Godfather II Godfather I Shawshank Redemption Glory Raiders of the Lost Ark A New Hope The Power Of One Dumb and Dumber Anchorman Batman Begins
Over Dark Knight. Bold.
Dark Knight's almost assuredly a better film thanks to Ledger's performance but I thought Begins was the perfect handling of the origin story. I loved every minute of it. Visually it was such a fantastic counter/rebrand to Batman & Robin.
The Outlaw Josey Wales Gladiator Patton Jaws The Godfather The Godfather II Schindler's List Apocalypse Now The Shawshank Redemption One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Outlaw Josey Wales Gladiator Patton Jaws The Godfather The Godfather II Schindler's List Apocalypse Now The Shawshank Redemption One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Comedy The Big Lebowski 40 Year Old Virgin Tropic Thunder Blues Brothers Christmas Vacation (worn this one out, but love it first 23 tims) The Hangover Something About Mary Zoolander Old School The Nice Guys Wedding Crashers (first half only) O Brother Where Art Thou
War/Military Zulu Hunt for Red October Crimson Tide Saving Private Ryan Full Metal Jacket Zero Dark Thirty Black Hawk Down Apocalypse Now Aliens
Drama Silence of the Lambs Godfather I & II Arrival The Lives of Others Crazyheart Shawshank Good Will Hunting Room Hell or High Water
Sci-Fi/Dystopian The Fifth Element Children of Men Book of Eli Alien 28 Days Later Edge of Tomorrow Upgrade 2001: Space Odyssey Jurassic Park Inception Back to the Future Mad Max: Fury Road Terminator Terminator 2
Romantic A Star Is Born Sing Street -- end --
Satire Thank You for Smoking Wag the Dog Primary Colors Dr. Strangelove Election Star Ship Troopers Blazing Saddles
Action/Adventure Indiana Jones & Raiders Indiana Jones & Last Cruscade Die Hard Lethal Weapon Heat Warrior Sicario Wind River
Western The Unforgiven She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Fort Apache The Searchers Revenant Tombstone Wild Bunch
Comic Book Dark Knight Begins Dark Knight Kingsman Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Iron Man 1 The Crow Logan
Tarantino
Pulp Fiction
True Romance
Inglorious Bastards
Django Unchained
Hateful 8
Reservoir Dogs
Horror not really my bag The Shining It Follows Blair Witch Halloween (latest one)
Animated The Incredibles Wall-E Up Monsters Inc. Roger Rabbit
Hoosiers The Warriors Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Honorable Mention Inception Blazing Saddles Gangs of New York Last of the Mohicans Man from Snowy River 10 Things I Hate About You Thoroughly Modern Millie Ferris Buellers Day Off Red Dawn
Patton Rocky Spinal Tap Waiting for Guffman Peggy Sue Got Married Serial Mom Grosse Pointe Blank Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Producers (the original) The Graduate
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
Hoosiers The Warriors Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Honorable Mention Inception Blazing Saddles Gangs of New York Last of the Mohicans Man from Snowy River 10 Things I Hate About You Thoroughly Modern Millie Ferris Buellers Day Off Red Dawn
Good call on Hosiers and Gangs of New York. Going in my Honorable Mentions
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.
Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.
Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.
I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.
But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.
Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.
Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.
I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.
But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
*edit: DDL is in one of my top ten, but recalled Gangs of New York from another list. I'd add that to my honorable list. It's just that it's so fucking long, but some of that detail is necessary to paint the picture of multi-ethnic NY at that time. Still, you have to be committed to watch it and sometimes I'm not in the mood, as good as DDL is as the Butcher. Godfather is also long af, but I never mind losing an afternoon watching it again and again.
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.
Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.
Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.
I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.
But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
The opening scene of SPR was fantastic film marking. I actually cried in the theater when the old guy was walking through his the cemetery in Normandy. Maternal Grandpappy Yella landed on Utah Beach on 6/6/44. Not as bad as Omaha, but still...
Re: Daniel Day Lewis, he is the finest actor of our time IMHO. Daniel Plainview, Bill the Butcher, Honest Abe, etc....
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
Mohicans is a movie that people end up watching because the stumble on the soundtrack. Google Play Music has a playlist of epic movie songs, and mohicans gets a heavy play.
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.
Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.
Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.
I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.
But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
The opening scene of SPR was fantastic film marking. I actually cried in the theater when the old guy was walking through his the cemetery in Normandy. Maternal Grandpappy Yella landed on Utah Beach on 6/6/44. Not as bad as Omaha, but still...
Re: Daniel Day Lewis, he is the finest actor of our time IMHO. Daniel Plainview, Bill the Butcher, Honest Abe, etc....
The opening of Gladiator ranks right there in the "let's get off to a good start" film making category.
"On my command, unleash hell."
Can you imagine going up against the Roman army at its peak? They were just so much better than everybody else, it was hardly even fair.
You should start a thread of "top 10 greatest empires in human history". Rome would be my #1.
Piggy backing off @PurpleJ recent cinematic thread here and his suggestion of some sort of a movie tournament...
I am thinking of running a little 32 entries tourney of Hardcore Husky's favorite films. ATBSJBS, I'd like to do some research ahead of time in terms of selections and seedings. Please to be poasting your all tim, top 10 most favorite films. I will start:
Godfather I Godfather II Goodfellas Dirty Harry Caddyshack Animal House Blazing Saddles Napoleon Dynamite The Graduate Apocalypse Now
GodfatherII GodfatherI Animal House Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot) River Runs Through It Good Will Hunting Gladiator Outlaw Josie Wales Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.") Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one) Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy) Darkest Hour Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
You will laugh but I only recently watched The Last of the Mohicans for the first time. Just a wonderful movie and definitely one of the all-time greats. That soundtrack touched the very essence of my soul. Actually that entire last sequence from the Duncan fire until the ending monologue. Jaw-dropping stuff. 10/10 movie.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
I thought the whole point was that they wanted to get to that bridge and secure it. Remember the scene where Captain Miller is going over the map with some other guy and pointing to that bridge as critical for the Germans so that they could retreat and regroup or for their supply lines or some shit? I think that's why they were in, what was it, Romel?, in the first place.
Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.
Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.
I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.
But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
The opening scene of SPR was fantastic film marking. I actually cried in the theater when the old guy was walking through his the cemetery in Normandy. Maternal Grandpappy Yella landed on Utah Beach on 6/6/44. Not as bad as Omaha, but still...
Re: Daniel Day Lewis, he is the finest actor of our time IMHO. Daniel Plainview, Bill the Butcher, Honest Abe, etc....
Too me, Plainview and Bill the Butcher are basically the same character on different coasts.
Comments
It was everything July 10th needs to be for UW...
Matrix probably belongs in there as well. It's legacy was kind of tainted by the sequels but the original is nails.
Gladiator
Patton
Jaws
The Godfather
The Godfather II
Schindler's List
Apocalypse Now
The Shawshank Redemption
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Big Lebowski
40 Year Old Virgin
Tropic Thunder
Blues Brothers
Christmas Vacation (worn this one out, but love it first 23 tims)
The Hangover
Something About Mary
Zoolander
Old School
The Nice Guys
Wedding Crashers (first half only)
O Brother Where Art Thou
War/Military
Zulu
Hunt for Red October
Crimson Tide
Saving Private Ryan
Full Metal Jacket
Zero Dark Thirty
Black Hawk Down
Apocalypse Now
Aliens
Drama
Silence of the Lambs
Godfather I & II
Arrival
The Lives of Others
Crazyheart
Shawshank
Good Will Hunting
Room
Hell or High Water
Sci-Fi/Dystopian
The Fifth Element
Children of Men
Book of Eli
Alien
28 Days Later
Edge of Tomorrow
Upgrade
2001: Space Odyssey
Jurassic Park
Inception
Back to the Future
Mad Max: Fury Road
Terminator
Terminator 2
Romantic
A Star Is Born
Sing Street
-- end --
Satire
Thank You for Smoking
Wag the Dog
Primary Colors
Dr. Strangelove
Election
Star Ship Troopers
Blazing Saddles
Action/Adventure
Indiana Jones & Raiders
Indiana Jones & Last Cruscade
Die Hard
Lethal Weapon
Heat
Warrior
Sicario
Wind River
Western
The Unforgiven
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Fort Apache
The Searchers
Revenant
Tombstone
Wild Bunch
Comic Book
Dark Knight Begins
Dark Knight
Kingsman
Guardians of the Galaxy 1
Iron Man 1
The Crow
Logan
Tarantino
- Pulp Fiction
- True Romance
- Inglorious Bastards
- Django Unchained
- Hateful 8
- Reservoir Dogs
Horror not really my bagThe Shining
It Follows
Blair Witch
Halloween (latest one)
Animated
The Incredibles
Wall-E
Up
Monsters Inc.
Roger Rabbit
Top of head in passing
In No Order...
Batman Begins
Dark Knight
Dark Knight Rises
Spiderman 1 (Green Goblin)
Spiderman 2 (Doc Oc)
Aquaman
Josey Wales / Palerider / Unforgiven
All Dirty Harry Movies
Jaws
Godfather
Casino / Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction / Kill Bill 1&2
The Warriors
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Honorable Mention
Inception
Blazing Saddles
Gangs of New York
Last of the Mohicans
Man from Snowy River
10 Things I Hate About You
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Red Dawn
Rocky
Spinal Tap
Waiting for Guffman
Peggy Sue Got Married
Serial Mom
Grosse Pointe Blank
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Producers (the original)
The Graduate
1. Thin Red Line
GodfatherI
Animal House
Saving Private Ryan (I've watched this movie almost as many tims as I've watched Josie Wales, which is to say, a lot)
River Runs Through It
Good Will Hunting
Gladiator
Outlaw Josie Wales
Patton (George C. Scott played that role so well that when I see pictures of the real Patton my mind wants to blurt out, "that's not Patton.")
Last of the Mohicans (You don't want to be Duncan in any part of your real life; Magua is a fucking bad ass and Wes Studi is the shit)
Honorable Mentions
Unforgiven/Pale Rider/High Plains Drifter (pick one)
Apocalypse Now (more of a WWII guy than a 'Nam guy)
Darkest Hour
Full Metal Jacket (dark shit dude; some great fucking lines in this one)
Horror/Scary Shit
The Others. You can only watch it once, but the first tim you watch it while you're still figuring it out it's fucking awesome and spooked me a little.
I’ll be controversial and say outside of the magnificent opening scene I very much dislike Saving Private Ryan. It really slows down, and its depiction of warfare in the final act is terribly apocryphal. Battle hardened German troops just bypassing rows of houses to get to a city center? Stupidest thing I’ve ever seen.
Then again, I know nothing about being a soldier and will defer to those of you who do.
Agreed; the score for Mohicans is epic. Pretty much anything Daniel Day Lewis touches is the real deal. No accident that he's in two of my top 10. Bill the Butcher takes the fucking cake though. Holy shit that is Deniro in Taxi Driver-level acting.
I myself liked the journey they took in SPR. Wandering through France and the dialogue about what they were doing. The death scene of the medic was heavy. "My liver. Oh my God my liver." Heavy.
But the opening scene is so intense and well done it's hard to improve from there. Watched it for the first time after buying a good surround sound system and the bullets were clanging off metal all around me.
Re: Daniel Day Lewis, he is the finest actor of our time IMHO. Daniel Plainview, Bill the Butcher, Honest Abe, etc....
"On my command, unleash hell."
Can you imagine going up against the Roman army at its peak? They were just so much better than everybody else, it was hardly even fair.
You should start a thread of "top 10 greatest empires in human history". Rome would be my #1.