Your favourite film from your year of birth?

guitartango

Thunderball or Help, which would you choose?

zepp76

guitartango said:

Thunderball or Help, which would you choose?

Seeing as my parents brought me up on a diet of James Bond and Carry on films I’d have to say Thunderball, the fact I can’t stand the Beatles doesn’t help (excuse the pun).

Philly_Q

1964, some good stuff - A Fistful of Dollars, The Killers, Carry on Cleo, Carry on Spying, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Woman in the Dunes, Goldfinger, Onibaba, The Masque of the Red Death, Zulu.

But I am going to go for Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace.

Gulliver

thecolourbox said:

I've only seen one film from my year of birth (1987), the Living Daylights James Bond film, and it was utter crap

I was also born in '87 - and whilst The Living Daylights is not the best James Bond film - all of these films from our Birth Year are excellent - some more so than others.

Lethal Weapon
Beverley Hills Cop II
Harry and the Hendersons
The Untouchables
Predator
Spaceballs
Full Metal Jacket
Robocop
The Lost Boys
No Way Out
Dirty Dancing
Fatal Attraction
The Princess Bride
The Running Man
Wall Street
Batteries Not Included
Good Morning Vietnam



If I was going to recommend 3 from this list, I'd say Robocop, Dirty Dancing and The Princess Bride.   To be honest, you can't go wrong with most of the list (Harry and the Hendersons and Batteries Not Included are kids films, but still cool)

sweave

1963 - The Great Escape

Hootsmon

ET

DesVegas

Blazing Saddles

tony99

Gulliver said:

thecolourbox said:

I've only seen one film from my year of birth (1987), the Living Daylights James Bond film, and it was utter crap

I was also born in '87 - and whilst The Living Daylights is not the best James Bond film - all of these films from our Birth Year are excellent - some more so than others.

Lethal Weapon
Beverley Hills Cop II
Harry and the Hendersons
The Untouchables
Predator
Spaceballs
Full Metal Jacket
Robocop
The Lost Boys
No Way Out
Dirty Dancing
Fatal Attraction
The Princess Bride
The Running Man
Wall Street
Batteries Not Included
Good Morning Vietnam



If I was going to recommend 3 from this list, I'd say Robocop, Dirty Dancing and The Princess Bride.   To be honest, you can't go wrong with most of the list (Harry and the Hendersons and Batteries Not Included are kids films, but still cool)

ok but you're recommending dirty dancing over full metal jacket yeah?

zepp76

tony99 said:

Gulliver said:

thecolourbox said:

I've only seen one film from my year of birth (1987), the Living Daylights James Bond film, and it was utter crap

I was also born in '87 - and whilst The Living Daylights is not the best James Bond film - all of these films from our Birth Year are excellent - some more so than others.

Lethal Weapon
Beverley Hills Cop II
Harry and the Hendersons
The Untouchables
Predator
Spaceballs
Full Metal Jacket
Robocop
The Lost Boys
No Way Out
Dirty Dancing
Fatal Attraction
The Princess Bride
The Running Man
Wall Street
Batteries Not Included
Good Morning Vietnam



If I was going to recommend 3 from this list, I'd say Robocop, Dirty Dancing and The Princess Bride.   To be honest, you can't go wrong with most of the list (Harry and the Hendersons and Batteries Not Included are kids films, but still cool)

ok but you're recommending dirty dancing over full metal jacket yeah?

Why not? I would.

duotone

Scarface 

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

Good question! I honestly had no idea what movies were released in my birth year (1982), not something I've ever thought about.

Turns out there were some corkers though. 

'Blade Runner' is the winner for me, though 'E.T.', `The Thing', 'The Verdict' and 'Sophie's Choice' all good contenders! 

starwarsnosebleed

From 1980 either The shining or The empire strikes back.

MattW

The Sting or Enter the Dragon. Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid for best soundtrack.

p90fool

Mine is a toss up between A Fistful of Dollars or Goldfinger, though there are some interesting looking ones I've never seen.

west

Philly_Q said:

1964, some good stuff - A Fistful of Dollars, The Killers, Carry on Cleo, Carry on Spying, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Woman in the Dunes, Goldfinger, Onibaba, The Masque of the Red Death, Zulu.

But I am going to go for Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace.

Same here , as you say some great stuff from this year ,sadly my least fave from the dollars trilogy ( few dollars is the best for me ) john barry's score is a cracker in zulu and so is stanley bakers perfomance ....

my film of choice is The System ... oliver reed david hemmins  julia foster jane merrow barbara ferris , tinker and the gang pulling the grockles on the english riviera ...

jonnyburgo

1972 so probably Deliverance or The Godfather

stickyfiddle

Ghostbusters by a country mile. Also my favourite movie generally.

Limehouse_Blues

1980 The Empire Strikes Back 

Dominic

Unfortunately it's bound to be something with Buster Keaton or the Keystone Cops

munckee

1974 erm.  

Godfather 2, Texas chainsaw massacre, man with the golden gun, herbie rides again, blazing saddles and emmanuelle seem to be the main contenders.