Top 5 favorite movies?

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I almost put on Rock Star. My son leaves in Sept to be the guitar tech for KK Downing and backup guitarist for KK’s Priest upcoming...

I almost put on Rock Star. My son leaves in Sept to be the guitar tech for KK Downing and backup guitarist for KK’s Priest upcoming tour. The singer for this band is Tim the ripper Owens, who is the guy Mark Walberg portrayed in the movie. That was also one of my favorites. According to Tim the movie followed the real story fairly closely except for the typical Hollywood fluff thrown in. 

Man, that’s awesome about your son! He must be a shredder. The guy portrayed in rock star is the singer of Steelheart, whose name escapes me. Fantastic singer. Also, fun fact, the guy that succeeds Wahlbergs character on stage near the end is Myles  Kennedy of Alter Bridge and Slash’s Snake pit.🤘

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8/19/2026 8:17am

Good lists here, I'll have to check out Interstellar. Here's my list:

Big Lebowski

Goodfellas

No Country For Old Men

A Bronx Tale

Terminator (1 & 2)

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Overall, in no particular order:
- Saving Private Ryan
- Forrest Gump
- Lord of War
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Superbad

If we're watching with the kids:
- Jurassic Park
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 2
- Onward
- Luca
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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kxking wrote:

Top Gun

The Bourne series (all of them)

The Inside Man

Law abiding Citizen

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Scarface

 

borg wrote:
If you are referring to Inside Man with Clive Owen and Denzel then yes. I really liked that movie. I also liked Law Abiding Citizen although...

If you are referring to Inside Man with Clive Owen and Denzel then yes. I really liked that movie. I also liked Law Abiding Citizen although it veered a bit into my bullshit zone it was still entertaining. 

How about that cast in Inside Man? Holy shit! That would have been a hard movie to fuck up.

Yeah, with that cast, there is no way Inside Man wasn't gonna be a great movie. It was the perfect bank job.

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8/19/2026 9:02am

Far and Away 1992

Serendipity 2001

Saving Private Ryan 1998

The New World 2005

The Last of the Mohicans 1992

 

No particular order.....

 

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No mention of There Will Be Blood? Love that movie.

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NV825 wrote:
Overall, in no particular order:- Saving Private Ryan- Forrest Gump- Lord of War- Raiders of the Lost Ark- SuperbadIf we're watching with the kids:- Jurassic Park-...

Overall, in no particular order:
- Saving Private Ryan
- Forrest Gump
- Lord of War
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Superbad

If we're watching with the kids:
- Jurassic Park
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 2
- Onward
- Luca
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Include "Major Payne" in the kids section.

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Lonesome Dove makes my list.

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  Training Day is a good one. Here’s one of my waterski friends that lived that life for many years in Louisiana. He is locked up for going into the grey area while taking down drug dealers. He’s hoping to get a pardon. Would definitely make a good secret service agent. Dude isn’t afraid of anything or anyone. 

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No order,

Back to the future, Logan, The departed, lord of the rings trilogy, Drive.

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KennyT wrote:
I almost put on Rock Star. My son leaves in Sept to be the guitar tech for KK Downing and backup guitarist for KK’s Priest upcoming...

I almost put on Rock Star. My son leaves in Sept to be the guitar tech for KK Downing and backup guitarist for KK’s Priest upcoming tour. The singer for this band is Tim the ripper Owens, who is the guy Mark Walberg portrayed in the movie. That was also one of my favorites. According to Tim the movie followed the real story fairly closely except for the typical Hollywood fluff thrown in. 

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Man, that’s awesome about your son! He must be a shredder. The guy portrayed in rock star is the singer of Steelheart, whose name escapes me...

Man, that’s awesome about your son! He must be a shredder. The guy portrayed in rock star is the singer of Steelheart, whose name escapes me. Fantastic singer. Also, fun fact, the guy that succeeds Wahlbergs character on stage near the end is Myles  Kennedy of Alter Bridge and Slash’s Snake pit.🤘

Stand up and SHOUT !!!!!  That ones on the watch if I see it list for sure 

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Kids movies.

The Sandlot 

Little Giants

Heavyweights 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

Camp Nowhere

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Kids movies.

The Sandlot 

Little Giants

Heavyweights 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

Camp Nowhere

That first turtles is underrated,  dark tones.

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I don't love movies enough to have thought about it much, but here goes:

-Star Wars (Episode IV). I saw it in the theater in 1977 when I was 6. My dad had to see it first to make sure it wasn't too scary for me. 😄Best movie score ever.
-Smokin' Aces is pretty rad. Surprisingly good.
-Enemy at the Gates
-All of the Lord of the Rings movies from Peter Jackson. Honorable mention: 2nd best movie score ever. 
-Secondhand Lions, as somebody mentioned. 

 

There are probably dozens that I would watch again many times over, but I don't necessarily think they rate in the top 5:
Return of the Jedi, Big Fish, Cannery Row, Swingers, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure...
 

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Kids movies.

The Sandlot 

Little Giants

Heavyweights 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

Camp Nowhere

Mr. Peabody and Sherman!

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80’s/90’s comedies are always at top of my list. Airplane, Hot shots, UHF, Caddyshack, naked gun, police academy, Army of Darkness… the list goes on.


As far as serious movies: 

Dark City

Heat 

Unforgiven

Twister - (cheesy I know but I’m a huge weather/tornado fan)

Star Wars - Return of the Jedi 

 

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Kids movies.

The Sandlot 

Little Giants

Heavyweights 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 

Camp Nowhere

The Love Bug

Charlie the Lonesome Cougar

The Jungle Book

The Absent Minded Professor

The incredible Mr. Limpet

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Apocalypse Now

Mad Max/Road Warrior

Jeremiah Johnson

French Connection

The Revanent

Tough to leave off: No country for old men.

 

The Mad Max stuff for sure. I also really liked Beyond Thunderdome. 

"Embargo ON"

 

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ShellyMX wrote:

No mention of There Will Be Blood? Love that movie.

That fuckin dude is an intense actor. Try Gangs of New York. 

But yeah, There is just enough weirdness in There Will Be Blood for me to really like it. The acting is phenomenal by many of the actors. I think Tarentino lists that movie as one of his fav's. 

 

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Lebowski

Cube

Ohh brother where art thou

Color of night

The game

Honorable mention Hudson Hawk 

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borg wrote:
If you are referring to Inside Man with Clive Owen and Denzel then yes. I really liked that movie. I also liked Law Abiding Citizen although...

If you are referring to Inside Man with Clive Owen and Denzel then yes. I really liked that movie. I also liked Law Abiding Citizen although it veered a bit into my bullshit zone it was still entertaining. 

How about that cast in Inside Man? Holy shit! That would have been a hard movie to fuck up.

Speaking of Denzel, American Gangster with Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, and Chiwetel Ejiofor is another great movie. 

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Tombstone

Legends of the Fall 

Far and Away 

Forrest Gump 

Open Range 

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Hard to keep it to 5.

The original Pelham 1.2.3.

Or any Robert Shaw film.

 

The Sting is another oldie.

You need to watch it a few times to pick up on all of the "sub cons".

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I started a list and quickly decided even if it was my top 50...it wouldn't be enough.

A few you guys haven't mentioned...

Gladiator

Once upon a Time in Hollywood

Man on Fire

End of Shift

Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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Strange Brew

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Blues Brothers

Dust to Glory

Tied for 5th: Spaceballs/Blazing Saddles/History of the World Part 2

Lots of great movies, and I love something that makes me think, but when it comes to actual movies that I have purchased on VHS and then replaced with the DVDs and will take my time to actually sit down and watch a recording repeatedly as opposed to just catching it on the boob tube and wasting the time to watch, above is the entire list.

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plowboy wrote:
I started a list and quickly decided even if it was my top 50...it wouldn't be enough.A few you guys haven't mentioned...GladiatorOnce upon a Time in...

I started a list and quickly decided even if it was my top 50...it wouldn't be enough.

A few you guys haven't mentioned...

Gladiator

Once upon a Time in Hollywood

Man on Fire

End of Shift

Ballad of Buster Scruggs

How the heck did I forget Man on Fire. One of my favorites of all time. Probably watched it 100 times. Denzel at his finest. Dakota Fanning too.

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Strange BrewMonty Python and the Holy GrailBlues BrothersDust to GloryTied for 5th: Spaceballs/Blazing Saddles/History of the World Part 2Lots of great movies, and I love something...

Strange Brew

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Blues Brothers

Dust to Glory

Tied for 5th: Spaceballs/Blazing Saddles/History of the World Part 2

Lots of great movies, and I love something that makes me think, but when it comes to actual movies that I have purchased on VHS and then replaced with the DVDs and will take my time to actually sit down and watch a recording repeatedly as opposed to just catching it on the boob tube and wasting the time to watch, above is the entire list.

Man Dust to Glory is a great movie, gets me all fired up. 

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More like 50, but the ones I find myself watching over and over:

The Big Lebowski

Snatch

Caddyshack

Tremors

Smokey and the Bandit

LA Confidential

 

Many, many more. There are some GREAT unknown independent movies on U-boob.

99% of Hollywood output is absolute shite anymore.  

 

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Does anyone-else read this thread and then want to go back and change their list? 🤣

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone list Open Range…damn, that’s a good movie and is as good as Dances With Wolves in my Book of Costner. The lead roles are all amazing actors. 

Inside Man was a good pull! That’s gotta be Spike’s best movie. 

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TeamGreen wrote:
Does anyone-else read this thread and then want to go back and change their list? 🤣I don’t think I’ve seen anyone list Open Range…damn, that’s...

Does anyone-else read this thread and then want to go back and change their list? 🤣

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone list Open Range…damn, that’s a good movie and is as good as Dances With Wolves in my Book of Costner. The lead roles are all amazing actors. 

Inside Man was a good pull! That’s gotta be Spike’s best movie. 

Mine were pulled out of memory quickly.

But it's kind of like reese said, so many good films make you stop and watch them until the end, as soon as you come across them, regardless of how many times you've seen them. 

Where eagles dare. 

Force ten from Navaronne.

Grand Prix.

Lemans. 

Casablanca. 

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