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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 2295263" data-attributes="member: 1057">One of the all-time great action movies.  I'm convinced it's where the idea for the Wolfenstein series of video games got its inspiration.  Great soundtrack, too.In addition to all the great suggestions so far, I'd add:in the lighthearted comedy classification:  It Happened One Night starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable.  Fun, and funny, and has the famous scene where Colbert hails a ride from a passing car by hitching up her skirt and showing off her legs.  Tame by today's standards, but still sexy as hell.  Plus, there's a great song sing-along on a bus, tons of witty banter, hard-boiled reporters, and drinking.  What's not to love?War!:  Not terribly old (1980 or so), but The Big Red One is a great war movie about the 1st infantry in WWII, with the incomparable Lee Marvin as the hard-bitten sargeant leading a group of soldiers, one of whom is played by some kid named Mark Hamill.Hard boiled mystery:  It's been said before, but for noir thrillers, The Big Sleep.  This is my all-time favorite movie.  Great characters, great story (screenplay by William Faulkner, no less!), great fun, and proof that Lauren Bacall is the sexiest woman in the world.  Plus, Bogart (tied with Steve McQueen) is the coolest ever.  "You're not very tall for a detective."  "I tried to be."Car chases:  Speaking of Steve McQueen and total coolness, Bullitt is one of his iconic films, with a great car chase through the streets of San Francisco.  You can also catch great perfomances by McQueen in The Great Escape and the original Thomas Crowne Affair.Uncle Jack:  Chinatown.  Stellar cast, stellar film.Hitchcock:  deserves its own category.  Pick one.  Any one.  All of them.  Enjoy.Noir extra credit:  Double Indemnity and Shadow of a Doubt.Hollywood Mystery:  Sunset Boulevard.  Norma Desmond.  Creepy.  Great, great film.  Watch this one before you see The Wild Bunch and catch William Holden as a young man, then in The Wild Bunch when he's older.Western with a twist:  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Newman and Redford.  So much fun, so many great lines.  "Think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?"  And always remember the rules for a knife fight.Get started!Warrior Poet</blockquote>

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