Naps-a-Lots' All-Tme Favorite Movies

Naps-a-lot Bear's Usual Suspects

My list is more or less in order of how much I favor them all the time (I don't really have to be in a mood to watch movies, generally speaking. However, movies do vary for me in terms of the amount of times I could watch them end-to-end without hating them. I will indicate the ones that I could watch forever with a *).

The Usual Suspects* (1995) (most perfect movie ever made; please feel free to discuss)
Tank Girl* (1995)
The Princess Bride* (1987)
You've Got Mail** (1998)
Labyrinth (1986)
Clue* (1985)
If Lucy Fell* (1996)
Amelie (2001)
Bridget Jones' Diary* (2001)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971; not the newer abomination)
Silence of the Lambs (1990)
The Secret of N.I.M.H. (1982)

A few of these movies I experienced for the first time with Lunanshee, like The Princess Bride, Labyrinth and Clue (and If Lucy Fell, I believe). It is interesting to me that we are each other's best movie buddies, but our tastes differ quite a bit.

--see 'Comments' for movies that almost deserve to be on this list--

Labyrinth - "This is not an ordinary gift for an ordinary girl"

Goblins, mazes, fairies, ballrooms, bogs of eternal stench; all portrayed with the joy, enthusiasm and ability only found in a team like Jim Henson and George Lucas. This musical, comedic-fantasy is one of my all time favorite movies. The music is true 80s David Bowie, full of synthesisors and echoes and the special effects are "old school" but effective. I will be clear in stating that I am bias, I love this movie and can find few faults with it. Goblins are done by the same puppeteers that created some of the best loved characters of all time. Costumes are wonderful (who could take their eyes of Bowie's codpiece?) expecially in the ballroom scene. That scene "when the world falls down" has fueled costume ball fantasies in my brain for years. In fact, many of this movie's elements have fuled my fantasies.
David Bowie and Jennifer Connely shine. Bowie plays the Goblin King, who is somewhat creepy and not human, but finds himself in love with a human girl. The girl, Sarah, is played by Connelly (I believe this is her first big role) with just the right amount of innocence and adolescence to create a sixteen-year-old with a preoccupation for fantasy and fairytales. Perhaps some of my love for this movie comes from the fact that, growing up, I related very well with the character of Sarah (even though my life had nothing in common with her).
All told, the puppetry, acting, special effects, attention to detail and wonderful story create a magical movie that shouldn't be missed. However, if you didn't see it as a child, some of the wonder will probably be missing.