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Old 14 February 2009, 11:18 PM
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I have just watched Dead Zone and thoroughly enjoyed it. Could not believe how young Christopher Walken was 26 years ago!!!!!
Old 14 February 2009, 11:28 PM
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Once Upon A Time In The West - Henry Fonda's greatest performance

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - The only Steve Martin film I've ever liked

Withnail & I - Contains the finest opening sequence ever commited to celluloid

Jaws - First saw it in '81 as a 10yo, and I still don't swim in the sea
Old 14 February 2009, 11:31 PM
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White Heat

White Heat (1949)

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Old 14 February 2009, 11:33 PM
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Dead Zone -- great film btw

12 Angry Men (Henry Fonda)
Prime Cut (Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman)

surely Once Upon A Time In The West - has the greatest opening sequence
and yes Henry Fonda awsome

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Old 14 February 2009, 11:38 PM
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I loved Westworld when I last saw it.

Was a few years ago though.
Old 14 February 2009, 11:42 PM
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The Quiet Man

Run Silent, Run Deep

Stalag 17

Forbidden Planet

Duel

Jaws

The Thing

Mr Roberts

Papillon

Moby Dick

King Kong
Old 14 February 2009, 11:53 PM
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One flew over a cuckoos nest. One of the best ever!!
Old 14 February 2009, 11:59 PM
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star wars, return of the jedi, empire strikes back
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pulp fiction
human traffic
are 2 of my fav ones
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The Outlaw Josey Wales - 1976 I believe
Old 15 February 2009, 12:53 AM
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Fantastic Voyage

Planet of the Apes

Alien

African Queen

Apocalypse Now

Close Encounters

Cool Hand Luke

Rocky

First Blood

Life of Brian
Old 15 February 2009, 12:55 AM
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the blues brothers
Old 15 February 2009, 12:56 AM
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the shining
Old 15 February 2009, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
Dead Zone -- great film btw

12 Angry Men (Henry Fonda)
Oh Yes.


Also: Ice Cold in Alex.

Truly excellent interplay there... very very good film
Old 15 February 2009, 01:05 AM
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Haven't seen that in years. Classic
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If its black and white it got to be :-
Its a wonderfull life.
Old 15 February 2009, 07:44 AM
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This island earth.

Jaws

Dambusters

Harold & Maud

The Thing

The Dead Zone

Scanners

Flight of the phoenix

Ice cold in Alex

silent running

The day the earth stood still

Them

prolly loads more


Mart
Old 15 February 2009, 08:46 AM
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Alien, definitive movie

Godfather I and II

Star Wars epics

Jaws

Cool Hand Luke

A night to remember

Great Escape
Old 15 February 2009, 09:13 AM
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Coogans Bluff.
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Alien 1 and 2
Platoon
Full Metal Jacket
Jaws
Matrix all three
Good fellas
Sexy Beast
Life of Brian
Trading Places
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
The Exorcist
Schindler's list
Predator 1
Dusk till Dawn
Coming to America
Leon
Old 15 February 2009, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by scarey
the blues brothers
yeah baby

for me add:

goonies
dumb and dumber
proper star wars trilogy (none of the cgi pap)
rocky (all 6 but willing to lose no.5)
spaceballs
Old 15 February 2009, 11:11 AM
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For B&W films:

- Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Films (14 of them)

For other classics:

- Le Femme Nikita

- Leon

- The Last Starfighter (one of the films in the early eighties to start to use Computer Graphics (TRON being the other)

- The Terminator

- The Original Star Wars Trilogy

- Black Rain

Also The Blues Brothers (The extended version on R1 DVD added more to the characters than the Theatrical Version)

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Old 15 February 2009, 11:38 AM
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the thing

robocop

terminator

die hard

leon

predator

them

maximum overdrive

invasion USA

the howling

american werewolf in london
Old 15 February 2009, 11:44 AM
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Scrooge with Alistair Sim.

Love the old pre-50s b/w nitrate films. They had a lovely lustre. And the mono sound tracks where you could actually hear the dialogue and the sound wasn't dropping in and out like a fiddler's elbow!
Old 15 February 2009, 11:48 AM
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Metropolis (fritz lang)

Robin hood, glorious technicolour, and Olivia de Havilland (well when your 11 she was )


Mrt
Old 15 February 2009, 11:53 AM
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Forbidden Planet
Them
The shape of things to come
Kellys Heroes
Seven Samurai
The Day the Earth stood still
Any Sherlock Holmes movie with Basil Rathbone
Old 15 February 2009, 01:57 PM
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Some great films listed above. Some of my favourites not mentioned so far are:

Some Like It Hot
Captain Blood, They Died With Their Boots On, The Adventures of Robin Hood (all Errol Flynn)
Duck Soup - in fact most Marx Brothers Films
Casablanca
Kelly's Heroes
It's a Wonderful Life
Old 15 February 2009, 02:01 PM
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The original 'Ghost and Mrs Muir' with Rex Harrison. Makes me cry at the end.
Old 15 February 2009, 02:25 PM
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TOPGUN !!!!
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Originally Posted by Simes777
Some great films listed above. Some of my favourites not mentioned so far are:


It's a Wonderful Life
Guaranteed to have me in floods of tears


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