Favorite Non-dance (*gasp*) Movies?

[SDsalsaguy]

Great (and not so great) dance movies have popped up in several threads and I got to wonder what were everyone’s favorite non-dance movies?

[pygmalion]

Oh my goodness! I told you I loved old movies. Can't pick one, so I'll go by decade.

30's -- It Happened One Night Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
40's -- Casablanca Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman
50's -- Roman Holiday Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn
60's -- To Kill a Mockingbird Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall


I'm big on romantic leading men.

[SDsalsaguy]

Who would've though it, a dancer 'big on romantic leading men.' :wink: :lol:

[pygmalion]

:lol: Good one. I hadn't quite thought of it that way.

[yoyao]

gataca

[Danish Guy]

Aliens
(The nr. 2 is still the best)

Star Trek: First Contact
(The best of the Star Trek movies)

Once Upon A Time In The West
(Best in the cinema rerun, so you don’t have coffee & smalltalk)

Matrix
(Fantastic plot, stunning stunts and effects)

Lord Of The Rings
(The ultimate book to movie film, can’t wait for the finale and the specials)

The Dirty Dozen.
(Classic must see ww2 movie with all the stars)

X-Men
(The best of the Marvel/DC superhero movies)

Snatch
(English action with some dark humour)

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
(Another classic spaghetti western. They can’t make movies like that anymore. Now it’s the MTV cut/action/cut/action style. How long do they just stare at each other, before they draw the guns?)

There are so many great movies, this is just what spring to my mind. I have seen them all at least 3 times, and hopefully not for the last time.
:shock:

[Swing Kitten]

O Brother Where Art Thou

Willow

Tim Burton movies

Pirates of the Caribbean

[youngsta]

Glory

Mo' Better Blues

The Five Heartbeats

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Blade

Matrix

[mellody43]

I love movies.

Amelie.

The Usual Suspects.

The Black Stallion.

The Man From Snowy River. (I had the *biggest* crush on Tom Burlinson. Hot, and could RIDE a HORSE. *Swoon* )

Strictly Ballroom. (Oh, that is a "dance" movie.)

Election.

The Princess Bride.

Memento.

Say Anything.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Babette's Feast.

I'm blanking out -- so many more though! I am having trouble thinking of dramatic films ... hmmm...

Melissa

[d nice]

I like prettty much everything mentioned so far.

Evil Dead I, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness (Evil Dead III)

When Harry Met Sally

Mystery Men

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

In like Flint

The Thin Man Series

Maltese Falcon

And just about every martial art flick ever made.

[mellody43]

How could I forget "When Harry Met Sally"? An absolute classic.

Oh -- I loved "Whose Life Is it Anyway?" with Richard Dreyfuss. So sad but absolutely fantastic and thought-provoking.

More ...

Pi. (Weird, but interesting.)

Traffic.

[Swing Kitten]

The Other Sister is good

and I unfortunatley have to add... Lady's Man !!! :lol:

[youngsta]

And just about every martial art flick ever made.
Me too d nice, you should see my collection!

[pygmalion]

and I unfortunatley have to add... Lady's Man !!! :lol:

Yes, that is unfortunate. :lol: Other than that, though, it looks like we as a group have excellent taste in non-dance *gasp* movies! Yay for us! :lol:

[youngsta]

Ok I've gotta add 'Calle 54' now! I'm in the middle of watching it right now. If you love latin jazz this movie is absolutely fabulous! It's actually a documentary, but nonetheless amazing.

[SDsalsaguy]

Ok, of course some dance movies are among my favorites, but, aside from those, here are some of my most watched:

A Stranger Among Us
Before Sunrise
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Contact
Cutting Edge, The
Dangerous Minds
Dead Poet’s Society
Field of Dreams
Finding Forester
Fools Rush In
Good Will Hunting
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Phenomenon
Pump Up the Volume
Remember the Titans
Rudy
Say Anything
Fifth Element, The
Fisher King, The
Matrix, The
Power of One, The
Wind and the Lion, The

[pygmalion]

I thought there was a limit!

If not:

Favorite tear-jerkers: West Side Story, Imitation of Life
OK movies with great music: Lord of the Rings, The Big Chill, Jaws
Favorite movie within past year: Bend it Like Beckham
Keep it real, sista, movies: Two Can Play that Game, Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Dumb romantic movies I've watched a hundred times: An American President, Ghost
Only Martial Arts Movie I own: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (I think this is really a dance movie -- the choreography of the martial arts scenes is great!)
Best suspense movies: Rear Window, North by Northwest
Favorite movie with great sex scenes: Fatal Attraction
Groundbreaking movies: The Godfather, Psycho
Favorite Animated Movie: The Lion King

I'm sure there's more. I'll be back! :D

[youngsta]

SD 'The Cutting Edge' is classic! That's a guys romantic comedy :lol:

[pygmalion]

Yup. That's another good one. But I need you to be clear, here. What's the difference between a guys romantic comedy, and just a generic romantic comedy? Hmm? Inquiring minds want to know. :lol: :lol:

[youngsta]

Sports are involved! Hockey is pure testosterone! :lol:

[pygmalion]

LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I understand now. Thanks for clearing that up.

[MissAlyssa]

Traffic
The Recruit
Rush Hour
Unfaithful
Basic
American History X
Deep Cover
Blow
Cast Away
The Ring
Down to Earth
American Pie 1&2
Big Daddy
Happy Gilmore
Billy Madison
Deuce Bigalo
Bandits
Carlito's Way
Dark Blue
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Natural Born Killers
Coyote Ugly
Black Knight
Pitch Black
A Beautiful Mind
Harry Potter
Lilo and Stitch
Analyze This
The Untouchables
Bronx Tale
Goodfellas
Love and Basketball
Gotti
Friday
New Jersey Drive
Boyz in tha Hood
New Jack City
Long Kiss Goodnight
Kiss the Girls
Along Came a Spider
Resident Evil
Mothman Prophecies
Sum of All Fears
Black Hawk Down
Heat
Casino
Meet the Parents
The Score
Shanghai Noon
Titan AE
Final Fantasy
Proof of Life
The Green Mile
Training Day
Signs
K-Pax
Replacement Killers
Wildthings
Don't Say a Word
8-Mile
Freeway 1&2
Mercury Rising
The Heist
Ghost Ship
Dusk till Dawn


and many many more. I told you all I was a MOVIE FREAK!

ps I own ALL of these movies plus more. I'M SOOOO BAD! :shock:

[peachexploration]

Here are mine:
Remains of the Day
Bridges of Madison County
Last of the Mohicans
Soul Food
Waiting to Exhale
Thomas Crown Affair (Pierce Brosnan & Rene Russo)
What Lies Beneath
Mirror has Two Faces
Autumn in New York
The Mask of Zorro
GLADIATOR-Love this One!
Tombstone
Elizabeth
Shaft
Random Hearts
Home Alone 1&2 (Don't like anything beyond that.)
Face/Off
Braveheart
What Women Want
The Contender
The Age of Innocence
Amistad
The Color Purple
Purple Rain
Eraser
Anna Karenina
The American President
Disclosure
Assasins
Sleeping With the Enemy
Shrek
The Santa Clause
The Grinch (The original)
The Wizard of OZ
Boomerang
When a Man Loves a Woman

[Pacion]

Thomas Crown Affair

Which version of Thomas Crown Affair might this be :wink: I haven't seen the original as yet but I just love Pierce Brosnan and I thought the casting of Rene Russo was brilliant. A definite thumbs up for women over 40 :wink: (not that I am there as yet but, I am conscious that I will be eventually :lol: )

[pygmalion]

What!?! Steve McQueen WAS Thomas Crown. Pierce Brosnan is a pretender. And Faye Dunaway was a high fashion babe! :evil: :lol: :)

[Spitfire]

Open Range
The Glass House
Tombstone
The Last Don
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Desperate Hour

These are among my favorites. 8)

[peachexploration]

Thomas Crown Affair

Which version of Thomas Crown Affair might this be :wink: I haven't seen the original as yet but I just love Pierce Brosnan and I thought the casting of Rene Russo was brilliant. A definite thumbs up for women over 40 :wink: (not that I am there as yet but, I am conscious that I will be eventually :lol: )

I did not like the original version at all. To me, it was boring. :| I LOVE Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. Great chemistry there. Faye Dunnaway was great as the Psychiatrist. That's the one I'm speaking of. :D

[pygmalion]

Oh come on! You didn't like the scene where Steve McQueen asks Faye Dunaway to play ... something else (other than chess)? That's classic early seventies (or was it late sixties?) sexual innuendo. :roll: :lol:

Actually, I do think it was a period piece. You'd have to appreciate the movies of that time period, to like the original Thomas Crown Affair.

[KevinL]

No one has mentioned "It's a Wonderful Life", I watch that every year.

I like lots of other movies, but that is the only one that stands out as a "favorite".

Kevin

[peachexploration]

Oh come on! You didn't like the scene where Steve McQueen asks Faye Dunaway to play ... something else (other than chess)? That's classic early seventies (or was it late sixties?) sexual innuendo. :roll: :lol:

Actually, I do think it was a period piece. You'd have to appreciate the movies of that time period, to like the original Thomas Crown Affair.

No, I like the scene in the new one where Brosnan asks Russo, "Do you wanna dance or Do You Wanna Dance?" :lol: Woohoo! :lol: Now, if the original had been done in the 40s or 50s, (made in 1968) I probably would have loved it. You're right, most (but not all) movies done in the late 60s and the whole 70s decade, I don't really like. Don't know why. *shrug* Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway are great actors though. Just didn't like them together in that movie I guess. Faye Dunaway scared the crap out of me in Mommy Dearest. :shock: :lol:

[pygmalion]

Oh! I bet you didn't like Wait Until Dark or Breakfast at Tiffany's either. *shaking head sadly* :( :wink: :lol:

[TemptressToo]

Oh my...here's the list...

Classics...

Anastasia (with Ingrid Bergman and Yule Brenner)
Gone with the Wind (a given)
Gaslight (with Ingrid Bergman)
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Funny Face, Roman Holiday--basically anything with Audrey.
How to Marry a Millionaire
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Some Like it Hot
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Rebel without a Cause and Giant
Most any movie including the following actors/actresses: Sophia Lauren, Audy Murphy (just because he's sexy), Marlon Brando (especially during his Streetcar/Julius Caesar days), Ingrid Bergman, and Vivian Leigh.

Modern Classics

Star Wars (the originals)
The Princess Bride

Recent Movies

Secretary--OMG...if you haven't seen this movie DO! Maggie should have won an Oscar for this one.
Brigit Jones Diary
The Usual Suspects
Anything featuring Sir Anthony Hopkins (one of my favorite actors), Kevin Spacey, or Edward Norton--all phenomenal actors in my book.
The Italian Job
Oceans Eleven
The Saint
Entrapment
Chicago

I'm sure there are more...but I won't take all day.

[peachexploration]

Oh! I bet you didn't like Wait Until Dark or Breakfast at Tiffany's either. *shaking head sadly* :( :wink: :lol:

Well, there are a few GEMS like Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961 or Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967 (which I loved) :) or the Godfather saga that began in 1972 but movies like Smokey and the Bandit, Car Wash, Carrie, The Wiz, The Exorcist, Dirty Harry (although, I love Clint Eastwood), JAWS, Star Wars.....I just don't like. :D

[TemptressToo]

I agree with you there. A lot of them were really cheesy. I remember being a little girl in the 80's and being scared to death of movies like The Birds and Poltergist. Now, watching them, they are almost funny.

I was born in 1978 so I was very young through the 80's. I remember that even then, I looked at the movies, music, hairstyles, culture, and fashion and thought..."what a tacky decade." Everything was so extreme...so horrendous. I definitely hope none of that ever comes back in style (although you know it will and some already has in some regard).

[peachexploration]

I agree with you there. A lot of them were really cheesy. I remember being a little girl in the 80's and being scared to death of movies like The Birds and Poltergist. Now, watching them, they are almost funny.). Yeah, they are hilarious to watch now.

.........."what a tacky decade."....
Yeah, that's how I feel about alot of the 1970s movies. Almost like they "never took the time to make" alot of them. Just very bad. But every once in while you'll get ground breakers like Kramer vs. Kramer. :D

[cocodrilo]

Have any of you seen these? Maybe I'm too deep...
"Sheltering Sky"
"Apocalypse Now"(or better yet "Heart of Darkness")
"The Shawshank Redemption"
"The Full Monty"(Oh no ! Dance Movie!)
"Lock, Stock & 4 Smoking Barrels"
"The King & I" (Oh no! Dance movie! Part 2. You have to love this one. the costumes & Yul Brynner are so gorgeous! Besides, I saw Yul do the musical TWICE in San Francisco-FABULOUS!!!)

[Pacion]

Have any of you seen these? Maybe I'm too deep...
"Sheltering Sky"
"Apocalypse Now"(or better yet "Heart of Darkness")
"The Shawshank Redemption"
"The Full Monty"(Oh no ! Dance Movie!)
"Lock, Stock & 4 Smoking Barrels"
"The King & I" (Oh no! Dance movie! Part 2. You have to love this one. the costumes & Yul Brynner are so gorgeous! Besides, I saw Yul do the musical TWICE in San Francisco-FABULOUS!!!)

Love Shawshank Redemption (and Morgan Freeman :wink: ) - have the video
The Full Monty - it is not a dance movie, it is about "ordinary guys with ordinary bodies" taking up stripping. Okay, there is some "dancing" but umm, I wouldn't recommend it for someone who is into dancing. But then again, it could be an insight of what not to do/how not to look :wink: Okay. It is a dance movie :D
Lock, Stock & 4 Smoking Barrels - yes. The ending had me in hysterics! :lol:
The King & I - oh yes. Fell in love with Yul Brynner then too :wink:

[pygmalion]

I agree with you there. A lot of them were really cheesy. I remember being a little girl in the 80's and being scared to death of movies like The Birds and Poltergist. Now, watching them, they are almost funny.


The thing about Alfred Hitchcock movies is that many of them were designed to make a point that may have been revolutionary at the time, but may seem cliched now. The things he did became cliched because they were so innovative at the time, that everybody imitated him. Movies like Psycho, The Birds, Rope, Vertigo, North by Northwest and others looked at film making in a whole new way. Um. Before you were born. LOL.

[pygmalion]

Oh! I'm thinking of more Alfred Hitchcock stuff the looked at the world in a different way, and since has been copied. Examples, Shadow of a Doubt (Joseph Cotten was the lead), and Strangers on a Train.

Wow. Time for Jenn's famous semi-annual Alfred Hitchcock stay at home at watch DVD movie festival! :D

[Pacion]

The thing about Alfred Hitchcock movies is that many of them were designed to make a point that may have been revolutionary at the time ... Um. Before you were born. LOL.

lol. I don't know much about Alfred Hitchcock but I heard something that he was one of the first to use music and darkness & light to build suspense.

Somewhere in Time with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour gets me crying all the time. The story leaves a number of unanswered questions but it is a beautiful love story, in a beautiful setting with a lake, with two beautiful people and beautiful music (Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) sigh

[Pacion]

I saw "The Mirror Has Two Faces" for the first time on the weekend. Starring Barbara Streisand and Jeff Bridges, it was funny, some interesting view points and the ending just "blew me away"! :banana: Yes it was predictable, ie they "lived happily ever after" but they were dancing in the street! :shock: That is one of my ultimate fantasies!

Yes, I have danced in the street :oops: but not in pajamas nor at 6am in the morning :shock: :lol: :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

Yes, I have danced in the street :oops: but not in pajamas nor at 6am in the morning :shock: :lol: :lol:
Ummm, why not? Not the hard to arange you know... :wink:

[Pacion]

:tongue: and have the neighbours give me frosty looks for waking them with music and laughter? :roll: :lol: I will try and arrange it though. Heck, you only live once! :lol:

[pygmalion]

I saw "The Mirror Has Two Faces" for the first time on the weekend. Starring Barbara Streisand and Jeff Bridges, it was funny, some interesting view points and the ending just "blew me away"! :banana: Yes it was predictable, ie they "lived happily ever after" but they were dancing in the street! :shock: That is one of my ultimate fantasies!

Yes, I have danced in the street :oops: but not in pajamas nor at 6am in the morning :shock: :lol: :lol:

I love that movie. I can quote many, many lines verbatim. "He: I want you to be my wife. She: I am your wife." Ahhh. Romance!

[Pacion]

:lol: :lol: Pygmalion Having only seen it once, I can't quote any lines just yet :wink: but that it was funny the way she had to tell him, she couldn't contemplate marrying anyone whom she had never kissed :D


I think I feel in love with Jeff Bridges character as well :lol:

[pygmalion]

He was very endearing, for sure. :D

"She: Why do we fall in love? ... Because, while it lasts, it fantastic!" (LOL expletive deleted)

[Pacion]

Yes, that was a funny scene. I also loved the transition she underwent and how she and her mother "found each other again". I wanted to leap off the sofa and cheer! :lol:

It is amazing how many people's lives are affected because their parents did not give them "love"/help them to build that confidence thing, during those formative years :cry:

[SDsalsaguy]

It is amazing how many people's lives are affected because their parents did not give them "love"/help them to build that confidence thing, during those formative years :cry:
Welcome to the world of psychoanalysis! :roll:

[Pacion]

Welcome to the world of psychoanalysis! :roll:

Yikes!!! :oops:

[Sheild Maiden]

Favourite movies, I have a lot of those. ok, here are the ones I can think of off-hand:

The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Elizabeth
The Count of Monte Christo
Legally Blonde
The Princess Bride
Robin Hood Men in Tights
Pirates of the Carribean
Bring it On (does cheerleading count as dancing? :? )
Shine
Forever Young
that's all I can think of for now, I'm sure I'll be back with more.

[peachexploration]

Hi Shield Maden! I love the Count of Monte Cristo (2002). Welcome to the DF.

[Swing Kitten]

I guess I should put "the Mirroe Has Two Faces" on my "To Rent" list


I guess I should also start writing down my "To Rent" list... mental notes are seldom effective when I'm in the video store

[danceguy]

Forever Young

The sad irony for me is, I used to work at the lighthouse that is in this movie for many years, but I've never seen this flick!

I'll save the stories my boss told me about Mel Gibson and the film crew for another day...;)

[Pacion]

I'll save the stories my boss told me about Mel Gibson and the film crew for another day...;)

Ehmm, what's wrong with today :wink: :D

[Pacion]

Oh boy. Just watching "Saving Private Ryan" with Tom Hanks, with half an eye open. It is a war movie, and there is a mother who had four or five sons who fought in the war, four of them killed with Private Ryan making up the fifth son (if it is five sons).

I have not started my family as yet but it hurts to think of mothers and fathers who have had that sort of news for whatever reason - war, accident, illness etc.

I guess this sort of thing is also on my mind as there has been a national appeal this weekend for bone marrow donations on behalf of a family whose four sons, age 11 to 4 (I think) who have a genetic disease which requires a bone transplant otherwise they will die.

[peachexploration]

Mel Gibson in "What Women Want" is a total cutie. One of my favorite salsa songs "Yay Boy" is in this movie which is a total plus. Too bad it's not on the soundtrack. :? The soundtrack is awesome with the exception of that "I'm a b%$^&" song. Don't care for that one at all. Anyway, love the movie. :D Love his dancing.

[Genesius Redux]

Very hard to choose, with so many:

M (Peter Lorre)
Casablanca (Claude Rains rocks the universe)
The Gold Rush
Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney)
Treasure of Sierra Madre
Key Largo
The Maltese Falcon
Laura
Double Indemnity
Mad Monster Party (inspired "Nightmare Before Christmas")
King Kong (the original)
Mister Roberts
Psycho
Touch of Evil
Rear Window
Miracle on 34th Street (original--Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood)
A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim)
The Muppets Christmas Carol
The Muppets Treasure Island
Hell, anything with the Muppets
Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth and--be still, my heart--Jennifer Ehle!)
The Exorcist
Three Days of the Condor
Rosemary's Baby
Jaws
The Godfather 1 and 2
Murder on the Orient Express (all-time favorite comfort movie)
The Lion in Winter
Treasure Island (Charlton Heston)
Goodfellas
Shaft (the original, of course)
Pulp Fiction
Biloxi Blues (Christopher Walken is to die for)
Dr. Strangelove (George C. Scott rocks, watch Slim Pickens ride the bomb!)
The Howling (without a doubt the greatest werewolf movie ever--Joe Dante directs)
Batman ("Bob, gun!" BLAM "Gonna need a minute alone, boys!")
The Sting
Silence of the Lambs
Remains of the Day
Much Ado About Nothing (Emma Thompson, I'll have your baby!)
Twelfth Night (Helena Bonham Carter, I'll have your baby, too!)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan--

Here I must digress, as "Khan" features the single greatest acting moment in all of cinematic history. Those who have seen the film know of what I speak....

Ran (Kurasawa)
Enter the Dragon
Star Wars
Angel Heart
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
Halloween
Bambi Meets Godzilla
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Life of Brian
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
The Fellowship of the Ring
Blade Runner
Alien
The Shining ("Wendy? I'm home.")
Catch-22
Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket (first half)
The Gangs of New York (okay, disclaimer, I know it's stupid, but it's worth it to see the scene between Daniel D-L and John C. Reilly)
Royal Hunt for the Sun (Robert Shaw and Christopher Plummer)

Pygmalion mentioned "To Kill a Mockingbird;" I've got to add "Anatomy of a Murder"

Unforgiven
The French Connection
Wall Street
Waiting for Guffman
Being John Malkovich
Say Anything
Grosse Point Blank (Anything with John Cusack)
The Breakfast Club
Ghostbusters
The Jerk
48 Hours
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Manhattan
From Here to Eternity
Life is Beautiful
Cinema Paradiso

Those are my faves. Although I want to put in a plug for one more, which I think every dancer should see. "Thunderball," with Sean Connery as James Bond, illustrates very clearly how a turning basic in Samba can save your life. You definitely have to see it....

Cheers,

Genesius

[pygmalion]

I started to respond by asking whether you like any remakes. Then I remembered the Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol IS a remake. Ha! btw, that's the best version of A Christmas Carol ever made, if you ask me.

[Pacion]

I love the Untouchables, and no, Sean Connery's role has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with it :lol: :bouncy:

[mhgroove]

Ok I've gotta add 'Calle 54' now! I'm in the middle of watching it right now. If you love latin jazz this movie is absolutely fabulous! It's actually a documentary, but nonetheless amazing.

I agree with you Youngsta, Calle 54 is an excellent documentary/movie. I'm not a big movie buff..but most of my favorite movies have come from books.

Dona Flor & Her Two Husbands (from Brazilian Novelist Jorge Amado)-I believe every woman should see this movie. Sonia Braga..she's beautiful in this movie. This is my favorite movie! Very raunchy...

Mambo Kings (from Novelist Oscar Hijelous)

English Patient (from Novelist Michael Ondaatje)

and yes the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (from Novelist J.R.R Tolkien)

[Pacion]

Mambo Kings (from Novelist Oscar Hijelous)

How could I forget the Mambo Kings! I love the movie and I love "Beautiful Maria, of my soul"! I bought the book a couple of years ago and left it behind when I left a job - I was so desperate to leave I didn't stop to clear my desk :oops: Needless to say, I have to buy another copy :banana: