My Favorite Movies
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| 1 |
North by Northwest 1959, Unrated)
Classic Hitchcock, Classic Film |
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| 2 |
The Right Stuff 1983, PG)
serverly under rated film but a work of art and cinema. super |
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| 3 |
Saving Private Ryan 1998, R)
Best War film to date. Nothing can replace those first 20 mins on Omaha to date |
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| 4 |
A Night to Remember 1958, Unrated)
Best film about the Titanic. Forget the 1997 turkey, this the proper film about the ship. |
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| 5 |
Battle of Britain 1969, G)
Never a success when it came out in 1969 due to Vietnam but possibly now a Cinematic legend. |
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| 6 |
A Bridge Too Far 1977, R)
Barry Norman called this film "A film too long" Piss off, you will never see a film like it again. Stunning |
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| 7 |
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968, G)
Kubrick's Finest. Does anybody understand it properly?? Who cares!! |
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| 8 |
The Day of the Jackal 1973, PG)
Smooth, clean and clinical. Fox's greatest ever performace. |
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| 9 |
JFK 1992, R)
Have your theroy, what the circumstances will be, its still a movie masterpiece by Stone. |
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| 10 |
Oh, Mr. Porter! 1937, Unrated)
Innocence and corny 30's British humour mixed in with Railways. Priceless stuff from Will Hay |
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| 11 |
The Untouchables 1987, R)
Costner, Connery, Garcia and De Niro. Nuff Sed. |
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| 12 |
Shaun of the Dead 2004, R)
Laugh a minute from the Pegg, Frost and Wright crew. Watch out for Hot Fuzz!! |
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| 13 |
Hell Drivers (Hard Drivers) 1957, Unrated)
Dark and powerful. gritty British drama at its 1950's best. |
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| 14 |
The Italian Job 1969, PG)
"Camp Freddie, everybody in the world is bent" Best version by a long way. Classic |
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| 15 |
Snatch 2001, R)
Brilliant film. Guy Ritchie's best?? You Decide. |
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| 16 |
Le Mans 1971, G)
Great if you love 70's racing cars and pure Mcqueen nuts. If not, avoid |
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| 17 |
Pushing the Limit: The Making of 'Grand Prix' 2001, Unrated)
Again, like Le Mans for the hardcore fans only. |
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| 18 |
Is Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?) 1966, Unrated)
Wonderful film about the French resistance in Paris in 1944. Brilliant factual drama |
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| 19 |
The Heroes of Telemark 1965, R)
Douglas and Harris fight against "heavy water2 Good sunday watching stuff |
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| 20 |
The Blue Max 1966, PG)
Forget the A Team, Peppard is very convincing and crude in this WWI drama |
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| 21 |
2010: The Year We Make Contact 1984, PG)
Always in the Shadow of 2001, but still superb film |
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| 22 |
The French Connection 1971, R)
You want old school style action. This is the film for you. |
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| 23 |
Frenzy 1972, R)
very very dark Hicthcock film. Considered to be his last "proper" film |
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| 24 |
The 39 Steps 1935, PG)
"drama is life, with the dull bits cut out" |
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| 25 |
Raise the Titanic 1980, PG)
prettty crap but makes the cut due to its fantastic re emerging scene out of the water. |
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| 26 |
A History of Violence 2005, R)
As in the title, pretty violent but great storyline and actors to boot. |
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| 27 |
The Train 1965, Unrated)
not a true storyline but very creditable acting and visuals to make this a classic |
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| 28 |
The First Great Train Robbery (The Great Train Robbery) 1979, PG)
You would of thought this would be a right turkey. Wrong. A rollercoaster of a period film. |
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| 29 |
The Truman Show 1998, PG)
Carrey is stunning in this visual beauty. |
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| 30 |
The Majestic 2001, PG)
Carrey shows his other not so much seen acting side in this soul feeling and sentimental masterpiece. |
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| 31 |
Donnie Darko 2001, R)
Frank the Bunny is enough to put this in my list. Massive cult film and already brimmed with legendary status. |
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| 32 |
Heat 1995, R)
A outstanding cast and brillaint visual make this gritty american cop drama one of the best in the field. |
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| 33 |
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1999, R)
Richtie's debut and eventually kickstarted the underground british movie industry again. cheers boys |
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| 34 |
Brighton Rock 1947, Unrated)
The film that made Attenborough. Dark and well ahead of its time. |
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| 35 |
The General , Unrated)
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| 36 |
Vertigo 1958, PG)
Very very twisted film but Stewart is stunning in this Hitchcock classic |
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| 37 |
The Birds 1963, PG-13)
Great film. Not so good if you dont like birds. Advise you dont go to Trafalger Square after watching this film. |
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| 38 |
The Fifth Element 1997, PG-13)
Clever, intriging, sad, funny and inspriational. that's only the first ten minutes!! |
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| 39 |
Dark Blue World (Tmavomodrý svet) 2001, R)
worth well attempt by the europeans to document the battle of britain. Although the Spitfires are the real stars of the show. |
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| 40 |
Von Ryan's Express 1965, PG)
Sintara. Germans. Trains and.........Trevor Howard. Couldnt get any better |
