Your favourite film from your year of birth?

RaymondLin

Alien - 1979.

Or 10, if I want to see Bo Derek  

BeardyAndy

Superman

equalsql

Some Like It Hot

Nitefly

Dominic said:

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

Indeed!  However I found mine (1949) included some gems:

The Third Man
Whisky Galore
White Heat
Kind Hearts And Coronets
Mighty Joe Young
Adam's Rib

And some real rubbish.

Bellycaster

The Godfather or Deliverance. Not possible to pick between those.

pigface

A few goodies from 1960 :-) ... 'Psycho', 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'Spartacus'.

Also 'La Dolce Vita', but I've never seen that one.

DarnWeight

'72, so by most measures it should be The Godfather...but being a bit of a Tarkovsky nut, I'll go for Solaris.

axisus

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.

64 for me as well, I'm going for ... er ... Carry on Cleo. I'm a sucker for Carry on films.

ICBM

pigface said:

Also 'La Dolce Vita', but I've never seen that one.

It's worth seeing - it's maybe a bit dated now but still one of the all-time greats. If you want a copy on DVD, I've got one that was a freebie with a newspaper ages ago - PM me your address and you can have it.

Dopesick

Nothing really sticks out...I guess Scarface.

LastMantra

Can't decide between "taxi driver" and "adventures of a taxi driver".

There's actually some crackers from '76.

shrinkwrap

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (the original, yay) and Forbidden Planet

zepp76

LastMantra said:

Can't decide between "taxi driver" and "adventures of a taxi driver".

There's actually some crackers from '76.

There really are some great films from ‘76. I chose Rocky as it inspired me to take up the gloves for a while.

Kilgore

ICBM said:

1967

There are a lot of more credible candidates - in particular Bonnie And Clyde, Don't Look Back, The Graduate, and In The Heat Of The Night, but for my favourite it's probably...

The Jungle Book

I'm 1967 as well. 

 All great films but I might have to go for Barefoot in the Park just because Jane Fonda is gorgeous in it. 

DiscoStu

73: Godzilla vs. Megalon













(maybe not)

strumjoughlamps

1972- Deliverance and Fritz the Cat

ESBlonde

Run Silent Run Deep is good,

Dunkirk - the original is better.

but it has to be Ice Cold in Alex

Philly_Q

pigface said:

A few goodies from 1960 :-) ... 'Psycho', 'The Magnificent Seven' and 'Spartacus'.

Also 'La Dolce Vita', but I've never seen that one.

ICBM said:

pigface said:

Also 'La Dolce Vita', but I've never seen that one.

It's worth seeing - it's maybe a bit dated now but still one of the all-time greats. If you want a copy on DVD, I've got one that was a freebie with a newspaper ages ago - PM me your address and you can have it.

When I started thinking about this question, I was certain I'd have a Fellini and a Kubrick to choose from (or at least add to my shortlist).  But Fellini didn't have a film out in 1964, and for Kubrick there was Dr Strangelove, which I've never particularly liked.

Jason

Either Butch Cassidy or The Italian Job, both of which I own on DVD, never knew what year they were released until now

pigface

ICBM said:

pigface said:

Also 'La Dolce Vita', but I've never seen that one.

It's worth seeing - it's maybe a bit dated now but still one of the all-time greats. If you want a copy on DVD, I've got one that was a freebie with a newspaper ages ago - PM me your address and you can have it.

That is a most generous offer. Thanks a lot. PM on the way shortly.