I’d call something a “favorite” only if I’d watch it again and again. That would apply to these films:
— Fellini’s La Strada, with Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina, is on my top-ten list of all-time greats. But I’m afraid it’s in Italian and does have subtitles.
— O Brother, Where Art Thou? is not on movie Olympus, but it is one I can see over and over and still enjoy the way a little kid enjoys hearing a favorite book read aloud.
— The Man Who Would Be King, with Michael Caine and Sean Connery, based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling, is a thumping good adventure yarn that offers a clear moral without preaching, and it too has plenty of staying power.
— Gone with the Wind stands up to many a viewing. I’m always hooked right from the opening titles.
— Jose Ferrer’s 1950 triumph Cyrano de Bergerac is another of my top ten greats for Ferrer’s Oscar-winning performance.
— I love Errol Flynn’s 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood for romance and sheer swashbuckle.
— Willow carried me away again last night.
— I watched Hook quite a few times with my kids before getting tired of it, even though I felt like it cheated—was overtly emotionally manipulative.
— I’d put Elvira Madigan on the list on account of seven or eight viewings decades ago, even though I’m not sure I’d want to see it again now. I’d call it a young person’s movie. Oh, but sorry—Swedish: subtitles.
— My all-time favorite just at present is the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
There. Ten. <whew!>