Movies You Can't Keep From Watching!!!

[seagiant]

Hi,
I saw this on another forum and thought I would ask here! I always thought the movies from the 50 and 60's were the best but??? Here is a few I will watch time and time again!

1- Gone With The Wind
2- Ben Hur
3- Kelly's Heroes
4- All of Sergio Leonie Films
5- The Wind and the Lion
6- Blade Runner
7- The Wild Bunch
8- Breaker Morant
9-The Taming of the Shrew (Burton and Taylor)
10- The Searchers

[kodiak1]

Dances with Wolvwes.
Unforgiven.
Grand Torino.
Pretty much anything with Clint Eastwood.
True Grit with John Wayne.
Pretty much everything with the Duke.

Harlem Nights and Eddie Murphy Stuff.


Ken.

[John Allen]

Jermiah Johnson

[Ickisrulz]

Jaws.

[dsbock]

Most of the movies listed above.
Anything with Humphrey Bogart
Blazing Saddles

David

[seagiant]

Jermiah Johnson

+1 so true!

[Pb Burner]

And........Quigley Down Under,,,, Open Range,,,, Broken Trail(mini series?)

[baker1425]

unforgiven
outlaw Josey wales
dirty dozen
sand pebbles
omega man/I am legend
chronicles of riddick
patton

[300winmag]

Old Yeller 1957
Blind Fury
Big Jake
Charle's Bronson- The Mechanic

[Cane_man]

Saving Private Ryan, even tho matt damon is a doofus

[seagiant]

Saving Private Ryan, even tho matt damon is a doofus

Hi,
Excellent movie!

[MT Gianni]

Blues Brothers
Rio Bravo
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Jeremiah Johnson
The hunt for Red October
The Maltese Falcon
The last 20 minutes of A few Good Men
The Usual Suspects
The Horsemen from 1971 is one I searched for a long time.
Kelly's Heros

[Swamp Man]

Well not a movie but the HBO sires Deadwood. I have all 3 season on DVD.

[texassako]

Leon: The Professional
The Shawshank Redemption
Caddyshack
Gladiator
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
I think every decade has some good ones.

[km101]

Lonesome Dove

Open Range

Shawshank Redemption

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Any on the OP's list!

[MBTcustom]

Shooter
enemy at the gates
Glory
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Kelly's heros
The green mile
Quigley down under
The Sackets

[jmort]

Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Pirates of the Caribbean
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit (Probably)
Indiana Jones Series
Knights Tale
Batman Begins
Dark Knight
Dark Knight Rises
Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes a Game of Shadows (Robert Downey Jr.)
Shanghai Knights and Shanghai Noon
Iron Man series (Robert Downey Jr.)

[27judge]

Once upon A Time In The West
Out Of Africa
Shindlers List

[Blacksmith]

The Quiet Man

[Two Rivers]

Where Eagles Dare
The Longest Day
Guns of Navarone
Silverado

[hardy]

Any Peckinpah Western
Any Lee Marvin movie
Any John Wayne Western
Any Jimmy Stewart Western
Any Bogart movie and anything with Burt Lancaster or Jack Elam!!

[Bloodman14]

The Count of Monte Cristo (Jim Caviezel) My all-time favorite. Anything by Tom Clancy, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, most of Charles Bronson. The list is long.

[Janoosh]

Valdez is coming
Outlaw Josey Wales
Casablanca
True Grit - John Wayne
Quiet Man
Lord of the Rings
Walking Dead Series

[Janoosh]

Oh......I Forgot two
Robin Hood
Captain Blood
Both with Errol Flynn
Ivanhoe
The Vikings - for the opening scene walking on the oars.

[possom813]

There are a lot, but a few that I've had to watch lately because they were on

Maverick(with Mel Gibson)

The Natural

Despicable Me

[Lead Fred]

Last Samurai

American Graffiti

[seagiant]

The Quiet Man
Hi,
Yes! One of my favorites!

[farmerjim]

The Longest Day
Captain Ron
Rat Race

[Sasquatch-1]

Just about anything with Cary Grant. IMHO, one of the top five actors of all time. Just about anything with Clint Eastwood. And Blade Runner is my all time favorite movie.

[Wayne Smith]

Frankly, My Dear, I'd rather read a book!

[Ramar]

The Great Escape

Ramar

[Jim]

Lots of great ones listed.

My favorite actors:

1- Bogie
2- The Duke
3- Eastwood

My all time favorite movie is Casa Blanca.

[PbHurler]

The African Queen

(the leaches ALWAYS give me the willys)

[Kraschenbirn]

The Professionals - Lee Marvin & Burt Lancaster

Bill

[DCP]

Kingdom of Heaven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oO6pCRe3pM

[jcwit]

For me and my wife, The Benny Goodman Story, Secretariat, Tombstone.

Oh! That's Funny

[45 Bravo]

Any western by:
the Duke, Jimmy Stewart, or Eastwood.

And most of the above listed movies by others, but some that are not on the list yet.
and not necessarily in order but:

Sargent York (Gary Cooper)
The Mountain Men (Heston and Keith)
Flight of the Phoenix (Jimmy Stewart)
Mr. Roberts (Henry Fonda/Jack Lemon)
Men of Honor (Robert De Niro/Cuba Gooding Jr.)
Sahara (Bogart tank movie 1943)
Sahara (Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn and YEA BABY!! Penélope Cruz)

[Ninety Caliber]

The last ten minutes if Absence of Malice (Wilfred Brimley)

[dragonrider]

V for Vedetta
Lord of the Rings
Forbidden planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still with Micheal Rennie.

[marlin39a]

Sgt York
True Grit (Bridges)
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon

[seagiant]

Hi,
I forgot and haven't seen mentioned "EL Cid" with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren,which is drop dead gorgeous in this movie! There is a redub on DVD that brings it back to it's original glory!

[Firebricker]

My top three
1. The Outlaw Josey Whales
2.Gods and Generals
3. The last of the Dogmen

[bob208]

the big sky
the last leagon.
the sand pebles
bite the bullet
hornblower series
zulu
second hand lions
o brother where art thou.
rough riders
unforgiven both of them
shout at the devil
john carter of mars
many more

[abunaitoo]

The Hornblower series
Gettsyburg (Though I'm not a turner fan)
Godfather 1,2,3.
Rough Riders
Band of Brothers
Grand Prix
Forrest Gump
Holocaust
Uprising
The day the earth stood still (original)
Tae Guk Gi
Monster's Ball
Khartoum
Any Robert Duval, Tom Selleck, Sam Elliott cowboy movies.
American Grafitti
And many others....

[seagiant]

Hi,
Although not a movie really,I thought the original Star Trek series by Gene Rodenberry was very good! Even with the hokey sets at Desilu Studios(old Republic!) The Kung Fu series also. A new Martial Arts movie out of China that was good was "Yip Man" a story of the master that brought Wing Chun Boxing to the masses (Bruce Lees Master)

[scottiemom]

The List of Adrian Messenger
Any OLD Sherlock Holmes
Anything with Bette Davis
Laura
The Uninvited
Charlie Chan movies
My Blue Heaven
A Christmas Carol (any of them!)

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Shane & Monte Walsh

[swheeler]

Hidalgo
In pursuit of honor
Quigley down under
Crossfire Trail
HD and the Maralboro man
The Last samuri

[Boyscout]

Here's my List:

The Outlaw Jose Wales
Shooter
We Were Soldiers
Monty Python's Holy Grail
Gran Torino
Saving Private Ryan
The Lost Batallion
The Sands of Iwo Jima
12 Angry Men
Air Force One
All Clint Eastwood's police movies except Sudden Impact and his "monkey movies"

[Firebricker]

scottiemom, Bette Davis was one of the original psycho gals in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" she was as scary as Glen Close in Fatal attraction LOL FB

[DHurtig]

Most all of the above, espescially Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven. Two that aren't listed yet but favorites if mine are The 13th Warrior and Yellow Beard. also love most everything Mel Brooks made.

[frkelly74]

So yeah, I would watch any of most of the aforementiond. My favorites that have not been mentioned would be .... " The Gods Must Be Crazy", " The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", "Thunderdome", "Who is Harry Kellerman? And Why Is He Saying All Those Terrible Things About Me?", "Little Big Man", "Lion In Winter", "Das Boot", "Leap of Faith". I can't stand watching any of them if there are commercials!!!!

[edler7]

Run Silent, Run Deep
Up Periscope
The Enemy Below
Das Boot


A black and white submarine movie will stop me dead in my tracks.

[dragonrider]

DHurtig, +1 for The 13th Warrior, great movie.

[frkelly74]

And "Never Cry Wolf". That is a great one. And "Rat Race", "Mouse Hunt", Others I'm sure.

"The Big Trail"

[SeabeeMan]

I think I might be a BIT younger than most on here, but for me it is:

Shooter
Black Hawk Down
Braveheart
original Star Wars
Equilibrium...if you haven't seen it WATCH IT!

[seagiant]

Hi,
Yes! Equilibrium,a must see! Shows Big Brother out of control!

[jsheyn]

A River Runs Through It.... i watch a couple times a month.

[coblake]

Braveheart
Last of the Mohicans (Daniel Day Lewis)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Quigley Down Under
Rob Roy
City of God

[jmort]

Kingdom of Heaven - very cool

[Charley]

John Ford's Donovan's Reef, with John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden. Not a gunfight in it, just some fists, but a great movie. Last movie John Ford and John Wayne did together.

Others, Gods and Generals, Wind and the Lion, El Cid, Overboard, Used Cars, Morons From Outer Space, Life of Brian. Really, too many to list.

[.45Cole]

Here's my List:
12 Angry Men


The Ghost and the Darkness
Apollo 13
LA Confidential
High Noon
The Day the Earth Stood Still (original of course)
Avatar
Inherit the Wind
Days of Thunder
Heat
Aviator
October Sky

Date movie:
Bridesmaids

[AnnieOakley]

This is from my husband:
Platoon
Planet of the Apes especially the ones with Charlton Heston
Original Red Dawn
Original Star Wars movies

Charlie, my 6 year old loves Kelly's Heroes! LOL
The kids and I can't stop watching all the Lord of the Rings movies

[Firebricker]

Another favourite with Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson is "Death Hunt" about the Mad Trapper in the movie they make Albert Johnson a good guy slash victim but the historic figure the character was based on was anything but. FB

[TXGunNut]

For a moment there I thought we'd gone 62 posts without mentioning Lonesome Dove.
Green Mile
Bullitt
Grumpy (and Grumpier) Old Men
Behind Enemy Lines
Castaway
Untouchables
MIB and MIBII
and most all of the above.
Aren't DVD's great? I think I own more movies than the first video rental store I walked into...they still have those, don't they? I have a DVD I need to return but can't get it to rewind. :wink:

[MT Gianni]

One recent one that holds promise is the Life of Pi. I really enjoyed the novel and the movie.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Wow, no one specifically mentioned "the ten comandments"
while it's not necessarily my favorite, it's definately thee movie that fits into, "Movies You Can't Keep From Watching!!!"

American graffitti was mentioned, NOW, a recent movie with similar story line, except for those that were in high school during the early 1980s...is "Skateland" I love that movie !

Another not mentioned that's high on my list is "Idiocracy"...recommended by Rush Limbaugh many times...made in 2006 staring Luke Wilson, the premise is: an extremely dumbed down American 500 years in the future.

And I no mention of "No country, for old Men" or "shutter Island" or "sixth sense" ALL GREAT !

Some recent great ones from 2012 include:
"Lincoln"
"Memorial Day"
"Take Shelter"...don't watch this one if you're a little obsessive-compulsive.

I could go on.

[Janoosh]

OK......Cat Baloo..... Lee Marvin AND the Horse are intoxicated!
+1 on Sahara with Bogie, "water for guns"

[Janoosh]

Wait......Wait......Wait
Why has No one named a Fred Astaire Movie? A real Classy, Dapper, Gentleman. Simple plot great dancing, and Ginger Rogers! A much simpler time!

[smokeywolf]

Just about anything that John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Sam Elliot, Slim Pickens, Clint Walker, Charlton Heston, Sean Connery, Jimmy Stewart, or Walter Brennan acted in.

Most of the films that Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Glenn Ford, Natalie Wood, Doris Day, Henry Fonda, Yul Brenner, Bogart & Bacall, Robert Redford and Tom Selleck acted in.

Some favorites:
McLintock
El Dorado
In Harm's Way
Strategic Air Command
Paint Your Wagon
Winchester '73
Vera Cruz
The Magnificent Seven
The Big Country
Sergeant York
Centennial (TV mini-series)

Anything written by Louis L'Amour.

One movie I've been trying to get my hands on on DVD is "Westward the Women" (1951), with Robert Taylor.
Another is "Wake Me When It's Over" (1960)

smokeywolf

[waksupi]

Little big Man, Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, and Hallelujah Trail come to mind.

[fouronesix]

Yes, too many to list. Most of the ones I like to watch have already been listed but My Oh MY was really surprised to see one of my favorites, October Sky, posted!

My tastes are somewhat diverse and wacky I guess in that I can watch Quigley- completely enjoy it, then turn around and watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy and really enjoy that. Then put in Space Cowboys watch it for the umpteenth time. Then the next night watch Tombstone. Then the next night watch Star Wars Episode One. Then Hunt for Red October followed by Robin Hood (Crowe and Blanchett) and on and on. :) :veryconfu .... seems to get worse during the winter

[Blacksmith]

OK......Cat Baloo..... Lee Marvin AND the Horse are intoxicated!
+1 on Sahara with Bogie, "water for guns"

Cat Baloo has Hanoi Jane in it and I refuse to ever watch her. Apology NOT accepted.

[Gee_Wizz01]

Bullit,
Tom Horn and any movie with Steve McQueen
The Man Who Would Be King, and most movies with Sean Connery
Zulu
True Grit both versions
Longest Day
Patton
MacArthur
To Hell and Back and any Audie Murphy movie
The Shootist and ANY John Wayne Movie
Any Randolph Scott movie
Band of Brothers
Open Range
Lonesome Dove
Blazing Saddles
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of the Bulge
Most any Clint Eastwood movie
Young Frankenstein and Most Mel Brooks movies

G

[smokeywolf]

waksupi,
Little big Man, Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, and Hallelujah Trail come to mind. I forgot about "The Hallelujah Trail". Lee Remick was one of my many childhood crushes.

Also forgot "River of no Return" with Mitchum & Monroe.

smokewolf

[wch]

Band of Brothers
The Pacific

[Travtastik]

Unforgiving
Second hand lions
Spaceballs
Tombstone
McClintock

[Dirtdgger]

Will Penny with charlton Heston.

[bob208]

got to add dark shadows
rob roy
taken and taken 2
t.v series rome season 1 and 2.
blue bloods
jessie stone

[MBTcustom]

I forgot one movie that I have watched over and over since it came out is Flywheel. Mrs. goodsteel said she can't believe I forgot that one, since I have probably watched it more than all the others LOL!
Back when I had time to watch movies that is.
Anyway, yeah I love that movie.

Another one that I should have put on the list is The Princess Bride.

Oh she also told me to put Down Periscope on the list. It has been family tradition to watch that movie on Christmas day every year. I don't know why LOL!

While I'm talking about Christmas movies, A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott is the best one that was ever made.

[sundog]

Cast a Giant Shadow

and most of everything already mentioned.

[seagiant]

Hi,
Yes,Westward the Women, a Bill Wellman directed movie 1951!

[Rooster59]

Paint Your Wagon (wife can't stand it)
Rio Bravo
The Professionals
The Searchers
Crossfire Trail
Last Stand At Saber River
True Grit, new and old
El Dorado
The Train Robbers
Quiet Man
McClintock
Shooter
The Longest Day
310 To Yuma (original)
Cheyenne Social Club
Geronimo (Wes Stude, Jason Patric)

[reloaderman1]

Valdez is coming
Outlaw Josey Wales



My 2 all time greats !!!!:Fire:

[seagiant]

Hi,
Burt Lancaster is one of my favorite actors, Valdez is Coming is a fantastic movie. The other one just as good or better is "Ulzana's Raid" I saw this as a young boy on the big screen in a theatre and it blew my mind,having grown up on "Bonanza" and such!

[SeabeeMan]

Forgot one that I didn't see mentioned and should fit right in here: Boondock Saints!

[Matt_G]

Speaking of Burt Lancaster I will add Airport to the list.
Helen Hayes was great in that flick.

[gspgundog]

The Godfather #1 & 2
Gettysburg
God's and Generals
Zulu
Goodfellas
Man Called Horse
All the westerns named above
Anything with the Duke, or Clint Eastwood
And at least one from almost everybodies list above.

[Stephen Cohen]

From what I see on news, Enemy of the State should be on all our minds at moment.

[seagiant]

Hi,
Lets not forget the ultimate foreign B movie,"Shogun Assassin!"

[scottiemom]

Wait......Wait......Wait
Why has No one named a Fred Astaire Movie? A real Classy, Dapper, Gentleman. Simple plot great dancing, and Ginger Rogers! A much simpler time!

the best!! and Gene Kelly too.

I forgot to mention "You've Got Mail" (all 3 versions)- every time I watch it Jim makes some comment like "you watching that again?"

[elginrunner]

So am I the only fan of William Powell and Myrna Loy??

The thin man !! (whole series actually)

Mr. Blandings builds his dreamhouse (Carry Grant, and Myrna Loy)

Topper Returns

Arsenic and Old Lace

Father Goose

The bell the book and the candle

Hatari

Loads of others and many already mentioned.....

[TXGunNut]

Wow, no one specifically mentioned "the ten comandments"-JonB

More than a few years back I had the pleasure of being invited to a small dinner in Jackson, MS at the National Police Revolver Championships. Charlton Heston was the "surprise" speaker, he was NRA president at the time. He recited a speech, based mostly on the book of Exodus, that was largely left out on the movie. No, he didn't use any notes. And yes, the room was silent except for one voice.

[sljacob]

Jeremiah Johnson
paint your wagon
Tom Horn
Mountain Man
A man called horse
most Mel Brooks movies

[Sasquatch-1]

While I'm talking about Christmas movies, A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott is the best one that was ever made.


How could I have forgotten "A Christmas Carol" Almost any version. I have at least 6 or 7 including the conservative Kelsey Grammer Version. My favorite versions are probably the Bill Murry version "Scrooged" and the Henry Winkler version "An American Christmas Carol".

[44Vaquero]

Silverado
Blade Runner
Rio Bravo/El Dorado
She wore a yellow Ribbon
The Quite Man
The Philadelphia Story (1940) Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart The best, funny as hell!

[seagiant]

Hi 44,
"She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" I have that on VHS and actually watched it a couple of days ago! I go to the Goodwill Stores and look for movies and music a lot. I love it when I find an old classic like this on tape for $1.00!

Here's your boy with the Rebel Flag! What's not to love!

[smokeywolf]

scottiemom,
I was fortunate enough to meet and speak with Gene Kelly back in about 1983. We were refurbishing a chandelier and some fireplace andirons that came from his house that had burned to the ground. He was about 71 at that time and was starting to slow down a bit. He told me that he was very happy that we were able to restore his chandelier to its original beauty. However, the one thing that could not be replaced was his collection of shoes that the fire had taken. He had saved and collected every pair of shoes that he had ever worn in every movie he had ever danced in.
Another thing of note; when a reporter once asked him if he believed that he might be the greatest dancer to perform in front of a camera, Kelly replied, "Not as long as Fred Astaire is alive."

TxGunNut,
You were very lucky to have had the chance to see Heston in the flesh and hear his thoughts and opinions from his own mouth.
He is one of those people that I feel a little cheated that I did not have the good fortune to meet in person; John Wayne and Charles Marion Russell are two others.

smokeywolf

[Matt_G]

How could I have forgotten "A Christmas Carol" Almost any version. I have at least 6 or 7 including the conservative Kelsey Grammer Version. My favorite versions are probably the Bill Murry version "Scrooged" and the Henry Winkler version "An American Christmas Carol".

My favorite version of that is the '51 version with Alastair Sim.
The wife's is the '38 version with Reginald Owen.

[44Vaquero]

That reminds me to add:

Zanadu (Gene Kelly's last major performance) It's pure sappy sugar sweet but I love it any way!

McLintock

Rustlers Rhapsody (Tom Berenger, Sela Ward, Patrick Wayne, Andy Griffith) Rex O'Herlihan the singing cowboy! Spoof of Saturday matinee's.

[Charley]

Prefer the Simpson's parody of Paint Your Wagon..."Gonna paint your wagon, gonna paint it fine, gonna use an oil base paint, 'cause the wood is pine". Homer: "Marge, make them stop all that fruity singing!"

Mr. Blandings Builds His dream House is still relevant today, great movie. Watch anybody have a house built, same basic experiences.

[smokeywolf]

44Vaquero,
Rustler's Rhapsody and Bat 21 were the first 2 movies released on video tape that were coded for surround sound.

Reminds me... "The Man From Snowy River" for its fine horsemanship.

Also enjoyed "Master and Commander-The Far Side of the World"

smokeywolf

[joesig]

It's a Wonderful Life
Shane
Hangmen also Die
Man Hunt
Abbott and Costello

I'm partial to most movies from the 40s.

[Blacksmith]

Mr. Blandings Builds His dream House is still relevant today, great movie. Watch anybody have a house built, same basic experiences.

I love Myrna Loy explaining to the painter what colors she wants the house painted. Great comedy.

[gandydancer]

the quiet man.
any Cagney film.
the blue max.George peppard
Cross of Iron.James coburn
the tall men.Clark Gabel

[seagiant]

the quiet man.
any Cagney film.
the blue max.George peppard
Cross of Iron.James coburn
the tall men.Clark Gabel

Hi,
Ah..yes, the Cross of Iron! This movie effects me everytime I watch it, and then there is the unbelievable Senta Berger!

[higgins]

Animal House. I knew all of those characters when I was in college in the late 60s! I went to a small southern college as portrayed by Faver, in a small town where the college was the focus of society and business. Got harassed by the overly-enthusiastic ROTC cadet officers, knew the cool frat guys. There was a professional student like D-day who never seemed to do much more than hang around the student union. My roommate and best friend to this day even bore a striking resemblance to Flounder in his ROTC uniform.

[Twinkiethekid]

Love Ben Hur!

[Twinkiethekid]

Shane too!!

[472x1B/A]

My list:

The Punisher
Red Dawn
Quigley Down Under
Grand Torino
Kill Bill
Black Hawk Down

[Echo]

I didn't read all the posts, so this may be a repeat - but "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" series, and even better, the full "Millenium" series from Swedish TV (saw it on Direct TV a couple weeks ago) from which the "Girl..." movies were cut are flamin' outstanding. If you haven't seen them, you've missed something. And the books are better! Page turners - the author, Stieg Larsen, handed the manuscript to his publisher, went home, had to climb stairs to get to his appt, and had a heart attack and died - so we won't get any more from Stieg. Check it out...

Then there are:
Robin Hood w/Errol Flynn
McClintock
Singing In The Rain

[wallenba]

Dr. Strangelove
Saving Private Ryan
The Blues Brothers
1941
Blade Runner
The old man and the sea (for some reason, I've been fascinated with it since I was a kid)
Master and commander
Das Boot
Airplane
The Bravados
Bullit

[WILCO]

The Dirty Dozen
The longest Day
The Blues Brothers

[hithard]

Apocalypse now

[brassrat]

I don't watch many, but I now have a few more to look for, in my quest to DVD every good movie ..eva made, oh and no commercials. I do always have to stop and watch Roadhouse.

[1Shirt]

Any good western or war movie with good actors, and old swashbuckling pirate movies, and once in awhile, a chick flick or two to keep things in perspective.
1Shirt!

[Bullfrog]

Lonesome Dove
Quigley Down Under ( wore out 2 VHS and now own DVD)
Jeremiah Johnson
Little Big Man
Man Called Horse
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Good The Bad and The Ugly ( heck all of Clint Eastwoods movies)
Unforgiven
Anything with Kate Beckensale in it :D
5th Element (space cowboy movie)
and of course I am a Sci Fi fan

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

OK, my second post on this.
ya know, I like most any movie that tells a story....a good story.
Many times the low budget Indie movies are just that, a good story,
I guess that's why I like them so much.
AND the reason for this second post is I just remembered another great one.
"The Straight story"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/
It's actually several GREAT stories wrapped up into one movie, based on a real event.


"The Straight Story" chronicles a trip made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight from Laurens, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wis., in 1994 while riding a lawn mower. The man undertook his strange journey to mend his relationship with his ill, estranged, 75-year-old brother Lyle.

[Hamish]

AND the reason for this second post is I just remembered another great one.
"The Straight story"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166896/
It's actually several GREAT stories wrapped up into one movie, based on a real event.

WONDERFUL movie!

What was the one where the rich kid falls overboard and Spencer Tracy "feesh de boy out de drink" and he puts in a summer working a fishing boat?

[dsbock]

El Dorado with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum (the one with James Caan not Ricky Nelson) was on last night.

It makes my list every time it's on.


What was the one where the rich kid falls overboard and Spencer Tracy "feesh de boy out de drink" and he puts in a summer working a fishing boat?

I think that was "The Old Man and the Sea (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052027/?ref_=sr_1)"

David

[alrighty]

Great list! Most of mine have already been mentioned but here are a few of my favorites.I like most any older Western or War movies.It is the newer movies that I have a hard time finding a favorite.
The longest Day
The Searchers
They were expendable
In harm's way
The gallant hours
Battleground
Open Range
Pulp Fiction
Das Boot
Kingdom of Heaven
Flyboys
Con Air
Usual suspects
Legends of the fall
The Patriot
We were soldiers
Road to Perdition
Collateral
Straw dogs , original
Windtalkers
Man on Fire
Heat
The soldier
Enemy at the gates
The greatest game ever played
The englishman's boy
The hollywood knights
Braveheart
Behind enemy lines
Gladiator
The boondock saints
The 13th warrior
Die hard
The getaway , both versions ,the first one because of McQueen and the 1994 version because of Basinger

[Hardcast416taylor]

Just watched my favorite again late last night.

ZULU

Robert

[timberhawk]

Just watched my favorite again late last night.

ZULU

Robert

+1 terrific movie

[smokeywolf]

Forgive me if I missed it, but I don't recall seeing "The Magnificent Seven"

[Hamish]

74533

[MOcaster]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Big Red One
Talladega Knights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

[popper]

I want that headdress Tonto has, to go with Jim's outfit. And this one http://www.youtube.com/embed/WgOHOHKBEqE?feature=player_detailpage

[Jammersix]

I don't understand the fascination with John Wayne... one of the worst actors ever.

Actors don't get any points for walking on the set and "acting" like themselves. They win my respect when I don't recognize them, or when they portray a character who is nothing like they are.

[Hamish]

Uh-Oh, this aint gonna be pretty,,,,

[Outpost75]

Good list, but some great foreign films are not mentioned:

Dersu Uzala - Akira Kurosawa (1974)
Ballada O Soldate - Griogori Chukhrai (1959)
Alexander Nevsky - Sergei Eisenstein (1938)
White Sun of the Desert - Vladimir Motyl (1969)
The Cold Summer of 1953 - Alexander Proshkin (1988)
Our Own (Svoi) - Dimitry Meskhiyev (2004)

[novalty]

No going to repeat ones already listed, but as a car guy these are 3 more that I can't pry myself away from

Dazed & Confused
Dirty Mary Crazy
Return to Macon County.

[Janoosh]

+1Hamish. SEVEN SAMURAI with Toshiro Mifune...subtitled...... i cant tell you how many times i saw that movie,,,! We used to go to Manhattan to watch it in the theatre. Talking about early 70s. A truly Great Movie,
thanks.............Janoosh

[Janoosh]

John Wayne.... not a good actor?.?..???? Just look at the transtion from The Searchers to McClintock to the Shootist to True Grit to The Quiet Man..........

[slide]

The very first movie I saw was " The Alamo" starring John Wayne. My brother and I waked to town to see it at a movie theater named the Alamo. God's truth.

[Jammersix]

John Wayne.... not a good actor?.?..???? Just look at the transtion from The Searchers to McClintock to the Shootist to True Grit to The Quiet Man..........

I didn't say he wasn't a good actor. I said he was one of the worst actors ever. Right up there with James T. Kirk.

He personified everything that was wrong with the studio system.

The most significant thing I ever saw him do was look out over the China Sea into a setting sun.

From Vietnam.

Of course, you'd have to think about that...

[seagiant]

I don't understand the fascination with John Wayne... one of the worst actors ever.

Actors don't get any points for walking on the set and "acting" like themselves. They win my respect when I don't recognize them, or when they portray a character who is nothing like they are.

Hi,
Well...either you get it or you don't! John Wayne was a good enough actor when there were REAL actors unlike today! More than that he was an icon and more importantly he was a role model! If I had to chose who was going to be a role model for my kid,uh John Wayne or some tattoed, black, half drag queen, basketball player, tough choice!

[Jammersix]

The inclusion of "black" on that list has been reported. It tells me everything I need to know about you.

[Mooseman]

Dennis Rodman is Black...so its not a concern.

[seagiant]

The inclusion of "black" on that list has been reported. It tells me everything I need to know about you.

Hi,
Whatever! Keep drinking that kool-aid!

[Hamish]

The inclusion of "black" on that list has been reported. It tells me everything I need to know about you.

He was talking about Rodman, doofus. You know, barry down low's emisarry to North Korea?

[44Vaquero]

John Wayne here's why: Truth is if you have to ask you will not understand the answer anyway!

On another note I have learned how to use the ignore feature to deal with Trolls that are bent stirring the pot for no good reason! Oh, and by the way Captain Kirk was a fictional character portrayed by William Shatner and Chris Pine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQM1oLnMLNU America why I love her!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-a7KPmOnok Best quote!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Wd5R3lZsI On values

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f3PEZ99974 Social entitlements

[WILCO]

Dead as a beaver hat!!!!

[seagiant]

John Wayne here's why: Truth is if you have to ask you will not understand the answer anyway!

On another note I have learned how to use the ignore feature to deal with Trolls that are bent stirring the pot for no good reason! Oh, and by the way Captain Kirk was a fictional character portrayed by William Shatner and Chris Pine!

Hi 44,
Thanks,I actually thought TROLL,but worse than that, is some of these people really believe this stuff they put out! The vids were nice and of course the young man in the McClintock excerpt was Patrick Wayne his son! John Wayne was married 3 times and all his wives were Latin/Spanish women! Some guys never learn,huh!:D

Here's a pic of Waynes children grown up. Patrick and Tony (daughter) played a small part as kids in "The Quite Man"!

[smokeywolf]

Jammersix,

Sure would appreciate it if you would elucidate as to how an actor could be the personification of a business model employed by the major entertainment corporations that became known as the "studio system".

On a somewhat more logical note... I can't believe that we've overlooked one of the all time best western motion pictures of all time.
HOW THE WEST WAS WON.

smokeywolf

[castalott]

Most of my favorites have been named ...but....

All about Eve
Follow the Fleet
Lawerence of Arabia
Julius Ceasar (Heston, Robards, Gielgud, and Richard Johnson)
Aliens
(the music of) Cabaret
Spaceballs
A very long Engagement
The Sound of Music
Mary Poppins
The Phantom of the Opera (Probably the greatest musical)
Amelie

[plmitch]

Friendly Persuasion
Vertigo
Shenandoah
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

[quasi]

All of the above, plus one of my favorites that has not been mentioned.

Steve McQueen , Alie McGraw in the Getaway, directed by Mr Sam Peckinpaw

[country gent]

Havent seen this one yet It was on today Hannie Caulder with Racquel Welch.

[Firebricker]

Here's a movie question what is the old movie with Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith were it's kind of a role reversal Andy is the bad guy and Johnny is the law? can't find it on the net (I'm horrible on computers). And there is another good Cash film were he is making a go at growing oranges can't find the name of it. Speaking of Andy G. he is in a good one called "Winter Kill" back in the seventies. FB

[smokeywolf]

FB,
That was "Murder in Coweta County".

[blackbike]

Lets not forget one of my all time favorite, Steve Mc Queen in Nevada Smith.(1966)
Be sure to check out the gun smith/ reloader that befriends him.
Talk about mobile reloading bench.


Oh, and` Cool Hand Luke`

[Ickisrulz]

Lets not forget one of my all time favorite, Steve Mc Queen in Nevada Smith.(1966)
Be sure to check out the gun smith/ reloader that befriends him.
Talk about mobile reloading bench.

`

A 35 year old McQueen playing a teenager was very distracting for an otherwise good film.

[Janoosh]

Speaking of reloading in a movie......Valdez is Coming.....

[ballistim]

In addition to my collection of over 200 spaghetti westerns (too many obsessions-this is only one of them, the latest is "group buys" )
I have a handful of DVD's I watch more than others, they are;

1.) Jeremiah Johnson
2.) Lonesome Dove (mini series)
3.) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
4.) Once Upon A Time In The West
5.) The Great Silence
6.) Unforgiven
7.) Red River
8.) The Searchers
9.) Band of Brothers (mini series)
10.) The Dirty Dozen

[TheGrimReaper]

+1 so true!Yep got it on tape.

[Ickisrulz]

McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a good western in my opinion. A little off beat and little known. I like seeing the young Julie Christie anytime.

[smokeywolf]

Just remembered another that I have on DVD; "The Quick and the Dead". The one released in 1987 with Sam Elliot and Kate Capshaw.

[bikerbeans]

Boondock Saints I
Boondock Saints II
Tombstone
Pulp Fiction
Platoon
Dusk Till Dawn