What Are Your Favorite Non-wayne-movies?

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  • :) Here are a few of mine!
    Old Yeller
    Where the Red Fern Grows


    The newest "Radio"
    The Wizard of Oz
    The Last of the Mohicans
    Patton
    A Dog named Skip
    The Sandlot
    Gladiator
    Pearl Harbor

  • This one has me thinking hard. I know my favorites, but to come up with a list has been hard. So here goes. The list of Top 20 classics from 1975 back.


    1. To Kill A Monkingbird - My favorite All-Time Movie/Book


    2. It's a Wonderful Life - Favorite James Stewart/Christmas Movie


    3. The Birds - Favorite Hitchcock Movie


    4. The Parent Trap - Favorite Maureen O'Hara not with Duke/Disney Movie


    5. Blazing Saddles - Favorite Mel Brooks/Comedy Movie


    6. Monty Python & the Holy Grail


    7. The Great Escape - Favorite Steve McQueen Movie


    8. My Darling Clemetine - Favorite Henry Fonda non Duke Western


    9. Magnificent Seven - Favorite Charles Bronson non Duke Western


    10. It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World - Favorite All-Star Comedy Cast Movie


    11. Key Largo - Favorite Bogart Movie


    12. The Flight of the Phoenix


    13. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington


    14. North By Northwest


    15. Once Upon A Time In The West


    16. The Sound of Music - Favorite Musical


    17. Father Goose


    18. Miracle on 34th Street - The 1943 Edition with Maureen O'Hara/John Payne


    19. The Absent-Minded Professor


    20. Birth of a Nation - Favorite Silent Movie


    Honorable Mention: The Wizard Of Oz, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Days of Wine & Roses, Grapes of Wrath, Gone With The Wind, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Spencer's Mountain, High Noon, Sergent York, Von Ryan's Express, The Apartment


    I'll put in my top 10 movies from 1976 - Present.


    Cheers, Hondo B)



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    "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it"

    - John Wayne quote

  • Here is my list of 1976 to the present of the movies of all time list. Top 10 list.


    1. Braveheart


    2. (Indiana Jones &) The Radiers of the Lost Ark


    3. Remember The Titians


    4. Open Range


    5. Back to the Future (Triolgy)


    6. We Were Soldiers


    7. Silverado


    8. The Sixth Sense


    9. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles


    10. A Time To Kill


    Honorable Mention: The Green Mile, Apollo 13, National Lampoon's Animal House, Gettysburg, Forrest Gump, Only the Lonely, Jaws, Star Wars (Triology, Parts IV-VI), Star Trek; The Wrath of Kahn, The Sandlot, The Client, Rocky, Black Hawk Down, A Christmas Story, Halloween.


    Cheers, Hondo B)



    Quote

    "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it"

    - John Wayne quote

  • Here are some of mine in no particular order.


    1. Ben Hur
    2. Vertigo
    3. The Invisibe man
    4 Its a wonderful life
    5. Guns of Naverone


    There are loads of other ones I just can't think of them now.


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    Regards
    Robbie

  • Hi Guys sorry its been so long,this is an interesting topic since i have 300 plus besides jw movies, my favourites are the oldies


    where eagles dare


    great escape (on DVD )


    dail M for Murder.


    rear window


    a wonderful life


    adventures of robin hood


    el cid


    the time machine


    the mummy(boris karloff)


    guns of navarone


    Demetrius and the gladiators


    the robe


    the ten commandments


    king of kings


    but one ive been looking for an old Gary Cooper movie North west Mounted Police
    i just love that old movie but cant get it here in Australia or on amazon .com any suggestions , All the best for Christmas guys regards Chris.

  • Going through all these old topics and some are really interesting :)


    In no particular order these are my fave films.
    -While you where sleeping
    -Shadowlands
    -Safe House
    -Shrek 1&2
    -The sound of music
    -The Edge
    -An affair to remember
    -White Christas
    -All 3 Indiana Jones films
    -De Zaak Alzheimer ( best flemish film ever!)
    -Silence of the lambs
    -The man in the Iron Mask
    -Star Trek:First Contact


    These are the ones that came to my mind instantly although there are loads more

  • WOW!!, I am truely amazed that both Jay, :D as well as myself; <span style='color:gray'> actually missed this topic. </span> Boy i'm gonna have a bit of fun on this one [rubbing both hands together] :rolleyes::D


    With the exception of the first few, the rest are not necessarily in the order of favorites.


    My favorite non-John Wayne movies include:


    1) Decision Before Dawn w/ Richard Basehart & Oskar Werner.
    2) He Walked By Night w/ Richard Basehart & Jack Webb.
    3) Horatio Hornblower w/ Gregory Peck.
    4) Mutiny On the Bounty w/ Clark Gable & Charles Laughton.
    5) Dunkirk w/ Sir John Mills.
    6) The Password Is Courage w/ Dirk Bogarde.
    7) Time Limit w/ Richard Widmark & Richard Basehart.
    8) Prisoner Of War w/ Ronald Wilson Reagan & Steve Forrest.
    9) Hannible Brooks w/ Oliver Reed, Wolfgang Priess & Michael J. Pollard.
    10) Stalingrad Dogs, Do you Want To Live Forever w/ Wolfgang Priess.
    11) The Asphalt Jungle w/ Sterling Hayden.
    12) Target Zero w/ Charles Bronson, Chuck Connors & L.Q. Jones.
    13) The Dawn Patrol w/ Errol Flynn, David Niven & Basil Rathbone.
    14) Seahawk w/ Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland & Alan Hale Sr.
    15) They Died With Their Boots On w/ Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland & Anthony Quinn.
    16) Stalag 17 w/ William Holden, Neville Brand and Otto Preminger.
    17) The Great Escape w/ Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Donald etc.
    18) Charge of the Light Brigade w/ Errol Flynn and David Niven.
    19) The Colditz Story w/ Sir John Mills, Eric Portman & Anton Differing.
    20) Where Eagles Dare w/ Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton & Anton Differing.
    21) Kelly's Heroes w/ Clint E, Telly Savalas, D. Sutherland & Karl-Otto Alberty.
    22) The Odessa File w/ Jon Voight and Maximilian Schell.
    23) The Cross of Iron w/ James Cobuer, Maximilian Schell, James Mason and Klaus Lowitsch.
    24) Pork Chop Hill w/ gregory Peck & so many others.
    25) Fixed Bayonets w/ Richard Basehart.
    26) Star Wars w/ Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford & Sir Alec Guiness.
    27) Alls Quiet on the Western Front w/ Lew Ayers and Louis Wohlheim.
    28) Springfield Rifle w/ Gary Cooper, Fess Parker and Alan Hale Jr.
    29) Along Came sJones w/ Gary Cooper, William Demmarrest & Dan Duryea.
    30) Winchester '73 w/ James Stewart, Stephan McNally & Dan Duryea.
    31) Shennandoah w/ James Stewart & Patrick Wayne.
    32) Von Ryan's Express w/ Frank Sinatra and Brad Dexter.
    33) Battleground w/ Van Johnson, John Hodiak and James Whitmore Sr.
    34) Bataan w/ Robert Taylor and George Murphy.
    35) To Hell and Back w/ Audie Leon Murphy, Charles Drake and Marshall thompson.
    36) The Red Badge Of Courage w/ Audie Murphy & Bill Maulden.
    37) The Bridge At Remagen w/ Robert Vaughn & Hans-Christian Blech.
    38) Battle of the Bulge w/ Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Ty Hardin, Karl-Otto Alberty & Hans-Christian Blech.
    39) Merrill's Marauders w/ Jeff Chandler, Ty Hardin & Claude Akins.
    40) Pillar's of the Sky w/ Jeff Chandler.
    41) The Hunters w/ Robert Mitchum & Robert Wagner.
    42) Titanic w/ Richard Basehart, Robert Wagner, Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck.
    43) A Night To Remember w/ Kenneth More & David McCallum.
    44) Battle of Britain w/ Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard and Curt Jurgens.
    45) The Enemy Below w/ Robert Mitchum, Kurt Jurgens & Theodor Bikel.
    46) White Heat w/ James Cagney.
    47) Treasure of the Sierra Madre w/ Humphrey Bogart & Tim Holt.
    48) Sahara w/ Bogie, Bruce Bennett, Kurt Kreuger & Dan Duryea.
    49) The Black Legion w/ Bogie.
    50) Blood on the Sun w/ James Cagney.
    51) The Fighting 69th w/ James Cagney & Alan Hale Sr.
    52) Sergeant York w/ Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan.
    53) The Unconquored w/ Gary Cooper.
    54) The Last Outpost w/ Ronald Wilson Reagan, Bruce Bennett & Noah Berry jr.
    55) The Savage w/ Charlton Heston.
    56) Arrowhead w/ Charlton Heston, Brian Keith & Walter "Jack" Palance.
    57) 55 Days at peking w/ Charlton Heston, David Niven and Harry Andrews.
    58) Patton w/ George C. Scott & Karl Malden.
    59) The Guns of Navarone w/ Gregory Peck & Anthony Quinn.
    60) Alvarez Kelly w/ William Holden & Richard Widmark.
    61) King Kong w/ Bruce Cabot & Fay Wray.
    62) A Bridge Too Far w/ Michael Caine, Maximilian Schell & James Caan.
    63) The Bedford Incident w/ Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier & Eric Portman.
    64) Halls of Montezuma w/ Richard Boone, Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner, Walter "Jack" Palance and Neville Brand.
    65) Hell and High Water w/ Richard Widmark, Gene Evans & Cameron Mitchell.


    Just to name a few.

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  • Just a few off the top of my (pointy) head:


    1. Out of the Past (1947) Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas
    2. Thirteen Days (2000) Kevin Costner
    3. Road To Perdition (2002) Tom Hanks
    4. The FBI Story (1959) James Stewart
    5. Guide For the Married Man (1967) Walter Matthau
    6. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster
    7. Chinatown (1974) Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
    8. Farewell, My Lovely (1975) Robert Mitchum
    9. Dead Reckoning (1947) Humphrey Bogart
    10. In a Lonely Place (1950) Humphrey Bogart


    11. The Thin Man films (all of 'em!) (1934-47) William Powell & Myrna Loy
    12. Mutiny On the Bounty (1962) Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard
    13. The Bachelor & the Bobby-Soxer (1947) Cary Grant, Myrna Loy
    14. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Frederic March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews
    15. The Human Comedy (1943) Mickey Rooney, Van Johnson
    16. The Nutty Professor (1963) Jerry Lewis
    17. Strategic Air Command (1955) James Stewart, June Allyson
    18. The Aviator (2004) Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett
    19. Papillon (1973) Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman
    20. L.A. Confidential (1997) Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce

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