Most of us enjoy watching a good movie. IMO, it does not matter if the film was made in the 1930"s or was just released, a good movie tells griping story , was well written, and well portrayed.

My favorite films include :

Spartacus (with Kirk Douglas and Sir Lawrence Olivier)
Casablanca
The Magnificent Seven
Star Trek ll - The Wrath of Kahn
Bite the Bullet
No Time for Sergeants
The original Frankenstein, Wolfman, and Dracula movies
Any, John Wayne, Western
Moby Dick ( with Gregory Peck )
Apollo 13 ( with Tom Hanks )
The Godfather (parts l and ll )

What movies make your list ?

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No time for sergeants,...a classic!
Kung Pow-enter the fist
The quiet man
Larry the cable guy, health inspector
Blazing saddles
Ernest goes to jail
the naked gun

I have more, but I have to go for now

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Disney's - The Sword and the Stone
Jason and the Argonauts
Clash of the Titans ( with Harry Hamlin )
Predator ( with Arnold Schwarzenegger )
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Pride of the Yankees
The Right Stuff
Dr. Strangelove
Patton
Young Frankenstein
The Dirty Dozen

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Young Frankenstein!
GREAT movie, Smokey!

"The good, the bad, and the ugly"........Is that a movie about "The Packers, The Bears, and the Vikings"????😂

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Thank's , but you must be thinking of another movie that's about Lions, and Vikings, and Bears ,
Oh my ! [rofl]

Pulp Fiction
A Christmas Story
Marry Poppins
Run Silent, Run Deep
The Green Berets
Robin Hood (with Errol Flynn)

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HOW did I forget "A Christmas story"???
That's one of my all time favs!!!
I watch it all the time!
(My wife says that I am "Ralphie"!)😂

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Be careful Cheesey, you'll shoot your eye out !

The Ghost an Mr. Chicken
Caddyshack
Ben Hur
The Ten Commandments
Lord of the Rings (All three movies)

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The Great Escape
Escape from Alcatraz
The Robe
The Hunt for Red October
The Battle of the Bulge
Midway
Stalag 17

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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

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What version? There have been several remakes of the 1934 movie.

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Support your Local Gunfighter
Support your Local Sheriff
In Harms Way
Sinbad and The Eye of the Tiger ( Patrick Wayne )
The Man Who Would Be King (Sean Connery and Michael Caine )

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There are so many movies that I like it is impossible to list them all. I checked AFI's top 100  and here are the ones on their list I like.

2. CASABLANCA (1942)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
15. STAR WARS (1977)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
20. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
32. THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
56. M*A*S*H (1970)
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
69. SHANE (1953)
71. FORREST GUMP (1994)
72. BEN-HUR (1959)
75. DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78. ROCKY (1976)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
89. PATTON (1970)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

From their 10th Anniversary list:

50. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)
71. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
72. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994)
77. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976)
81. SPARTACUS (1960)
87. 12 ANGRY MEN (1957)

There are a lot of other movies I like. Three Days of the Condor; The Sting; A lot of animated pictures. In cue on my dvr I have: The Big Sleep; The Dirty Doz; Where Eagles Dare; Secretariat; The Time Machine; The Quiet Man; The Pink Panther; For Love of the Game; Now You See Me 1 & 2; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; Mister Roberts; Key Largo; Captains Courageous; Friendly Persuasion; Red Tails; 42; 61; Tomorrowland; Good Will Hunting; I Remember Momma and Flags of Our Fathers

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Citizen Kane is #1 on many list of the best all time movies. While I found it to be a fine film, it would not not cause me to view it over some other films. Orson Wells did turn a fine performance, but IMO his best performance ever was the Preacher in Moby Dick where he delivers his sermon in just one powerful take.

Over the years many Actors/Actresses have delivered performances that go on to become a part of our lives. Marlon Brando's character saying "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse." still enters many minds today as it continues to grip us. Another is the little girl in the movie Poltergeist and her line,"they'er here" or Arnold Schwarzenegger' famous line,"I'll be back". Clark Gables shocking line (for that time) where he tell's Vivian Leigh's character, "I don't give a damn.".

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I have seen Citizen Kane and Moby Dick. Don't really care for either. Yes they are good films but they don't do anything for me.

The Poltergeist line is actually "They're here."
I think Brando's greatest line is "Hey Stella"!!

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wpr , your opinions and those of others are what make this forum interesting . Yes I make errors too , and corrections have been made, thanks .

Now , many great lines have been spoken in films over the years. Each of us have our favorites and some of us use those lines in our conversations at times. It can help to convey our message sometimes in a clearer manor .

Just as there are great lines in movies , there are also great scenes with little or no spoken lines .

Slim Pickens riding the Nuclear Bomb as it fell from the B-52 in Dr. Strangelove.
The Showdown between Eli Wallach , Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly .
The scene in Cool Hand Luke where the girl puts on a show washing her car as the working prisoners can only watch .

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"Ben Hur".......is that a movie about a woman that has a sex change and becomes a man???
(As in...."I'm a man now, but at one time I BEN HUR!")😝

And I heard that the atheists want to change the name of "The ten Commandments" to "The ten suggestions".😂

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Cheesey, in the Fred Ward movie , Remo Williams , Wilford Brimley tells him that they enforce the 11th commandment , Thou Shalt Not Get Away With It . A personal favorite along with Dirty Harry's ,"make my day" line .

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I never saw that movie, Smokey!
But I like the quote!!!

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I like Action/Adventure/Thriller type movies . However just chases / fights / and sex are no substitute for a well written/thought out story .

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"Moby Dick".....sounds like a venereal disease....😝

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