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--

Stardust

First, let me say that I really enjoyed this movie. Cleaver plot, well-defined characters and wonderful actors really brought this movie to life. Definitely one of the best fantasy movies I have seen in years. There is some predictability for anyone who is familiar with the fantasy genre; you know how the witch will die, who the hero ends up with and how the story will end. In many ways Stardust is a fairytale, but the film is so well done that you don't mind the bit of predictability.
Many have compared this movie to The Princess Bride but, while they are both in the fantasy epic genre, I believe this is a mistake. The Princess Bride is the ultimate parody and requires a certain level of intelligence from its audience to recognize it's brilliance. Stardust is a different type of film. It is not a parody, but rather a sometimes comedic fantasy adventure. Sure there are amusing moments on par with anything found in TPB, but it is not the same type of comedy.
Danes plays a disdainful Yvaine well, while Pfieffer and De Niro each play their characters to the hilt. However, it may be relative newcomer Charlie Cox who truly carried the show. Cox's character grows from a humble, bumbling shop boy to a confidant, intelligent man. The transformation is almost as magical as the story itself.
Bottom Line: This is a must for any fantasy lovers.