Favourite films+best films you've seen lately?

[sosambora]

Which films have people seen lately or this year which they have really enjoyed, but not nececarily their favourites?
Have any recent films you've seen entered your all time favourites? Any duffers (shit)?

Films I've seen recently which I thought were cool:

Napolean Dynamite -(watched it about 6 times now:-))- love this movie
Irreversable -(thought about this film for ages after watching it - probably don't need to watch it again in a hurry though)
Das Experiment
A History of Violence
The business (hardly goodfellas - but I liked it)
The Machinist
War of the Worlds
Team America
Devils rejects (watched ...corpses after this,'rejects I enjoyed more)

I realy want to put Land of the dead onthe above list, but I need to watch it again to make my mind up about it.

Duffers:
Charlie and the Chocolate factory - I love Burton and Depp but this film left me feeling indifferent - will give it a second watch though (some day.....)

Some of my Favourites:

True Rommance
Shaun of the Dead
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank redemption
Usuall suspects
Trans,Plains and Automobiles
Lord of the rings Tril.
Alien
Dawn of the dead
Aliens
King Pin
Napoleon Dynamite
There's something about Mary
Ed Wood

[Johan Brock]

Hmm, let's seeee:

Favorite Movies:
The Iron Giant
The Incredibles
The Shawshank Redemption
Grand Canyon
(I shall cheat from now on)<---not a movie title
Miyazaki movies
Finding Nemo
Hero
Transformers: the movie ;)
Broken Saints (online)

Recent movies that I liked:
Shaun of the Dead
Tarantino films
Cowboy Bebop: the movie
Collateral
Garden State
Super Troopers
Club Dread
Pi
Clerks

ABSOLUTE FAVORITE: (drumroll please)
The Lord of the Rings

[Ben Thomas]

In my all-time favourites list, the constants will always be Heat, Toy Story 2, Raising Arizona, When Harry Met Sally..., Singin' in the Rain and Ghostbusters.

Of the films i've seen in the last couple of years, the ones jostling for room are:

Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later... - my two favourite British films of all time, and excellent genre entries. Of the two, Shaun has the re-watchability factor, but 28 Days Later... had more of an instant impact on me.

The Incredibles - about as good a superhero movie as you could ever desire. Awesome visual design and score, wonderful characters and amazing set-pieces. The last third is the most exciting action directing i've seen in the last 12 months. A classic.

Master and Commander: Far Side of the World - this film was so badly advertised. Mind you, its not an easy film to sell. I think for what this film is, its pretty much perfect. Its authentic, exciting, dramatic, moving, funny and visually exhilirating. I adore this movie and wish more people gave it the time it deserves.

Open Range - maybe not ever gonna be on my favourites list, but its a film i've watched probably 6 or 7 times in the last 18 months and I can't get enough of it. I love the dialogue and the cadence and authenticity of the language. The cinematography is gorgeous and when the action lets loose, its noisy, dirty and painful. Another great genre film and a solid, respectable addition to the Western canon.

24 Hour Party People - A film about Manchester and how great this place is. How could I not love it? Hilarious, touching and unique, it has a vibrancy (and a soundtrack) that few films can match. A bizarre and brilliant film about a bizarre and brilliant time and place.

Honourable mention: Lawn Dogs - not a film that i've only seen recently, but one that I constantly peddle to those who haven't seen it. This film is beautiful, a sometimes sweet, sometimes dark modern fairy tale which has the balls to take a turn in the final act into unchartered territory, and pulls it off with flying colours. I've probably seen it 15 times now and I love it a bit more each time. Fantastic score too. If the final five minutes don't send crippling tingles down your spine, then I just don't know...

[Chris Allen]

Master and Commander: Far Side of the World - this film was so badly advertised. Mind you, its not an easy film to sell. I think for what this film is, its pretty much perfect. Its authentic, exciting, dramatic, moving, funny and visually exhilirating. I adore this movie and wish more people gave it the time it deserves.

Open Range - maybe not ever gonna be on my favourites list, but its a film i've watched probably 6 or 7 times in the last 18 months and I can't get enough of it. I love the dialogue and the cadence and authenticity of the language. The cinematography is gorgeous and when the action lets loose, its noisy, dirty and painful. Another great genre film and a solid, respectable addition to the Western canon.See, that's why I love this site. I have both of those in my collection, but have yet to see them. There's always something else to watch.

I'm gonna make these my next on my watch-list. Thanks, sackley.

[Ben Thomas]

My pleasure. Hope you dig them as much as I do...