What’s the best movie you’ve ever seen?

If you like interstellar, you should check out Arrival

The Lord of the Rings

I have a handful of films that all tie for best picture in my heart: Amadeus, Master and Commander, Empire of the Sun, Never Cry Wolf, Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), Ill Postino. Out of all those, probably Amadeus is at the top. It’s just a beautiful, sad, funny, interesting story.

The Matrix. I can still remember just how mind blowing it was! A few months later it came out on DVD so I got my first DVD player and DVD!!

Tremors

***Amadeus*** is just about perfect

Shawshank Redemption

Alien. The acting was great, story line. Sigourney Weaver was awesome   We like the whole series

no country for old men

Hands down Jurassic Park. I saw it fairly young and in theatres. There was nothing like it at the time. The raptor scene was by far the scariest thing I had ever witnessed and I’ll easily sit and watch it again and again. Hold on to your butts is in my vernacular.

So many great movies out there - it’s hard to pick just one, but I’ll give my vote to “Back to the Future”

Casablanca

The Truman show

There are really too many to choose from. Depending on whether it's ethics, action, drama, horror, etc. The movie that impacted me most in life as a late teen was American History X. As a man going through life and watching at different stages: Fight Club. Outright British humour and story telling: Snatch Drug abuse: Train Spotting Martial Arts + Mob based: Danny the Dog (Unleashed). 90s based absurdity horror: Shaun of the Dead Comedy Horror: Trailer Park of Terrors. Sci-Fi Horror: Event Horizon I don't think there can be one film that is just "the best".

Pulp Fiction

I really like Good Fellas.

S*** Beast

interstellar is a classic, for sure. i’d throw in inception in the mix too, that one sticks with you long after the credits roll.

I really love Hook and the Fifth Element.

Burn After Reading. Will never say no to watching it. I was also very taken with The Holdovers, but only because it's pretty much my parallel universe autobiography.

Memento. It's just a masterpiece in so many different ways (Interatellar is up there too - go Christopher Nolan!)

Shutter island is one of my favourites. The whole atmosphere of the movie and thinking about what's going on even with the ending. A brilliant movie.

The Dark Knight was probably my favorite Batman movie of all time. I've watched it about a thousand times. The entire trilogy was great, but TDK scratches an itch like no other movie. Heath Ledger's performance elevates that movie to legendary status.

Predator

I collect movies, so I've seen a ton of great ones. But my favorite movie is still the first favorite movie I ever had and the movie that made me want to collect movies: Jaws.

The Goonies is my favorite. Or Indiana Jones

The movies I think are best now are not the movies kid, teenage me or pretentious 20 year old me think are best. 30 year old me liked Sci Fi movies and 58 year old me is tired and just wants some rollicking good fun. Kid me loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (except for that bit on the boat which traumatized us all). Teen me Was all about Blade Runner 20 year old me. Had a plethora of choices. Gattaga, The Crying Game, Before Sunrise, Schindler's List, The Usual Suspects. Fight Club, Saving Private Ryan. Lord movie going me in my 20's had a great decade. 30 year old me Primer or Moon. Got to love low budget clever Sci Fi. 58 year old me. Prey, Sinners, Fury Road. Andor ( technically not a movie but I don't care).

I had the most emotional roller coaster of feelings and enjoyment out of One Cut of the Dead than any other movie. If you are interested go in completing blind. You will have a lot ruined if you know anything about the movie. I so wish I could watch it again for the first time blind. Here are the reviews from Rotten Tomatoes 100%Tomatometer[98 Reviews](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_cut_of_the_dead/reviews) 84%Popcornmeter[500+ Ratings](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/one_cut_of_the_dead/reviews/all-audience)

I just love The Thin Red Line. Poetic, beautiful, dark, tragic, romantic, it just has it all. 

The Deer Hunter.

Silence of the Lambs or Rear Window

I loved so much movie, but Iron Man is one of my best. Maybe I am the only one but I find it very inspirational. I don't know why but there is a kind of force and perseverance in it.

The Truman Show for me. Every time I rewatch it, it somehow gets funnier, sadder, and more unsettling at the same time.

Saving Private Ryan. Saw it in theaters in 1998. Nothing has even been in the conversation for me since.

kung pow f*** all yall other movies

Don’t really have a “best” but as someone who’s partial toward >!plot twists!<, The Sixth Sense is a classic

Agree. Interstellar is my number two. Great choice. Shawshank Redemption is my number 1. With Tombstone, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart and Gladiator…

Interstellar, I can’t think of another that’s at that level. Maybe Gladiator or Black Hawk Down.

Tombstone

Dude! Where’s my car?

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Cabinet_des_Dr._Caligari The film from which I learned what movies could have been… without the uniform blandness I often see

alien

Also Interstellar. I saw it at release in IMAX at the Chinese Theatre in LA, and I saw it in IMAX 70mm at the Chinese Theatre again when it released a couple years ago. Literally sat in the same seats, I checked my receipts. It was really cool to take my now teenage daughter to see at the second time.

The Fall(2008) with Lee Pace, The Grey with Liam Neeson, Wind River with Jeremy Rener, Hostiles with Christian Bale, Anything by Christopher Nolan(except Tenet), Troy with Brad Pitt, Casablanca, Alpha Dog, Nefarious, Snowpiercer, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Eastern Promises, The Usual Suspects, Titanic, The Prestige, Good Will Hunting, No Country for Old Men, Gone Baby Gone, Hell or High Water, Road to Perdition, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Prisoners, Source Code, Her, Edge of Tomorrow, Super 8, Fury, Cabin in the Woods. All great in their own way.

Radio Flyer

Arrival

My personal favorite is probably 9. I might be one in a million but I thought it was so cool as a kid. It creeped me out, and there were some things in it I didn’t understand (about war and such) but now I do. I can watch it again and again and each time make a different theory or have a different thought about it. I think it’s super cool, I really enjoy the scares in this movie opposed to modern horror films with just a c**** jump scare. The designs of the monsters are creepy and unique. I LOVE the snake monster, that creeped me out for years, I probably had nightmares about it growing up lol, also watching their souls get sucked out of their faces is so incredibly terrifying, I can’t explain it

Lawrence of Arabia Ran The cinematography is absolutely the best in both these films. You really need to see them in a theater for the full experience

Delicatessen

Almost Famous.

Not sure if I'll get boo'd for this one as I've never really seen people say it's their favourite but: The creator The concept, the visuals. Seeing this world were robots just want to live peaceful lives and you're made to feel for them, Idk what it is but I love it.

The Shining and Forrest Gump are the only movies I've ever watched more than once willingly so either of these two

Does it need to be sci-fi, if not try the usual suspects.

First Contact

The Shawshank Redemption is imo one of if not the best movie ever made.

Shrek 2. Yeah, that's right. I said what I said.

Pulp Fiction

The remains of the day 

The terminator

A Beautiful Mind. I can't watch it without waves of emotions. No other movie has made me feel that way

It’s weird, but I love Lady In The Water. It’s a modern day fairy tale, funny, thoughtful and lovely.

The 1989 film "Glory," about the 54th Massachusetts Regiment: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory\_(1989\_film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(1989_film))

Shocked I haven’t seen a single mention of There Will Be Blood. It’s an absolute masterclass in filmmaking in every aspect.

In my opinion, the perfect movie is the first Jurassic Park. There's a reason the franchise has lasted so long but has yet to touch the magic of the first film.

Gladiator

Hot Fuzz hands down.

Shawshank redemption is the IMDb number one movie

- It’s a Wonderfull Life (1946) - Ikiru (1952) - 12 Angry Men (1957) - The Sound of Music (1965) - Black Christmas (1974) - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Taxi Driver (1976) - The Ninth Configuration (1980) - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - The Evil Dead (1981) - Creepshow (1982) - Labyrinth (1986) - Stand By Me (1986) - Angel Heart (1987) - Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) - Prince of Darkness (1987) - Clownhouse (1989) - The Abyss (1989) - Legion (1990) - What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) - The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) - In the Mouth of Madness (1994) - Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Scream (1996) - Titanic (1997) - Jackie Brown (1997) - eXistenZ (1999) - Gladiator (2000) - Yi Yi (2000) - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Billy Elliot (2000) - In the Mood for Love (2001) - Mulholland Drive (2001) - Moulin Rouge! (2001) - Amélie (2001) - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - One Hour Photo (2002) - Mysterious Skin (2004) - Der Untergang (2004) - The Descent (2005) - Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Sunshine (2007) - Death Proof (2007) - 1408 (2007) - Oslo, August 31st (2011) - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - The Selfish Giant (2013) - Amy (2015) - Carol (2015) - The Hateful Eight (2015) - My Life as a Courgette (2016) - Moonlight (2016) - Dunkirk (2017) - Climax (2018) - The Lighthouse (2019) - Joker (2019) - Jojo Rabbit (2019) - C’mon C’mon (2021) - Aftersun (2022) - Close (2022) - The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) - Pasts Lives (2023) - Rye Lane (2023) - Late Night with the Devil (2023) - The Zone of Interest (2023) - Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) - Anatomy of a Fall (2023) - Perfect Days (2023) - All of Us Strangers (2023) - Sing Sing (2023) - The Outrun (2024) - Between the Temples (2024) - Challengers (2024) - Queer (2024) - Train Dreams (2025) - Sorry, Baby (2025) - Eddington (2025) - Pillion (2025) - The History of Sound (2025) - Hamnet (2025)

La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, from 1928. The first time I watched it I had a really transcendent experience, just entirely based on Falconetti's acting as Jeanne. The only film where I had an even broadly similar experience was Kanashimi no Belladonna, an adult-oriented animated movie from 1973 whose main character is also named Jeanne, in a clear reference. But for that movie it was the psychedelic elements that got me out of my head, rather than the acting.

Lost in Translation

Pulp fiction, I have seen that for the first time 4 months ago, and been hooked on Tarantinos films since

Contact (1997) and Sphere (1998) both movies blew my mind when the characters are like "yeah we're not ready (as humans) to be involved with let along share the universe with higher intelligence"

Inside by no burnham, does that count?

The Usual Suspects

Good Will Hunting. I just watched this film at the perfect time in my life, hit home in so many ways.

How has no one said Last of the Mohicans. Braveheart #2

UHF staring Weird AL

The Godfather

Your Name. If you go looking for it, I'll warn you: it's an anime. But it's hands down the best movie I've ever seen and my personal favorite of all time.

The Princess Bride Trainspotting Dracula (the Francis Ford Coppola one) Ghostbusters TMNT 1 & 2 Goonies Back to the Future

Synecdoche, New York

Lord of the Rings. By far my favorite. Aliens is my second.

The Princess Bride is my favorite.

Mean girls

My personal favorite movie of all time is Sgt Pepper 1978 , starring The Bee Gees , Peter Frampton and Paul Nicholas. It’s a beautiful film , I love the music and the colors / costuming are gorgeous. I love the plot as well and I think the accompanying book is also a great read! I will defend this movie always because it’s so special and so beautiful. It’s going on ten years as my favorite film now!

Twilight

Last night in Soho, goated

Mistress America

The In-laws, Peter Falk and Alan Arkin

Deliverance Rosemary's Baby

I got a bunch that I put at the top all together and people in the comments mentioned a few. So the latest one I just saw today is: Mike and Nick Nick and Alice 🔥🎞️

down by law west, still walking east

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

There are so many ways to define "best". I'll go with Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain because it was the movie that opened my eyes to what a movie could be. Such a strange, beautiful trip.

Outside the Wire

Friday movies!

"Hostiles", I love it.

For me it's: La La Land, The Empire Strikes Back, The English Patient, and Mulholland Drive.

the 2008 live action speed racer. one of the few movies that made me laugh, cry of joy, and of sadness, the visuals? so fuckin cool (and like, retro aged instead of poorly aged imo). the acting? awesome. the story? it's speed racer, obviously i loved it. i honest to god felt like i was in speed's mind throughout it. plus at the end of the day, it's a colorful movie about car go fast, and that's pretty sick.

Barry Lyndon

Probably the godfather part 1

Have you ever studied time dilation?  It's fascinating and Interstellar revolves around it.

Schindler's List

Its an ever changing list but ill say Donnie Darko...Harold and Maude and Brokeback Mountain. Close encounters of the 3rd kind.......

Spider-man 2

Agree

The fault in our Stars

Serenity #BringBackFirefly

The *best* probably has to be Jaws, for me. Truly flawless filmmaking, in my opinion. At every moment you just *know* that Spielberg is making you feel EXACTLY what he wants you to feel. It's a masterful piece of pop art.

zootopia 2 (i don’t watch many movies lol) i genuinely thought it was so good

Casablanca, it is so romantic and I’m not just talking about the relationships. The timeframe, where it takes place, the desperation, the fruition for some and finally may I say Humphrey Bogart and the classic Ingrid Bergman.

Okay im going to throw one out that completely captured me and turned out to be nothing like I was expecting, not actually my favorite of all time, but my favorite movie i was not expecting to be so good: sucker punch.

Objectively Saving Private Ryan is the best made movie I've seen

Headhunters 2011

I agree with most of the other suggestions, and also submit Secondhand Lions for consideration.