5. Princess Bride
4. Shawshank Redemption
3. The Gladiator
2. Braveheart
1. The Godfather

There you go.

Ha I love that it’s the good ol’ VHS pic instead of a DVD or digital download or somethin’.

There’s no way I could pick only five. Maybe five in every single category/genre ever… maybe. And yes, that includes musicals and classics, too. I admit it.
Music and movies - I love ‘em.

Melody

5. Hoosiers (I’m from Indiana and appreciate this movie more than most I’m sure outside of the state of Indiana)
4. Fox and The Hound(as a kid I loved this movie because it was sad, funny, and Copper had a cool voice as a young pup)
3. Tommy Boy(I don’t care how many times Chris Farley walks into the window, it’s just as funny EVERY time. Or when he destroys the buscuit at the diner)
2. Freedom Writers(I feel like Hilary Swank in my life sometimes…as soon as I watched this movie it was immediately elevated to number two)
1. Man On Fire(some will think I’m crazy, but i love this movie. The intensity, the loyalty, the acting…are all amazing)

Favorite Musical - RENT

And dang, I love Shawshank, The Gladiator, and Braveheart. SOOO many choices. I can’t believe I picked the five I did. However, I stick by my picks. Don’t judge me. [=

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1. Hoosier’s (Kyle - I’m not from Indiana, but I still get misty-eyed at the end)
2. Ocean’s 11 (so witty)
3. Return of the Jedi (first movie I saw in the theater)
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (first “real” movie I ever watched - on my grandparents VCR sometime in the early 80’s)
5. Zoolander (I could’ve substituted 10 different funny movies here - it’s like a 10-way tie with Zoolander representing “funny” movies)

1)Dances With Wolves, extended 236 mins. director’s cut version exactly tells story from excellent book by Michael Blake.
2)Gladiator
3)Braveheart
4)Empire Strikes Back
5)Raiders of the Lost Ark

Love Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Indiana Jones. 2 of my favorite characters of all-time.

There is no order here of favorite cause i cant decide.

Death to Smoochy
Donnie Darco
Grosse Point Blank
Fight Club
Snatch

It is hard to pick a top 5…I could add so many more…Aladdin, The Patriot, Star Wars, Zoolander, Tommy Boy…I could go on and on…Ocean’s 11-13, Friendly Persuasion (old, classic I used to watch with my grandma)…what about for kids, I could go with Jonah or many other VeggieTales flicks.

Today… at this very moment… off the top of my head and in no particiular order:

Office Space
What About Bob?
The Three Amigos
Tin Cup
The Notebook

If you ask me this again tomorrow (or even in 10 minutes) it will probably be a different list, but these are some of favorites:

-You’ve Got Mail
-Little Miss Sunshine
-Dead Poets Society
-Pride and Prejudice (old version is good as far as following the book exactly, and the new one is just beautiful)
-Beauty and the Beast (my favorite childhood movie…at the age of 3 I had the entire thing memorized))

Tommy Boy, Sense and Sensibility, Spanglish, The Philadelphia Story(Hepburn, Grant and Stewart), Driving Miss Daisy, Shawshank Redemption, Beautiful Girls…Did you say top seven?

in no particular order:

shawshank redemption
garden state
high fidelity
serenity
rent

Shawshank Redemption
Airborne (look it up on IMDB 1993)
Zoolander
Life Is Beautiful
American History X

1. Snatch (awesome soundtrack too)
2. The Royal Tenenbaums (love Wes Anderson’s style)
3. Momento (messes with your mind… good ending)
4. Stranger than Fiction (loved the art direct. and intern. dialogue)
5. Juno (and no, I’m not jumping on the bandwagon… love that kid from Arrested Development)

If “favorite” is constituted by frequency of quoting…then Three Amigos would be up there. Then the list would go (in no particular order):

Little Women
Dead Poets Society
Pride and Prejudice (the newest version)
Three Amigos
Hitch

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I just realized how few (new) movies I have seen lately. My list might change dramatically after the summer…

Empire Records
That Thing You Do
You’ve Got Mail
No Country for Old Men
Shawshank Redemtion

Booyeah!!!

Let’s see…

1. High Fidelity
2. American History X
3. Benny and Joon
4. Moulin Rouge
5. American Beauty

LIke many others this list can change but I think these movies are all amazing.

5. American Psycho
4. Glory
3. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Heat
1. Batman Begins(The Dark Knight might replace this…we’ll see)

Man, narrowing it down to five i tough.

I wish I could think of 5 off the top of my head. But I am a little ADD when it comes to movies, and have a rough time sitting through an entire one. In any case, here are 4 that kept my attention.

Sneakers
Rain Man
Lorenzo’s Oil
Bruce Almighty

Only 5? It depends on the mood I’m in and what genre we’re talking about but I’ll give it a try. In no particular order:

Almost Angels (an old Disney movie)
Follow Me Boys (another old Disney movie)
The Gladiator
The Patriot
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
A Walk to Remember
OK, I know that’s 6, but I couldn’t narrow it down any more than that.

Beth

The Notebook
Pride & Prejudice
The Last Samurai
Shaw Shank Redemption
Chocolat

-Hunt for the Red October
-Hoosiers
-Transformers
-Almost Famous
-Garden State

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Becoming Jane
3. A Lot Like Love
4. Anne of Green Gables
5. The Lakehouse

I know…I’m such a girl.

I’m breaking the rules b/c I have no self control. Sorry, Brody. In no order…
Braveheart (Freedom!)
The Princess Bride (anybody wanna peanut?)
So I Married An Axe Murderer (The Pentavarit)
Forrest Gump (Ice Cream, Lt. Dan!)
The Sound of Music (High on a hill…)
Fiddler on the Roof (TRADITION!)
West Side Story (When your a Jet!)
Rent (La vie boheme!)
An Affair to Remember (Kerr & Grant)
My Fair Lady (I’m a good girl, I am!)

Usual Suspects
Dead Poet Society
Glory
Power Of One
Once

1. The Thomas Crown Affair
2. Ocean’s 11
3. Terms of Endearment
4. Pride and Prejudice
5. Dumb and Dumber

This is sure a tough one.
Hmm…

- The Truman Show
- Bruce Almighty
- Elf
- Extreme Days
- Enchanted [I don't know why, but I like this movie]

Ah but as I’m reading the comments I’m also wanting to put My Fair Lady and The Three Amigos up there. Boo for 5. You should have said like, 10.

The Matrix (first one and half of the second one)
Lord of the Rings (does the trilogy count as one movie?)
Before Sunrise/Before Sunset (another “count as one”)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (”You’re going the wrong way! You’re going to kill somebody!!” Love it!!)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Three Movies occupy the number five slot, two occupy the number 3.

5.The Shining/What about Bob/Sideways
4.LOTR
3.The Shining/Godfather pt. 1
2.Empire Strikes Back
1.Raiders of the Lost Ark

not necessarily in this order.

5. Can’t Buy Me Love
4. What About Bob
3. Oceans 11
2. Fletch
1. Matrix

first.. I think it is funny that you posted this after your last to heavy post.. “poverty” and “mistreatment”..
None-the-less.

1. Usual Suspects
2. Fight Club
3. Kill Bill [1&2] it really is one movie..
4. Braveheart
5. Casino Royale

5. Once
4. Wedding Singer
3. 300
2. Almost Famous
1. Billy Madison

…American History X
…I Am Sam
…Awakenings
…Legends of the Fall
…Wild Wild West

I too, am not sure I could pick just five, but here goes… in no particular order….

Fight Club
Snatch
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump (Can’t believe no one said this)
American History X

Man those are all pretty depressing.

RE: Forest Gump
see my post (#24).
I saw it in the theatre 6.5 times! Looove that movie!

What’s that funny black box you have for your picture?

No particular order

Big Lebowski
LOTR
300
SIN CITY
on the waterfront

5. “The Count of Mote Cristo”
4. “Pretty Woman”
3. “You’ve Got Mail”
2. “We Are Marshall”
1. “A League of their Own”

ferris buellers day off
goonies
stand by me
saving private ryan
reservoir dogs
breakfast club

i know that was six.

Bringing up Baby
The Out of Towners
Arsenic and Old Lace
Dinner at Eight
Hotel Rwanda

I hope that you and your wife are having a fantabulous time at the Derek and Sandra show right now…..