S/O... Movies you RATE (Highly)

[Drasticq]

For me there are three. In order:

1. Requiem for a Dream. The most emotionally charged and adult film I have come across. Its ability to play on one's emotions and feelings is incredible. I can't watch it again - it's torn me apart already - but I recognise it as the best film I have ever seen.
2. Hannibal. Very adult, but seamlessly put together. A lot of the reason I like Hannibal so much is the soundtrack. Hans Zimmer is impeccable, best music track for any film, ever. He even composed a short opera, to the words of Dante's Pilgrim, Vide Cor Meum (I see your Heart). So moving. Creepy film too, with a dark romantic undertone.
3. Silence of the Lambs. Hopkins and Foster display the BEST on screen chemistry EVER. Did you know that Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter never blinks once in the film? There's no way that it should have gotten away with the rating it did - it's more adult even than that! - but it is an absolute masterpiece.

You could say that my taste in films is incredibly hard hitting, adult, even warped... you'd be right!

 

[L&Lfan]

Please explain what rate means in this context... rate highly is what I assume.

 

[Drasticq]

Please explain what rate means in this context... rate highly is what I assume.

I'm really sorry, I meant rate highly.

 

[Drasticq]

Duplicate reply

 

[Sandeep1]

Shawshank Redemption
Back to the Future
The Last Samurai
The Green Mile
Lost in Translation

 

[L&Lfan]

So many but I’ll limit it to 10:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Walt Disney’s Pinocchio (1940)
All About Eve (1950)
Grease (1978)
Hair (1979)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)

 

[ncc1701]

Godfather 1 & 2
Sound of Music
Hard Day's Night
Lawrence of Arabia
Star Trek 2 - 4 trilogy ( # 3 is a little weak but has some great character moments)

 

[Owlpost23]

Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Jaws.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
The Sting.
The Godfather.
When Harry Met Sally.

 

[DuskKodesh]

Brick
Jurassic Park (Only the first one)
Spirited Away
Jaws
The Descent
Faust (1926 version)

 

[LSUmiss]

Aside from most Disney movies, my favorite 3 movies are Kill Bill vol 1 & 2 & then Forest Gump. I also love Good Fellas & Casino. Huge differences in genres lol!

 

[gwynne]

Remains of the Day
Bright Star
Best in Show
Out of Africa
On Golden Pond
When Harry Met Sally

 

[fly girl]

Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
Coming to America
Clueless
Seven
Uncle Buck

 

[ShirikiUtundu]

The Prestige
Pan's Labyrinth
The Hunter
The Illusionist
Memento
Inception

 

[shelemm]

My Top Ten:
Mon Oncle d'Amerique
Watch on the Rhine
You Can't Take it With You
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Do the Right Thing
Six Degrees of Separation
Pleasantville
A Raisin in the Sun
Passing Strange
Boyhood

 

[snappy]

Shawshank Redemtion
Casablanca
The petrified forest
Now voyager
The Godfather
Papillon
The piano
The year of living dangerously
3:10 to Yuma (the remake)
Dallas Buyers Club
Philadelphia
The Kings Speech
Key Largo

 

[Toolulu22]

Some that I rate highly and haven’t already been mentioned are:

MUD
Winter’s Bone
The Florida Project
Fargo
Steel Magnolias
Twister

 

[RUDisney]

Sorry, OP, I went to see Hannibal the night it was released in theaters. I LOVED the book and couldn't wait for the movie. I didn't notice any of the musicality of it. The movie was just so bad compared to the book. OTOH, Silence of the Lambs was AMAZING! One of my favorites.

Aside from that, my list is:

The Godfather
Any movie with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (50 First Dates, Blended, The Wedding Singer)
Caddyshack
Animal House
Back to School
Billy Madison

I like comedies more than anything else.

 

[Praying Colonel]

I have a lot of movies I love and my top 10 list will change periodically, but my all-time top 3 never really does:

Lawrence of Arabia
The Godfather
Casablanca

 

[Meriweather]

My top ones I could and do watch over and over are
Grease
Bone Collector
Also Tremors (I love B sci fi!!)

the rest change with my mood

 

[mnrose]

Shawshank Redemption. Best ever, IMO.