Best to stick all these in one thread I think...

1. The Ladykillers (1955)
Not just a masterpiece of the Ealing output, but also a damned fine movie on it's own. It works because it's not an 'out and out' comedy but has quite a dark side to it. The real reason I love it is the very understated performance by Katie Johnson as Mrs. Wilberforce, which holds the whole thing together. See also films such as 'Passport to Pimlico', 'Kind Hearts and Coronets', and 'The Lavender Hill Mob'.

2. Jaws
Relatively late in seeing this (probably early twenties) and initially put off by the fact that it was always repeated on a bank holiday on TV and had become it's own parody. This being said, having borrowed the VHS and sat down on a Sunday afternoon many years ago, I was hooked from start to finish. (No fishy pun intended) Still ranks right up there as my fave film, even with a rubber shark on show.

3. Goodfellas
If it hadn't been for watching Goodfellas, and thoroughly enjoying it for the story it was telling, I'd have never searched out related films along similar topics: Godfather, Once Upon A Time in America, Scarface, Casino, etc etc. It was also the film where I realised that Robert De Niro is the greatest actor on this earth (ok, ok, apart from: Rocky and Bullwinkle, Stardust, Shark tale, Godsend, etc etc etc)

4. Airplane!
There's nothing much to say about this. The first time you see it, you laugh. The second time you see it, you laugh more because you pick up on gags you missed the first time around. After a few more viewings, you laugh more because you know what is coming next and preempt it.

5. Goldfinger
First Bond film I ever saw, and it got me hooked on Bond. There's not much more to say really. It was all good through the years, even the dire ones were 'bearable'. But then came 'Die Another Day' and my faith was shattered. Thankfully a few years later they've upped the ante again with Casino Royale, so fingers crossed it wasn't a fluke and they'll do it again this year. However, Goldfinger is still as enjoyable today after having watched it numerous times.

I could go on, but suffice to say others I'd ramble on about would be:
Alien, Chinatown, Henry V, Shawshank Redemption, Psycho, Vertigo, Bridge over the River Kwai, The Producers, True Romance, Disney's Robin Hood (yes, you heard correctly) and many more.

Oh yes, and 'Jackie Brown' - better than the rest of Tarantino's films put together in my opinion, but I realise I'm in a very small minority here.
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:50, 2 replies)

Jackie Brown
Yep, a very good movie. Pam Grier was sexy, Bridget Fonda was a dirty little slut (highly recommended) and the guy whose name no one can remember was as wooden as always but suited the role perfectly.

Robert Forster btw.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 9:58, closed)

Deffo on jackie Brown
Gets better everytime I watch it.

I take OHMSS over Goldfinger though... still gets me everytime
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 11:19, closed)