Hi Gang
Thought this board could use a new poll. Just curious: Which are your favorites BESIDES the JW-films? I don’t mean the films you think are supposed to be on the list of the best movies ever made, so Citizen Kane should be in it. No, not that kind of list. Just the 10 films in your personal absolute 10-Best-List in which JW plays absolutely no part. I know it’s hard. So make a decision. Imagine the ship is sinking just right now and you can save 10 films only - yeah I know, you’d grab the Waynes first but anyway – here’s my own list:


LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Every single shot in it is great, and O’Toole delivers what I think ranks with the best performances ever put on a movie screen.

THE GREAT ESCAPE
The great fun, the great adventure, the great McQueen – great escapism. And based on a great true story.

SPARTACUS
The intelligent epic. One of the „you couldn’t do that today“ films. A great script by Dalton Trumbo, comparing communism and capitalism.

LONELY ARE THE BRAVE
That sad neo-western, with music by Jerry Goldsmith

WHERE EAGLES DARE
Not to be taken seriously when Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood decided one weekend to win World War II. I love a lot of „Commando“-movies, like Guns of Navarone, or The Dirty Dozen – but this one is the most fun.

SEARGENT YORK
Coopers oscar-winning performance, Hawks‘ masterful direction – and the fact that this is one hell of a propaganda movie you must study when you’re interested in Hollwood’s call of arms in 1940.

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
Pure Ford.

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
The great story under Zinnemann’s direction pulled great performances by Lancaster, Clift, Kerr, Donna Reed and Sinatra. Unforgettable.

THE FAR COUNTRY
Jimmy Stewart and director Mann at their peak. Even today, one of the most underrated westerns.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Hitchcock‘s and Gary Crant’s best thriller.

HI ITDO HERE ARE MINE

IT'S A WONDEFULL LIFE

A CHRISTMAS CAROL(ALISTAIR SIM)

WAY OUT WEST(L&H)

RETURN TO SNOWY MOUNTAIN

MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

STAR WARS(TRILOGY)

MALTESE FALCON

BATTLE GROUND

SHENANDOAH

CAPTAINS COURAGOUS

WOMAN OF THE YEAR

ROBIN HOOD(ERROL FLYNN)

MARY POPPINS

THERE ARE A FEW ENGLISH ONES I LIKE TO WHICH YOU HAVE PROBALY NOT HEARD OF

THE LADY KILLERS
LAVENDER HILL MOB
TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT
GENEVIEVE
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Hey Chance,
we got similar taste! Some of your favorites almost were on my 10-best-list, like Captains Courageous (always gets me when they kill of Spencer Tracy) and Robin Hood (there's a DVD Special Edition coming at us!)

Not sure if these are my absolute favorites, but these are the ones that come to mind offhand (in no particular order). Please keep in mind that I am a GIRL named Jen and as such I like some things that most fellas (including my husband) do NOT like, most specifically movies with cute smiling men who break into song and start tap dancing.

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Yes, it is the best musical ever made. Fills one's heart with joy from start to finish.

CASABLANCA - Bittersweet perfection. There's nothing new I can say so I won't. Gives me goosebumps.

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - A hilarious Capra film that never gets old despite the fact that it's been around for almost 70 years. It's absolutely jam-packed with sweet & memorable moments. Clark Gable's dimples alone are worth the price of admission (purrrrr). Ward Bond is in this.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - Pure Capra-corn - so sweet and so wonderful. We all know that Ward Bond is in this one as well.

NOTORIOUS - My vote for best Hitchcock. Bergman & Grant are amazing together and the story really does put you on the edge of your seat. Claude Rains is one of my favorites; he is such a good actor he is able to make us feel sorry for him by the end of the film despite how terrible he is.

THE MALTESE FALCON - Classic Bogart, who maybe had as much charisma as John Wayne. Love to watch him act just with his eyes. Love Sydney Greenstreet and Elisha Cook, Jr. in this as well. And isn't Ward Bond in this one, too?

SONS OF THE DESERT - Laurel & Hardy's best feature-length film; it has the energy of all their best shorts combined with a funny and outrageous yet still plausible plotline. Too many classic moments to mention ("two peas in a pod-DUH"). I do enjoy WAY OUT WEST as well, though - especially the musical numbers.

TOP HAT - This is probably the best Astaire-Rogers musical with the score crammed full of Irving Berlin standards. It's like candy.

ON THE TOWN - Another Gene Kelly musical - fun, infectious, & brash.

SWING TIME - Another Astaire-Rogers musical that I adore. Jerome Kern score.

Some honorable mentions: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, HOLIDAY (Hepburn & Grant), NOW VOYAGER, GONE WITH THE WIND, SHALL WE DANCE (Astaire-Rogers film with a Gershwin [*sigh*] score), anything with Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire.

I also simply adore Harold Lloyd, but would have a hard time picking a favorite film (either SAFETY LAST or THE KID BROTHER, maybe).

I guess that's good for now. I hope you guys will still respect me in the morning. ;)

Some GOOD! choices there Jen
SINGING IN THE RAIN GOOD CHOICE
not so sure about the rest not seen may of them all the way through alawys interupted.
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I can't believe I forgot to mention a couple. I know this is more than ten but I really like movies. :)

THE THIRD MAN - directed by Sir Carol Reed. Hard to believe this is the same guy who made OLIVER! Anyway, it's dark and moody and ultra-super-cool; the style is a cross between Hitchcock and Orson Welles himself. (This movie owes a lot to CITIZEN KANE and Orson Welles said that he learned how to make movies from watching Stagecoach over and over again, so it also owes a lot to John Ford.) Anyway, Joseph Cotten is superb and so's the zither music.

RADIO DAYS - Woody Allen's homage to his 1940s childhood - it's really nothing more than a collection of episodes revolving around a Jewish family and the songs and shows they hear on the radio. Some wonderfully good music and a sweet & innocent piece of nostalgia.

My Lord, my Lord, where do I start?!?! There are so many ......

I'll post first, then read the other replies. The short answer is, I love all kinds of movies, and I have so many favorites that I can't even narrow them down to a top 10 or 20. I started jotting them down and found I couldn't type as fast as I thought of them (and I type 80wpm), so I finally just made myself stop. Here are just a few of my all-time favorites, just off the top of my head (can you say "eclectic?").

an affair to remember (the one with Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr)
armageddon
beauty and the beast
blazing saddles
charade
dances with wolves
dave
fame
gigo
gone with the wind
halloween
Almost anything at all directed by Hitchcock
independence day
it's a wonderful life
jaws
lean on me
life with father
meet me in st louis
mr roberts
nosferatu
on golden pond
sense and sensibility (the Emma Thompson one)
seven brides for seven brothers
silverado
singin in the rain
star trek II and IV
the original star wars trilogy
summer stock
the african queen
the american president
the godfather trilogy
the great escape
the philadelphia story
the shawshank redemption
the sound of music
the trouble with angels
the wizard of oz
to kill a mockingbird
tombstone
twilight zone: the movie
young frankenstein

... and lately I've been watching old movies on AMC and TCM like the end of the world is coming, and have just recently fulfilled a goal of mine: to see all three major Zorro films: the Antonio Banderas one, the Tyron Power one, and the Douglas Fairbanks one. Fairbanks blew the others out of the water - and that's saying something.

This is getting too long, so ... singing off for now,

--- Sue
who just loves discussing movies, and who is even now watching The Undefeated on AMC again


EDIT: Oops. I didn't read the rules first. I don't know if I can get the list down to just 10, sinking ship or not. I'll give it some serious thought!
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Guys, did y'all notice that the girls just can't make a decision for just TEN movies? It's the same when the have to make the decision if they are about to turn left or right when driving. ;)
If the ship sinks they would go down, end of picture (nobody mentioned Titanic yet?)
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Me again. I just read the thread and thought of 2 things to add. No, I'm not adding to my list, I swear!!!

re: Jen's comment on Singin in the Rain: you summed up my feelings quite eloquently. I have only to add that I was watching TV the day they reported that Donald O'Connor had died, and they kept airing a little "in memoriam" filmclip on TCM or AMC. I sat there stunned and sad, and when they played his number "Make 'Em Laugh" from Singing in the Rain, I thought I might have to change the channel because I would be too sad to watch it. Well, I watched it anyway, and by the time he took his first pratfall I was smiling; by the time he got knocked off the sofa by the mannequin I was giggling, by the time he took that board slap in the face I was laughing through tears, and when he ran into the brick wall and couldn't get his nose straight, huge guffaws were echoing round my living room. I can't think of any better legacy from, or any better tribute, to an actor.

re: Gigo, which is probably the most obscure one on my list: It was written and directed by, and starred, Jackie Gleason, and if all you know of Jackie Gleason is The Honeymooners, you are missing a great treat. This film moves me with the best of them, and Jackie Gleason was one of the few actors who can move me from laughter to tears to laughter in about a minute and a half without uttering a single word. The man was a genius.

~~Sue

Hey Sue! Glad to hear you like musicals as well. I saw Summer Stock on your list and couldn't help grinning. Couldn't be because Gene Kelly as Joe Ross is just so fine now could it? (Just for the record, my affection for Gene equals my affection for Duke.) That dance he does when he tears the newspaper up with his feet is hands down my favorite dance number ever. And I've seen lots of 'em.

I enjoy lots of the same movies on your list, like The African Queen, The Philadelphia Story and Sense and Sensibility - actually nearly all of the Jane Austen adaptations.

Yes, Donald O'Connor's "Make 'Em Laugh" number is amazing. I think the funniest bit is where he's flirting with the dummy on the couch, and then the dummy starts flirting back.

Re Gigot, I've seen that one too and I found it very sweet and enjoyable. But it was actually directed by Gene Kelly and not Jackie Gleason. I'm pretty sure The Great One wrote the screenplay and composed the music for it, though. The film was heavily edited by the studio and Gene was terribly & bitterly disappointed with what they did to it. You're right - Jackie Gleason was a very very good actor and this film proves it. Regarding "The Honeymooners," I always loved Ralph Kramden and I always longed for him to just catch one break. Every time something good did happen to him, he found a way to squander it. *sigh*

Hey girls, notice how guys are so prescriptive and think that everything has to be just one way when in most cases there are lots of different ways to do the same thing? ;)

But hey, I didn't do so bad. I had twelve plus some honorable mentions.

No Titanic on my list. I admit I got wrapped up in the visual grandeur of it the first time I watched it, but it doesn't hold up on subsequent viewings. Too soggy.

Re Gigot, I've seen that one too and I found it very sweet and enjoyable. But it was actually directed by Gene Kelly and not Jackie Gleason.
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Oops! Of course, you're absolutely right! How could I forget that! <g>

Okay, I cut it down to 10, and it was painful!

gone with the wind
Almost anything at all directed by Hitchcock (if you hold a gun to my head, I'll pick either Psycho, Rear Window or North by Northwest. If it's a BIG gun, I'll pick Rear Window)
it's a wonderful life (but NOT the colorized version! Blecch!)
singin in the rain
the african queen
the great escape (I found a very interesting site all about the true story behind the
movie: The Great Escape (http://www.elsham.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gt_esc/))
the philadelphia story
the sound of music
the wizard of oz
to kill a mockingbird

Hi Friends,

I have one Movie that I love.
I didn't know the US Name of it, but in Germany it is called "Zwei rechnen ab"
i think it is "Gunfight at OK Coral" with Burt Lancaster an Kirk Douglas

Bye from good old Germany
Torsten

Dukes German Home (http://www.dukemorrison.de/)

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A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948) *my all time fave* with Jean Arthur & Marlene Dietrich

THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) with Jean Arthur & Joel McCrea

VICTOR VICTORIA (1982)with Julie Andrews

THE OTHERS (2001) with Nicole Kidman

BRINGING UP BABY (1938) with Kate Hepburn & Cary Grant

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) with Madonna, Geena Davis & Tom Hanks

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Thorsten, you can even link "Gunfight of the OK Corrall" (one of my favorites as well, I love the Frankie Laine ballad, wish they would put the whole soundtrack out one of these days) to JW:
In the advertisments of "The Sons of Katie Elder" they used the phrase "from the makers of Gunfight of the OK Corrall", or something like that.

Well, better late than never! As with the previous posts, it's hard to limit it to 10. My criteria for whether it's a favorite movie is that I can watch a movie over and over and still enjoy it as much each time.

Here's my list, not in any particular order -

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

African Queen

Casablanca

Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) (Our seven year old watched that movie recently and decided to be Robin Hood for Halloween - it's the first time in 4 years he hasn't been a cowboy! We can hardly wait for the DVD version.)

North by Northwest

The Bishop's Wife

The Sound of Music

and, for some more recent offerings -

Indiana Jones trilogy

Back to the Future trilogy

Toy Story 2

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The Patriot (Mel is quite handy with his tomahawk :headbonk: )


Chester :cowboy: (with Mrs. Chester :rolleyes: to follow . . . )

OK, MRS. Chester here, with her thoughts on which movies to take in the event of a horrific disaster. Of course, I am assuming itdo means 10 movies per PERSON (at least I'm hoping that's what he means).

While Chester and I have a few overlapping choices, there are some movies I dearly love that I would want along. So here's my list, including the overlapping ones:

(also, not in any particular order . . . )

I'll just list these so you know which ones we both like -

Indiana Jones trilogy

Back to the Future trilogy

The Bishop's Wife

Now for my own list (since Chester is going to bring the above titles :) ) -

Frequency

Everafter

Return to Me

Iron Will

An Affair to Remember

It's A Wonderful Life

Singin' in the Rain

Ground Hog Day

Braveheart

1776


Well, I held it down to 10, but it was hard - there are SO many movies . . . .

Mrs. Chester :rolleyes:

Here goes Chester,
Gone With the Wind
The Sound of Music
The Wizard of Oz
The Christmas Story
Grease
Smokey and the Bandit
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
It's A Wonderful Life
Rear Window
Space Cowboys

Little Duke

here goes for my list

man from snowy river
pharlap
mad max
its a wonderful life
miricle on 32nd street (the first one)
the santa claus e
dam busters
plant of the apes (the first one)
toy story 1 & 2
parent trap (the first one)

for son and hier

thomas and the magic mountian
toy story 1 & 2
monsters inc
bob the builder series
thomas the tank engine series
mighty ducks 1,2 & 3
homeward bound 1 &2

cheers smokey

:) 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)

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)

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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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.

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