My Favorite Movies
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Green Dolphin Street 1947, Unrated)
Unconditonal Love |
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| 2 |
Carmen Jones 1954, Unrated)
It don't get no better. There is only ONE Carmen and its Dorothy Dandridge. |
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| 3 |
The Killers 1946, Unrated)
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Casablanca 1942, PG)
A LOVE story that weaves back and forth into a WAR story, with intrigue, as the Vichy French "Round up the usual suspects". |
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| 5 |
The Robe 1953, G)
Roman epic that stands the test of time. Wiliam Marshall is excellent in the sequel. |
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| 6 |
Mildred Pierce 1945, Unrated)
Joan as Mildred with a spoiled brat daughter named Veda. Sparks must fly. |
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| 7 |
Johnny Guitar 1954, PG)
Joan as Vienna---Fighting the town folf, led by Emma Small(Mercedes Mc Cambridge). This is the Best Western where women are gun tooting shooting heroines. |
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| 8 |
The Asphalt Jungle 1950, Unrated)
Crime Doesn't Pay. |
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| 9 |
The Counterfeit Traitor 1962, Unrated)
This title is one of my by-words. |
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| 10 |
L.A. Confidential 1997, R)
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Body Heat 1981, R)
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| 12 |
The Damned Don't Cry 1950, Unrated)
Joan Craword in one of her finest moments. |
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| 13 |
Black Widow 1987, R)
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| 14 |
Face/Off 1997, R)
Twists and Turns of Plastic Surgery. Classic, Nicholas Travolta and John Cage. |
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| 15 |
Love Jones 1997, R)
Love Story, set in Chicago. Music, Drama and great location. My favorite movie with a Black cast. |
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| 16 |
Like Water for Chocolate (Como Agua para Chocolate) 1993, R)
The LOVE cookbook. |
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| 17 |
Romeo Is Bleeding 1994, R)
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| 18 |
Across 110th Street 1972, R)
Excellent soundtrack. |
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| 19 |
The Killing (1956) , Unrated)
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| 20 |
White Heat 1949, Unrated)
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| 21 |
The Replacement Killers 1998, R)
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| 22 |
Miller's Crossing 1990, R)
The Irish Mob is at it again. Its all about a HAT. |
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| 23 |
To Live and Die in L.A. 1985, R)
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| 24 |
King of New York 1990, R)
Frank White IS Christopher Walken. |
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| 25 |
The Big Heat 1953, PG)
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| 26 |
The Killing Fields 1984, R)
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| 27 |
Goodbye, Children (Au Revoir Les Enfants) 1987, PG)
This is a must see film. A Jew is going to a school in a Catholic Monastary. |
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| 28 |
Europa Europa 1991, R)
Must see. |
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| 29 |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962, Unrated)
John Wayne with back up from fellow Pac-!0 Football Player Woddy Stroode turn a myth into a legend as they take out Liberty Valence and make Tom Stoddard a Senator. The music makes Wayne bigger---then 6'4. |
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| 30 |
Hondo 1953, Unrated)
Wayne as the ultimate loner with a dog named Sam or is it dog. |
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| 31 |
The Missing 2003, R)
Family topgetherness at its best, mixed with Native American--MAGIC----Lookout. |
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| 32 |
The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords 1999, Unrated)
Where is the Black Press now? We need The Chicago Defender, as Abbott envisioned. |
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| 33 |
Impact 1949, Unrated)
Brian Donlevy, in an underrated movie. Ella Raines steals the picture. |
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| 34 |
Chinatown 1974, R)
The Ultimate TABOO |
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| 35 |
All the King's Men 1949, Unrated)
Broderick Crawford IS Willie Stark. |
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| 36 |
The Jack Bull 1999, R)
Western about the POLITICS of BIG Ranchers verses STATEHOOD. |
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| 37 |
Shane 1953, Unrated)
Alan Ladd in his finest performance. Jack Palance in perhaps his makes this ONE of the very best WESTERNS. |
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| 38 |
High Noon 1952, Unrated)
Oh don't forsake me Gary Cooper. Coop defends a TOWN by himself with a assist from his wife of a few minutes. |
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| 39 |
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) 1970, R)
Italy before the Winds of War. |
