This is my new favorite movie.
I have plenty of time to watch them now

What is yours?

whelennut

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

The ending was hilarious..

Great movie.

The entire movie is hilarious.

Outlaw Josey Wales. I can’t resist watching it when it comes on.

Has to be a classic. I've watched it three or four times.


The title is taken from the opening line of 20th-century Irish poet William Butler Yeats' poem "Sailing to Byzantium":[32]

That is no country for old men. The young
In one another's arms, birds in the trees
– Those dying generations – at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect

Watched that tonight.

The book is outstanding and the movie follows it almost perfectly...

Inglourious Basterds.

Jerimiah Joshnson

Sicario 2

I like both of them very much, i.e., that and No Country For Old Men.

Just finished watching The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, on Netflix, which is a long time favorite.

If you haven't already seen it, I recommend the newer version of True Grit, which had been free on Prime for a while, and might still be.

Wind River

Easily The Searchers, but then I’ve got dozens of “favorite” movies!
But if it was crappy outside, and all these different movies were on at the same time, I would watch The Searchers.
Duke at his best.
7mm

13 hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

and

Sicario (1)

Is Sicario II as good as the first one? It’s one of my favorites.

Yes.

Mine tend to change.

I found myself watching The Shootist a lot. A lot going on there. Great story line. At that point, John Wayne had been diagnosed with cancer in real life (which adds something to it for me). The beginning has a montage of older John Wayne flick scenes which suggests The Shootist is a “wrap up”. Then, of course, his final scene has him going out the only way the Duke could: With his boots on.

All that said, I’ve been watching the John Wick series lately. Good acting. Great choreography. Doesn’t insult by suggesting it’s realistic. Entertaining.

Rates near the top.

Harry Brown is good.

Big Trouble in Little China

This.

No Country For Old Men is outstanding. One of the few films that does the book justice. Even more so, it IMPROVED my enjoyment of the book having mental pictures of the characters in my mind’s eye, as I saw the film before reading the book. Then, I went back and watched the film immediately again, and it was even better for having read the book. A rare experience.

I like old movies. I'll usually do a search, say: Bogart movies, John Wayne movies or something like "Hemingway books made into movie.

Almost always find something worthwhile.

Lonesome Dove

No Country for Old Men is outstanding.

Pulp Fiction has been my favorite movie for many years, but the John Wick movies are excellent. No Country for Old Men is one I need to rewatch I liked it a lot.

The first weekend of this lockdown was gangster weekend for me and Godfathers 1&2 were excellent. Mobsters was ok. Scarface fantastic.

Last weekend was westerns and Once Upon A Time in the West, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly were excellent. The Shootist too.

This weekend was Bogart and The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca were outstanding; African Queen good as well.

Check out Jackie Brown, based on Elmore Leonard book. The Usual Suspects.Primal Fear. Jade is similar.LA Confidential. Anti hero triumphs for the most part. Magnificent Seven and the Charles Bronson stuff on the other hand.

One of the scariest movies yet.

Christmas Vacation is probably my favorite. Tommy Boy is a very close second.

I have a bunch of favorites. This is at or near the top. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

IMO no. The second one is good but the first is better....

IMO Day of the Soldado is better than Sicarrio. Significantly so. The first is definitely worth watching, but the second is better. The HALO drop and shootout alone is worth the price of admission and admission ain't cheap anymore.

Lots of favorites - NCFOM - well executed and the movie KNOWS how to lay out the suspense. Love this movie and book. Tommy Lee Jones is perfect in his role.

Most all the usual westerns are always on my list - Death Hunt, Rio Bravo, El Dorado, Commancheros, Sons of Katie Elder, Tombstone, Open Range etc.

I always like the bad boys series, the newest one was pretty damn good

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THIS

Big Trouble in Little China
Enter the Dragon
Red
Red 2

One of my favorite movies of all time.
Watched it dozens of times.

Have to agree

Same for All The Pretty Horses.

the quiet man. Wayne/Ohara

Agree

Same here. Sent me on a Cormac McCarthy reading binge. If you haven't read Blood Meridian, start today.

I like “ The Searchers”.

Forest Gump is very good too!

Pretty dark book

Cool part about the first is the scenery is dead on and the tunnel breach at the end is hypothetically 50 miles from my house...😁

Secondhand Lions

Hunt for Red October.
The Great Escape
Just to name a couple. Hasbeen

Disagree.



Agree.

The Proposition; an Australian western
The Beast. Russian tank lost in Afghanistan
Tracker

Charlies Country. not the best, but a look at modern aborigines

Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, We Were Soldiers Once, Sicario, Pulp Fiction, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.


mike r

Hence, why you like the 1st better..

13 Hours
Secondhand Lions
True Grit
Clint Eastwood westerns

Not in any order

What fresh hell is this?

Thanks for the poem.

Legends of the Fall
Quigley Down Under
Patton
Cowboys
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Shoot out at The OK Corral(Kurt Russel)
Once upon a time in the West
Serpico
Casino
Goodfellas
The Hustler

No. Thought the plot was much cleaner and the movie flowed better. That is simply an interesting side note.

Is this a conversation about favorite new movies or just favorite movies...or are some of y'all Civil War vets? lol

Did the ending of the book make any sense whatsoever because the ending of the movie didn't. Not to me anyway.

Excellent list. I’d add Cool Hand Luke to it though.

Whelenut & DeFlave: You have hit on two of my top ten all time favorite movies. Great entertainment and escapism in both.
I think I will get them back in the rotation myself.
The series I just finished last night "Man Hunt - The Eric Roberts/Richard Jewell Story" (the Atlanta Olympic Games bombing and aftermath) I really liked it.
I especially enjoyed the way the story was told - hard to believe some of the things that happened in the aftermath.
Its on "Spectrum" what ever that is.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
P.S. Saw on TV this morning that the NetFlix show/documentary "Tiger King" was viewed by 34,500,000 (thirty four million five hundred thousand!) people in the last 10 (ten!) days alone!
Wow.

Tombstone is probably my all time fave.

I remember Antietam like it was yesterday..

+2

Jackie Brown is an excellent choice.

If y'all are interested in movies you may have not seen, I went through my Top 100 IMDb list and picked a few out that I haven't heard mentioned on here much. I have no idea where you can get them, or if you can and they ain't new.

Bad Boys (1983) Sean Penn Not the one with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence

A Boy and His Dog (1975) Don Johnson

The Driver (1978) Ryan O'Neal

Flaming Star (1960) Elvis Presley...don't laugh. Probably Elvis' best acting performance.

The Hitcher (1986) Rutger Hauer

Hombre (1967) Paul Newman

Hud (1963) Paul Newman...Larry McMurtry wrote the book.

Johnny Handsome (1989) Mickey Rourke

The Last Picture Show (1971) Jeff Bridges

Near Dark (1987) Bill Paxton

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) James Coburn

Ride with the Devil (1989) Tobey Macguire

Romy and Michelle's Class Reunion (1997) Mira Sorvino

Streets of Fire (1984) Michael Pare'

Taxi Driver (1976) Robert DeNiro

Trespass (1992) Ice T

Winchester '73 (1950) Jimmy Stewart

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) Henry Fonda

Garden of Evil (1954) Gary Cooper

Major Dundee (1965) Charlton Heston

The Omega Man (1971) Charlton Heston

The Apaloosa (1966) Marlon Brando

One Eyed Jacks (1961) Marlon Brando

New Jack City (1991) Ice T

Clerks (1994) Brian O'Halloran

To Live and Die in LA (1985) William Peterson

Red Sun (1971) Charles Bronson

Cape Fear (1962) Gregory Peck

The Last Man on Earth (1964) Vincent Price

Repo Man (1984) Emilio Estevez

The Hot Spot (1990) Don Johnson

In Broad Daylight (1991) Brian Dennehy

The Exterminator (1980) Robert Ginty

The Corndog Man (1999) Noble Willingham

Oh crap I forgot Nacho Libre that’s one of the greatest.

Napoleon Dynamite too...

Cormac McCarthy is supposedly an excellent writer. His books are darkly poetic but nonsensical to many folks. If you didn't enjoy that one, you probably wouldn't enjoy a lot of his other works. I would not describe the movie as making no sense and it just ended. Many including me, didn't like the ending because we were rooting for the protagonist. That the killer got his wife after-the-fact rubbed salt in the wound.

Kelly's Heroes is widely loved on here. The original or alternative ending had them get away in a plane, to Switzerland but also had the pilot or co-pilot accidentally open the back of the plane or the bomb-bay or something and lose all the gold. Similar and also dark although not as much so as No Country for Old Men.

Another contender is Snatch with Brad Pitt and Jason Statham.

I didn't make that one. I was taken prisoner in New Orleans and forced to cook for Spoons Butler.

Great movie.

That must've been the remake of the one I skipped school in 7th grade for. The original had Seka and LD Silver.

🤣

Old School is funny as h.ell

Red Dawn, For what's happening today. Be Well, Rustyzipper.

Snatch
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels

Guy Ritchie does great flicks.

Oh man the karate scene is kick ass

I am sure that it varies from day to day. Today it is "Second-Hand Lions".

Then you must have also liked Snatch?

Can’t believe “Snatch” is already 20 years old.

I love movies that are funny while still maintaining a plot and leaving you in some level of suspense. These type of movies never get old and seem to entertain a wide range of people.

On top of the others I listed, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and The Hangover seem to fall into this category.

Just the way I like my pornos..

Love Snatch. I actually bought that one..

I know.. I know..

Wah?? You're kidding.

I had forgotten about Snatch, Pikeys finally get their well earned respect.



mike r

"Es fer me mah"

part of "No Country for old Men" was adapted from an old movie from 1957 "The Seventh Seal" , the coin tossing vs the chess game and a few other scenes.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre was on over the weekend. Great Bogart movie!

Joe Dirt, Dumb and Dumber.

One of the best ever

Tombstone
The Searchers
Quigley Down Under
Mountain Men with Charlton Heston & Bryan Keith
Jeremiah Johnson
Last of The Mohicans
Legends Of The Fall
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Red River
The Cowboys
Lonesome Dove
Anything with Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, or Jimmy Stewart.

badges? we don need no stinking badges!

I watched “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance” for 1st time last month. It’s worth watching for sure . Pretty good

”There Will Be Blood”.Excellent movie!

All: Speaking of movies - I have the fight scene from the dingy movie "The Boss" on my favorite places and will try to link it here.
This short 3 minute video is a scene from mid-movie in which two rival girl scout troops are at odds over who gets to sell cookies in a rich neighborhood.
I howl with laughter every time I watch it.
It is worth watching and the whole movie is so-so at best but the fight scene makes it worth it to me.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG_G5waoSeo

I hope it works - I am in the mood for MOVIES!
Come on Tom Cruise "Top Gun II"!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

yep it sur eis

Deerstalker: That line from the 1948 movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madres" is #36 (thirty six) in the American Film Institutes 100 All Time Leading Movie Quotes!
I can't imagine what number one is?

"Badges, we don't need no stinkin badges"! I have actually spewed that line in real life a time or two myself.
Don't ask.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

the 2nd best time it was used was in Blazing Saddles!
I have used the line a time or two myself. usually with a baton in hand!

Yes, I am easily amused these days...

John

Some great ones listed but I don't think anyone has mentioned "Man On Fire" with Denzel. Great flick.


For funny try "Drop Dead Gorgeous" from 1999. Kirsten Dunst and Denise Richards. Stupid Funny. My favorite line "We're going to use the money to get mamma a proper headstone ... and move her down to the cemetery."

Man on Fire is good.

For another modern western set in the SW try The Three Burials of Miguel Estrada

Classic western?

Red River.

Josey Wales was good but sadly Sandra Locke was in it, she was not a very good actress and brought down any film she was in.

Osky

The Hunt for Red October is my all time favorite.

ZeroZeroZero. Mix between Narcos Mexico and Gomorrah (Italian mafia) with some American smugglers thrown in. Plot pivots between 3 global locations, hopping back and forth between episodes. Complete with Gomorrah type music.

I think so as well. But I think it would be harder to understand if you haven't seen the first one. I liked them both a LOT, and went to see them twice.

I would have to say that at least close to my favorite would have to be Man On Fire, with Denzel Washington.

If I could only have one movie it would probably be “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, George Kennedy 1974. Saw it at a drive-in, made an impression on me as a kid.

Exactly, Too bad the book 'Point of Impact' and movie 'Shooter' did not do the same. That had potential to be awesome, ended up ok.

The Wild Bunch.

Greatest sports movie - who can forget Caddyshack.

and greatest non fiction movies, who can forget Airplane

finally, greatest western - Blazing Saddles

Miracle (not magic as originally posted in stupidity) story of the 1980 Olympic hockey team.

Kurt Russell did a great job I thought.

Donnie Darko...the directors cut.

Also liked the Tim Burton animated film The Corpse Bride.

As a kid, the scene where the chick is standing nekkid at the sliding glass door with her bush in full display indeed left a lasting impression...🤣

I sat down and watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood fully expecting to shut it off as soon as the social justice bs came on. I was pleasantly surprised and have watched it twice now. Good movie and script.

All the classics already listed but I'll always sit down to watch Ronin again. Great movie.



EthanEdwards you have a good eye. Great movie. Nobody can sneer like a young Brando. Karl Malden is great too. Only reason I've seen that obscure movie (more than once) is because I inherited some old box set of classic westerns on dvd. Watch them at the off the grid cabin.

It’s called Miracle.

But yes, great movie.

Based upon events in the life of John Glanton, #2 man under Jack Hays when the Texas Rangers went into Mexico.

If you enjoyed this, you will love "Hell or High Water". It appears to be just another bank robbery film by a couple of Texas cowboys, but you soon start to relealize every thing that happens is important to the entire film. It stars Jeff Bridges as a Texas Ranger about to retire and Gil Birmingham as his Indian-Mexican sidekick. The amount of grief that Bridges puts Birmingham thru is hilarious if you like off color, entirely non-politically correct humor. I watch it at least once a year, one of Bridges best roles in my opinion.

Some great movies here.

For motivation once in a while I'll watch that Viking epic "The Thirteenth Warrior" for the positive thinking in the whole thing,

"Ride With the Devil" about Missouri irregulars in the War of Secession never gets old either.

Along the same lines, the 1992 edition of "Last of the Mohicans" is pure escapist fare too

It’s called Miracle.

But yes, great movie.[/quote

Thanks. I just came back to correct that. You beat me to it.

Go in peace my friend.

The casting was just perfect, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody, Anton, even small characters like the wife, the hotel desk lady, the gas station guy calling the coin toss, even the guy selling tent poles!

A couple other favorites I didn't see listed:

Aliens
Hoosiers
Shawshank
Captain Ron
Fugitive
Hateful 8

Pollock.

Once upon a time in Hollywood was a most pleasant surprise. I really didn’t expect it to be so good. Most of the others mentioned are just as good as well. Another favorite I didn’t see here is “There Will Be Blood”. Daniel Day Lewis was incredible in that movie.

Conan the Barbarian 1982... not the ridiculous remake

I agree with this as well.

My brother, son, and I have entire conversations using nothing but quotes from that movie.

300
Primal Fear might be the best B movie ever. I watched it today while on the treadmill and laughed way more than I should’ve.

12 O'clock High

Fargo

Lawrence of Arabia

Dances with Wolves

The Beast (mentioned above)

Finest Hour

The Longest Day

Rob Roy is another good one.

Same thing with Mel Gibson’s recent but generally overlooked “Blood Father” wherein Mel plays a former Outlaw Biker recently released from prison where he is contacted by his estranged daughter.

Funny thing is the scary tattooed Sicario assassin in that movie, the same guy that played the lead bad guy in “Apocalypto”, is actually a profession dancer, there’s photos of him all neatly dressed holding his pet yorkie. Dunno what team he’s on.

Rob Roy is one of a handful of movies I'll not watch a second time. Gets me too fired up. Gotta tell myself it's just a movie. I sure wanted to climb through the screen and choke that fancy boy. Maybe a second viewing wouldn't get me so charged, but not sure my BP would take it.

Chinatown
Man on Fire

My favorite ending to a movie ever

If you like No Country for Old Men, and Sicario type movies, try "The Three Burials of Melquiada Estrada"....

Didn't read the entire thread, but for the love of Jesus, please tell me "The Big Lebowski" was at least mentioned in passing?

True Romance, Usual Suspects, Midnight in the garden of good and evil....

If you haven't seen it, "Hold the Dark" is one of my new favorites on Netflix and you need to watch it twice to catch everything. The scene where the native guy unleashes the M60 on a tripod on the cops is badass!

I almost missed it at the box office because I ain’t a big Tarantino fan, the Hawkeye posted on it here and I just caught it on the big screen. Great movie, I’d se it again in a heartbeat.

I was referring to There Will Be Blood.

But Once Upon a Time is my current favorite movie.

That is a great movie, Tommy Lee Jones & Barry Pepper were at their best.

That movie flat fugking sucks.

If you want a mind blower, listen to any interview with Kelly Macdonald, the young lady who plays Llewelyn Moss's wife in NCFOM.
She is Scottish and has a very thick accent but nails the West Texas twang in the movie. What a contrast.

One of the best that hasn't been mentioned. Y'all are skipping over some great scary movies.

Another great scary movie.

Another.

I do not have much suspended disbelief.
I fell asleep at the theater watching the Exorcist.

But I got scared watching;
1) Deliverance
2) the Shining


They were about being attacked by some nut ...THAT was plausible.

One more great scary movie.

The Thing and Alien/Aliens and Predator are all great movies. Can’t watch them too many times.

Same for Night of the Living Dead.

Extreme Prejudice

Like the movie and liked the script. I read scripts.....
Just ordered the book
Thanks.

Greatest car chase movies:

The Blues Brothers
The French Connection
The Duel
The Road Warrior
Bullitt

My personal favorite: The Road Warrior.

I try to sneak that last one in every once in awhile for my wife if I have control.

She must know the opening really well, as she catches me every time.

She hates zombies, scientifically trained as she is, knowing that they aren't real, she just hates zombie flicks.

Snow is falling in a gusting wind........

The script is great too.

Couldn’t wait for the book so rereading the script.

Tombstone is a favorite.

Strange Brew

Dawn of the Dead is probably my favorite zombie movie.

Go to a Walmart anyplace in the south or midwest the day they put money on the EBT's and tell me zombies ain't real.

As far as old school zombie movies...it's pretty hard to beat. The Last Man on Earth is awesome also.

Oh man, I watched that when it came out on VHS. We must've been drunk off our asses 'cause a couple years back I rented it and was like "wtf?". lolol

Yes! Mucho better than the Will Smith version.

Add Ronin......

Yep, Ronin was a great car chase movie. Forgot about that one.

The old man's gotta be the old man. The fish's gotta be the fish"









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attack of the killer tomatoes!

"I thought that you were retired?..."









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Anyone seen the original
Man on Fire.......with Scott Glenn

Gimme some quarters will ya, I’m gonna have chogglate mirlk.

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Don't forget a couple of black and white classics:

Sergeant York and Sands of Iwo Jima.

I feel that way about “Easy Rider”, plays like a comedy today.

"Take me to the brewery"
"No way man, I'm taking you to the loony bin"


"I'd kiss you but I got puke breath"

‘Nother iconic movie The soundtrack is a classic. Here’s Rocky’s grand entrance. The guy who plays Riff Raff the butler wrote the whole thing. That same guy is still alive and recently royally PO’d the alphabet community when he said tranny’s aren’t real women.

Anyone recall the Charlton Heston/Ricard Boone flick “The Warlord”?

Heston plays an aging Norman knight.

Historically accurate, great plot, great combat scenes.

Friggin’ awesome.

I have to agree with Travis. Once upon a time in Hollywood is a great movie. Leo and Brad both played good parts. Cliff the stuntman giving azz holes that needed it the beat down. Great sound track. Too bad the Manson attack didn't really work out the way it did in the movie.

Ron

I agree, and thought it was a very good movie. Even if the premise for the plot was a little thin.

Forgot about this one, the strength of the movie is it’s accurate portrayal of the setting.

Don't disagree.

Night of the Living Dead isn’t about zombies.

It’s about people.

All movies have been [bleep] since the 90's. \

Last good one was Stagecoach

Yes.

Zombies are people too.

ZLM!


OH, my wife wouldn't care if it was a movie about adorable puppy dogs and beautiful hummingbirds. Has one Zombified human in it, even a zombie cat, she'd hate it.

Be patient, the newer stuff will get up to the Hi Line eventually.