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I was leaning towards favorites, but I guess you could name the best movies that are in different types of categories as well.

Okay, favorites? The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, Braveheart, Rocky and if you want some war movies, Patton or Stalag 17.

Just to name a few. ;)

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Rocky will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest films of ALL-time. The movie is perfect IMO... Braveheart is also a really good film... My personal favorite (I have a couple dozen) is probably Castaway.

Blow, The Usual Suspects, The Departed, Forrest Gump, The Beach, Lord of War, Mystic River and Pulp Fiction are among my top picks... I also really like Kill Bill, Million Dollar Baby, Memento, Fight Club, Die Hard, Scarface, Hero, LOTR and Star Wars, Training Day, Pirates, From Hell, American Beauty, Road To Perdition, Catch Me If You Can, Gladiator, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas and Casino.

City of God, Amorres Perros, Totsi, and Maria Full of Grace are excellent foreign films that I highly suggest.

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Comedy:

Caddyshack

Animal House

Airplane

History of the World Part 1

Stripes

Every Which Way but Loose

Johnny Dangerously

Action:

Godfather I and II

Indiana Jones

Star Wars (original trilogy)

Terminator

Rambo

Pirates of the Caribbean

National Treasure

Dirty Harry

Drama-dy:

Good Morning Vietnam

The Color Purple

Forrest Gump

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It's hard to add to those lists, all good movies. Three that I really like that aren't on there yet are Miller's Crossing, Drugstore Cowboy, and The Thin Red Line. Also, for pure shoot em up, it's tough to beat Magnum Force, the second Dirty Harry movie.

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Rocky will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest films of ALL-time.

That'll happen the same day Jon Kitna goes down as greatest QB of ALL-time. The movie made me laugh all the way through, and it wasn't even a comedy! Stallone movies must be taken with a grain of salt. In the case of Rocky you must swallow the whole bag. <_<

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Rocky will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest films of ALL-time.

That'll happen the same day Jon Kitna goes down as greatest QB of ALL-time. The movie made me laugh all the way through, and it wasn't even a comedy! Stallone movies must be taken with a grain of salt. In the case of Rocky you must swallow the whole bag. <_<

I tend to agree more with agreen on this one. At the time the first Rocky came out Stallone was largely an unknown and hadn't yet made a mockery of him self with a string of silly pretentious movies. Don't smear the original because it was followed by largely inferior sequels.

And don't forget it did win an Oscar for Best Picture that year. B)

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Rocky will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest films of ALL-time.

That'll happen the same day Jon Kitna goes down as greatest QB of ALL-time. The movie made me laugh all the way through, and it wasn't even a comedy! Stallone movies must be taken with a grain of salt. In the case of Rocky you must swallow the whole bag. <_<

I tend to agree more with agreen on this one. At the time the first Rocky came out Stallone was largely an unknown and hadn't yet made a mockery of him self with a string of silly pretentious movies. Don't smear the original because it was followed by largely inferior sequels.

And don't forget it did win an Oscar for Best Picture that year. B)

He's right Bill. Stallone definitely sucks, but he did make a mockery of himself AFTER Rocky.. Best story, best soundtrack, best setting, best character, best cast, and most of all best ending!... The movie is absolutely PERFECT and will always be remembered as THE best boxing film of all-time. Every man can relate to Rocky... Please watch it again and try to imagine Sly, never starring in Cliff Hanger, lol.

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Rocky will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest films of ALL-time.

That'll happen the same day Jon Kitna goes down as greatest QB of ALL-time. The movie made me laugh all the way through, and it wasn't even a comedy! Stallone movies must be taken with a grain of salt. In the case of Rocky you must swallow the whole bag. <_<

I tend to agree more with agreen on this one. At the time the first Rocky came out Stallone was largely an unknown and hadn't yet made a mockery of him self with a string of silly pretentious movies. Don't smear the original because it was followed by largely inferior sequels.

And don't forget it did win an Oscar for Best Picture that year. B)

He's right Bill. Stallone definitely sucks, but he did make a mockery of himself AFTER Rocky.. Best story, best soundtrack, best setting, best character, best cast, and most of all best ending!... The movie is absolutely PERFECT and will always be remembered as THE best boxing film of all-time. Every man can relate to Rocky... Please watch it again and try to imagine Sly, never starring in Cliff Hanger, lol.

Cinderella Man is another great boxing movie.

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What are your favorite comedies?

Dumb and Dumber, Night at the Roxberry, Beverly Hills Ninja, Nutty Professor, Old School, and Billy Madison.

I'm in my 40's now and Animal House was "thee" comedy of my generation. I remember seeing it with a buddy and we went right back out and saw it again the very next night 'cause we missed so much dialog laughing at it!

Ghost Busters, The 40 Year Old Virgin and MIB also rate high with me as well as Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School". For more innocent comedy that's not nearly raunchy enough for the under 35 crowd, "Support Your Local Sheriff" with James Garner and Jack Elam and "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" with the late Don Knotts still make me laugh.

To this day I still shout out, "Atta' boy Luther!" or "And they used Bon Ami!" when ever I get the chance. ;)

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There are just too many good movies to cull the stringer from. But I'll give it a go.

Drama: Good Will Hunting/Saving Private Ryan/Scent Of A Woman/Full Metal Jacket.

Action: Aliens/Matrix/Lord Of The Rings series of movies. I'm a Sci-Fi buff.

Comedy: Let It Ride/What About Bob/Liar-Liar/Super Troopers. (Nobody will probably recognize these first two Richard Dreyfuss films I mentioned, but I loved them.)

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