The Guncounter Movie list!

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arctictom
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The expendables
Grand Torino

Lets put together a combined list and save it, I think this is the 5th or 6th movie list .
It would be nice to have a must read list, best gun flicks, best action flicks etc in the wiki




Umm also Young Frankenstien
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What? Nobody mentioned Wierd Science or The Woman in Red?

I may have a slight weakness for Kelly le Brock... :oops:
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Denis wrote:What? Nobody mentioned Wierd Science or The Woman in Red?

I may have a slight weakness for Kelly le Brock... :oops:
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Denis wrote:
SoupOrMan wrote:
Denis wrote:What was that parody movie about the ordinary joe's dodgeball team called?
Dodgeball
D'oh! :oops:
Hmm. Not that dodgeball, but probably NSFW either.
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In the spirit of the original question, I made my list, and then crossed off the ones already mentioned.
Besides noting that I could have a pretty good movie night at any of your houses, I offer the following as yet unmentioned:

Bowfinger
Breaker Morant
Buckaroo Banzai
The Duellists (One of the most beautiful and visually stunning movies ever filmed)
El Diablo
Groundhog Day (thrown in the player every Feb. 2d without fail for...ever)
Guns Of Navaronne
Harvey
Hopscotch
In The Heat Of The Night
Kelly's Heroes
The Lighthorsemen
Major League
Midnight Run
Murder By Death
My Cousin Vinnie
Nighthawks
Ocean's 11/12/13
One Crazy Summer
Real Genius
Rio Lobo
The SeaHawk
A Shock To The System
Silverado
Sixteen Candles
Support Your Local Sheriff
Stranger Than Fiction
Throw Momma From The Train
Tin Cup
Tombstone
The Wild Geese
Willow
XXX
3 Days Of The Condor
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Anything by or with Mel Brooks.
Enemy Mine.
Midway.
Tora, Tora, Tora.
LeMans.
The Man who would be King.
A Bridge too Far.
Anything by or with Clint Eastwood.

And there are others.
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In addition to many already listed:
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Strangebrew
Red Heat
The Chronicles of Riddick
Captain America
The Avengers
The Punisher (Jane, not Lundgren)
Soldier
Hancock
A Beautiful Mind
Good Will Hunting
Rain Man
Braveheart
The Substitute
Payback
Independence Day

(remembering that the criterion was "repeatedly fun to watch" not "cinematic masterpiece")

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Last of The Mohicans
Man On Fire (1)
3:10 to Yuma
The Illusionist (3)
Ironclad (2)
Sherlock Holmes
The Shawshank Redemption
Collateral
The 13th Warrior
Second Hand Lions
Harry Brown

My favorite "newer" movies.
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All very fine choices that I've sure enjoyed, so no reason to repeat them.

However.....

No love for The Warriors?

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Just a few additions...

Top Gun
Anchorman (still makes me laugh)
The Hunt For Red October
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