OK, OK as requested :smile: here's one of the old timers checking in on this topic... which I expanded a bit, as just picking one overall is nearly impossible
My all time favorites in several catagories:
Drama: To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the greatest movies of all time!! Pulitzer Prize winning novel; beautifully filmed in black & white; Academy Award winning performance by the great Gregory Peck; and the kids stole the show!! Should have won Best Picture... but, they gave that sentimentally to a lousy John Wayne file... True Grit
Gangster: The Godfather (I and II). Exceptional storytelling; many, many riveting scenes; great actors; beautifully filmed.
Mystery: The Usual Suspects. Award winning film; great script; great thriller; great cast and captivating performance by Kevin Spacey
Western: Dances with Wolves. Spectactular Award winning film... touching, timeless, and beautiful. Takes you back and puts you in that time. Kevin Costner at his best in this epic.
Comedy: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Highly aclaimed and deservidly so; Best of the Coen brothers films; Exceptional sound track; outstanding cast... Clooney is unbelievable; film is witty, intellegent, and very funny... the more you watch it the more you laugh... and some of the lines are absolutely classic!!:biggrin:
Sport: Hoosiers. Inspiring, authentic, and nostalgic film; critically aclaimed; great and beautifully told story; terrific cast and a great performance by Gene Hackman
Fantasy: Field of Dreams Wonderful, magical film; will make you laugh, cry, and get lost in it's magic; Critically acclaimed... should have been Best Picture in my opinion; great cast and again Costner is at his best. If you love baseball and ever get a chance to go to Dyerville, Iowa to see the "field of dreams".. do so, it's a religious experience! "Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa!!"
Sci FI: Alien Frightening both psychologically as welll as visually; not over-the-top like most Sci-fi films, just very scarey and very well scripted and casted. Forget the sequels... this is the real deal
Horror: The Exorcist. Very Intense, shocking and terrifying film; scared my wife right out of the theater in 1973 and she hasn't been able to watch the rest of it since then!!; some have called it the scariest movie ever made... maybe!!; excellent cast; an absolute classic!!
Epic: Saving Private Ryan. Exceptional cast; exceptional story; one of the best film of all time for me: very intense in many scenes and very touching in others; poignant messages; will show you the hell of war while keeping you glued to your seat. Perhaps not a good as Band of Brothers in some respects, but still extremely powerful and was at the theater vesus on TV via HBO.
That my $.02 :smile:
-Wick
