What's your favorite Jack Nicholson movie? Why do you like it so much?

Answer 1

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Been there, done that. Just like Jack.

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Edit: oops! I forgot "A few Good Men" and I was blasting away about how good a movie it was the other night.

Answer 2

The Departed. Very well directed and the cast and crew were great. Jack Nicholson plays a lot of bad guys and is good at it. The Departed had this sense of humor that really topped everything off. Jack Nicholson is a great actor. He actually won an award for it i believe.

Answer 3

Seen many of his movies (old and new) but I pick A Few Good Men coz in that movie, his stereotyped role (i.e.: eccentric nutcase type that can snap at any moment) is fully maximized portraying an accomplished, respected, feared, and self-righteous military officer close to no less than the US President. The perfect recipe for a character for Jack Nicholson to portray!

Answer 4

Mars Attacks! No, I think it's got to be one of his earlier ones. Five Easy Pieces. No, As Good As It Gets. No, A Few Good Men. There's so many of them . . .

I liked As Good As It Gets because of the fantastic acting job and character development Nicholson portrays in that movie. That movie was Nicholson at his finest. Nice love story too.

Answer 5

I must agree with The Shining, as much because of Stanley Kubrick as Jack Nicholson.

Answer 6

A Few Good Men, because I couldn't handle the truth.
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. I love him in that movie, such an awesome and wonderful movie and great performances by all of the actors, especially Jack.

Answer 7

The Shining, no contest. It was suspenseful and frightening.I don't think Jack Nicholson has to do too much acting.LOL

Answer 8

GOIN' SOUTH (1978)
Jack Nicholson is such an over-the-top scoundrel in this! He's teamed up with Mary Steenburgen, whom he discovered (her film debut). And, he's backed by such great character actors as Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi (film debut), and Veronica Cartwright. The dialogue is a delight, and the situations are hilarious, from his fainting horse to his desperate attempts to find a woman who will wed him and save him from the gallows; from the chairs that must be hung on the wall to the "What's for supper?" that sends the chickens running and squawking.

I like Jack Nicholson in this because he doesn't seem to be trying to be the lead actor. He's part of an ensemble even if he's supposed to be the star. He's so amazingly scruffy in this role that, when he begins romancing, it seems unbelievable that he ever will win her heart although we know that that's inevitable. He simply pulls out all the stops in this uproarious Western.

The critics hated this, and the public didn't seem to care for it. But, my mom, who is no movie fan, never complains when we watch this again. My sister and brother-in-law also are fans, and we usually end up with a couple of quotes each visit. The Thanksgiving dinner that Mom placed apricot preserves on the table, ALL of us started laughing!

IMDB summary:
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him. Julia Tate needs a man to help her work her mine and marries him. The sheriff makes it very clear to Moon what the consequences of his leaving Julia will be. The two begin to try to form a relationship based on necessity in which they have nothing in common.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077621/

Here's a review from IMDB that shows that there are other fans out there:
If you've never seen this classic (or haven't seen it in a long time), not only will you laugh- you'll be surprised at all the familiar faces and how many of them have come to be matched in other movies through the years. Nicholson directs himself in this Western comedy. He is the perfect dolt, saved from the gallows by a squeak. His future "wife" (Mary Steenburgen) is the "straight-man" amid a host of wonderfully comic actors. It's a hilarious formula that works!
The connections are: Nicholson, Danny DeVito, and Christopher Lloyd were all in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". DeVito directed Nicholson in "Hoffa". Tracy Walter was Bob, one of Nicholson's henchmen in "Batman", was Tyrone Otley with Nicholson in "The Two Jakes", and was Ezra with Lucy Lee Flippen (Diane Haber in "Goin' South") in the Amazing Stories episode "Mummy Daddy". Jeff Morris was the owner of "Bob's Country Bunker", where the Blues Brothers (hence, John Belushi) performed behind chicken wire for a bar full of rowdy rednecks. Christopher Lloyd was with Mary Steenburgen in "Back to the Future III". Veronica Cartwright was Felicia Alden in "The Witches of Eastwick" with Nicholson.

Answer 9

One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest with the Shining and Easy Rider coming in close seconds.

Answer 10

Well, I like alot of his movies but I will have to say Batman. Why? Because the y couldn't have picked a better person to play the Joker.