Okay, new artsy-fartsy subject. What are some of you guys' favorite movies? Some of mine are "Ran", "Fearless" "Delicatessen" and anything by John Woo, "Hard Boiled" being the finest example.

With titles like those...sounds more "fartsy" than artsy, LOL! If I only had one choice, I'd have to say my all-time-over-all-can't-do-without-quote-it-every-day-of-my-life-favorite is.......DUMB & DUMBER! Of course anything with Tom Hanks in it is to my liking. And I have a total brain fart on another fav actor...he was in Lonesome Dove, The Apostle...help me out here! I'm sure as soon as I post this, it'll hit me!

Anything with zombies, robots, mad scientists, and aliens from outer space. If it's got all four, even better.

E-Chick, Robert Duvall. One of my favorites, "Stange Brew". Barry

'The man who would be King' is one of my all time favorites.

Echick, that would be Robert Duval who played Gus in Lonesome Dove, one of my all time favorite movies! Like Pulp Fiction, Saving Private Ryan, Heat, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, any Hanks movie, Eastwood, DeNiro, Pacino (Scarface) to name a few! Charlie

Any movie w/sex and violence. Alot of one or the other will also do. X

Oh, and anything with Bogart, Mitchum, Lancaster, etc! Charlie

One of Robert Duvall's best performances was in "The Great Santini". No more comments on my flatulence, e-chick!

I'll toss three of my favorites into the ring:

Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1926, B&W/Silent, the version scored by Georgio Moroder), a film that was years ahead of its time. I've seen it at least 20 times in the last 20 years.

No Man's Land (Foreign, Subtitled), about a Bosnian and a Serb stranded in a trench together -- poignantly underscores both the futility and the absurdity of war.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the epitome of the spaghetti western, IMHO.

- Jeff

Thanks BMW & char5353...I tried for hours to recall Robert Duval's name...terrible to admire someone so much and totally blank out on his name! I also have to agree with char5353's selections...just didn't want to think that hard! And speaking of hard (LOL), I also have to agree with X!

I like the movie "The Time Machine" with Rod Taylor, but I would also agree with Charlie - Bogart and Lancaster movies are tough to beat...

My favorite Bogart movie is "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre". "Badges!? We don't need no stinking badges!".

Oh yes, Lancaster - how about "From Here to Eternity"? Man, there's alot of good old stuff. I've watched alot of 50's-era movies in the last year or so. I was born early 60's so I watched these as "classics" - I was shocked at how fine Elizabeth Taylor was the first movie I saw her in; I think it was "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". As a kid, nothing got me excited like a new "Rocky" movie. Recent stuff, gotta say "Saving Private Ryan". Hey, want a good movie to take your kids to? I just took my kids to see "Spirit" and we all really enjoyed it. I just bought the soundtrack for the family, REALLY good music, mostly Bryan Adams. My all-time favorite, I'm leaning toward "Godfather".

I can't wait to see the sequel to "Saving Private Ryan" it's called "Saving Ryans Privates" and stars Adam Sandler (as Private Ryan), and Pauly Shore & Paul Ruben ( as Ryans Privates) due to be released soon! LOL JonR

Lost Horizon, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire Strikes Back, The Mechanic, Goodfellas, The Godfather Saga, Shrek.

Did any of you see "Smoke"? I loved that movie. Augie Wren's Christmas story had me leaking tears.

Do U mean Up In Smoke? X

I agree with the ones posted so far. Good movies there. The two that affected me the most deeply and were, I feel, really well made were; Shindler's List and Saving Private Ryan.

I mean "Smoke" with Harvey Keitel and William Hurt. Worth renting.