Have you seen the 7 Samurai, the long version? (not hard to find).
Some of the greatest old movies IMO. It’s a long list with no particular ranking and I stopped when I got tired.
All About Eve (1950)
The African Queen (1951)
Chinatown (1974)
The French Connection (1971)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Raging Bull (1980)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
American Graffiti (1973)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Fargo (1996)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
North By Northwest (1959)
Rear Window (1954)
GoodFellas (1990)
The Searchers (1956)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rashômon (1951)
M (1931)
12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Mean Streets (1973)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Battleground (1949)
Glory (1989)
Yojimbo (1961)
The Hustler (1961)
The Big Sleep (1946)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Brazil (1985)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
East of Eden (1955)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
I have seen less than half of them, and I watched the older ones on TV when I was a lot younger. Of the movies on that list, my favorite is Brazil. It’s like Terry Gilliam looked 30 years into the future and wrote that.
I’ve seen all of them except “My Darling Clementine”.
And i aint watchin My Darling Clementine.
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You don’t know what it’s about I bet.
from the wiki
My Darling Clementine is a 1946 American western film directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp during the period leading up to the gunfight at the OK Corral. The ensemble cast also features Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt, and Ward Bond.
The film is generally regarded as one of the best Westerns made by John Ford and one of his best films overall.
Fast Eddie: Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool.
Minnesota Fats: So do you, Fast Eddie.
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Villager: How can we find a samurai to protect us if we can pay with only rice?
Gisaku: Find hungry samurai.
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[While Heihachi is chopping wood with his sword]
Gorobei Katayama: You’re good.
Heihachi Hayashida: Yeah, yeah. But I’m better at killing enemies.
Gorobei Katayama: Killed many?
Heihachi Hayashida: Well — it’s impossible to kill ’em all, so I usually run away.
Gorobei Katayama: A splendid principle!
“Cool Hand Luke” is my favorite from that list. I actually own the DVD and I may have watched that film 10 times. It’s one of the most quotable films I’ve ever seen: “What we’ve got here is…failure to communicate”. “Nobody can eat 50 eggs”. And that car wash scene? Oooooohhhh….that car wash scene.
But many outstanding films on the list. Some of the gritty 1970s films are my favorite. Films like “The French Connection” and “Taxi Driver” were shot on the streets. They felt REAL.
There’s only one film on the list that I’ve seen and although it’s considered a classic I never liked it. “Chinatown” bores the hell out of me. I’ve tried it a couple of times. I’m just not a fan. The acting is great. I just find it a very boring film.
Anyway, back to “Cool Hand Luke”:
"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. " Philip K. Dick
Chinatown (1974)
The French Connection (1971)
Raging Bull (1980)
American Graffiti (1973)
Fargo (1996)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
GoodFellas (1990)
Taxi Driver (1976)
12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
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