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Hey guys, I've been reading this forum of ours for days now and thanks to you all I've learned so much.

Me being a cigar newbie, there's nothing for me to add, no way I can contribute, but, I do know a thing or two about movies so I figured I can suggest some to you all.

I'll list 100 movies, in no particular order. 100 movies you could enjoy with a fine smoke. I hope that if you end up feeling like watching a movie but not really sure what you can open up this thread and pick something.

Little disclaimer: There wont be any comedies, although I do love comedies they just don't make a lasting impression on me. Also there will be only a couple of Blockbusters (no Avatars, Dark Knight's etc, although I love Dark Knight btw). Some will be famous you all have probably seen (Raiders of the Lost Arc), some I doubt more than a dozen of you have even heard off. Some will require patience to enjoy, some movies - like cigars - are acquired taste, require a second viewing. Also some will probably be very meaningful to me because of the period of life I am right now (26 years old, kinda on a crossroads). For example a few years ago I didn't like Fight Club or The Graduate, now I find so much in them, recognize so much of my emotions they are one of my favorites while in 10 years or so I'll probably feel indifferent watching them. So, while there is that "age" aspect, there's only 3-4 movies where age can influence my choice. Other 95 or so movies are for Guys from 20 to 120.

I'll state basic information, reason why that particular movie is on the list and somewhere a memorable quote.

Again, this is in no particular order, No 100 is not the worst of the bunch, neither is No 1 the best.

p.s. I hope you guys don't mind me doing this, if you do (moderators or whomever) just say so and I'll stop :clap:

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"Why didn't anyone think of that before? It's so stupid, it's positively brilliant!"

The Great Escape - 1963

Director:

John Sturges

Starring:

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn and Richard Attenborough.

The Movie: Boasting an all-star cast, headed by a terrific Steve McQueen, Great Escape is one of the greatest, most enjoyable WWII adventures Hollywood has made.

Why should you watch it? Because of that motorcycle jump.

99.

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"I said shut up once already, with my mouth."

Winters Bone - 2010

Director:

Debra Granik

Starring:

Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes and Garret Dillahunt

The Movie: Her family home in danger of being repossessed after her meth-cooking dad skips bail and disappears, Ozark teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) breaks the local code of conduct by confronting her kin about their conspiracy of silence. Bleek, tough, crime drama set in The Ozarks.

Why should you watch it: Because of the Teardrop character.

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"You talking to me? Well I'm the only one here."

Taxi Driver - 1976

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster and Cybill Shepherd

The Movie: A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out, attempting to save a teenage prostitute in the process. Considered one of the best movies of the 70's.

Why should you watch it: Because we all faced that empty corridor at some point in our lives.

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"Deserves got nothing to do with it"

Unforgiven - 1992

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman

The Movie:Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Won 4 Oscars, including Best Picture.

Why should you watch it: Because it single handedly killed the Hollywood Western genre as we know it.

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"ALARM! "

Das Boot. - 1981

Director:

Wolfgang Petersen

Stars:

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann

The Movie:The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror.

Why should you watch it: So you can wonder if you could handle it.

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"So what country do you want to go to?

Wyoming. "

Dog Day Afternoon - 1975

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Stars:

Al Pacino, John Cazale and Charles Durning

The Movie:A man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation; it turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.

Why should you watch it: Because they are not bank robbers, just regular loser's being eaten by a big city.

94.

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"I killed a man who I hated today. "

Revenge. - 1990

Director:

Tony Scott

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe.

The Movie:A great story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal.

Why should you watch it: Because they all deserve it.

93.

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"Give a guy a gun, he thinks he's Superman. Give him two and he thinks he's God. "

Hard Boiled - 1992

Director:

John Woo

Stars:

Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Teresa Mo.

The Movie: A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew. Hong Kong Action masterpiece.

Why should you watch it: Because it influenced everyone from Tarantino to The Matrix.

92.

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"All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die. "[/i]

Blade Runner - 1982

Director:

Ridley Scott

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer and Sean Young.

The Movie:Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker. One of the most influential Sci Fi movies ever.

Why should you watch it: Because it created cyberpunk sub-culture. Because you'll wonder if he's one of them.

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Bond, James Bond.

From Russia With Love - 1963

Director:

Terence Young

Stars:

Sean Connery, Robert Shaw and Lotte Lenya.

The Movie:James Bond willingly falls into an assassination ploy involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by SPECTRE.

Why should you watch it: Because it's the best Bond movie. Period.

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I would say Unforgiven revived the western, rather than killed it.

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90.

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"She's a ******* human being, man! F*ck you! "

Platoon - 1986

Director:

Oliver Stone

Stars:

Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Willem Dafoe.

The Movie:A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.

Why should you watch it: Because it's true. It is based on Oliver Stone's personal experience during the war in Vietnam.

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"Dry your eyes, baby; it's out of character. "

Notorious - 1946

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Stars:

Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains

The Movie:A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?

Why should you watch it: One of the best spy films of all time. So influential Mission Impossible 2 is a remake of it.

88.

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"I am Shiva the God of Death!"

Michael Clayton - 2007

Director:

Tony Gilroy

Stars:

George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Tom Wilkinson

The Movie:A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit. One of the smarter movies of the last decade.

Why should you watch it: Because they do adjust the truth. And because it has one of the coolest assassinations ever.

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"What you take into your hand, you take into your heart. "

Witness - 1985

Director:

Peter Weir

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and Lukas Haas

The Movie:A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.

Why should you watch it: Because it is about the choices we make in life and the choices that other people make for us.

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"The Horror."

Apocalypse Now - 1979

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Stars:

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall

The Movie: During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.

Why should you watch it:Because of the moments of agony and joy.

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I would say Unforgiven revived the western, rather than killed it.

I said "Because it single handedly killed the Hollywood Western genre as we know it." meaning there was no way you could look at all those classical Hollywood western movies with same eyes after you have seen Unforgiven. It has demystified it. Especially in that one long speech Gene Hackman's Wild Bill tells to that writer guy. Western Genre is not the same after Unforgiven. So I agree with you I just wasn't clear enough with what I was trying to say, sorry :)

p.s.Spaghetti Westerns not included in the discussion. They are a genre of there own :)

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Great thread stefan850...I love many of these movies that you've posted so far. Look forward to seeing the rest.

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Hard Boiled is a classic that you don't hear often enough!

Loved that movie...John Woo and Chow Yun Fat are a great combo, but I prefered A Better Tomorrow.

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"Why the hell not? "

The Wild Bunch - 1969

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Stars:

William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Robert Ryan.

The Movie:An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Why should you watch it: Because a Man stands by his friends.

84.

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"The best of them won't come for money; they'll come for me. "

Lawrence Of Arabia - 1962

Director:

David Lean

Stars:

Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn

The Movie:Epic rumination on a flamboyant and controversial British military figure and his conflicted loyalties during wartime service.

Why should you watch it: Because it's the greatest Epic Adventure ever filmed. And it will stay that way. If possible see a 70mm print in cinema.

83.

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"The last time I got blown, candy bars cost a nickel. "

The Long Kiss Goodnight - 1996

Director:

Renny Harlin

Stars:

Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and Yvonne Zima

The Movie:A women suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again.

Why should you watch it:Because it's the last of his kind. The Last Hurrah of the 90's Action movie. After this one Michael Bay, Fast Cuts, Slow Motions etc took over. Samuel L Jackson's character one my personal favorites.

82.

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"I'll f*ck anything that moves! "

Blue Velvet - 1986

Director:

David Lynch

Stars:

Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan and Dennis Hopper

The Movie: After finding a severed human ear in a field, a young man soon discovers a sinister underworld lying just beneath his idyllic suburban home town.

Why should you watch it: Because Dennis Hopper said after reading the script : "I've got to play Frank Booth. Because I am Frank Booth!"

81.

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"A world in which there's no place for Johnny Rocco. "

Key Largo - 1948

Director:

John Huston

Stars:

Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall

The Movie:A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.

Why should you watch it:Because it's one of the best contained thrillers ever made.

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80.

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"'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' "

Network - 1976

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Stars:

Faye Dunaway, William Holden and Peter Finch

The Movie: A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.

Why should you watch it: Because it's even more relevant now. Turn on your TV. Get mad as Hell.

79.

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"No. No, **** you, Montgomery Brogan. You had it all, and you threw it away, you *dumb* ******! "

25th Hour - 2002

Director:

Spike Lee

Stars:

Edward Norton, Barry Pepper and Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Movie: Cornered by the DEA, convicted New York drug dealer Montgomery Brogan reevaluates his life in the 24 remaining hours before facing a seven-year jail term.

Why should you watch it: Because it's so much more than that one monologue.

78.

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"Game over man, game over."

Aliens - 1986

Director:

James Cameron

Stars:

Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn and Carrie Henn

The Movie: The planet from Alien has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?

Why should you watch it: Because the last 60 minutes of this film are the definition of the saying "edge of your seat ride".

77.

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"Where I come from, you die with your secrets. "

Gone Baby Gone - 2007

Director:

Ben Affleck

Stars:

Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris and Casey Affleck

The Movie: Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel.

Why you should watch it: Because in Boston the wounds cut deeper, the characters are angrier, their resentments bleed, their grudges never die, and they all know everybody else's business. Also because Ben Affleck suprised us all by directing a great, dark movie.

76.

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"We're something, aren't we? The only animals that shove things up their ass for survival. "

Papillon - 1973

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Stars:

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman and Victor Jory

The Movie: A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Why should you watch it: Because we are animals. Because we would do extraordinary things. Because he didn't give up.

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Hey Stefan, would you be able to edit in the dates of the movies? It would be great to know and I'm way too lazy to look them up myself...lol. :D

Haha, np friend, I'll put the dates in. It's a good suggestion.

Lovin this thread, there's some cool looking movies that for some reason I haven't had a chance to see in my 40 years.

Glad to hear that, that's the point of it. :D

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75.

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"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"

Raiders Of The Lost Ark - 1981

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Stars:

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and Paul Freeman

The Movie:Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.

Why should you watch it: Because it's been a while since you have seen it the last time.

74.

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"Well we're back in business boys and girls, just like the old days. "

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - 1969

Director:

George Roy Hill

Stars:

Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katharine Ross

The Movie: Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

Why should you watch it: So you can light up your favorite cigar and look at the last freeze frame.

73.

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"That's just like your opinion...man."

The Big Lebowski - 1998

Director:

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Stars:

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Julianne Moore

The Movie: "Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Why should you watch it: Because it's not about the story, it's about a Man, not any man but one particular. The Dude.

72.

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"I am the last guy in the world that you wanna **** with. "

Thief - 1981

Director:

Michael Mann

Stars:

James Caan, Tuesday Weld and Willie Nelson

The Movie: Becoming closer to his dream of leading a normal life, a professional safecracker agrees to do a job for the mafia, who have other plans for him.

Why should you watch it: Because he told her to go away.

71.

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"No dream is ever just a dream. "

Eyes Wide Shut - 1999

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Todd Field

The Movie:A New York City doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him.

Why should you watch it: Because of the last line.

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"No questions. No answers. That's the business we're in. You just accept it and move on. "

Ronin - 1998

Director:

John Frankenheimer

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Jean Reno and Natascha McElhone

The Movie: A freelancing former US intelligence agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by both the Irish and the Russians.

Why should you watch it: Among other things, that car chase.

69.

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"You must be on stage when the curtain falls "

Downfall - 2004

Director:

Oliver Hirschbiegel

Stars:

Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara and Ulrich Matthes

The Movie: Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.

Why should you watch it: To see him die.

68.

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"The most powerful man in the United States is President Nixon. "

All The Presidents Men - 1976

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Stars:

Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford and Jack Warden

The Movie: Reporters Woodward and Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Nixon's resignation.

Why should you watch it: Because they brought down The President Of The United States.

67.

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"I must admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him"

The Shawshank Redemption - 1994

Director:

Frank Darabont

Stars:

Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman and Bob Gunton

The Movie: Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Why should you watch it: Because hope is a beautiful thing.

66.

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"I'm to old for this ****."

Lethal Weapon I & II - 1987/1989

Director:

Richard Donner

Stars:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Gary Busey

The Movie: A veteran cop, Murtough, is partnered with a young homicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common, hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one and other to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

Why should you watch it: Because Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 were edgy, funny, and kicked ass. 3 & 4 were a cash in, feel good joke.

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65.

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"We'll get there Pop, we'll get there"

The Godfather - 1972

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Stars:

Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and James Caan

The Movie:The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

Why should you watch it: Because of Michael.

64.

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"I am Jack's complete lack of surprise"

Fight Club - 1999

Director:

David Fincher

Stars:

Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter

The Movie:An office employee and a soap salesman build a global organization to help vent male aggression.

Why should you watch it: Because we are a generation of Men raised by Women.

63.

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"Hello Yuri"

No Way Out - 1987

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman and Sean Young

The Movie: A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Why should you watch it: Because it's the best thriller you never heard off.

62.

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"It's all a game! "

The Getaway - 1972

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Stars:

Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw and Ben Johnson

The Movie: A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Why should you watch it: Because in one of the least subtle metaphors ever they end up in trash.

61.

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"Here I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you; you took no notice. "

Vertigo - 1958

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Stars:

James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes

The Movie: A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Why should you watch it: Because we all want her to be perfect. Alfred Hitchcocks best.

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60.

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"I'm the villain in the family, remember? "

Get Carter - 1971

Director:

Mike Hodges

Stars:

Michael Caine, Ian Hendry and Britt Ekland

The Movie:When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.

Why should you watch it: Because Michael Caine kick's ass? Duh.

59.

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"Tessa... "

The Constant Gardener - 2005

Director:

Fernando Meirelles

Stars:

Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz and Danny Huston

The Movie: A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.

Why should you watch it: Because it slowly grows, like a great novel, both in scope and emotion until the end comes and hits you in the gut, destroys you from within. Requires patience.

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"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. "

Wall Street - 1987

Director:

Oliver Stone

Stars:

Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas and Tamara Tunie

The Movie: A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing.

Why should you watch it: Because we don't care about the lesson learned, we just think he's cool.

57.

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"What have I done"

The Bridge On The River Kwai - 1957

Director:

David Lean

Stars:

William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins

The Movie: After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men's construction of a railway bridge for their captors - while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it.

Why should you watch it: Because as crazy as he has become, we understand him.

56.

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"Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush. "

L.A. Confidential - 1997

Director:

Curtis Hanson

Stars:

Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce

The Movie: A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways.

Why should you watch it: Because this movie should have won all those Oscars in 1997, not Titanic. In retrospect by far the best movie of 1997.

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"They were all alive until they met you, Frank. "

Once Upon A Time In The West - 1968

Director:

Sergio Leone

Stars:

Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson and Claudia Cardinale

The Movie: Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.

Why should you watch it: Because in the first 20 minutes of the movie, Hollywoods favorite blu-eyed hero, Henry Fonda...kills a little kid.

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"Forgiveness is between them and God. It's my job to arrange the meeting. "

Man On Fire - 2004

Director:

Tony Scott

Stars:

Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken and Dakota Fanning

The Movie: In Mexico City, a former assassin swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.

Why should you watch it: Because she saved him and they took her away.

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"Forget it Jake, It's Chinatown"

Chinatown - 1974

Director:

Roman Polanski

Stars:

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston

The Movie: A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.

Why should we watch it: Because we all have our own Chinatown. A scary place we don't want to go back ever again.

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"When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. "

Casino - 1995

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Stars:

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci

The Movie: Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.

Why should you watch it: Because Joe Pesci among other things stabs a man in his throat with a pencil, hit's a guy with a payphone and puts Irish Mobsters head in the vise.

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"Figure a man's only good for one oath at a time"

The Searchers - 1956

Director:

John Ford

Stars:

John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Vera Miles

The Movie: As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Why should you watch it: Because the west never looked more beautiful.

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And for a while I had a bizarre obsession with The Wild Bunch (and all things Peckinpah in general). Spent a stint in film school and have never been the same since. I have around 5,000 films in my collection, and just can't stop watching. My first, real passion for sure in life.

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Fight Club is my personal #1. His name is Robert Paulson.

So many quotes in that movie. Right now it's probably my #1 also. Gets better after each viewing.

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And for a while I had a bizarre obsession with The Wild Bunch (and all things Peckinpah in general). Spent a stint in film school and have never been the same since. I have around 5,000 films in my collection, and just can't stop watching. My first, real passion for sure in life.

I love all this Peckinpah, I love that general Peckinpah vibe of men being men...I kinda miss that, in this PC/healthy life day and age.

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