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Some of my favorites in to particular order...
Godfather I & II
The Sting
The Sand Pebbles
The Great Escape
Kellys Heros
The Alamo
Raders of the Lost Ark
Casino
The Malteese Falcon
Anatomy of a Murder
Patton
Ledgens of the Fall
A River Runs Through it
James Bond(pretty much all of them)
The Hunt for Red October
Slap Shot
The Deer Hunter
"Good tings come to dose who shoots straight." Alphonse Soady
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Patton, one of the classic's
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1.Last of the Mohegans (with DD Lewis)
2.Tombstone
3.The Best Years of Our Lives
This is an old black and white film from immediately after WW2. I think all of us veterans should watch it about once a year: on Memorial Day.
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Gotta be Jaws. Just the first one, the rest are pretty lousy. Ravenous and the Outlaw Josey Whales probably round out the top 3.
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Some I'd consider my top choices:
Lonesome Dove
Tombstone
Bogart movies
John Wayne movies
Charlie Chaplin movies
I usually appreciate the acting of Gene Hackman, Robert Duval, Val Kilmer, some Eastwood
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Return of the man from snowy river
Quigly down under
Lonesome Dove
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I am sure with some more thought I could add some, but
Shawshank Redemption.. My pick for the greatest picture ever made
True Grit
Saving Private Ryan
The Wind and the Lion
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Way too many to pick one...
Walking Tall (original and remake both)
Deliverence
The Outlaw Josey Wales
High Plains Drifter
Smokey and the Bandit
Convoy
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
True Grit
Rooster Cogburn
The Shootist
Fast Five(watching as I type this on HBO)
W.W. and the Dixie Dance Kings
The Wrestler
Gran Torino
and prolly one of the stupidest movies ever made but I love it...Joe Dirt
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If it sounds good, you'll hear it
If it's marketed right, you'll buy it
But...If it's real, you'll feel it
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True Grit
Searchers
Lonesome Dove
The Wind and The Lion
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Bothered me all night that I didn't include this:
Cosmic children
Should give EricM some grins.
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Last of the Mohicans
Honorable mention goes to:
Green Berets
Dirty Harry (many of the Clint Eastwood movies)
An Officer and a Gentleman (saw with wife on first date)
Quigley Down Under (all of the Tom Selleck westerns)
We Were Soldiers
Open Range
For something funny: Major Payne
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GotAmmo: I am so glad your post reminded me of the movie I so absolutely and thoroughly enjoyed.
"Heat"!
I would add this movie to my all time favorites list and put it near the top of my now "Top Eleven" list.
What an incredible and incredibly well made movie.
After spending 29 years in LE in a large west coast metropolitan city I can relate to just about every character (good and bad), every scenario and every interaction of characters in that movie!
I think both Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro gave THE best performances of their careers in this wonderful movie - I literally get lost in it.
The scene where Pacino and DeNiros characters have "a talk" over coffee is just awe inspiring - acting at its absolute best.
I had the same talk with about two dozen criminals during my career - although my talks were not with classey criminals - they were with bikers, Black Panthers, SDS types, drug dealers, Cuban criminals, pimps and the like.
None of whom took my lame attempts at setting them straight to heart - and most all of them ended up in the "walls" (Walla Walla State Prison).
The main shoot out scene in "Heat" actually makes my crotch area sweat.
The movie is also directed without flaw - IMO.
Thanks again for reminding me of my oversight.
Hold into the wind
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You probably also like "Ronin" then.
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I like your guys taste in movies, a few of my favorites are:
Blazing Saddles
Animal House
Pale Rider
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Quigley down Under
Gran Torino
Das Boat
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Heat is a good one, kind of forgot about it
Lonesome Dove
God Fathers 1 & 2
Lord of the Rings movies, looking forward to the Hobbit
Sam Elliot & Tom Selleck Westerns
Shawshank Redemption
Don't really classify as movies, but "Band of Brothers" and "Game of Thrones"
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The Cowboys...a favorite John Wayne
Gran Torino
Aliens
Princess Bride
Once Upon A Time In The West
Groundhog Day
To Kill A Mockingbird
Taken
Big Trouble In Little China
To name but a few!
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Holy cow! 6 pages of "favorite movies", including everything from Joe Dirt to Blazing Saddles, and nobody has said:
Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Wow.
And since nobody else seems to be stopping at just one either, add
the original Star Wars trilogy
Where Eagles Dare
The Jason Bourne trilogy
And no, they aren't movies, but LOST, Firefly, and the new Battlestar Gallactica series.
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