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CWFoster Offline
#51 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 12:04 PM EST
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Lots of good ones here, I'll see if I can rattle off a few:
The Eiger Sanction- Clint Eastwood
Eldorado- John Wayne
They Live- Rowdy Roddy Piper
The Bedford Incident- Richard Widmark, Sydney Poitier, and Wally Cox
Slingblade
I can't think of the name of the one that had Eastwood, Garner, Donald Sutherland, and Tommy Lee Jones in it, but it was great!
In Harms Way
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
Pearl Harbor- I don't care about the love story in it, the facts were accurate, and the effects were awsome!
Heavens Gate-the uncut version
CWFoster Offline
#52 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 12:04 PM EST
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forgot The Highlander, the directors cut!
65gtoman Offline
#53 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 12:31 PM EST
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The Man Who Would Be King. 1975

Sean Connery and Michael Caine who play freemasons

This film could easily have been classified under the adventure category but for the simply superb and witty dialogue between the two main characters (played by Sean Connery and Michael Caine). This film version does Rudyard Kipling proud in its portrayal of two wily British soldiers who are intent on travelling to one of the most inhospitable places on earth in order to claim a kingdom for themselves.
Charlie Offline
#54 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 2:40 PM EST
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You guys are naming a lot of "classics", but that is ok by me as most of the favorites on my list are film noir, hard boiled thrillers such as:
Double Indemnity
The Big Sleep
The Killing
The Third Man
Maltese Falcon

I could go on and on, but you should get the drift!

Charlie

PS A modern version of the above would be Mel Gibson in Payback!
djheater Offline
#55 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 2:49 PM EST
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charlie, you're making me think of all the Dashiell Hammet films

The glass Key
The thin man

It all depends on your definition of classic. Let's say it's not a classic if it's not recognized by the majority, whether or not film buffs think it is one.

Another favorite:

The Manchurian Candidate
CWFoster Offline
#56 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 3:23 PM EST
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Good one GTO, I LOVED "The Man Who Would Be King" another one that reminded me of was "The Wind and The Lion" also starring Sean Connery as the Rizouli, and Brian Keith as Theodore Roosevelt!
E-Chick Offline
#57 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 3:27 PM EST
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Phantasm...
JonR Offline
#58 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 4:29 PM EST
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I Am Curious Yellow... 1967. First Porno movie that was shown in a legitimate theater ( at least in Philadelphia ), umh er some one told me about it, er yeah that's the ticket. LOL JonR
Liz62803 Offline
#59 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 4:40 PM EST
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***not in any particular order just when I remembered them LOL***

Tombstone
Usual Suspects
Willow
Princess Bride
Beetlejuice
Lost Boys
Fright Night
Toy Soldiers
Universal Soldier
Steel Magnolias
Interview With The Vampire
Secret of the NIMH
Fried Green Tomatoes
Salem's Lot
The Stand
IT
Blade
Con Air
City of Angels


**sorry have to add some classics****
Casablanca
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
***drum roll (my all time fav classic movie and all time fave all around ****

GONE WITH THE WIND!!!!
pabloescabar Offline
#60 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 5:07 PM EST
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STARGATE, on LSD...
smelly4tay Offline
#61 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 5:18 PM EST
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Liz...that's cheating. LOL

-Natural Born Killers
-Miller's Crossing
-Dark Crystal
-Tao of Steve
-The Cell
-Blazing Saddles
-Parenthood
-Magnolia
-Boogie Nights
-Royal Tanenbaums
-Snatch (been said)
-All Lord of Rings
-Blow
-Patriot Games
-The Mission (Deniro.....Amazing!)
-Last of the Mohicans
-Pet Cemetary
-All the "Chucky" horror movies! LMAO
-and I could keep reading my DVD collection off, but you guys would probably get pissed.

Dave
smelly4tay Offline
#62 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 5:20 PM EST
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Comedy:
-Meet the Parents
-Anger Management
-All Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder flicks
Cavallo Offline
#63 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 5:20 PM EST
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ooooooookay. just had to think of a few more:

TRILOGY: the godfather series

WEIRD BUT DEEP AND VERY GOOD
blue velvet (filmed here in wilmington)
brazil
blade runner
sleepers
little voice
women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (wife's fave)

BAD BUT GREAT
warriors
corn dog man

JUST PLAIN GOOD
the monsters ball
traffic
welcome to the dollhouse
the usual suspects
road to perdition
american beauty
go!
200 cigarettes
lock stock and 2 smoking barrels

SECRETLY SNIFFLED AT
truly madly deeply (it's also a damned fine comedy)

COMEDY
o brother where art thou
history of the world part I
better off dead ("i want my two dollars!")
16 candles (still funny)

HORROR
the evil dead -- i'll never look at trees the same!
phantasm!! ("BOOOOY...!!")
dz130 Offline
#64 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 5:54 PM EST
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Blade Runner-the original theater cut with the Harrison Ford monologue
Not necessarily in order:
Pulp Fiction
Bringing Out The Dead-Nick Cage as a NY paramedic (if I wasn't working as one in Cleveland, I would have never believed any of it)
Red Rock West
That's all I can think of right now.

Doug
sadpygmy Offline
#65 Posted: Sat, Jan 31 2004, 7:30 PM EST
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Dr. Strangelove
Sweet and Lowdown
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Office Space
U turn
State of Grace
Go!
Swingers
Charlie Offline
#66 Posted: Sun, Feb 1 2004, 6:27 AM EST
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Ok, here goes Classic Film Noir, Remade film noir and others:
Out of the Past
Touch of Evil
Double Indemnity
DOA
The Blue Dahlia
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Killing
Narrow Margin
Sunset Boulevard
Kiss of Death
Farewell My Lovely
Kiss Me Deadly
High Sierra
The Enforcer
Night and the City

Modern day ones:

Red Rock West
Payback
Resoviour Dogs
Pulp Fiction

Charlie

drnos Offline
#67 Posted: Sun, Feb 1 2004, 11:06 AM EST
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OK, besides The Big Lebowski: Drowning Mona. Love them Yugos...
rlr68 Offline
#68 Posted: Sun, Feb 1 2004, 8:17 PM EST
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A Few Good Men
Office Space
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man


Rick
Omaha
Cavallo Offline
#69 Posted: Sun, Feb 1 2004, 11:26 PM EST
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ah, i see someone mentioned Smoke Signals -- another excellent movie. *nod nod*

couple more i forgot to mention:

Birdy
Six Degrees of Separation
A Christmas Story ("you'll shoot your eye out!"
The Deer Hunter

and what was that movie with a young timothy hutton as a suicidal high schooler... mary tyler moore was his mom, and donald sutherland his dad... can't think of the title for the life of me, but i loved that one, too.

antonio
Cavallo Offline
#70 Posted: Sun, Feb 1 2004, 11:27 PM EST
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argh! also...

Le Vita e Bella (Life Is Beautiful)
calavera Offline
#71 Posted: Mon, Feb 2 2004, 3:45 AM EST
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Favorite movie of all time:
Blue Velvet. What will really make it creepy for you is when you see a picture of David Lynch. Suit, tie, nice haircut, very conservative.

Road Warrior
Unforgiven
Usual Suspects
Hardware (what the future will really look like)
Coup de Torchon (mostly because it came from a kick ass book)
Star Trek II
Jaws
Office Space (the only comedy that I can watch over and over again)


J
calavera Offline
#72 Posted: Mon, Feb 2 2004, 3:46 AM EST
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Nice marmot,man.

The dude
65gtoman Offline
#73 Posted: Mon, Feb 2 2004, 4:05 AM EST
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Nostradamus 1994-Tcheky Karyo

its only on vhs...
AJ_CHICAGO Offline
#74 Posted: Mon, Feb 2 2004, 10:10 AM EST
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Ooooo ya, Liz. Fright Night was great. Now you've got me thinking "horror, thrillers":
Nightmare on Elm Street
Pumpkinhead
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Halloween
...more
Terminator
Deliverance
Gettysburg
I'm gonna start a new thread.
Liz62803 Offline
#75 Posted: Mon, Feb 2 2004, 11:32 AM EST
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Terminator 2 (the best of the three IMHO - 3 sucked blech)
Tomb Raider - Cradle of Life
Mrs Doubtfire
The Goonies
Ghost
The Outsiders
Silkwood
Places In The Heart
Sophie's Choice
Silence of the Lambs
Nell

how bout some cartoons LOL
Finding Nemo
Beauty & The Beast
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Lady & The Tramp
101 Dalmation (animated version)
Alladin
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Ice Age
Snow White
Bambi
Jungle Book
Alice In Wonderland
Fern Gully
The Aristocats
castlewa Offline
#76 Posted: Mon, Feb 2 2004, 8:34 PM EST
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Dune
12 Monkeys
Aliens

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Liz62803 Offline
#77 Posted: Tue, Feb 3 2004, 4:44 AM EST
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omg! I LOVE Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory! hehe I have the song Pure Imagination on my winamp on my computer!

ok for the big cult classic
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW!!!!

Let's Do The Time Warp Again! hehe
Sonny_LSU Offline
#78 Posted: Tue, Feb 3 2004, 4:46 AM EST
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clerks....36?!

Enter The Dragon
passion268 Offline
#79 Posted: Tue, Feb 3 2004, 2:05 PM EST
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Life As A House

an incredibly well written movie with some great performances
jgjam Offline
#80 Posted: Tue, Feb 3 2004, 4:42 PM EST
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A couple more that I didn't see mentioned...

Get Shorty
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
captainfudgie Offline
#81 Posted: Thu, Feb 5 2004, 3:06 PM EST
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I would have to say my favorite non-blockbuster movie would be "Groundhog Day"

A small movie I really like that nobody seems to have seen is "Defending Your Life" w/ Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep.
pabloescabar Offline
#82 Posted: Thu, Feb 5 2004, 9:12 PM EST
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Total recall on acid
Charlie Offline
#83 Posted: Fri, Feb 6 2004, 6:49 AM EST
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Yeah, forgotten earlier:

Get Shorty
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
The Hi Lo Country

Charlie
echo4alpha Offline
#84 Posted: Fri, Feb 6 2004, 10:18 AM EST
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Gardens of Stone - can make a grown man cry
dbguru Offline
#85 Posted: Fri, Feb 6 2004, 11:44 AM EST
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It's so much easer for me to consider a favorite in a certain catagory than an all around favorite.

I still have a deep love for the Indiana Jones Trilogy for pure excitement and entertainment.

Because I love classical music, Amadaeus will always my artsy favorite.

In Sci-Fi, I still consider Return of the Jedi my favorite.

Sound of Music was my chldhood favorite and the best musical ever.

Schindler's List was the most deeply thoughy provoking film for me ever and the best historical film.

On the other side of provokation, Insatiable with Marilyn Chambers is my porn classic favorite. A close second is some of the old Russ Meyer stuff, a nice combo of funny and titilating.

Finally in other sports, I just loved Sea Biscuit this year and sincerely hope its the Oscar Darkhorse.

DB
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