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82. Seven Samurai

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Sat Sep 28, 2019, 02:03 AM

Sep 2019

Seven Samurai

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Name a film that you can't improve [View all] IrishEyes Sep 2019 OP

The American President. 3catwoman3 Sep 2019 #1

ET mainstreetonce Sep 2019 #27

Lawrence of Arabia OilemFirchen Sep 2019 #2

On the Waterfront as a film, not for its anti-union sentiments. emmaverybo Sep 2019 #3

Not just "anti-union"... regnaD kciN Sep 2019 #62

All The President's Men applegrove Sep 2019 #4

The Best Years of Our Lives. Shane. Casablanca. jg10003 Sep 2019 #5

Just recommended Best Years of Our Lives to a good friend Freethinker65 Sep 2019 #64

Road House, The Big Lebowski, Key Largo, Plan Nine From Outer Space, Tombstone... Miles Archer Sep 2019 #6

tombstone, yes discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #140

12 Angry Men AJT Sep 2019 #7

2001: A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Kubrick DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #8

A thousand times this. Codeine Sep 2019 #40

Yes you do. I was going to post another. This stopped me short. yonder Sep 2019 #74

All About Eve. The Philadelphia Story. North By Northwest. To Catch A Thief. Kundun. catbyte Sep 2019 #9

Oh thank you for mentioning Kundun! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #120

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Skittles Sep 2019 #10

Shawshank Redemption 7wo7rees Sep 2019 #11

An Affair to Remember Totally Tunsie Sep 2019 #12

Goldfinger Cartoonist Sep 2019 #13

Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo. stopbush Sep 2019 #14

Agreed Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #21

"Maltese Falcon" could be improved... malthaussen Sep 2019 #36

Plan 9 from Outer Space Kablooie Sep 2019 #15

A League of Their Own, Local Hero, Cat Ballou FuzzyRabbit Sep 2019 #16

Shawshank Redmeption, Upthevibe Sep 2019 #17

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Monsignor, The Exorcist Part Two... First Speaker Sep 2019 #18

lol ... yeah, those are GREAT! mr_lebowski Sep 2019 #33

Funny you mention Texas Chainsaw Ahpook Sep 2019 #39

Texas Chainsaw truly was perfect. And that reminds me: The Devil's Rejects BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #121

The Lion in Winter PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #19

Pulp Fiction. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2019 #20

12 O'Clock High Sherman A1 Sep 2019 #22

Citizen Kane, Frankenstein, Philadelphia, Cold Turkey Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2019 #23

On Golden Pond lastlib Sep 2019 #24

East of Eden - John Ford understood the power of B&W film Brother Buzz Sep 2019 #25

Since everything you mentioned was about "The Grapes of Wrath"... regnaD kciN Sep 2019 #66

TOTAL BRAIN FART!!!! LOL, yes I meant Grapes of Wrath Brother Buzz Sep 2019 #71

Shawshank...and Seven Samurai Docreed2003 Sep 2019 #26

Probably no one else besides me has seen this film, LiberalLoner Sep 2019 #28

Omg yes, I loved that film! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2019 #122

❤️ LiberalLoner Oct 2019 #134

All The President's Men redstatebluegirl Sep 2019 #29

Completely with you on the Blues Brothers. n/t customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #30

A Few Good Men. nt 42bambi Sep 2019 #31

Taxi Driver phatkatt Sep 2019 #32

And of course, Reefer Madness. I am partial to black and white movies, Thin Man series Tech Sep 2019 #34

I have DVR'd Arsenic and Old Lace and watch it at least once per week. Sometimes when I'm down I'll Upthevibe Sep 2019 #76

Dr. Zivago, Smickey Sep 2019 #35

Hard to see how "Blazing Saddles" could be improved. n/t malthaussen Sep 2019 #37

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Captain Zero Sep 2019 #38

Raising Arizona. Nt The Polack MSgt Sep 2019 #41

The Godfather. edbermac Sep 2019 #42

Surprised it took this long to make the list. empedocles Oct 2019 #128

Animal House! Initech Sep 2019 #43

I absolutely agree. IrishEyes Sep 2019 #44

Well you know what we got to do! Toga party! Initech Sep 2019 #46

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son" IrishEyes Sep 2019 #68

I did the other day. It was a reply to @realDonaldTrump. Initech Sep 2019 #69

ugh. that racist scene Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #92

Okay... jmowreader Sep 2019 #45

What? The Dark Knight is awesome. Initech Sep 2019 #47

Agreed. And the Burton films are very close to unwatchable Orrex Sep 2019 #75

Except the part where Christian Bale steals my luggage. NT Throckmorton Sep 2019 #95

The Big Lebowski Initech Sep 2019 #48

Die Hard Generic Brad Sep 2019 #49

Many RobinA Sep 2019 #50

Victor , Victoria The Sting yellowdogintexas Sep 2019 #51

Sixteen Candles, Big Business, Donnie Darko Glorfindel Sep 2019 #52

A Man for All Seasons, Henry V (Branagh version), The Verdict bronxiteforever Sep 2019 #53

To Kill A Mockingbird, Little Big Man OregonBlue Sep 2019 #54

Schindler's List. Doodley Sep 2019 #55

Little Big Man defacto7 Sep 2019 #56

Unforgiven lpbk2713 Sep 2019 #57

Dr. Zhivago. n/t GP6971 Sep 2019 #58

In Cold Blood, Easy Rider; Black Like Me; 12 Angry Men. Hoyt Sep 2019 #59

Now Voyager LakeArenal Sep 2019 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Sep 2019 #61

42nd Street, Dark Victory, Casablanca, The Third Man, The Red Shoes, appalachiablue Sep 2019 #63

Here are mine jrandom421 Sep 2019 #65

Great line from Sam Elliot discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2019 #141

Don't forget this one as well jrandom421 Oct 2019 #142

Benny & Joon Bayard Sep 2019 #67

Monty Python and the Holy Grail cos dem Sep 2019 #70

Far too many that I thought of have already been listed. Dem2theMax Sep 2019 #72

My Cousin Vinnie missingthebigdog Sep 2019 #73

How about a movie that would be improved by never having been made? Hokie Sep 2019 #77

Saran Wrap. Its a thin film and I'd have no idea how to improve Saran Wrap. Kablooie Sep 2019 #78

High Noon,Forbidden Planet,Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (except for the last 15 minutes),The Green Mile Hokie Sep 2019 #79

North by Northwest, maybe the best Hitchcock movie Hokie Sep 2019 #80

I can't improve Godfather 1 dawg day Sep 2019 #81

Seven Samurai List left Sep 2019 #82

Harold and Maude; Dark Star; A Clockwork Orange SeattleVet Sep 2019 #83

Being There, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stranger Than Paradise... Tikki Sep 2019 #84

The Last Picture Show Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #85

All Quiet on the Western Front Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #86

Ninotchka Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #87

Sunset Boulevard Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #88

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #89

Network Mike Nelson Sep 2019 #90

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Sep 2019 #91

"Night Nurse" with Barbara Stanwyck (especially if you have been a night nurse) : mucifer Sep 2019 #93

I love it too! 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2019 #101

Wow. Love so many listed, adding . . . CommonSenseMom Sep 2019 #94

Reefer Madness Major Nikon Sep 2019 #96

Many have already been listed, but these two came to mind MrsMatt Sep 2019 #97

A River Runs Through It. MontanaMama Sep 2019 #98

smoke signals AmandaRuth Sep 2019 #99

The Producers (Zero Mostel/Gene Wilder version) NoPasaran Sep 2019 #100

Ya, The Producers, such perfection Beringia Oct 2019 #123

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House; The Long Long Trailer 50 Shades Of Blue Sep 2019 #102

Mine are Doreen Sep 2019 #103

Henry and June. LisaM Sep 2019 #104

Any of the "Three Colours" trilogy from Kieslowski ZZenith Sep 2019 #105

I love the Three Colors. nocoincidences Oct 2019 #130

My preference is always the most recently watched. ZZenith Oct 2019 #133

Withnail and I Vox Populi Sep 2019 #106

Stage Door: Check out the cast-- dawg day Sep 2019 #107

TMax 400 Major Nikon Sep 2019 #108

Forrest Gump SeaTownBlue Sep 2019 #109

witness. flash gordon. lol. airplane..... pansypoo53219 Sep 2019 #110

Four: Young Frankenstein, If, The Witness (Harrison Ford), and The Verdict (Paul Newman) DFW Sep 2019 #111

Office Space, Robocop Nay Sep 2019 #112

A few.. Mike 03 Sep 2019 #113

Young Frankenstein JCMach1 Sep 2019 #114

"Attack of the Killer Tomatoes"! lastlib Sep 2019 #115

Many good ones, but I don't find Body Heat gratuitous Sep 2019 #116

No Country for Old Men. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2019 #117

A few IGoToDU Oct 2019 #118

"Chinatown" "LA Confidential" (nt) Paladin Oct 2019 #119

The Harry Potter Films Leith Oct 2019 #124

To Kill A Mockingbird, DeminPennswoods Oct 2019 #125

Women in Love nocoincidences Oct 2019 #126

Jaws Cicada Oct 2019 #127

Mine are... Zoonart Oct 2019 #129

King of Hearts w Alan Bates randr Oct 2019 #131

I liked a lot of these and would add Hidden Figures Nt spooky3 Oct 2019 #132

Star Trek IV, Major League, African Queen. Nt Blue_playwright Oct 2019 #135

Dersu Uzala sorcrow Oct 2019 #136

Jeremiah Johnson, African Queen, Casablanca LAS14 Oct 2019 #137

Apocalypse Now mokawanis Oct 2019 #138

Clerks, with all its imperfections, was perfect. aikoaiko Oct 2019 #139

Did anyone mention "In The Heat of the Night" ??? yellowdogintexas Oct 2019 #143

The Great White Hype MrScorpio Oct 2019 #144

Rebecca 1940 canetoad Oct 2019 #145