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    Just off the top of my head...

    Blade Runner
    Mud
    Jurassic Park
    Braveheart
    Sicario
    Apocalypse Now
    JFK
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    Agent Cooper wrote:
    Thelma & Louise
    Thelma & Louise!!

    Close Encounters
    Have you seen Arrival, incidentally? I think you might like it if you liked Close Encounters of the Third Kind!

    Anything Python....as in Monty
    Oh good! You had me worried there for a second.

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    The Grapes of Wrath
    This one's always a good choice, IMO.

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    LOTR Trilogy
    Yeeeeeesssssssss! It is special to us!

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    Jurassic Park
    Thank you for not listing Jurassic World.

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    When the first Chris Reeve Superman film came out, I spent a lot of my free time going to see it - over and over and over again. I was just blown away by the (at the time) state-of-the-art special effects, the flying effects in particular. (I grew up watching George Reeves as Superman on t.v., and it was never really all that convincing.) I eventually lost track of how many times I went to see that movie at the theatre, but I know it was more than twenty.

    The only other time I've ever gone to the theatre to see repeated showings of a film anywhere near that obsessively was when Braveheart came out, and that was only seven.

    And then back in high school, I went to see Billy Jack with my friends a total of six times, and we all thought it was the greatest movie ever made.

    If I were making a list of favorite movies today, of the three I think only Braveheart would make the cut.

    To my previously posted list, I would have to add, now that I think about it, The Right Stuff, Four Brothers, Juno and The Verdict.
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    I have always thought Blade Runner sucked. I suspect a lot of people "like" it because they think they are supposed to like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IMPress Polly View Post
    I know we've done a thread like this at some point before, but I've forgotten what everyone's favorites were. Plus it's been a long time, so I'm sure some people's faves may have changed a little in the interim. Mine have. I suppose though that it's mostly because it's really only been for the last few years that I've paid any kind of close attention to movies. Before 2015 I was more of a casual moviegoer. Anyway, here are my favorite movies at present, excluding documentaries:

    1. Carol
    2. Mad Max: Fury Road
    3. Chi-Raq
    4. Lady Bird
    5. Black Panther

    What are your faves (anyone)?
    1) The original Star Wars Trilogy
    2) The Naked Gun series
    3) Up in smoke
    4) Blazing saddles

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cletus View Post
    I have always thought Blade Runner sucked. I suspect a lot of people "like" it because they think they are supposed to like it.
    It's a much better movie, IMO, in the "Final Cut" version - without the studio-imposed voiceover (they didn't think audiences would understand what was going on without it) and tacked-on happy ending. For me, it's a near-perfect blend of futuristic, near-dystopian sci-fi and an old noir-ish detective film from the '40s. (There's a fascinating book about the making of Blade Runner, btw, called 'Future Noir', in fact, which I can't recommend highly enough if you're a fan.)

    Hey, Cletus...did you ever get around to watching The Wind and the Lion? I recall posting some clips from it, either on this board or the last one, and you said you thought it looked interesting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Hey, Cletus...did you ever get around to watching The Wind and the Lion? I recall posting some clips from it, either on this board or the last one, and you said you thought it looked interesting.
    No, I didn't.

    Thanks for reminding me.
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    The Shawshank Redemption
    The Green Mile
    The Princess Bride
    Original Star Wars Trilogy
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    For you Hulu subscribers this one has been added.

    Billy Chrystal and Greggory Hines Running Scared.

    I was living in Chicago at the time and Vacationing in Key West. I just thought it was funny.

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