Burn starring Marlon Brando: set in the 17th century, Brando is a British agent fomenting rebellion among the slaves in a Portuguese colony in the Antillies. Great film.

1000 Clowns starring Jason Robards: excellent comedy. Robards plays Murray, fighting for custody of his nephew with social services.

Great movie! It gave birth to one of the best lines ever.

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"Never So Few" starring Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen(his first movie), Charles Bronson and Brian Donlevy as the general.
"The Sandpebbles" gets an A+.

If you haven't read the book, do so....it's so much better than the movie.

My tribute to Jack Palance:

"Attack"

"Chato's Land"

"City Slickers"

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the enemy below......robert mitchum...
tremors...Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward
the L shaped room....Leslie Caron
Marty ... Ernest Borgnine
The Mechanic...Charles Bronson, Keenan Wynn,
Requiem for a Heavyweight...Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney

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Yep, that was a good one. I had never heard of it before a month ago. It popped up on TCM. Very entertaining.

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Another heavy hitter.

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The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole In The Sky, with Sam Elliott, Jerry O'Connell, Ricky Jay. 1919 or so NW Montana USFS, and a young ranger joins a crew working there.
Good coming of age movie, and the card skills of Ricky Jay are a major part.

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"Dinner Rush" is my go to "lesser known" film. Stumbled across it purely by accident when "Shackleton" with Kenneth Branagh was sold out and it was playing on the second screen at the theater. Great little gangster flick, Danny Aiello-a favorite of mine.

No disrespect but, perhaps because I'm a film geek, many of those mentioned are anything but lesser known. Regardless, lots of great films mentioned already, many of my favorites.

Alias Nick Beal
Key Largo
The Bishop's Wife, especially, with Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young. Highly memorable clue is the hymn board behind Bishop as he preaches Christmas Eve sermon. Hymns 12, 268 and 382 for me sum up underlying themes (~ invitation, faith and works - hymns apparently from ECUSA 1940 Hymnal).

Regards,

Dyson

We should tie this in with the "memory" thread as you folks sure have jogged mine.

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Surprised no one mentioned: The Legend of Evil Roy Slade (John Astin spoof on westerns); Wind and the Lion (Sean Connery (as Risuli) Brian Keith (Teddy Roosevelt and Candice Bergen (kidnap "victim") in US Marine Intervention in Morocco just prior to WWI; The Man Who Would Be King (Sean Connery and Michael Caine Adventuring in unexplored Afghanistan); "Zulu Dawn" to go with Zulu above on same event; Pork Chop Hill (Gregory Peck in Korean War); Caddy Shack, Make Way for Tomorrow, Across the Pacific and many more. Wife complains daily about too many DVDs, too many CDs, too many old beer steins, too many books, too many guns and too much ammo. My reply - Too bad! I tried not to duplicate, but apologize if I did.

The Final Option-British film about SAS clearing London’s Iranian Embasy from Terrorists in 1980.

The Great Santini. Marine fighter pilot with dysfunctional family.

All the Pretty Horses..Adventure in Mexico 1947.Every human emotion exposed.

No Country for Old Men. SW adventure with drug cartel

"Great Texas Dynamite Chase".
"Law Abiding Citizen".

Both Roy Bean movies:

"The Westerner" and "the Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean".

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Y’all can thank me later: Fandango

A little known sci/fi gem from 1984. A fun ride from start to finish and Robert Preston is an absolute hoot!

Northwest Passage
The Way Ahead
The Professionals
The Life and Death of Col Blimp
The Getaway (1972)
The Train
Desperate Journey
Tom Horn
The Steel Helmet
Above Us The Waves
The Cruel Sea
In Which We Serve
How The West Was Won
Those Magnificent Men In Thier Flying Machines

I only had one in mind when I started this list, then it got away from me.

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Freaks and The Lathe of Heaven.

Hmmm...

Glengarry Glen Ross
The Wild Bunch
Pacific Heights
Blue Velvet
Sexy Beast
Jacob’s Ladder
King of New York
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
House of Games
Chinatown

To name a few

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The Cook, The Thief, His wife and her lover is a favorite too!

Forgot - The Thing

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The Mothman Prophecies

I’ll stop now

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To avoid embarrassing him, I won't say who, but a member recommended, The Getaway. But misspelled it, which may prevent someone finding the film. There was a remake years later. Both are pretty good.

I forgot to plug, The Marine 2. Note that that's The Marine TWO. There's also just, The Marine, a much less good film. You want the one with some wrestler turned actor and Lara Cox, who played Finn in the Third Season of, The Lost World (TLW) on TV. Lara is an Aussie but had a voice coach on TLW and fakes a US accent quite well. She plays the hero's wife.

I'm not suggesting this just because I have a sort of crush on Lara. It 's a surprisingly good action movie, in which a US Marine on leave has to save his wife and many others when terrorists occupy a luxury resort in Asia. The film was made in Thailand and the scenery is beautiful. And I mean the literal scenery, not just Lara and a couple of other actresses.

I like it partially because the hero uses a Beretta M-9 9mm, a favorite gun of mine.

I usually avoid simple shoot-'em-up action movies. But I really like this one. And not just for the girl from Canberra. Oh: the guy who plays her boss here was also a guest star on, The Lost World. (TLW, to fans.) As was his daughter, Anja Coleby. Small world...Robert Coleby played the scientist Maple-White, who discovered dinosaurs on the Lost World plateau, leading Prof. Challenger to form his expedition. As long as I'm reciting this, can I plug the DVD's for all three seasons of TLW? Lara as Finn was only in eight Third Season episodes, but you get Veronica and Marguerite in all seasons and some authentic guns for the period. (Disregard Lord Roxton's toy rifle in the first couple of episodes. It was soon replaced with what looks like a .416 Rigby, and I think he referred to it as such.)

"Which one of you a wholes took my laundry".
One of the funniest scenes I ever saw.

Many of the movies listed above are in my favorites memory box. I'll add
Mountains of the Moon - the British search for and discovery of the source of the Nile in the 1800's - a riveting true story
Get Low, starring Robert Duvall - the story of a hermit and the quest by townspeople for why he exiled himself from them. Has more layers than an onion, way under-rated, IMHO.

They were, but I thought the remake was much better. Not only because of Kim Basinger, but she sure didn't hurt the movie!

Flight of the Intruder
The Apostle (Robert Duvall)
Long Hot Summer with Paul Newman

Oh, look! I found The Marine 2 that I mentioned above, on YouTube. Says this is Part 1. Guess they have later parts, too. ??

The DVD has much better resolution, but this is free and will let you have a feel for the movie.

The star is Ted DiBiase, and I already mentioned Lara Cox as his wife. Another hot chick is a Russian, and I think another girl is Filipina. Lara and the man who plays her boss are Australian, but use fake US accents.

Enjoy!

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Mr. Hulots Vacation

Our Man in Havana

Loads of others could be mentioned.

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Last movie I saw at a drive-in theater:
"Texas Across The River".... Abarar Har.. A loooooong time ago.

I still get a kick out of "Strange Brew" OK Eh
Take off you hoser!
I didn't say I was normal

One of the better mysteries I've seen

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Many interesting suggestions-some I am researching. Thanks, all.

I saw these movies 20-30 years ago and they brought good memories. Many things have changed since then. Would love to find them again one day:

Savannah Smiles-no big names, and unfortunately, the star of the show is no longer with us, but just a beautiful story of how love can overcome.

Trapped in Paradise-another one where the love of good people triumph. Starring Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz.

Finnegan, Begin Again-starred Mary Tyler Moore and Robert Preston. Was made for HBO way back when. Anybody else recall?

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Cape Fear (the original)

A Man Called Horse - IMHO one of Richard Harris' greater movies. That Sun Dance scene is incredible.

Did I mention The Princess Bride? "Hallo"

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Lone Star-In the Texas border town of Frontera, Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) digs up the past when he finds an old skull in the desert. As he traces the murder of Sheriff Charlie Wade (Kris Kristofferson) 40 years earlier, Deeds' investigation points toward his late father, the much-loved Deputy Buddy Deeds.

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada-When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins (Tommy Lee Jones), the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cesar Cedillo), in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and exhumes Estrada's corpse, and the odd caravan sets out on horseback for Mexico. As Estrada's body begins to rot, Norton begins to unravel, but Perkins remains determined to honor his vow.

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Dead Bang - Don Johnson
High Risk - James Coburn
Midnight Run - Robert De Niro
Crackerjack - Australian movie
Who Dares Wins - British SAS movie
Flight of the Intruder - Danny Glover
The Last Boyscout - Bruce Willis

Bad Lieutenant

me and my girlfriend, "now my wife" went to the drive in movie to see that one,,,,,,,,,,,

let's get Harry

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

they are both movies with Robert Duvall,,,,,,,,,,

Tender Mercies - Robert Duvall story of redemption

Devil's Rejects - Rob Zombie horror that's worth watching to see his wife Sherri

Honeysuckle Rose - Willie Nelson plays himself

Dead Calm - early Nicole Kidman sailboat flick

Cross Creek - Rip Torn and Mary Steenburgen in Florida backwoods

Crazy Heart - Jeff Bridges as a boozed up country singer

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A River Runs Through It

Searching For Bobby Fisher :A must see if you have ever played the game.

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If you like a light hearted comedy, "Beer For My Horses" is hard to beat. The credits read like a who's who of outlaw country music.

"Death Rides A Horse." Completely overshadowed by the Leone films, and suffering from video/audio quality, it is a "diamond in the rough" and it still probably deserves a spot in the Top 10 Spaghetti Westerns of all time.

Some crazy good shootin at 9:20 LOL.

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13 Rue Madeleine- James Cagney, Walter Abel, Suzanne De Beaumont
Joe Kidd- Eastwood, Robert Duvall
In Harms Way- John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Kirk Douglas
The Dam Busters
The Great Raid and it would be better if someone other than Benjamin Bratt played lead.
The Flight Of The Phoenix (Original Version)
Bullitt Steve McQueen
The Great Escape
Brannigan -John Wayne
Tightrope (about a boozing New Orleans city cop chasing a serial killer). Clint Eastwood
Several more I can't remember right now.

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Great movie! It gave birth to one of the best lines ever.


"you're killing me Smalls"

RE: "The Thing"=Both the original B & W and the John Carpenter. NOT the third. BTW: NOT obscure!

Many of these are not obscure! For instance: "Point Blank" with Lee Marvin.


Good one: "The Tracker" with Kristofferson.

RE: "The Ranger, the Cook, and a Hole In The Sky", with Sam Elliott, Jerry O'Connell, Ricky Jay. Written by Norman MacClean who also wrote "Young Men and Fire" about the Mann Gulch tragedy in the late 1940's==redone as "Red Skies of Montana" with Richard Widmark. Great read!

Sailor of the King, 1953 and Brown on Resolution, 1935. Both based upon the 1929 C. S. Forester novel Brown on Resolution, about a British sailor who held a German warship captive while anchored next to a small island. The German warship was attempting to complete repairs after battle damage during the encounter with Brown's warship. Brown used a rifle from high up in the islands rocks to keep the German work parties from doing their work. Both movies very good, as is the novel, but the 1953 version stars Jeffery Hunter and is a little more modern, using WWII British warships and in the Pacific.

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Despite the serious subject matter, the scene near the beginning where Don Johnson’s character is seriously hung over and has a foot chase with a suspect is one of the funniest sight gags I can remember. We rented it on VHS not long after it came out and must have backed it up to watch the end of that scene 20 times!

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"Onionhead" 1958 with Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, James Gregory, and Joey Bishop.

If I had watched it prior to joining Uncle Sam's Cool Group, I might have been better prepared for boot camp