Your ONE FAVORITE movie of all time...

[vinyl anachronist]

Okay, I'm sure this has been done before, but one restriction I want to place is that you can only list ONE SINGLE MOVIE. You can't put down a list of your favorites, or say it's between two or three ones and you can't decide. If you don't have one movie that you love head-and-shoulders above everything else, this thread is not for you. If you do post more than one, I will carve a voodoo doll in your image and stick pins in it until you edit your post!

It would be nice if you gave a reason why you love it so, too.

Mine is Lawrence of Arabia. I love it because it was the Best Picture winner the year I was born. I love it because it's my father's favorite movie, so we can always share that between us. And I love it because I think it is a flawless, perfect movie, and it could not ever be made again by anyone. I am in awe of it every time I watch it. There's isn't one thing I would change about it...and that's the only movie I can say that about.

[Macman]

2001: A Space Odyssey.

I saw it with my father in 1968 and it blew my young mind and his older one. We talked for days about what it meant. I still have no clue but it made an indelible impression. It was way, way ahead of its time. The visuals remain state of the art 40 years later. A great film.

[EddieVanHalen]

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Nasa is there, the "keys" man is there, but it makes me see and feel innocence as only a child can, except that I'm not a child anymore.
Masterfully shot, wonderful caracters, amazing FX, my favourite movie score and E.T. makes it my #1.

[GKH]

"GRAND PRIX"

[proufo]

Either 2001 or A Clockwork Orange, I can't tell which one I like the most.

[gotityet0]

So many geez, but I pick Medicine Man

[reechie]

Duck Soup

[DoctorDave]

Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint & Martin Landeau. A true classic from 1952.

[canoehead]

Midnight Cowboy.

Always makes me laugh and breaks my heart. Brave filmmaking, amazing acting. An unforgettable story about friendship.

[ATR]

For my one favorite movie of all time the nominees are:
Blue Velvet, directed by David Lynch
Doctor Strangelove, directed by Stanley Kubrick
The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg
The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Rear Window, directed by Alfred Hitchcock

May I have the envelope, please?

And the winner is...The Godfather...today. Who knows what I'll nominate tomorrow.

[RicP]

The Shawshank Redemption

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things; and no good thing ever dies.

[gotityet0]

The Shawshank Redemption

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things; and no good thing ever dies.

I like that one too

[Al Kuenster]

I like all of those mentioned, but the one I choose is Last of the Mohicans

[Spitfire]

Patton

At least for today.

[Butterfly Blue]

Marty

[gotityet0]

I know you said 0ne but another favorite is I Am Sam

[JohnT]

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Let's meet at the Big W

[sadie]

I know many of you won't like my choice but...

It's a Wonderful Life


Sadie

[Pinknik]

An American Werewolf in London

[kurtphyre]

Pulp Fiction

[gd0]

2001: A Space Odyssey

Surprised and pleased to see two other mentions already.

Space movie as high art – completely re-defined them forever, pre-dating Star Wars by years.

The portrayal of incredible beauty and the implied possibilities of discovery and growth were unlike anything ever seen before... a strong suggestion that there are a great many things 'out there' much more vast, much more profound than our little love lives, wars, bling and whatnot.

People exited the theatre scratching their heads in '69... "but there wasn't any Leslie Nielsen piloting the ship, or space monsters with teeth, or Martian women in swimsuits who wanted to conquer Earth..."

But I got it... heady stuff that still plays well some 4 decades later.

[LeeS]

Citizen Kane.

(I was tempted to go with The Aviator or The Departed as a nod to Scorsese.)

[Chip TRG]

I have about 3 or 4 tied for the top, but the one that floats above others right now is "The World According To Garp". Robin Williams never again equaled the greatness of his performance in this one, and Glenn Close and Mary Hurt handed in strong supporting rolls. Just an all around fantastic movie.

[JBStephens]

Fantasia.

[Oatsdad]

"Aliens". It's the perfect action flick.