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  1. USArmyFinFan

    USArmyFinFan Maximum Effort

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    Wife and I were talk about getting a movie to watch, then we got talking about our fav movies.I was just wondering what differnt movies would come up here.

    Name your top five movies.

    Here are mine in no particular order:

    1 Full Metal Jacket
    2 Boondock Saints
    3 We were Soldiers
    4 Fight Club
    5 Pale Rider
     
  2. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    I have a couple of your movies in my top 5. This was a tough list.

    1. The Godfather
    2. Reservoir Dogs
    3. The Boondock Saints
    4. Pulp Fiction
    5. Fight Club

    Some movies that almost made it: Apocalyse Now, Goodfellas, and The Silence of the Lambs
     
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  3. unluckyluciano

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    1.godfather
    2.the warriors
    3.major league 2
    4.the alamo (newest one)
    5.rocky.
     
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  4. USArmyFinFan

    USArmyFinFan Maximum Effort

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    those are some good ones to, it seems easy until you think about it and have to skinny down to only 5
     
  5. USArmyFinFan

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    The Warriors? I must have missed that one.
     
  6. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    Def a cult classic. "Warriors, come out and playyy"
     
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  7. USArmyFinFan

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    Sorry don't recall, if its good maybe I should add it to my watch list.
     
  8. unluckyluciano

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    awesome movie. You are missing out bro.
     
  9. quelonio

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    1.- In the Mood for Love
    2.-Badlands
    3.-Killer of Sheep
    4.-George Washington
    5.-Edward Scissorhands (really any and all tim burton, but i am saying scissorhands, just cuz it is an emblematic one)
     
  10. FINintheMOON

    FINintheMOON Moderator Luxury Box

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    Good, Bad and the Ugly
    Braveheart
    Gladiator
    Silence of the Lambs
    Saw
     
  11. Biggtyme13

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    Great Movie. We named our flag football team The Warriors and before games people on the team used to scream that.
     
  12. Phinperor

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    My top 5:

    1. LOTR Trilogy (will count as one)
    2. Braveheart
    3. Harry Potter Series (will also count as one)
    4. Interview with the Vampire
    5. Shaun of the Dead

    Honorable Mentions: V for Vendetta. Gladiator, Conan the Barbarian, Spinal Tap, 300, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Army of Darkness, and The Evil Dead Trilogy.
     
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  13. DonShula84

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    Godfather
    Godfather 2
    Braveheart
    Goodfellas
    Toss up between 20 different movies.
     
  14. Biggtyme13

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    My list may be a little different than alot of peoples and widdling it down to 5 is tough.

    1. Usual Suspects
    2. Fight Club
    3. Outsiders
    4. Man on Fire (Denzel Version)
    5. A Bronx Tale
     
  15. unluckyluciano

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    Yeah see I see some of these and I think damn I missed one lol
     
  16. TheHighExhaulted

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    1. Seven Samurai
    2. Black Hawk Down
    3. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
    4. Bulworth
    5. Kingpin

    Of course, there is some I forgot. But, this is what I thought of real quick.
     
  17. USArmyFinFan

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    How could I have forgoten that one, great great movie, I recomend this to anyone who has not seen it.
     
  18. DevilFin13

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    Serenity
    The Godfather
    The Godfather Part II
    Empire Strikes Back
    Office Space
     
  19. Lt Dan

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    Tough one....in no particular order

    Can't Buy Me Love
    Titanic
    Shawshank Redemption
    Forrest Gump
    The Patriot



    Indiana Jones series and the Bourne series would be next up
     
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  20. Jt0323

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    wow, hard to make a list,
    in no order:
    Shawshank Redemption
    Inside Man
    Goodfellas
    Collateral
    Departed

    Honorable mentions: Rio Bravo, Rocky Movies, Man on Fire, American Gangster, Into the Wild, Remember the Titans
     
  21. Vengeful Odin

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    I'm going to operate under the assumption that trilogies equal one movie.

    1. Star Wars
    2. Lord of the Rings
    3. The Godfather
    4. Braveheart
    5. Superman
     
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  23. charlestonphan

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    no particular order...

    Black Hawk Down
    We Were Soldiers
    Troy
    Braveheart
    Gladiator

    followed by Training Day, Tombstone, Gettysburg, Goodfellas, Gods and Generals.

    apparently violence is a prerequisite for me liking any movie alot.
     
  24. Bruzer

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    1.) Star Wars (originals more but I do like the new ones)
    2.) Batman Begins
    3.) Gladiator
    4.) Lord of the Rings
    5.) The Matrix (only the first really the others were only ok)
     
  25. Vendigo

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    - To Kill a Mockingbird
    - Happiness
    - Jaws
    - Arsenic and Old Lace
    - The Shawshank Redemption
     
  26. Pagan

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    Geez, only 5???

    Off the top of my head:

    1. The Godfather
    2. Saving Private Ryan
    3. Pan's Labyrinth
    4. An American Werewolf in London
    5. Trading Places

    Mix alot of genres there.
     
  27. HardKoreXXX

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    Hmmm, your top 5 looks like an SAT multiple choice question. Which one of these is not like the others? :tongue2:

    Answer. #5
     
  28. BuckeyeKing

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    1.Gladiator
    2.Se7en
    3.Fight Club
    4.12 Monkeys
    5.The Warriors.
     
  29. DrAstroZoom

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    Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    The Lord of the Rings
    Blade Runner
    Amadeus
    12 Angry Men
     
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    In no particular order:

    Casablanca
    Jaws
    The Usual Suspects
    The Outlaw Josey Wales
    The Lord of the Rings trilogy
     
  31. Bruzer

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    Saving Private Ryan is great also its just right on the outside of my top 5.
     
  32. Cosmic

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    Jaws
    Godfather Part 2
    Tombstone
    The Empire Strikes Back
    Grindhouse (not as separate movies, but the 2 films + trailers as a whole)
     
  33. brparkway

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    Just picking 5 is almost impossible, and I'll probably think of something else later, but my criteria is that I never get tired of watching them, so......

    Josey Wales
    LOTR trilogy
    Bourne trilogy
    Green Mile
    the Harry Potter movies ...........
    Sorry, I just can't leave out O Brother, Where art Thou
     
  34. Pagan

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    Had to throw one comedy in there, and that one makes me pee my pants. :lol:
     
  35. Fin-Omenal

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    1.) Braveheart

    2.) Cinderella Man

    3.) Shawshank Redemption

    4.) Gladiator

    5.) Scarface
     
  36. Biggtyme13

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    My "Other Top 5"

    1. Shaving Ryan's Privates
    2. Position Impossible
    3. Womb Raider
    4. Pulp Friction
    5. Throbin Hood: Prince of Beaves
     
  37. dolphindebby

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    Here's mine:
    1. Dances With Wolves
    2. Field of Dreams
    3. Braveheart
    4. Bull Durham
    5. Untamed Heart
    And I love all the old movies from the 40's etc.
     
  38. Fin-Omenal

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    Thee...Ohio State University
    Sounds like you got a crush on Kevin Costner?:pointlol:
     
  39. dolphindebby

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    Sure do. Him, Kris Kristofferson and Frankie Valli.
    Costner got me at HELLO....:wink2:
    Forgot Don Shula. I always wanted to marry him so I could go to all the games and get all the Dolphin gear.
     
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  40. CrunchTime

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    1.Saving Private Ryan
    2.Gladiator
    3.Braveheart
    4.The Party-funniest Peter Sellers movie
    5.The man who would be King
    6.Zulu

    Admins get one more :wink2:
     

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