Favourite movies by theme

[surfeur51]

Favourite Sagas
Not single movies, but series considered in a whole

1 – Star Wars
   

2 -Indiana Jones

   
3 – Millenium

   
4 – Alien   


5 – James Bond - Craig

   
6 – The Lord of the Rings   

   
7 – Jason Bourne   

   
8 – The Godfather

   
9 – Jack Ryan

   
10 – Jurassic Park

[surfeur51]

Movies with Jodie Foster

1 – The Silence of the Lambs
   

2 - Contact

   
3 – Nell

   
4 – Un long dimanche de fiançailles   


5 – The Accused

   
6 – Panic Room   

   
7 – The Brave One   

   
8 – Flight Plan

   
9 – Maverick

   
10 – Carnage

[surfeur51]

Ghosts movies

1- The Others


2- The Sixth Sense


3- Ghost


4- Always


5- The Ring (2002)


6- Gothika


7- What Lies Beneath


8- The Eye (2008)


9- The Orfan


10- Saint Ange

[DSig]

Nice to see "Always" on your list .. it gets bypassed most of the time.  I think Holly Hunter is brilliant in this one

[surfeur51]

I think Holly Hunter is brilliant in this one

She is brilliant in many movies. I love her also in Copycat, The Firm, The Piano, and Crash.

[DSig]

Agreed .. I love Copycat also .. another one that doesn't get talked about

[surfeur51]

Movies with Yves Montand

1 – Le Cercle Rouge
   

2 – Manon des Sources

   
3 – Tout feu tout flamme   


4 – Le Diable par la queue

   
5 – Police Python 357

   
6 – Z   

   
7 – Le Salaire de la peur   

   
8 – Jean de Florette

   
9 – Vivre pour vivre

   
10 – Grand Prix

[DSig]

I think Holly Hunter is brilliant in this one

She is brilliant in many movies. I love her also in Copycat, The Firm, The Piano, and Crash.

I forgot to ask if you ever saw "A Guy Names Joe" which "Always" was a remake of?  It was pretty sweet also with Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne

[surfeur51]

I forgot to ask if you ever saw "A Guy Names Joe" which "Always" was a remake of?  It was pretty sweet also with Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne

I do not remember having seen it on TV, and I do not have the DVD. But it seems to be available, and it could be a good idea to get it...

[surfeur51]

Superhero movies

01 - Avengers


02 - Iron Man


03 - The Dark Knight Rises


04 - The Incredibles


05 - Spider-Man 3


06 - X-Men: First Class


07 – Ant-Man


08 – Batman Returns


09 - Captain America: Civil War


10 - Watchmen

[Achim]

Interesting... You have Dark Knight Rises in there over The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 over any of the other two films... Unusual, I'd say, but tastes do vary after all.

[DSig]

Interesting... You have Dark Knight Rises in there over The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 over any of the other two films... Unusual, I'd say, but tastes do vary after all.

Oh Oh .. i have to admit i like SP3 better than the other two.  Dark Knight Rises was pretty good.  I like Bane ..

[Achim]

Oh Oh .. i have to admit i like SP3 better than the other two.  Dark Knight Rises was pretty good.  I like Bane ..

Oh, Dark Knight Rises sure is still a good movie, and I also liked Bane, but for me, I like The Dark Knight way more (in fact, I'd say it's still one of my favorite movies, not just superhero movie).

But Spider-Man 3 is universally thought to be sub-par, heck I believe even Sam Raimi will agree. Do you just fast forward through certain bits (let's say: the dancing scene, him walking on the side walk), or you enjoy the whole film?

[surfeur51]

But Spider-Man 3 is universally thought to be sub-par, heck I believe even Sam Raimi will agree.

Well, this list was rather difficult to make since many superhero movies are very close inside the same serie. The plots are similar (and totally not credible  ) , action scenes are always spectacular, and what makes the difference are tiny things about some specific scenes or characters. In fact, to explain why I prefer Spider-Man 3 to the two others, that I also appreciate, is quite impossible, but I do not regret this choice.

About universal thinking, this is the last criteria I take in account. Of course, I loved many movies that are universally appreciated, but in some cases, I was bored by oscarised movies or loved to watch very secondary productions.

[surfeur51]

"Revenge movies"

1 – C'era una volta il West
   

2 – Old Boy

   
3 – Kill Bill

   
4 – Le Vieux Fusil   


5 – The Brave One

   
6 – La mariée était en noir   

   
7 – Sólo quiero caminar   

   
8 – I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

   
9 – The Quick and the Dead

   
10 – The Last House on the Left