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I would say "Forest Gump". I love this film because it was a unique genre of its own.
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The Wizard of Oz is the best movie of all time. It was one of the first movies in color, actually technicolor and was also in black and white. Many of the songs from the movie are still played today. The Wizard of Oz became widely popular, with "Over the Rainbow" receiving the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the film itself garnering several Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Its signature song, "Over the Rainbow," sung by Judy Garland, has been voted the greatest movie song of all time by the American Film Institute.

It's one of those movies that everyone has seen, and is still shown to children today, even though it was produced in 1939.

The Wizard of Oz (1939) was selected as the best fantasy movie by the American Film Institute during their Ten Top Ten.

It also has songs like, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" that are great motivational songs.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Films_considered_the_greatest_ever

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the sound of music, 12 Angry Men. I say the sound of music because the story is amazing, the acting is suburb, the music, the songs. In essence it is a classic love story but with all the production it is captivating from start to finish. Set in war in Europe with a single parent with a ton of kids and the singing nanny. There are so many dynamics at play in this movie and one does not dominate over another, there is a great synergy in effect, awesome, just simply awesome. I say 12 angry men for the reason being that the entire movie takes place in a single room. There is only the raw talent and skill of the actors to make the movie work and work it does. The intensity from each actor is amazing. With each speech delivered, from every argument they have, it paints a picture in your mind of what the subject matter is. There are no cut scenes to fall back on, it is just the raw energy, skill and talent that holds you to the movie to see how it all unfolds.
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I would say either Primal Fear or The Usual Suspects. Its not often that you find a movie these days that is not totally predictable. These 2 movies held my interest throughout without allowing me to predict the outcome. If it is a book made into a movie, the books are always so much better than the movie there is no comparison. With only a few exceptions. The Shawshank Redemption was an excellent book and movie for example.
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My favorite movie is the Blues Brothers, All You Need is Cash, the Simpsons Movie, Wayne's World, or something along those lines, but that's not what I'd say is the best movie of all time...

The best movie of all time is "Back to the Future - Part II." This movie has something for pretty much everybody:
- Sci-fi: this is the predominant genre of the movie. The main plot centers around science fiction.
- Romance: there is some romance between Marty and Jennifer.
- Comedy: this movie is very funny. You just need to know where to look for it. (One moment that stands out is when the kids in the '80s bar don't know how to play the arcade game.)
- Drama: the main drama of the movie is when Marty goes to the alternate 1985 and Biff tries to kill him.
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The original Psycho. There are all kinds of great modern horror and thriller films out there, but the fact is all of the succcessful movies in those genres owe a big nod to this amazing film by Alfred Hitchcock. I first saw this movie when I was 12 years old, and was absolutely in awe of it all.

The cinematography, the score, the genuine thrills and scares, and the overall tone that the movie sets is something that seems to have been lost over the years as filmmakers seem to rely more and more on special effects, gore, and other 'easy' forms of entertainment.

The shower scene alone is enough evidence that this film was groundbreaking not only for it's genre, but for cinema in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOC-zvyhrCU
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Okay, I'll go with Casablanca. The scene where Victor Laszlo begins to lead the band in the French National Anthem; the Nazi SS raise their voices to loudly sing over the music of the band; and then all of those jaded bitter characters in Ricks bar join in to drown out the Nazis; as tears stream down the prostitute's cheeks, this is the most powerful scene in any movie ever made.
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The Godfather (1972). In "You've Got Mail" (1998), Tom Hanks suggests the answers to all life's questions can be found in "The Godfather". Not as ridiculous as it sounds, because Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece reveals something new every time you watch it.

The family that slays together, stays together, and that's certainly the case for the embattled Corleone clan. Caught up in the middle of a bloody gang war, Don Vito's doomed quest to make his family respectable is dealt a body blow when his youngest son Michael, a decorated war hero and lawyer, is inexorably sucked into a life of murder and violence.

Marlon Brando was considered box office poison when he was cast as the ageing Don, and his hamster-cheek performance launched a thousand parodies (Even Brando got in on the act, mocking himself mercilessly in "The Freshman" (1990)). His performance as Don Corleone won him an Oscar and sealed his reputation as perhaps America's greatest film actor - a claim he bolstered with "Last Tango in Paris" later that year.

Packed with more classic lines than any movie deserves to have ("I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"), "The Godfather" won an Oscar for best picture, became a world-wide smash, and marked career watersheds for James Caan and Robert Duvall.

For Al Pacino and Francis Ford Coppola, however, the best was yet to come with "The Godfather Part II" (1974), one of the few sequels to surpass the original.
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The best movie of all time is The Empire Strikes Back. This movie ushered in the acceptance of mainstream science fiction and made it alright for them to be taken serious.
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To me it would be the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

I read the book as a kid and loved the story and when the movies came out they did not disappoint. The battle scenes are epic, the casting was great everything about this movie was great. After all these years I can still watch it over and over again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr_i2w0W-ZM
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there is no best movie of all time.
the best movie of all time for me depends on when you ask me and how im feeling at the time.
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I always have to ask if the best movie of all time is the most INFLUENTIAL, the most POPULAR, or the most ENDURING. My personal favorite movie is Glory (1989) and unfortunately it can't fit comfortably in any of these categories. If it's all right, I'll submit three that I think may.

INFLUENTIAL

Citizen Kane (1941)
It's either at the top of or in the top ten of every critics' list across the world. Orson Welles brought his experience in radio and theater to the world of filmmaking and introduced techniques of story-telling, acting, editing, cinematography, sound, makeup and more that are thought of as commonplace and rudimentary today. What is unfortunate about Citizen Kane is that it is difficult to impress upon those who are not film buffs WHY Citizen Kane is important to every film they watch today. In interviews with Spielberg, Coppola, Lucas, Fincher, Scorsese, Burton they ALL have said that it is Citizen Kane that changed the world of filmmaking.

POPULAR

Titanic (1997)
I hear groans whenever I mention this movie but I need to point out that in terms of POPULARITY this movie has made more money than its next closest competitor (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King) by $900,000,000! Titanic proved that the studios could still bring story-telling and historical epics to the screen with big budgets in an industry still going through the growing pains of Pulp Fiction's independent revolution. It tied for a record number of Oscar nominations (with All About Eve) and tied for number of wins (with Lord of the Rings: Return of the King again). My usual opinion for Titanic is this: in the categories it was nominated for it was superb, and in the categories it was not nominated for (writing and male acting) it was weak. However, those facts did not flag its popularity as the most popular film of all time.

ENDURANCE

This category submits that money and influence with filmmakers may not be enough to cement the title of "Best Film of All Time". What movie do we show our kids regularly? What movies do we watch time and again because we love them so much? What movies do we watch at Christmas year after year? A films' ability to stay relevant and loved over the course of decades (or eventually centuries) should be a considerable factor. Citizen Kane cannot boast this as it is relegated to film buffs and film schools. Titanic is a three hour epic that, to my knowledge, people don't watch time and time again. Here is a short list of enduring films that we watch over and over again because we LIKE to watch them:

The Wizard of Oz
It's a Wonderful Life
The Godfather
When Harry Met Sally
Star Wars (the first three)
The Lord of the Rings (all three of them)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Toy Story (1 & 2)
Singin' in the Rain
The Usual Suspects
The Hunt for Red October
Top Gun
Jurassic Park
The Sound of Music
A Christmas Story
The Princess Bride

And that's a super short list. Start with these and keep on watching.
Source(s):
Citizen Kane - Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_kane

All time worldwide Box Office:
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/#world

Titanic - Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)

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