What is the best film you have ever seen, if you had to choose one?

[electra]

For me, possibly The Shining.

Amadeus
Gran Torino
The Sixth Sense
Out of Sight

Jurrasic Park

Pan's Labyrinth for coming out of the cinema limp and sobbing

Contact for being a very faithfully and well done scifi movie that I've watched over and over

Tarkovsky's Stalker for the best movie ever.

(it is a faithfully and well done scifi movie that leaves me limp and sobbing)

The Big Lebowski

maktaitai - know what you mean about Death In Venice. Saw it years ago when I was very young and it was haunting and mesmerising.

Also Terrence Mallick's 'Days of Heaven' and 'Badlands'.

For fun - Raising Arizona

Recently rewatched The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for the first time in years so that would probably be top of the list at the moment.

The Big Blue

Master & Commander

Chariots of Fire
Withnail and I
Empire of the Sun
Magnificent Seven
Babette's Feast
It's A Wonderful Life

Used to love The Deer Hunter and Platoon, but can't watch them now.

Little Miss Sunshine :)
As Good As It Gets :)
Remains of the Day :(
Breakfast at Tiffany's :(
Sleepless in Seattle (confused)
Love Story - bit dated now

The Piano by Jane Campion

Forrest Gump :)

Women on the verge of a nerovus breakdown.

Schindlers List for me too.

Forrest Gump and The Sound of Music.

These films are like old friends to me.