If you see one movie in your lifetime see...

[Scamp]

The Lion King, it is one of those movies I have seen most in the cinema

[XHarryB]

a tribute to the greatness of Singin' In the Rain:

while obviously a hit among a more adult crowd, I was pleasantly surprised over the last couple of years to discover that when I showed it to my 6th grade students, it wound up being many of their favorite films of the entire year that I showed them.

there are far too many great films for me to list my other choices...

[EandCDad]

while obviously a hit among a more adult crowd, I was pleasantly surprised over the last couple of years to discover that when I showed it to my 6th grade students, it wound up being many of their favorite films of the entire year that I showed them.


Singing in the Rain is one my nine year olds favorites as well. Kids love musicals.

[XHarryB]

I wouldn't go so far as to say "kids love musicals." With the subjects I have been involved with all bieng performing arts related, I've seen kids reactions to many films of many different styles. my point is that there are more recent musical productions that i thought for sure they would love, but they totally lost interest. They totally loved Singin' In the Rain though. and I'm talking about public school children, some of whom don't even want to be taking a dance or theater class, and have never seen anything like it before. That to me says a lot about the appeal of this film and it's stars.

[sediment]

"Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"

"No!" "No!" "No!"

And my favorite: "I sent an exclusive story to every paper in town!"

[Ghoulish Delight]

Such an impossilbe question to answer. I love so many different movies for so many different reasons. I can never put down a "my favorite movies of all time" list. I can rank 'em by genre or sub-genre, but there's just no way to pick one must see over all others.


That being said...I'd like to contribute Pulp Fiction to this thread. Not only a fabulous movie, a very influential movie. It always felt to me like the effects of that movie were felt for a long time in movie making.

On a side note, a very underappreciated Tarantino film is Jackie Brown. I've been kind of stuck on it lately and really need to get it on DVD. That movie has attitude and is so compelling. I love it.

[EandCDad]

I wouldn't go so far as to say "kids love musicals."

You're right, that's probably too broad a statment. My kids love musicals. And certainly those under the age of 10 or so (my kids and their friends) seem to like most of the classic musicals we pop in from time to time: Meet Me in St. Louis, Oaklahoma, The Sound of Music, Seven Brides, etc. But you're right, Singing in the Rain is almost in a class by itself.

[AnonyMOUSE]

It's a long list for yours truly:

-Training Day

-Big Fish

-It's A Wonderful Life

-Aliens

-Finding Nemo

-The Lord of the Rings Films

-The Matrix Trilogy

-The Iron Giant

-Catch Me If You Can

-Castaway

-The Ladykillers (both versions)

-Forrest Gump

-Radio

-The Jurassic Park Series

-Pirates of the Caribbean

-Men In Black

-A Beautiful Mind

-Rush Hour 1 and 2

-Gangs of New York

-Ransom

-Head of State

-Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

-O Brother, Where Art Thou?

-The Indiana Jones Films

-The Wizard of Oz

-True Grit

-Platoon

-Good Morning, Vietnam

-The Star Wars Series

-Signs

-Unbreakable

-The Sixth Sense

-The Birds

-The Last Samurai

That's all I can think of--- for right now.

[sleepyjeff]

Roger Moore is James Bond 007 in............For Your Eyes Only!

[wwithers]

Gone With the Wind, what a great movie.

I also love Bringing Up Baby, My Man Godfry, The Killing Fields, Much Ado About Nothing, Breakfast At Tiffanys and Freaky Friday (the original, of course).

Oh, I almost forgot Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I love this movie so much that my daughter's middle name is Sloane-- the coolest, most beautiful girl in school.

[tracilicious]

ok, a lot of you are sneaking extra movies into this thread. the question is ONE movie to see. that being said, i would also like to add the lord of the rings trilogy. :p

[mad4mky]

To Kill a Mockingbird ~Gregory Peck at his finest :D (He's great in Roman Holiday as well.

I too have to add: It's a Wonderful Life ...great movie...like Lisap said...too bad they have overkilled it... :(

[wwithers]

ok, a lot of you are sneaking extra movies into this thread. the question is ONE movie to see. that being said, i would also like to add the lord of the rings trilogy. :p

Sorry, there were just too many to choose from. :)

[Photographer]

Dsnylandmom beat me to Greaseso I will say Pirates of Penzance. Hilarious and fun to sing!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

When Harry Met Sally.

or

Citizen Kane.

or

Some Like It Hot.

or

The Usual Suspects.

[MotorBoat Cruiser]

I would add "Good Will Hunting". Something about this movie draws me in, every time. I'm not a huge fan of Matt Damon or Ben Affleck but this movie moved me.

[CoasterMatt]

Bullet In The Head (John Woo)

Absolutely brilliant film

[mousketeer]

The Best Years of Our Lives - movies don't get much better than that.