Other than the National Lampoon series of films, I'm the complete opposite of you when it comes to comedy.

Fair enough Jimmy... But I still think Titanic was awful... ;-)

Heck - if you meet a person who agrees with your entire movie list - likes and hates...you better make sure they fit in your pocket and stay with you always because that would be quite the feat!!! I have never come close to meeting that person...

No one will agree with everything on my list. I realy just don't think British humor does anything for me. I'm sorry...LOL

I'll watch and love almost anything with Deniro, Pacino and Liotta. Just watched The Panic In Needle Park last week. Serpico is one of my all-time favorite movies.

the Kill Bills are awesome! Pulp Fiction remains an all-time favorite! Not a big fan of Matrix, but love the Bourne flicks and I am a big super hero movie lover, too.

The one genre that doesn't make me say, oh, I have to see it are rom-coms. I will watch the on cable because I do enjoy laughing and happy endings, but I rarely go to the cinema to see them.

Just watched the Terminator over the weekend for the gazilionth time. Love the Bourne series. Can't wait for the next one. Not a fan of the Matrix or those types of unrealistic movies.

Fair enough... The reason I liked the Matrix Movies was the special effects. It was very cutting edge at the time, and Keanu Reeves does screw-up a lot of movies, but I did really like the special effects... I hope "The Matrix" does read your comments, they may give you the blue pill...LOL

I wasn't a big Matrix fan either. Probably my aversion to Keanu. But for special FX - and because I just really dug it - Inception was pretty flippin' cool.

The Hurt Locker was really good. Three Kings is another good one - from the first Iraq war. The Town and Takers are both recommended as well. The second Sherlock Holmes was preposterous but so much fun and we also really like the new Batman series of films with Christian Bale.

We never miss a showing of Grease or the Molly Ringwald trilogy - Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink.

@Heather A -

You already know that my definitive 'Batman' was Michael Keaton in the Tim Burton films :-)

For some reason, I just can't get into the Bale/Nolan films.

I love Ringwald too, but more so for her roles in 'The Pick-Up Artist' (1987), 'Fresh Horses' (1988), and other appearances.

Not very big on 'The Sixth Sense,' 'Se7en,' or 'Primal Fear' myself.

'The Prestige,' although not a 'favorite' per say, is admittedly pretty good. What really elevated the entire film was a rare performance from rock legend David Bowie as Tesla.

'Taken' was a well-filmed and paced time killer, but had a completely predictable plot with the climax happening within the first fifteen minutes of the film.

All follow the stereotypical 'Hollywood' studio formula, which quiet frankly usually leaves me expecting or wanting more/better.

But to each their own!

David Bowie is one all-around exceptionally talented performer.

'The Princess Bride' is considered a quintessential modern comedy/romance classic.

It is "Inconceivable!" that you won't love "The Princess Bride."

LOL Heather. I love that you are almost as dorky as me.

As you wish.

"Anybody want a peanut?"

"He's just mostly dead."

I am looking forward to reading that series!

Definitely interested and counting down the days!!!! Loved the books and love Jennifer Lawrence!

mau, definitely Netflix worthy if that helps.

They already have it listed, just not available. So it will be there as soon as they get it.

@mau -

Neeson is a very versatile actor, working well in everything from romances, such as 'Love Actually,' to dramas, such as 'Satisfaction,' to the action films named by Mr. Edwards.

His style of acting is very similar to that of Gabriel Byrne, but not quiet as refined as Byrne's.

If you enjoy Neeson, then I think you'd also enjoy Byrne and encourage you to check out his catalog of work as well!

@JRH, I will do that. I just did a Netflix search on Christopher Walken and found several of his movies that I may have missed. I will do the same for Gabriel Byrne. Thank you.

@JRH, I knew his face right away just never thought of his name. The Usual Suspects, Stigmata,

@mau -

Come on mau - you have to start renting some of my selections from Netflix, as they'll probably never offer them on the streaming service :-)

BTW - 'Stigmata' was horrible, and admittedly not a very good example of Byrne's talent.

For a fun-filled Byrne led film, I strongly recommend the gambling/grifting adventure 'Shade' (2003), that also stars Stuart Townsend, the gorgeous Thandie Newton, and a supporting cast of big-name familiar faces!

@JRH, we dropped the Netflix DVD rental when they upped the price. It wasn't that we are that cheap, it was because we had too much in our Que for streaming that we don't have to time to watch it all. I think we may have watched Shade when we were still getting the dvds. Problem is we watch so many movies now that I forget what they are about. Plus probably half of our Que is documentaries and old tv programs or cable tv programs. I started watching Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality last night, the documentary he narrated. This weekend The Chekist is on our watch list. From this thread I added about 10 movies to our Que, thanks to yours and everyone's recommendations.

I agree with many on your list, but there are quite a few I have not seen.
I loved As Good as it Gets and Glory was excellent. I missed a big pile of Denzel movies now that I think of it. Usual Suspects is one of my all-time favorites too... I've seen that movie at least 50 times. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was very good too.

@HRG -

No surprise that you'd love 'Norma Rae' (1979)!

You should really check out my review of 'Country' (1984), as I think that'd be right up your alley as well! You'll probably get shivers running down your back when watching the posted preview clip - trust me :-)

I hated The English Patient and Titanic. The movie would have you believe two people having sex distracting the guys that were supposed to be watching for icebergs as the reason the ship sank. What an insult to my intelligence! If by Everyone Loves Mary you mean There's Something About Mary, we're going to have a problem here!!! LOL

All of the Farrelly Brothers movies are helarious to me...

I strongly disagree that Cameron was at all inferring that the ship only struck an iceberg and sank as a result of the look-outs being distracted by the romantic activities of the leads. You may want to watch it again.

@HRG -

I’m assuming that you're referring to Martin Rosen's animated 'Watership Down' (1978), as based upon the Richard Adams novel, which is one of my favorite animated films of all time. I actually have a copy of the uber-rare film picture book, which is definitely worth tracking down and owning for a true fan of this masterpiece. Give me traditional animation over CGI any day of the week!

Hazel's death, although ideally beautiful, set against Angela Morley's incredibly moving and highly memorable score never fails to bring to me to tears every time I watch the scene. And Garfunkel's 'Bright Eyes' just works so seemingly perfect into the story line and really helps to capture the overall mood of Adams' story.

'Watership Down' is indeed a rare treat and will definitely be one of the films I'll raise my children on, just as I was raised on it.

I'll be featuring some rare animated films in the near future that I think you'll thoroughly enjoy.

Yes, Hoffa. That is the one. My mother made me watch it and read the book (which I still have somewhere) as a child. Though at the time, I don't think she knew how sensitive I was becoming. I cried so hard I think I may have thrown up. LOL. I am not normal. She also made me watch Animal Farm which of course is also a must see.

My mom and grandfather were (are) big film buffs and I was "made" to watch many movies that most of my friends never even heard of. I remember when we started reading A Tale of Two Cities in 9th grade. I was like...hey....wait...I know this story!! And I blubbered like a baby all over again when we watched it after the reading was over. I am very glad they "made" me watch all the movies they did. I would have missed out on A LOT otherwise.

Heather, at last, someone to whom I can tell how much I too despised Titanic – although it had a few things to recommend it, mostly it was grating, and nothing about it was so grating as the casting and performance of Leonardo D., who looked and acted like he was still in high school.

My whole life I wanted to be an actress (thought I was going to say gangster?). Because of that, I hold acting grudges I think LOL. After Titanic, I could not STAND Leo and never wanted to see anything with him. But now I have to admit, he has grown into quite a good actor in mostly all good roles. I had to change my tune about him AND Kate Winslet whom I also love now. But yea, that movie just made me want to barf.

That is so funny you say that Heather... I hated Leo for a long time because of Titanic as well. How great would that movie have been had they just fallen off the front of.the ship right away?

I am not a fan of Leo D., but he was pretty incredible in Shutter Island. D'Oh! There's another good one!

I fell asleep during Inception.

@Heather A... I agree, Shutter Island got bad reviews and Inception got very good reviews. I really thought Shutter was excellent, and Inception was average at best.

If you like Walken, I highly recommend Suicide Kings. And of course...this video :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs

I did see that. In fact I wanted to see it so badly I actually bought it. Here is another good one Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead with Andy Garcia.

Thanks for the YouTube link. I enjoyed. I seem to recall he does like to dance.

I have to watch The Prophecy series yet too. I think I like him because he is so creepy :)

He was also in Kill The Irishman.

I like Walken as Uncle Ray in 'Excess Baggage' (1997).

The best scene in 'Three Kings' is when they were pretending to be Saddam's motorcade. Wahlberg's performance and the writing made the film for me.

@skinnyDude -

I also find it extremely difficult to make a definitive numerical list of my favorites, as there's so much variety available and so many factors upon which to judge films. Not to mention that one's enjoyment of a particular film can vary greatly just by the mood that they're in and the surrounding circumstances of the moment while viewing the film.

I couldn't possibly make an inclusive list. It would be far too long.

I thought the same thing about The Grey - is this a new-world version of Jack London and please God, no.