Favorite MACHO, ACTION, EPIC FLICKS? Redeem yourself and your MAN CARD here>>>

[ChargerBill]

OK, I have to admit that the CHICK FLICK thread has lasted longer that I thought it would, so we need to redeem ourselves here. What is your favorite all time macho, action, shoot 'em up, gangsta, epic, thriller movie(s)?You know, the ones most chicks WON'T watch or watch begrudgingly... (this time, NO PORN references please..legitimate G to R rated movies) I'll start again:

Once Upon a Time in America
Bullitt
The Godfather
Conan the Barbarian
Paint Your Wagon

[andy74]

 the best of all time,"USUAL SUSPECTS"

[Ponch ®]

 
Road House
Pulp Fiction
Iron Eagle I, II, and III
Best of the Best
The Dirty Dozen
Sweet Sweet Back's Baaaaaaaad Ass Song
Patton
Willie Dynamite
Casino
Force 10 from Navarone
Any Pre-1980 James Bond movie
Top Gun
Slap Shot
Goodfellas

[ChargerBill]

the best of all time,"USUAL SUSPECTS"

Good one...that made me think of Reservoir Dogs...great flick also...

[ChargerBill]

Best of the Best

GREAT movie...what is it about that one that makes us watch it over and over again?

[TK73]

LOTR

[Ponch ®]

Best of the Best

GREAT movie...what is it about that one that makes us watch it over and over again?

the title speaks for itself.

how about:

Heat (with Al pacino and Bobby D.)
The first three Jack Ryan movies (Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger)
Raging Bull
Donnie Brasco

[ChargerBill]

LOTR

I don't want to derail this thread, but speaking of LOTR, does anyone know IF and WHEN the extended version collection of the extended versions is coming out. I was told by a guy at Blockbuster like 6 months ago that a box collection containing ANOTHER 2 hrs or so was coming out this Christmas but I hevn't seen anything. Urban legend? Or has anyone else heard anything about it?

[Old Moparz]

Monty Python And The Holy Grail.

[ChargerBill]

How about some OLD flicks some of you may have never seen:

High Noon (the original)
12 Angry Men (the original)
Dr. Strangelove

[Ponch ®]

LOTR

I don't want to derail this thread, but speaking of LOTR, does anyone know IF and WHEN the extended version collection of the extended versions is coming out. I was told by a guy at Blockbuster like 6 months ago that a box collection containing ANOTHER 2 hrs or so was coming out this Christmas but I hevn't seen anything. Urban legend? Or has anyone else heard anything about it?

youre derailing the thread.

Back to Manly movies:

Scarface
Red Dawn
Rocky 1-3
First Blood
Predator
The Omega Man

[MichaelRW]

Goodfellas
Unforgiven
Deliverance
Cool Hand Luke
The Godfather trilogy

and I like Bullitt but the race scene makes the movie. The rest of the movie is just so-so.

[BB1]

If you don't have a copy in your house now, your not a man.

[ChargerBill]

Patriot
Gladiator
The One (Jet Li)
Enter the Dragon
The Outlaw Josey Whales
2 Mules for Sister Sarah
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dirty Harry
Dusk 'til Dawn
Once Upon a Time in Mexico

[Ponch ®]

Cool Hand Luke is a good one I forgot about, Michael.

the original Longest Yard
The Die Hard trilogy (Yippie cay yay, motherf__cr!)
Beverly Hills Cop 1 & 2
48 Hours
The Last Boy Scout

I wanna say Easy Rider and Vanishing Point, but they have a lot of "hippie" elements that disqualify them, IMHO.

[andy74]

the 1st aliens
stripes
what about bob?

[ChargerBill]

Burt Reynolds stuff:

Hooper
Smokey and the Bandit (the first one)
Sharky's machine

[ck1]

Conan the Barbarian

[Chris G.]

Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Scarface
Donnie Brasco
Carlito's Way
Bad Boys II
No girl will watch Ford Fairlane through it's entirety. If they do, you got a good woman.
Romeo Must Die has a great start to it.

I was young so don't hang me, but I always liked Cobra.

Also Charles Bronson gets an honorable mention.

[Ponch ®]

the 1st aliens

you gotta be kidding me! theyre great flicks, but ultimately they carry a message of empowerment for women. Screw that!

Lethal Weapon (all four of them)
Highlander
Escape from New York
Tombstone
Caddyshack

[Ponch ®]

No girl will watch Ford Fairlane through it's entirety. If they do, you got a good woman.

"hey...I named 'him' Stanley...like the power drill"

great flick!

[Blown70]

I do like some of the Cannonball run.

Donnie Brasco
I guess you all have covered most of them

Tom

[ChargerBill]

I do like some of the Cannonball run.

Donnie Brasco
I guess you all have covered most of them

Tom

Yeah, but it's about the movies YOU like...not making a list. Even if it's already listed, put it in your list...I'd be curious to see which ones get the most mentions...

[MichaelRW]

a few more come to mind:

Miller's Crossing
Papillon
Lonesome Dove - not sure this qualifies but it was a good mini-series.

[Ponch ®]

Towering Inferno
Road Warrior / Mad Max
Missing in Action 1 & 2
Under Siege
Flight of the Intruder
Crimson Tide
Hard to Kill
Tango & Cash


damn...now that I think about it, the late 80's/early 90's was the golden age of the unapologetically macho movie.