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Favorite non military movie

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Wayneb, Sep 6, 2022.

  1. valiant A Fixture

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    Quadrophenia, Northern Soul, Soul Boy, 24 Hour Party People, Awaydays, The Firm, Green Street, The Football Factory, The Business, Breaking Glass,......
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  2. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Yeah, Quadrophenia is a classic...(n)
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  3. valiant A Fixture

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    It is if youre into that sort of thing!
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  4. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Been a biker most of my life, so best part of the movie for me was when The Ace Face's scooter got trashed...:D
    Only kidding.
  5. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Continuing with "R" to "S"...

    Reservoir Dogs (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Ride With The Devil (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134154/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387541/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Risen (2016) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3231054/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
    Rob Roy (1995) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114287/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
    Robert The Bruce (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8000908/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Robin Hood Men in Tights (1993) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107977/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Roman Holiday (1953) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Romancing The Stone (1984) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088011/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Rosemarys Baby (1968) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Royal Flash (1975) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073639/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Ruthless People (1986) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091877/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Ryan's Daughter (1970) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066319/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Scandal (1989) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098260/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4
    Scarface (1983) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Se7en (1995) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Separate Tables (1958) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052182/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Shadow Dancer (2012) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1770734/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Shanghai (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092634/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to Kill (1946) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038494/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  6. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    And more favorite movies beginning with "S".

    Sherlock Holmes - Pursuit to Algiers (1945) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038008/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
    Sherlock Holmes - Terror by Night (1946) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039017/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sherlock Holmes – Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_7
    Sherlock Holmes - The House of Fear (1945) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037794/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
    Sherlock Holmes - The Pearl of Death (1944) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037168/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
    Sherlock Holmes - The Scarlet Claw (1944) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037248/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sherlock Holmes - The Spider Woman (1943) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037303/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2
    Sherlock Holmes - The Woman in Green (1945) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038259/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035317/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035318/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036348/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036349/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Shutter Island (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Single White Female (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105414/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102945/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sleepy Hollow [1999] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162661/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Snow White : A Tale of Terror (1997) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119227/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0Solomon Kane (2010) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970452/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Some Like It Hot (1959) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Spider-Man 1 (2002) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  7. theBaron A Fixture

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    Yeah, tough to pick just a single movie. I have to think of movies I have on DVD and watch over and over.

    "The Great Race", an outstanding slapstick comedy, well-written, well-cast, well-acted.
    "Jaws", great suspense, and again, well-cast and well-acted.
    "The Seven Samurai", even though I don't speak Japanese and rely on the subtitles. Also, its Western adaptation, "The Magnificent Seven". The theme and much of the story and characters translate well from feudal Japan to the Southwest circa 1870.
    All of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti Westerns, as well as his "Pale Rider", "The Outlaw Josey Wales", and "Unforgiven"
    "Dirty Harry". The sequels are enjoyable, too, but if I could only watch one, it'd be the original.
    The original "Godzilla", in its original Japanese form, and the revised version with Raymond Burr's scenes added for the Western market. I was a big fan of Godzilla and other monster movies, when I was a kid. Every Saturday afternoon, watching them on Channel 48 and later Channel 17 out of Philly, when who knew from "kaiju"? We called 'em Japanese monster movies.
    "Blade Runner" - the original version, with Deckard's narration. Great film noir in a science fiction setting.
    "The Fifth Element"
    "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Temple of Doom", and "The Last Crusade". "Crystal Skull" sucked.
    "Barry Lyndon"
    "Star Wars"-the original, none of this "Episode 4" crap or "director's cut" nonsense. When it was a roll of the dice, and Lucas wasn't sure the movie would succeed. I saw it 10 times that summer, it made such an impression on me. The two original sequels are OK, and they do complete the story arc. But all of the rest of it is a colossal waste of time. Except for "The Mandalorian." I like the Western-in-space themes.

    I can think of other movies I enjoy, but I don't have them in my library. That tells me that I don't like them enough to buy them.

    Prost!
    Brad
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  8. theBaron A Fixture

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    Basil Rathbone was good as Holmes, but I always enjoyed Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. I got to play Major Metcalf in a production of "The Mousetrap", and I based him on Bruce's Dr. Watson. I like that character so much.

    Prost
    Brad
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  9. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Yeah, there's a lot to be said for the older movies from the 1940's/1950's.

    I've just finished watching Hour of the Dragon E05 and am completely blow away. Will likely begin a new thread on this series once I get around to it.
    Sure, it's a bit of a slow burn, but man, it's started to light up now.
    Simply brilliant in terms of acting, character development and writing.
    One thing's for certain -- it's ten times better than Amazon's Rings of Power dumpster fire.
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  10. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Well, as you'll appreciate, both local and national TV is somewhat "limited" where I live -- although surprisingly enough, certain movies do get broadcast in the original English versions, and some of the excellent travel programs and historical epics don't need to be in translated to English anyway.

    My DVD collection has been built up over the past 25-years or so, having been bought during visits to the UK, USA, Hong Kong, India, Philippines, etc.
    Over the years, I've converted the vast majority of them to MP4 or MKV format so I can put them onto an ex-HDD and watch them anywhere.

    Now why am I not surprised that "Barry Lyndon" is one of your favorites?...:)


    (It's one of mine too).

    Cheers
    H
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  11. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Favorite Flix "S" through to "T"...

    Spider-Man 2 (2004) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316654/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Stagecoach (1939) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031971/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Stanley and Livingstone (1939) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031973/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Stone Of Destiny (2008) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037156/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Stonehearst Asylum (2014) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772264/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Streets of Fire (1984) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088194/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sudden Impact (1983) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086383/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Sunset Blvd (1950) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    Taxi Driver (1976) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075314/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The 39 Steps (1935) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026029/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029843/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Beguiled (1971) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066819/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Company Of Wolves (1984) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087075/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Cowboys (1972) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068421/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068435/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Day Of The Jackal (1973) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069947/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Dead Pool (1988) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094963/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Deceivers (1988) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094979/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Devil Wears Prada (2006) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458352/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Dig (2021) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3661210/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  12. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    United-Kingdom
    Carrying on with "T"

    The Dressmaker (2015) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2910904/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Duelists (1977) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Enforcer (1976) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074483/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2
    The Exception (2016) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4721124/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Exorcist (1971) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097322/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Fifth Element (1997) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059183/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Foreigner (2017) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615160/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Full Monty (1997) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119164/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Gentlemen (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8367814/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Godfather Part I (1972) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Godfather Part II (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071562/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Grapes Of Wrath (1940) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032551/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059245/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1
    The Green Mile (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120689/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Grey (2011) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601913/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Hasty Heart (1949) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041445/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

    That's around, oh I dunno, about 75% of them listed.
    :)
  13. sd0324 PlanetFigure Supporter

    Let's get to Z and finish.


    Steve
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  14. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Sure, but there's a lot of "The" to get through first...:eek:...:)

    The Hitcher (1986) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091209/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Howling (1981) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082533/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Illusionist (2006) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443543/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Inn of The Sixth Happiness (1958) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051776/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Intern (2015) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361509/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Interpreter (2005) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373926/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Ipcress File (1965) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059319/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Italian Job (1969) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064505/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Jewel Of The Nile (1985) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089370/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Krays (1990) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099951/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Last Emperor (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093389/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Last of the Mohicans (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104691/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044829/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Legend Of Hell House (1973) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070294/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Legend of Tomiris (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7985648/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Lion in Winter (1968) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063227/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Lodger (1944) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037024/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116908/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Long Ships (1964) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057259/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  15. theBaron A Fixture

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    Yeah, I can't believe I forgot "The Godfather", great movie!
    That reminds me that I left out "Casino" and "Goodfellas".
    Also in the Mafia vein, but a comedy, is "My Blue Heaven". I don't have that one yet, though, but I do enjoy it. Pretty much anything Steve Martin has done.

    Bill Irwin was in "My Blue Heaven", which gives me a segue to "Eight Men Out", about the Chicago Black Sox and the 1919 World Series Scandal. Irwin played White Sox second baseman Eddie Collins, who was not accused of throwing games for money and survived the scandal. John Sayles wrote the screenplay, directed the movie, and played writer Ring Lardner. That's a segue to another movie by Sayles that I enjoy, though it gets a little pretentious, and that's "Matewan", about the 1920 coal miners' strike in Matewan WV. Both of those Sayles movies are well-cast and well-acted.

    As is "The Godfather". Though there could have been other casting decisions, Coppola got it right with his final choices.

    Prost!
    Brad
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  16. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    That's exactly why I'm posting these lists.
    As I mentioned previously, it gives the reader a chance to review movies they haven't thought about for some time - and perhaps consider watching a few that they've never heard of.
    It's all good.
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  17. Wayneb A Fixture

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    Let him go Steve.....He's starting to get winded......I feel he's starting to stagger. Or is it "look out nurse, I think we got a looney".......:ROFLMAO:

    Wayne
  18. bigtodd PlanetFigure Supporter

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    I am waiting for the T's!
    I am enjoying this.
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  19. harrytheheid A Fixture

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    Yeah, so am I.
    Still a bunch of "The" to come...:)

    The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King (2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167260/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (2002) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167261/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Lost Boys (1987) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093437/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Magnificent Seven (1960) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Maltese Falcon (1941) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Man Who Would Be King (1975) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073341/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Master Of Ballantrae (1953) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046054/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Missing (2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338188/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
    The Mist (2007) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Mummy (1999) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120616/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Mummy Returns (2001) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209163/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Name of the Rose (1986) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091605/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Northman (2022) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11138512/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Odessa File (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071935/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Others (2001) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230600/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_7
    The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075029/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Passage (1979) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079700/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3
    The Philadelphia Story (1940) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032904/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
    The Pink Panther (1963) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
  20. sd0324 PlanetFigure Supporter

    Now I need watch "The Man who would be King" again. Into the collection shelves I go.


    Steve
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