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For me, personally, It would be Snatch. It's such a great movie that I could watch again and again. So many interesting characters and a unique style that sets it apart from so many other movies. There's just that extra something in that movie
What about you, fellow Lemmites? What is your favourite movie?
Ghostbusters
Just the perfect mixture of well-timed gags, drama and action with special effects that still (mostly) hold up and a brilliant cast. I can still quote pretty much the entire movie.
L.A. Confidential. Gripping moody story and you just have this sense that it's taking place at the cusp of a city becoming itself.
My favourite is Withnail and I. I haven't seen Snatch in quite some time though. I will watch it now, I think
Just saw Across the Spider-Verse. That movie is so beautiful. You can literally pause on any frame and you're looking at an artistic masterpiece.
I watched it on a large OLED in 4k HDR, so ymmv. While it takes a really high place, my favourite is still PREDATOR; just an awesome script.
Snatch! All-time #1! ...except for when Blade Runner is #1.
Other faves that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
My favorite movie changes frequently, but ATM my top 3 would be
Big Fish
Secondhand Lions
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Snatch is in my top 5 though
Blood Diner, because it's actually about a trans man who helps his dead uncle become his living aunt. It's easy to lose track of the fact that this is a movie about two transitions in the chaos of the ancient blood cult, vegan diner that serves human meat, wrestling with Jimmy Hitler, and all that, but it's all in there. Blood Diner was decades ahead of its time. I watch it a few times a year. Watch it as a double feature with Frankenhooker and pretend they're modern experimental indie movies. Frankenhooker is a feminist masterpiece.
I don't know if it is my all time favorite but I can watch The Maltese Falcon on repeat
Sexy Beast - fantastic film; one of the best opening scenes put to film. It has everything from fantastic acting, great story, great music and just an all round enjoyable film.
Gladiator
John Carpenter's: The Thing. I have seen this movie well over 50 times in my life, and I will probably watch it 50 more before I die.
My all time favorite movie is Castle in the Sky
Nothing has ever topped Interstellar for me. The soundtrack, visuals, epic story... I get emotional just thinking about it.
Second hand lions!
It's a comfort movie for me
The Third Man (1949) if I had to pick just one. It is cinematic poetry from start to end.
Rush Hour is one of greatest action-comedy movies ever IMO and my personal favorite
Network (1976) is practically perfect in every way.
Boogie Nights.
My hetero life partner and I went to see this opening night because we heard Heather Graham got naked... and we'd both been infatuated with her since License to Drive. We ended up going back to the theater at least a dozen times to watch the movie just because it was so goddamn good.
It's an amazing ensemble cast of actors who were, (with the exception of Burt) at that time, B-list at best. The story is engaging and friendly without reaching too far into hackey territory. We might be able to predict the exact destination, but we can enjoy the journey to that destination as it's own unique experience. Anderson lets his actors really make the characters their own, so long as they stick to his writing.
In short, it's an amazing example of what a whole bunch of very talented actors can do when they're given good material to work with.
I don't like Mark Wahlberg as a person, but he was amazing in this movie. John C Reilly is the fucking man. Julianne Moore and Heather Graham deliver Oscar caliber performances.
I can't think of a single bad part of this movie.
