Favorite Non-SW Movies?

Okay fellow Fett-heads and Mandos, thought I'd throw something out here. I like films and am always looking for some good flick to watch so I was wondering what some of you liked. Films you'd say "Oh, you HAVE GOT to watch this!"

Here's a few of my Non-Star Wars favorites, in no particular order:

The Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa
Zulu starring Michael Caine
Saving Private Ryan
The Godfather
Alien & Aliens
Witchboard
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Young Frankenstein
Hamlet - Mel Gibson
The Terminator
Lord of the Rings
Henry V - Kenneth Branaugh
Christmas Vacation

What are some of your favorites? Off the beaten path or mainstream favorites, either way, let's hear 'em.

In no order :

LOTR
POTC
TDK
I, Robot
The big Red *devil* Boy
Riddick
Serinity
Black Hawk Down

And for TV...Deffintly BSG and Firefly.

Lol too many to name them all, but a few of my favorites.

The man who would be king, With Sean Connery and Michael Caine.
Six String Samurai.
Soylent Green.
Clockwork Orange.
Runaway, with Gene Simmons and Tom Selleck.
Monty Python and the holy grail well any python movie.
Freejack.
Johnny Neumonic.
The Crow.

I'm playing catch-up on Firefly. What is BSG?

Oh, I forgot one.

Farewell to the King - with Nick Nolte.

For TV I'd have to say Terminator - Sarah Connor Chronicles. Cameron is awesome!

In no order

-Lord of the Rings
-Last Samurai
-Ong Bok
-Bruce Lee films
-Predator and AVP films
-300
-I guess any martial arts/medieval/action movie

haha

El1te

Movies

Jurassic Park
Matrix Trilogy
POTC Trilogy
Ghostbusters
V for Vendetta
Van Wilder
Happy Gilmore
Apollo 13
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionare
jack*** 1, 2 and 2.5


TV:
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Total Drama Island
Mythbusters
Superjail
America's Best Dance Crew
Pimp my Ride
Jack***

Most of you guys have said some of my time old favorites, so I'll just add one to the pot.

Australia man, that movie was awesome. Hugh Jackman and his crew, loved their performances.

Nicole did a great job as well!

Originally Posted by DarkeSword2020

Most of you guys have said some of my time old favorites, so I'll just add one to the pot.

Australia man, that movie was awesome. Hugh Jackman and his crew, loved their performances.

Nicole did a great job as well!

That is good to know. I have been wondering about this film and thought it looked good.

Wait. . . there are movies other than Star Wars???? When did this happen?!?!



Lots of good ones listed already.
Caddyshack
Meatballs
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein (well, anything by Mel Brooks)
Juno (yeah, yeah. . . don't snicker at me )
Alien and Aliens (they're the only 2 that exist)
Raiders/Temple/Crusade/Skull
Blade Runner
LOTR

Just to name a few.

Originally Posted by Southern hunter

I'm playing catch-up on Firefly. What is BSG?

Oh, I forgot one.

Farewell to the King - with Nick Nolte.

For TV I'd have to say Terminator - Sarah Connor Chronicles. Cameron is awesome!

BSG is Battlestar Galactica. TV show on Sci-Fi. It actually just wrapped up last Friday. Kinda like a Star Trek type show.

Most of my favorite movies have already been listed.

Iron Man
Hulk
Batman (Returns and Dark Knight)
300
V for Vendetta
Sin City
...See a patern...they all seem to be comic book movies.

It's NOT like Star Trek. If you can get through the first few parts of it, you'll love it. I like it much more than SW,etc. I started whatching at the very start of Season 2, and I've loved it ever sence.

Looking at you guy's lists, I forgot some movies.

(more) Movies :

V for Vendetta
Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones
James Bond

and then other TV shows I watch on a regular basis :

Chelsea Handler
Jay Leno
Sarah Conner
Clone Wars
My Name is Earl
The Office
Kath and Kim
30 Rock
Graham Norton
Coulping
Gavin and Stacy
Not Going Out
Prison Break (depending on what the season is about)
Myth Busters

I'm sure there's other stuff...But I only have so much time.

LOTR
The Dark Knight
300
The Crow
Dawn of the Dead
Aliens
Alien Ressurection
Gladiator
Blade
Army of Darkness
Quarantine
IRobot
Matrix 1, & 3
Terminator 2
Revenge of the Ninja
Final Fantasy (Advent Children)
Tropic Thunder
Shaun of the Dead
Borat
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Old School
Weird Science
The Breakfast Club
16 Candles
Dutch

Originally Posted by Kwally89

That is good to know. I have been wondering about this film and thought it looked good.

It definitely has some parts that are highly stylized (CGI and whatnot) but it's definitely worth the time spent watching it

good movies listed already i guess my favorite movies beside starwars are


fullmetaljacket
guy ritchie films
the big labowski
saving private ryan/band of brothers. tom hanks produced BOB for hbo.
dawn of the dead
house of a thousand corpses/devil's rejects
ghostbusters
from hell
the new batman movies
gangs of new york
mr. brooks
the outlaw josie wells
and the list goes on............

tv

deadwood cancelled way to soon. greatest western type show ever. not for the kiddies!!!
sopranos ending sucked, hbo writers should have been shot for that.
dexter coming back for a fourth season.
breaking bad

What, no Love for Revenge of the Nerds(the original)???

Movies:

Super Troopers (Meow, I am surprized no one put this one.)
Office Space
LotR
Harry Potter
A Knights Tale
Robin Hood (The real English accent Mel Brooks one and the other )
Training Day
Twilight wasn't bad either
Godfather
Goodfellas
Scarface
American Gangster

TV:

Simpsons
Family Guy
Ghosthunters
Two and a Half Men
Sex in the City (Semi-nude women, always good )
Sopranos

Wow! Some of these I've seen others I haven't, which was the goal of this thread: find some cool movies to watch.

I'd say Australia is good, too. I like the X-men films as well.
Dead Again is a suspense film that I enjoyed, and forgot about it last time.

The Seven Samurai is still one of my top 5 recommendations. Over three hours long, black and white in Japanese, with sub-titles, but after a few minutes, you get used to reading and the film just draws you in.
Of course there's the American Western adaptation of it: The Magnificent Seven. In color, in English, made several years later, but I just like the sword-swinging Samurai version better.
OK, I'm showing my ignorance. What is POTC?

There is a ton but I really love Time Bandits!

Blade Runner

Here's a few of mine, not in order

Das Boot
Conan the barb (not destroyer!!!!)
Last Saumurai
seven Samurai
Murder on Orient Express
Gosford park
Dark Knight
Josey Wales
Unforgiven
Jeremiah Johnson
Underworld
jaws
Alien/Aliens
Dragon Slayer
Interview with Vampire
Superman
ladyhawke
Predator
Raiders
Patton
Platoon
Ben hur

aliens
the princess bride
willow
labyrinth
the lost boys
raiders of the lost ark
ferris beullers day off
austin powers trilogy
scream trilogy
and i'm a sucker for kevin smith (but i still need to see zach and miri make a porno)

t.v.
greatest american hero
heroes
30 rock
firefly
and i think i like chuck

Not in order:

-300
-IronMan
-Batman Begins & TDK
-LotR
-Indiana Jones I, II & III
-All the war themed movies

TV:

-Lost
-Heores
-Band of Brothers

lotr all
matrix 1
dumb and dumer
saving silverman
300
TDK
Last Saumurai
spiderman 1&2
wanted
, awhhh, you ever started to type and suddenly draw a blank? theres tons more, but theres a handful

Originally Posted by Kwally89

Oh, man this hard!

don't have cable soooo I can't watch the good stuff like G4 or food network. Who doesn't love Paula Dean!

:thumbup:thumbup:thumbup Paula Dean!!! Yes!!!

Blade Runner

you guys just about covered everything! what about scarface, no country for old men, and all world war II movies.

The greatest movies ever made are:
- 2001 A Space Odyssey
- Apocalypse Now
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- The Graduate
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Silence of the Lambs
- The Shining
- The Excorcist
- The Abyss
- Alien & Aliens
- The Godfather
- Tron
- Halloween
- The Matrix
- Dark Knight
- Passion of the Christ
- Taxi Driver

There are a lot of other movies that I like, but these are the real masterpieces.

I just saw there will be blood and loved it!!! Don't forget SPACEBALLS

Originally Posted by whistle8mp

I just saw there will be blood and loved it!!! Don't forget SPACEBALLS

lol mell brooks is great

Originally Posted by Kwally89

don't have cable soooo I can't watch the good stuff like G4 or food network. Who doesn't love Paula Dean!

I used to get G4, on channel 68, then it moved to channel 117, and of corse, I don't get that far up. 68 is some sports channel now.

Originally Posted by whistle8mp

I just saw there will be blood and loved it!!! Don't forget SPACEBALLS

OK, has anyone done a Lord Helmet costume? If so please post pix

It took the #34 post for someone to finally say Rambo.

The Thing
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Raiders
Star Gate
Predator
Goldeneye
just to name a few classics

how about...
legend
run ronnie run!
ghost in the shell
akira
man bites dog
anything oldschool trek!
the good, the bad ,and the ugly! my cats' name is tuco! he's 11 years old!

as for TV shows
tom baker DR.WHO
how it's made ,man I watch this stuff like its a drug!
Twin Peaks
cowboy bebop

man a list like this could go on forever........................................

Some films i aint seen in these lists and ive seen alot

Some of my fav's....

American History X,
Training Day,
Man on Fire,
Rise of the footsoldier, ("this is a must see, warning very very violent, but a true story")
Mad max 1 & 2,
Terminator 1 & 2....hopefully 4!
Domino,
Gridiron Gang,
"any Zombie based film" (toooo many to list)

TV

Prison Break
Gavin and Stacy
Ross Kemp on Gangs
Any Gang or prison docs

I could go on for ages......

Steve

The Truman Show.

hmmm Favorite films

I'll start with:
Empire Strikes back and of course the other Star Wars films... Maybe not the new ones as much though.....
Conan the Barbarian
Blade Runner
Almost all the Indiana Jones movies
Stripes
Ghostbusters
Dune
The Thing
The Prince of Darkness
Labyrinth
Alien and Aliens
Ghost in the Shell
Ace Cobra space Pirate
American Pie
The Crow
Interview with a Vampire, Not as good as the books, but good in its day.
Edward scissor hands.
Donnie Darko
The Blues Brothers
Battle Beyond the stars
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Night of the Living Dead
Flash Gordon
The Goonies
Platoon
The list goes on and on....

Some of you guys have to admit that they like Harry Potter. I know there was a thread about it a few years ago

I like the Harry Potter movies

Hmm so many good ones where to start...

Zulu
Hatari
Pale Rider
Princess Bride
The Quiet Man
The Sons Of Katy Elder
Donovans Reef
The Green Beret
Black Hawk Down
Tears Of The Sun
Jurassic Park/Lost world (3 kinda failed)
all the Star Trek movies (ZOMG he went there lol)
1776
and A Christmas Story

Judging by most of them you'd think I was about 60 years old lol.

October Sky
Jeremiah Johnson
Apollo 13
Catch Me if You Can
LOTR
Aliens
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Labyrinth
Donovans Reef
Gattaca
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Zathura

Escape From New York
Tombstone
Any of Clint's Westerns
Any Dirty Harry flick (first 2 were great though)
Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
Any Quentin Tarantino film
Seven
The Thing (John Carpenter remake)

the fast and the furious.


j/k