Favorite movies?

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  1. virginiashadow

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    Shawshank Redemption
    Braveheart
    Reservoir Dogs
    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (massively underrated movie guys-watch it if you have a chance, it is phenomenal but little known)
    The Shining
    Pulp Fiction
    Four Rooms
    Red Dawn
    Glory
    Last Samurai
     
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    It's good but not in the same league as tombstone IMO.
     
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    I may be in the minority, but I prefer it over tombstone.
     
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    The Ghost and the Darkness
    The Godfather
    Braveheart
    Office Space
    The Matrix
    Batman Begins
    The Dark Knight
    The Rock
    Hunt for Red October
    Heat
    Highlander
    Saturday Night Fever
    Big Daddy
    Don't Be a Menace To Society In South Central While Sippin Your Juice In the Hood
    Fight Club
    Rad
    All the Star Wars Movies
    Scarface
    Casino
    Airplane
     
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    Nothing surpasses, Jeremiah Johnson.

    Zulu, is incredible

    McClintock, is the one of John Wayne's finest

    Rooster Cogburn, is another

    The Shootest, makes fine wine and my wife smile

    And for ****s and giggles, Blazing saddles, does it for me.
     
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    3000 Miles to Graceland

    and many more
     
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    Tried sneaking that one in there, didn't ya!! :) I haven't seen that in 20 some years, may have to rent that sometime.
     
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    Cru was the dopest BMXer in town and then they brought in Hell Track. I raced BMX back in the day and we traveled the country racing. I knew a lot of the guys in the Movie, the last team I raced on had Mike Miranda on it;)
     
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    I think hands down -- for me -- the Lord of the Rings trilogy is so far and away my favorite it's hard to think of others that remotely approach it; it holds a special place to me because I read the Hobbit in 7th grade, followed shortly by the LOR trilogy. Tolkien painted such an exquisite world through his detailed imagery... and then to see it painted EXACTLY as I pictured it on the big screen was almost inconceivable.

    I did enjoy a host of others though... across a wide variety of genres.

    The Shawshank Redemption
    Top Gun
    Hunt For Red October
    Remember the Titans
    Facing the Giants
    first couple Spiderman movies; third was so-so

    About messed my bladder up and ruined its bodily function watching Enemy of the State, as I screwed up and drank a big soda at the beginning of the movie, had to pee REALLY bad, but couldn't force myself to miss a minute of it so I just sat there simultaneously enjoying a FANTASTIC movie but in a state of ABSOLUTE MISERY! Both my friend and I was there with literally walked out of the theater bent over double all the way down the hallway until we reached the restrooms when it was over. I was in some serious pain... but it speaks to how good the movie was. :)

    my wife got me to watch The Princess Bride; I agree with Kendall about it being chock-full of classic one-liners

    As others have said... there's many more, but those come to top of mind without putting TOO much thought into it.
     
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    That's the second time I've LOL'd at that story :D

    Sorry to laugh at your misery, Greg, but I think I ought to see the movie :D
     
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    Brandon, if you're looking for movie out of the "main stream"

    Try "Silent Running" Bruce Dern, 1972
    and "Soylent Green" Charlton Heston 1973, not the remake.
    And "Mountain Men" Charlton Heston and Brian Keith 1980

    And I am ashamed to not have had "High Noon" in my first list. Please forgive me.
     
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    Agreed this movie is VERY good!!
     
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    I remembered someone enjoying that story the first time around, LOL! Glad I could make you smile again, Kyle! :) It's well worth the rental; heck, that gives me an idea: I may go get that one again next week!
     
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    Goodfellas
    All 3 Godfathers.....I liked the 3rd myself
    Casino
    Back to the Future....all 3
    The Shining
    Friday
    The Bourne trilogy
    Taken......Liam makes a great bad a**
    Saving Private Ryan
    Blazing Saddles.......Camp town lady sing that song......do da.....do da
    The Legend of Bagger Vance
    Men of Honor
    The Persuit of Happiness
    Rules of Engagement
    Tommy Boy
    Happy Gilmore
    The Program
     
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    The Great Escape
    Jaws
    Cool hand Luke
    High fidelity
    The Doors (sorry)
    Dust to Glory (It's an amazing Baja 1000 documentary)
    Sling Blade

    and for my Wife- Wall-E

    I'm sure I'll think of more as soon as I hit submit. lol
     
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    I knew it

    Deliverance
    All the Presidents men
    Rear Window (any Hitchcock)
    ummmm.........
     
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    Oooh... yeah, Taken was bad azz too!
     
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    Same as above to many but my three all time favs are,
    1.Apocolypes now
    2.Wizard of Oz!!! sorry old school here
    3.Road house
     
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    These are my favorites in no particular order

    Good Will Hunting
    Tommy Boy
    Stars Wars
    Dances With Wolves
    Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Books were much better)
    The Matrix Trilogy
    Fight Club
    Turner and Hooch
    A Christmas Story
    Dumb & Dumber
    Without Limits
    Prefontaine
    The Untouchables
    The Last of the Mohicans
    Boiler Room
    The Cowboy Way
    8 Seconds (I've cried everytime I've seen this)
    Office Space
    Slap Shot
     

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