Best Movies

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi Herlock,

Ian Fleming said he had Cary Grant in mind when he wrote the books.

Cheers, George

Hello George,

I never knew that. Cary Grant was great.

[GBinOz]

Always good to see suggestions George. You’ve added one of my favourites Charade. I always thought that if they had started the Bond films in the 50’s instead of the 60’s Cary Grant would have got my vote as Bond.

Hi Herlock,

Ian Fleming said he had Cary Grant in mind when he wrote the books.

Cheers, George

[Losmandris]

One immediately stood out as a favourite of mine (that I’d forgotten about) The Long Good Friday. The theme tune was great too.

I love Bob Hoskins chewing up the screen. Plus amazing to see docklands before it was completely transformed. Harry Shand was right on the money (no pun intended) with his predictions for the area.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Just a few to add to the list from me:

Once upon a time in the west (1968)

Come and see (1985)

Heat (1995)

Apocalypse now (1979)

Sholay (1975)

A matter of life and death (1946)

Assault on precinct 13 (1979)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

The Searchers (1956)

The big Lebowski (1998)

Master and Commander (2003)

The Long Good Friday (1980)

The Quiet Man (1952)

The Wages of Fear (1953)

Repo Man (1984)

Akira (1988)

Point Break (1991)

One immediately stood out as a favourite of mine (that I’d forgotten about) The Long Good Friday. The theme tune was great too.

[Losmandris]

Just a few to add to the list from me:

Once upon a time in the west (1968)

Come and see (1985)

Heat (1995)

Apocalypse now (1979)

Sholay (1975)

A matter of life and death (1946)

Assault on precinct 13 (1979)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

The Searchers (1956)

The big Lebowski (1998)

Master and Commander (2003)

The Long Good Friday (1980)

The Quiet Man (1952)

The Wages of Fear (1953)

Repo Man (1984)

Akira (1988)

Point Break (1991)

[Enigma]

Hey RD,

Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:


Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau

Cheers, George

Hi George,
Charade almost made the cut in my list.

Another Audrey Hepburn movie which is a hoot is "How To Steal A Million" with Peter O'Toole and Eli Wallach.

regards Gazza

[DJA]

From Here to Eternity (1953) Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr

Elmer Gantry 1960 with Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones, Jean Simmons and Dean Jagger

Gunfight at the ok Corral 1957 with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas

[FrankO]

Hi Frank,

In The Heat Of The Night is one of my favourites too. Sellers’ Pink Panther movies were brilliant - I went for A Shot In The Dark for my list but it was a difficult decision.

Indeed, Mike, it's very difficult to have to choose a favorite Pink Panther movie. They all have brilliant and hilarious scenes.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi Mike & all,

Here's my list.

The Game (1997)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Intouchables (2011)
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Green Book (2018)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Rear Window (1954)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Waking Ned (1998)
A Fish called Wanda (1988)
Saving Grace (2000)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

Cheers,
Frank

Hi Frank,

In The Heat Of The Night is one of my favourites too. Sellers’ Pink Panther movies were brilliant - I went for A Shot In The Dark for my list but it was a difficult decision.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hey RD,

Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:

Amadeus - Astonishing performance by F Murray Abaham as Salieri, and of course, the music.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford
Out of Africa - Redford, Streep and Klaus Maria Brandauer
Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau
The Natural - Redford and Duvall
The Man Who Would Be King - Kipling classic with Connery, Caine and Plummer
Die Hard - Alan Rickman as the classic villain
The Court Jester
The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven (Original) - who can name the actors playing the 7? (no googling please)
Hard Times 1975 - Bronson and Coburn
The Red Sun - Bronson and Mifune
Death Hunt 1981 - Bronson and Marvin
The White Buffalo - Bronson and the great Will Sampson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nicholson and Sampson plus DeVito and Dourif in early roles
Unforgiven
Tin Cup
Second Hand Lions - Caine and Duvall
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Caine and Martin
Zulu

Cheers, George

Always good to see suggestions George. You’ve added one of my favourites Charade. I always thought that if they had started the Bond films in the 50’s instead of the 60’s Cary Grant would have got my vote as Bond.

[FrankO]

Hi Mike & all,

Here's my list.

The Game (1997)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Jaws (1975)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Intouchables (2011)
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Green Book (2018)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Rear Window (1954)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Waking Ned (1998)
A Fish called Wanda (1988)
Saving Grace (2000)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

Cheers,
Frank

[The Rookie Detective]

Hey RD,

Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:

Amadeus - Astonishing performance by F Murray Abaham as Salieri, and of course, the music.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford
Out of Africa - Redford, Streep and Klaus Maria Brandauer
Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau
The Natural - Redford and Duvall
The Man Who Would Be King - Kipling classic with Connery, Caine and Plummer
Die Hard - Alan Rickman as the classic villain
The Court Jester
The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven (Original) - who can name the actors playing the 7? (no googling please)
Hard Times 1975 - Bronson and Coburn
The Red Sun - Bronson and Mifune
Death Hunt 1981 - Bronson and Marvin
The White Buffalo - Bronson and the great Will Sampson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nicholson and Sampson plus DeVito and Dourif in early roles
Unforgiven
Tin Cup
Second Hand Lions - Caine and Duvall
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Caine and Martin
Zulu

Cheers, George

Oops! Sorry George!

Hehe!


RD


ah...and Zulu Dawn was also a classic!

[DJA]

The Maltese Falcon 1941 - Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook Jr., James Burke, MurraThe

Long Ships (1964)y Alper, John Hamilton, Charles Drake, Chester

The hustler (1961)

The Buccaneer 1958 with Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Charles Boyer

(The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 with Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker.1952)

The Crimson Pirate (1952) eng

The Guns of Navarone (1961) Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn

The Cincinnati Kid 1965 with Joan Blondell, Edward G. Robinson and Steve McQueen

[drstrange169]

Saw this earlier this week ...

Stanley Kubrick's List of Top 10 Films:

1. I Vitelloni (Fellini, 1953)
2. Wild Strawberries (Bergman, 1957)
3. Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941)
4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)
5. City Lights (Chaplin, 1931)
6. Henry V (Olivier, 1944)
7. La notte (Antonioni, 1961)
8. The Bank Dick (Fields, 1940)
9. Roxie Hart (Wellman, 1942)
10. Hell’s Angels (Hughes, 1930)

(Source: "Stanley Kubrick, cinephile", Nich Wrigley, BFI 2010)

[GBinOz]

In no particular order...

The Wild Geese
Zulu
Django Unchained
Desperado
The Godfather
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Reservoir Dogs
Fury
Dances with Wolves
Enter the Dragon
The Fifth Element
Leon
Full Metal Jacket
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Meet Joe Black
The Untouchables
The Krays (Remake)
The Italian Job (original)
Collateral
Split
Heat
The Elephant Man
The Departed
Kill Bill

Quite an eclectic mix, but that's at least 25 movies that I consider worthy of repeated viewings

RD

Hey RD,

Good selection but......No fair...you exceeded the limit. Oh well, I always say...give an inch and I'll take a mile and ask for forgiveness afterwards (sorry Herlock). Here are some more to add to my 20 to make it a top 40:

Amadeus - Astonishing performance by F Murray Abaham as Salieri, and of course, the music.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - Newman and Redford
Out of Africa - Redford, Streep and Klaus Maria Brandauer
Charade - Grant, Hepburn, Coburn and Matthau
The Natural - Redford and Duvall
The Man Who Would Be King - Kipling classic with Connery, Caine and Plummer
Die Hard - Alan Rickman as the classic villain
The Court Jester
The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven (Original) - who can name the actors playing the 7? (no googling please)
Hard Times 1975 - Bronson and Coburn
The Red Sun - Bronson and Mifune
Death Hunt 1981 - Bronson and Marvin
The White Buffalo - Bronson and the great Will Sampson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Nicholson and Sampson plus DeVito and Dourif in early roles
Unforgiven
Tin Cup
Second Hand Lions - Caine and Duvall
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Caine and Martin
Zulu

Cheers, George