men in Tights and its probably still my favorite.


You guys have given me so many good ideas too of things I've never seen.

Ok I've scrolled up and down these posts so many times that now I'm dizzy
 

Oh yeah! The young Kurt Russell Disney movies are great, too! My husband leans more toward "Escape from New York" and "Big Trouble in Little China" Kurt Russell. ;-)
 

Hi Everyone: My name is Paz. I'm new to Caray, Caray. I introduced myself in an older post comment but forgot to introduce myself here in this thread when I first commented.

Here are a few fave movies in no particular order:

Cinema Paradiso (1988)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) (1992)
Coming to America (1988)
Son of the Bride (2001)
Keita! L’Héritage du Griot (1996)
Xica da Silva (1976)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Amélie (2001)
Todo sobre mi Madre (All about my Mother 1999)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Victor Victoria (1982)

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
A Christmas Carol (1951 with Alastir Sims)
Scrogged (1985)
Scrooge (1970 musical with Albert Finney)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Ben Hur (1959)
Stalag17 (1953)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Casino Royale (2006)
The Big Blue (1988)
Whale Rider (2002)
The Tango Lesson (1997)
Bossa Nova (2000)
Central Station (1998)
The Matrix (1999)
The Terminator (1984)
Orfeu (1999)
Il Postino (The Postman 1994)
Annie (1982)
Sling Blade (1996)
Corrina Corrina (1994)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999 documentary)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
300 (2006)

 

Hi, Paz! Welcome! I hope we see you often.

Guys and Dolls is another good musical!
 

Thanks, Sara! :-) I love Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls. One of my friends laughs at me about that because Marlon Brando is know for more well-known movies. :)

Lila and Romy: I should have added Imitation of Life to my List for sure. :-)

Lila: I loved watching all Shirley Temple movies. Love South Pacific. Madame X was so good. They all go on my list, too. :-)))
 

You can call me old & you would be right

Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
To Kill a Mockingbird
Sound of Music
Casablanca
Pan's Labyrinth
Godfather 1
A Fish called Wanda

I haven't been to the movies since Chorus Line

I have a friend who is an avid film fan, she keeps me apprised of the good & the bad.
 

Paz,
Ben Hur had one of the best ever movie scenes, the chariot race!!!!!! I still watch just to see that

Actually that might be a good discussion topic, most memorable movie scenes

GWTW, the scene after Atlanta with all the injured laid out, and the camera panning out, so sad. And "frankly my dear, I don't give a damn"
 

Variopinta: Oh, yes, chariot race scene was awesome, indeed! Definitely a memorable movie scene. :-)

Yes, to the GWTW scene. :-)
 

Welcome, Paz! Gosh, your list is great and I like the years you put in! Cool!

Sneaky Two Shoes: when Kurt Russel was a fresh faced cutie right? YES!

I'm getting dizzy looking at the list, too! Everybody's got such great choices! Y'all have inspired me to go back and look at my old favorites! Life is such a blur but I should go to TMC, AMC and get my money's worth out of Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. I see one can also get some full length movies on YT. Don't know what the quality's like though!


 

Nice to see you Paz and you had a great list.

After reading yours and everyone's comments, you reminded me I also loved the Alastair Sim and Albert Finney's versions of a Christmas Carol. Also loved Mildred Pierce along with the haunting Laura with Gene Tierney and the fabulous Bette Davis in All About Eve.

Diana
 

Paz, thank you SO much for reminding me of Son of the Bride with one of my very favorite actors, Ricardo Darín, the Argentinian. Here are some others I saw him in and loved:

Nine Queens
The Secret in Their Eyes
and the very recent Wild Tales

By the way, if you haven't seen Wild Tales, it's just an amazing movie. It's six short amazing stories, each complete in and of itself.
 

Could kick myself for not checking Caray this weekend. This is a topic after my own heart, being an amateur film historian.
 

I wondered where you were! It's still not too late to add your two pesos!
 

Pre-code (pre July 1934), Bollywood--especially anything with Shah Rukh Khan.

Examples:

Foreign picks: Amelie, Bread & Tulips, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Volver.

RomComs: especially ones from the 1990s-early 2000s. French Kiss would be an all time fav.

Musicals: State Fair (Dana Andrews/Jeanne Crain version), Singin' in the Rain, Burlesque--a new one to my list. My all time fave: The Band Wagon.

Sci Fi: Abyss, Aliens, Terminator 2.

Film noir: Cry Danger with Dick Powell. Laura--of course.

Almost perfect films: All About Eve, The Women, The Best Years of Our Lives.

Just brainstorming. I've got a million of them.

Nanette
 

Lila: Thanks! AMC and TMC are my friends. I especially discovered a lot of oldies but goodies from those stations. :-)

Diana: Thanks! Those are my Christmas faves. :-)

Novelera: I so loved Son of the Bride the first time I say it. Very touching. :) I will keep an eye open for Wild Tales.

~ Paz


 

Here is a golden oldie
"Yankee doodle dandy " with James Cagney, about Geo M Cohan. super dancing by Cagney