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A lot of good movies here that I like as well, but no one's list I completely agreed with, as no one will with mine!
Most John Wayne movies.
Most Clint Eastwood movies
Most Jimmy Stewart movies
Most Cary Grant movies
The Princess Bride
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming!
Mr. Roberts
The Road to Morocco
The Gray Fox
Raising Arizona
The Pink Panther
Blazing Saddles
Saving Private Ryan
Gone With the Wind
The Man Who Would Be King
Lonesome Dove
No Country For Old Men
The first Indiana Jones movie (senior moment here...)
Smoke Signals
Gallipoli
...and I'm sure there are others I like even better...depending upon the mood...
I checked the archives and there are a number of "best" or "your favorite" threads.....but I wanted to add a thread that follows these rules.....
Any genre, any type of movie.
No particular order, just a list of your favorites.
Because of my 61 years on this planet my list tends to be more classic flick oriented. With a younger audience browsing this post there will be films that folks are just not familiar with. I feel that my list is good and true film fans will find pleasure in just about all of my selections. I have most of these movies on VHS or DVD and I watch them often.
I look forward to seeing your list. (And your comments, if you chose to include them.)
The Bear's Favorite Movies All That Jazz (The final seconds of the movie are so good.) North By Northwest (Hitchcock at his best.) Grand Canyon (A testament to how good people can be.) Anatomy of a Murder (May be the best courtroom drama ever.) The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (A classic and intelligent monster flick) American Beauty (Superb study of the final year of a man's life.) Angels With Dirty Faces (James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, classic gangster flick. The last few minutes are dynamite.) Carrie (Best-ever Stephen King novel turned into a movie. Sissy Spacek, so good.) It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (A wonderful movie. Car chase scenes before they were mandatory.) Doctor Zhivago (Romantic and broad, and Julie Christie.....yum) Good Neighbor Sam (Fun Jack Lemmon movie.) Dr. Strangelove (Classic black comedy. No fighting in the War Room!) Body Heat (One of the most sensual movies I ever watched.) The Best Years Of Our Lives (Best-ever treatment of soldiers returning home.) It Happened To Jane (Fun movie that has town hall meeting government, lobsters, and trains.) City For Conquest (James Cagney is a prizefighter who loses his vision. You will cry at the end.) Fail Safe (Excellent view of a an accidental nuclear attack.) It's A Wonderful Life (Still one of my all-time favorites.) Little Children (Downright scary, sexy, and thought-provoking.) Maria Full Of Grace (Pregnant teen is a carrier of coke, in her stomach.) Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Wonderful political and human drama.) The Deer Hunter (Best-ever study of male friendship.) Picnic (The dance scene makes me shudder. So sensual.) Woodstock (Great rock and roll in a superb documentary.) West Side Story (Jets are gonna win, tonight! Great stuff.) Lord of the Rings (All 3 flicks.....great treatment of a broad and complex story.) Thirteen Days (Super treatment of JFK's little incident with Cuba.) Run Silent, Run Deep (Excellent submarine movie.) Dog Day Afternoon (Al Pacino is super.....and manic.) The Godfather (Both movies, so good, so strong. Violence that is real.) Once Upon A Time In America (Rent the long version. A superb study of Jewish gangsters.) Seven Days In May (In our current political climate I keep thinking of this great movie.) All The President's Men (Wonderful study of the Watergate incident and the reporters who trenched the story out.) White Heat ("Top of the world, Ma!")
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Bear
I love some of your older, classic picks. I'd like to add: "My Man Godfrey", "The Thin Man", "The Wizard Of Oz", "King's Row" and "Miracle Of Morgan's Creek" off the top of my head. Newer movies: "Were The World Mine", "Get Real" and "Beautiful Thing" to name a few.
Bear those are great movies i really enjoy the classic also
inherit the wind (tracy)
the petrified forest (bogart)
the westener (cooper)
mr hulot holiday (tati)
la strada(quinn masina)
nights of cabria (masina)
all marx brothers
elmer the great(joe e brown)
Most all john ford movies
stagecoach etc
the third man
foreign correspondent
The Talented Mr. Ripley......
Leon the Professional...... THIS IS JUST A FEW, I COULD GO ON AND ON
Scarlett Letter..........
Interview with a Vampire......
Housesitter........
What about Bob.......
Harry Potter movies..
Crash...
Diary of Bridget Jones.....
The Fockers
Meet the Parents
A Star is born
The way we were
Anything Striesand
ET...
Exorcist....
I feel that my list is good and true film fans will find pleasure in just about all of my selections.
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (A classic and intelligent monster flick) American Beauty (Superb study of the final year of a man's life.)
Carrie (Best-ever Stephen King novel turned into a movie. Sissy Spacek, so good.)
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Bear
Not bad, but to say True film fans will find pleasure in your selections is going a bit far. There are many types of film fans, I'm a "true" film fan but would not expect others to agree that my selections are superior. At any rate here's a few of mine:
*in no order and it's only a few i would be here for years typing all my faves*
Creepshow
Evil Dead series
Halloween Series (minus RZ's terrible attempts)
Friday the 13th Series
All George Romero films
All Lucio Fulci films (rip)
All Dario Argento films
Funny Games
Dead Alive
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
Trick r Treat
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
Pieces
The Hills Have Eyes
The Burbs
One Flew Over the Cucoos Nest
The Shining
Class of 1984
Clockwork Orange
Soylent Green
Disorderlies
Devils Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses (RZ's good work)
Terms of Endearment
The Jesse Stone series
Goodfellas
Funeral Home
Motel Hell
Nightmare Before Christmas
Salo
Fearless Vampire Killers AKA: Excuse me, your teeth are in my neck.
Honeymoon Killers
Free Money
Throw Mama From the Train
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Midnight Meat Train
The Birds
Frenzy
Star Wars ep. IV & V
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Star Trek II (KAAAAAHN!!!!!!)
The Matrix
All three LOTR movies
Aliens
Fugitive
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Saving Pvt Ryan
Patton
12 O'clock High
Sands of Iwo Jima
A Bridge Too Far
Hamburger Hill
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Airplane
History of the World Part 1
Blazing Saddles
Officer and a Gentleman
When Harry met Sally
Fiddler on the Roof
Chicago
Sound of Music
Godfather I & II
Jaws
There are many movies I have seen in the years that I loved. Some are:
Used People
The Piano
Baghdad cafè
La vita è Bella
El viaje de Carol
Mediterraneo
Cinema Paradiso
Mar Adentro
The Remains of the Day
Blade Runner
Lady Hawk
City of God
Como Agua para Chocolate
This is just a start. I am sure that many more movies will come to mind in the course of the week.
Crash
The Godfather
The Godfather part II
12 Angry Men
Paths of Glory
Legends of the Fall
Doctor Zhivago
The Fiddler on the Roof
It's hard to choose all the movies are goods
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Adding In A Few More.....
all the movies are goods
