It's hard to pick. =__= I tend to become deeply fascinated with certain films for certain periods of time and then come back to it after a year or two.
Brokeback Mountain- A beautiful and tragic love story. Complete classic. Ang Lee's finest work in my mind. Every single actor in the film was great, and the music was half the tale and narration. I can never praise this movie enough.
Pan's Labyrinth- Yeah, I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for Guillermo del Toro films. XD This is my absolute favorite film of his. I loved that the protagonist is a young girl who is still fascinated with fairy tales. The color palette in the film is breath taking. The story in itself is very well scripted. The things that come from Guillermo's mind are always great to see. This film touched me very deeply, and it's difficult to find a movie that speaks to me so clearly and stays with my mind.
Coraline- I can't speak of "Pan's" and leave "Coraline" out. In a sense the films are very similar. Young girl growing out of childhood, just reaching the age of realizing that perhaps "make believe" is "kiddie" but yet, they embrace these "make believe" worlds with open arms, never once considering if they're too old for it or if it's "real" or "fake". They also go in an adventure, and they're pretty scary, to have something fulfilled. But they also have very different approaches in telling the tale. Coraline is also the best film I have ever seen in 3D and perhaps the best stop motion animation film I have ever enjoyed (yes, even more than "NBC" but that doesn't mean I don't like it). Oh, right, soundtrack? ALSO AWESOME!
The Hurt Locker- I grew up watching a lot of war films. I love most war films. This one turns the genre upside down and makes up new rules as to how a war film should be done. Love the one liners, love the action, to-die-for cinematography, and what's not said are oftentimes the best dialogues in this movie. I can't say there was anything that I didn't like about this film.
The Godfather Part 2- I have only seen the first two films. Never really gave the third much of a chance. I love the first Godfather, but the second one piques my interest a lot more. I thought the flow of the film was better than part 1. Francis Ford Coppola was able to take his time and do more of what he wanted with this film than the first, and that kind of quality paid off. Telling two tales to make one and comparing Vito's rise to Michael's big rise was so finely edited both stories wove together perfectly.
Singin' In The Rain- My absolute favorite musical of all time! I love Gene Kelly and I loved how he danced. I loved everything about this movie and they don't make films like this anymore which just makes me like it even more.
Spider-Man- I don't so much as love the movie as I love the meaning of Spider-Man the movie. I can't ever forget where I was when I first realized that this movie was great and it meant that there was more to come. Yes, there would be better made superhero movies coming out, but none of them could ever take me back to that first realization that this was something amazing going on.
Come to think of it, the same can be said of...
Lord of the Rings: FOTR- I can never forget how that movie impacted my life. Discovering the fandom, the books, the world of Middle Earth...all of it. Becoming dorky wasn't so bad afterall. XD
There are more, but there is always another time to list more movies?
