ABC TV in Australia ran a poll for viewers to select their ALL TIME FAVOURITE MOVIES.

I thought it might be interesting to compare lists that aren't restricted to 'boy' movies.

I was very surprised by some of the selections:

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1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Amelie
3. Blade Runner
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Donnie Darko
6. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
7. Pulp Fiction
8. The Princess Bride
9. Gone With The Wind
10. Fight Club

11-20
11. The Sound of Music
12. To Kill A Mockingbird
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey
14. Casablanca
15. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
16. American Beauty
17. Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
18. Monty Python's Life of Brian
19. Lawrence Of Arabia
20. Apocalypse Now

21-30
21. Cinema Paradiso
22. Doctor Zhivago
23. The Matrix
24. The Castle
25. Singin' in the Rain
26. A Clockwork Orange
27. The Blues Brothers
28. Withnail and I
29. Life is Beautiful
30. The Godfather

31-40
31. Moulin Rouge
32. Some Like it Hot
33. Lost in Translation
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
35. Local Hero
36. The Third Man
37. Brazil
38. Serenity
39. Breakfast at Tiffany's
40. A Room with a View

41-50
41. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
42. Dead Poets Society
43. Harold and Maude
44. The Big Lebowski
45. The Wizard of Oz
46. Out Of Africa
47. Picnic at Hanging Rock
48. The Usual Suspects
49. Cabaret
50. Forrest Gump

51-60
51. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
52. The Piano
53. Pirates of the Carribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
54. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
55. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
56. The City of Lost Children
57. The African Queen
58. Love Actually
59. Strictly Ballroom
60. Wings of Desire

61-70
61. Raiders of the Lost Ark
62. Babette's Feast
63. The Fifth Element
64. Spirited Away
65. Aliens
66. It's a Wonderful Life
67. Napoleon Dynamite
68. Rear Window
69. Romeo And Juliet
70. Dirty Dancing

71-80
71. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
72. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
73. Trainspotting
74. Muriel's Wedding
75. When Harry Met Sally
76. The Great Escape
77. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
78. Gallipoli
79. Lantana
80. Garden State

81-90
81. Sin City
82. Chariots of Fire
83. The English Patient
84. This is Spinal Tap
85. Chocolat
86. Fargo
87. Look Both Ways
88. Goodfellas
89. Alien
90. Grease

91-100
91. All About Eve
92. Citizen Kane
93. Stand By Me
94. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
95. Mulholland Drive
96. Back to the Future
97. High Fidelity
98. The Thin Red Line
99. Being John Malkovich
100. Dead Man

Has anyone got a personal list of favourites covering all genres?

VERY interesting. I'll be back later with probly a much shorter list. For now, a few impertinent comments:
-I've only been able to watch GWTW to the end once. To me it is the ultimate chick flick.
-Very pleased to see one of my special favorites 'Blade Runner' among the top ten.
-Amazed to see 'Citizen Kane' so far down the list.
-I wish I could buy all rights to 'Chariots of Fire' and bury it deep.

American films have always dominated the box office so it's no surprise that they would also dominate a list of favourites. I do, however, think that some films are regarded as American by default, when there is very lttle American input. Dr Zhivago is an example, it has one major American actor, the rest are predominately British or Europeans. It has a British director and British screenwriter, it was shot in Spain but it's listed on IMDb as a US film (presumeably because the money came from there).

I am surprised that the French film Amelie is number two on the list and that Fight Club is anywhere near the top ten. Mildly surprised that Citizen Kane is so far down the list... it seems to have dropped out of favour in recent years. It's interesting how tastes change over the years. The only western in the list is The Good the Bad and the Ugly which is curious because westerns were very popular in years gone by.

Actually, I didn't mean to include so many titles, but when I got going, I couldn't stop.  I guess that means I like movies!

If you lump Godfather and Godfather 2  together, should also include the last member of the trilogy, #3, and I don't think that one appears on many favorites lists.

I'm driven to mention a few more I forgot, but I'll spare you.

I must admit I tend to dislike compiling "charts" because I find trying to compare and "rank" films that I enjoy is usually a fruitless task for me.

But that should be in no way an exhortation to others not to do so; each to their own I say! 

My aversion to "lists" does not stop me being critical or appreciative of any particular film that I view; I tend to assess them objectively on their own merits rather than subjectively against others of a similar or contrasting genré.

2 of my favourites that have not been mentioned so far by others are  "Se7en" and "Pitch Black"l I apparently favour the "scary" type! 

It's taken me a little time to respond to this one, but you all know I can't resist making lists.  

I made up a list of favorites (9's and 10's on my personal scale) that had no boy actors in any prominent roles. 6 were already on the ABC list and Young Arthur mentioned another (The Ghost & Mrs. Muir - I guess we have shared bad taste  )

Here are the rest so far unmentioned all in alphabetical order by country.

Little Senegal                      (Algeria)
Man Facing Southeast            (Argentina)
Rabbit Proof Fence            (Australia)
Autumn Spring            (Czech Republic)
Emma's Shadow            (Denmark)
Closet, The            (France)
Tatie Danielle            
Under The Sand            
Secret of Roan Inish          (Ireland)
Icicle Thief, The                (Italy)
Summer Vacation 1999      (Japan)
Vanishing, The                  (Netherlands)
Jesus of Montreal              (Quebec  )
Philanthropy                     (Romania)
Stairway To Heaven           (UK)
To Sir With Love            
About Schmidt                  (USA)
Being There            
Birds, The            
Blue Collar            
Boys Don't Cry            
Brubaker            
Charlotte's Web            
Dawn of the Dead            
Dead Zone, The            
Devil and Miss Jones            
Die Hard            
Dracula            
Fame            
Fisher King, the            
Frankenstein            
Groundhog Day            
I Love You Again            
I Married A Witch            
It Happened Tomorrow            
Memento            
Miracle on 34th Street            
Planes Trains and Automobiles            
Pleasantville            
Robocop            
Silver Streak            
Smoke            
Straight Story            
Sure Thing            
Time of Their Lives, The            
Toy Story 2            
Trading Places            
True Grit            
Two Family House            
Untouchables, The            

I notice that few on my list would be critical classics and that comedies and holiday movies seem to be over represented. Maybe I would respond differently in June. 

That was pretty neat, Joseph!

You must be Ming-liang Tsai's #1 fan. 

Thanks Joseph. I was pleased to see so many I liked in your 7/10 to 10/10 range. I wish I could return the favor but I have never rated movies at Imdb. I should start.

Zab - you caught me being apologetic about my taste in movies and it was stupid of me. Its just that I am sensitive about those 2 movies, having been sneered at by some family for loving them.

There are many movies on Joseph's, Zab's and Wildeboys lists that I have seen and enjoyed many times. It makes me question the whole notion of 'favorite.' There are hundreds of excellent movies I wouldn't mind seeing again and again.