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30. What, no Chariots of Fire?

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 05:44 PM

Dec 2013

I just hear the opening notes of that theme, see the young men running on the beach and I can't resist it. My husband looks for it all the time on our movie channels. Best script, story, direction, acting, cinematography, you name it. Best. hands. down.

And why no Animal House on your list? Just for the sheer nuttiness of it...

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What movie will you always watch when you catch it on? [View all] NightWatcher Dec 2013 OP

The Matrix... Always sucks me in. Agschmid Dec 2013 #1

Robocop...Dr Strangelove...A Clockwork Orange... GReedDiamond Dec 2013 #2

The first three you listed are definites for me. geardaddy Dec 2013 #73

Casablanca irisblue Dec 2013 #3

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Me too. That and The American President... Love those presidential speeches that are ALWAYS 1monster Dec 2013 #62

The Great Escape. TheMightyFavog Dec 2013 #4

The Fifth Element, Men In Black, My Cousin Vinnie Initech Dec 2013 #5

The Sting...Groundhog Day...Jaws...not all great, but just...comfortably familiar! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2013 #6

The Shining , Matrix, Blazing Saddles and any Bogart movie. flying rabbit Dec 2013 #7

The Usual Suspects, Primal Fear. nt pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #8

The Goodbye Girl Cadfael Dec 2013 #9

Great movie. So cry on the horsey! Paulie Dec 2013 #10

Stripes, National Lampoon Vacation, The Lion in Winter, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.... Rowdyboy Dec 2013 #11

I've probably seen The Great Escape 40/50 times, not always at home. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #12

What, no Chariots of Fire? CTyankee Dec 2013 #30

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The Outlaw Josey Wales. bluedigger Dec 2013 #14

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Godfather and Godfather 2 NewJeffCT Dec 2013 #22

Love Actually and Zoolander PassingFair Dec 2013 #23

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I've seen Grosse Point and High Fidelty a ton NightWatcher Dec 2013 #44

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Pitch Black with Vin Diesel. RebelOne Dec 2013 #29

Judgment at Nuremberg continually amazes me in how enduring its impact is. CTyankee Dec 2013 #31

Montgomery Clift as Rudolph Petersen irisblue Dec 2013 #48

and Judy Garland and Burt Lancaster...etc... CTyankee Dec 2013 #51

Really, anything with Montgomery Clift except for Raintree County. nt Still Blue in PDX Dec 2013 #71

"The Fugitive" and "Notorious" mucifer Dec 2013 #32

The fugitive is outstanding lame54 Dec 2013 #74

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finally saw it for the first time this year NewJeffCT Dec 2013 #69

Cool Hand Luke and Rear Window. MerryBlooms Dec 2013 #37

Rear Window, Rope, Notorious, Frenzy ailsagirl Dec 2013 #39

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He's a genius. I relate to Medea. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #46

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With Rosalind Russell and Forest Tucker! csziggy Dec 2013 #76

Agree. Ball, brilliant as she was, didn't do Mame justice. valerief Dec 2013 #79

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One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest / Jack Nicholson B Calm Dec 2013 #60

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+ a brazilion pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #64

Hoosiers; G. I and II; Jaws; Day of the Jackal; Shall We Dance? (Gere); Fr. Connection; Zorro (Ty). WinkyDink Dec 2013 #65

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In The Heat of the Night. yellowdogintexas Dec 2013 #75

The Outlaw Josey Wales Va Lefty Dec 2013 #78

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Anything with Barbara Stanwyck.....anything! nt Walk away Dec 2013 #81

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watching the Odd Couple right now... magical thyme Dec 2013 #82

I'm freshly reminded of another favorite, "Blues Brothers" IrishAyes Dec 2013 #84

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When Harry Met Sally n/t sammytko Dec 2013 #87

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid.... mithnanthy Dec 2013 #88

Excalibur, M Python & the H Grail, Young Frankenstein, History of the World Pt 1, eShirl Dec 2013 #89

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