Olle Sjostrom Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Pulp fiction Lost in translation And a Romanian film called 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days. Never finished it, I just had to sleep but until then I couldn't shut my eyes! (null) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Straight Story Paris, Texas Warriors (sorry, can't help it!) Vanishing Point ... And of course a few already mentionned For some it's gangsters, for others it's sci- fi, me it's road movies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPitot Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 The Big Lebowski. Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Thomas Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days. Never finished it, I just had to sleep but until then I couldn't shut my eyes! (null) I worked with Anamaria Marinca- the lead in that last year, she was really good On the subject, whenever I do this it usually seems to be things like old James Bond films- usually Roger Moore era. That or longer detective type things like Columbo or Inspector Morse (even though they're really TV) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Babb Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 We disconnected the cable about 9 years ago. But before that I probably watched the last half of Stargate a dozen times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 The Big Lebowski. Perfect. Plus 1. CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgoodin Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 I'd put Shawshank Redemption up at top, probably seen it in pieces 15 times. Also John Huston's "The Man who Would be King" and I can't resist staying with "Dr. Strangelove" when I stumble across it either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriskellett Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Plus 1. CC Plus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Moore Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 The Professional. My god that movie can waste the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 The Big Lebowski. Perfect. PLUS ONE. Hey! This is a private residence man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Kramer vs. Kramer The Big Lebowski Pulp Fiction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 "Nobody's Fool" sucks me in every time as well. One of Paul Newmans best IMO. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason porter Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 The Hustler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldmixer Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 "Two lane blacktop". The pacing of this film is so...subdued, I can't look away. Came on a couple times in the last decade on a specialty channel. "Let's get lost". Doc on Chet baker. Similar time slowed down feeling. First time I watched it, I was about to turn in, stayed up till 3am. Mesmerized. "the conversation" "three days of the condor" These two run every few years on "Saturday night at the movies" on a regional broadcaster. If any of these films happen to be on, whatever I had planned or was going on gets written off. I agree about "Taxi Driver" The slower type pacing of these 70s classics gets me everytime. I get hypnotized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfisk Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I'd put Shawshank Redemption up at top, probably seen it in pieces 15 times. Also John Huston's "The Man who Would be King" and I can't resist staying with "Dr. Strangelove" when I stumble across it either. Same here. I can't not watch it if it's on TV. I actually have it on VHS before DVD's came out. It is just so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 +1 on Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys and The Professional, but Shawshank Redemption is the ultimate, "Nothing good on? Wait, there's Shawshank on TBS, let's watch that" movie. It's been almost 20 years and I haven't gotten tired of it yet. How about a little love for "The Quick and the Dead"? Not only is it an (IMO) excellent film but it was the first movie whose sound (in a really good theater with a really good sound system) made me sit up in my seat and pay close attention because it was just so damn right... As for Bladerunner I have abut four copies of it on DVD (every "cut" and anniversary edition). It's my fav film of all time. Guilty pleasure? Fever Pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim M Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Scarface...could never turn that one off ever. Honey I Shrunk the Kids...just too much fun and imagination Mad Max Road Warrior...uh just addicting (+1) Terminator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPSharman Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Loving this list so far. It's odd that other than "Shawshank", Sci-Fi does very well on the list. I think I include "The Matrix" in that genre, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hmm, not my all-time fave but for watching from any point onwards, The Blues Brothers is hard to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg sextro Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Lately - stuff that comes up on tv: That I enjoy: social network That I think is marginal: super bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecrabb Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 If I see a frame of The Princess Bride, I'm hooked for the long haul. Sometimes I have to quote the dialogue in time with the movie. "Inconceivable" "You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Little Shop of Horrors.... CC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Miramontes Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Any Bruce Lee movie, Goonies, Conan the Barbarian, Big Trouble in Little China, and pretty much anything else that was on Channel 13 back in the 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benr Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Shawshank Redemption Lord Of The Rings Star Wars Avatar MANY a days spent with those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Spaeth Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 The slower type pacing of these 70s classics gets me everytime. I get hypnotized. add Dog Day Afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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