Irish Forum's Fav Films??

I love the old espionage films, especially Frederick Forsyth.  The day of the jackal,The Odessa file and The fourth protocol.  If you liked The french connection you will love these oldies.  There is a fantastic recent film called the warriors way which is a martial arts(samurai)/country and western style film that has some of the best cinematography you will ever see, it is a tale of dual revenge set in the wild west.

Yes I have not seen The Day of the Jackal I have to see that...always heard it was a good un.

Ever see the basketball diaries, early di caprio? I wonder whats wildmans- one flew over the cuckoos nest?

havent seen that yourlack. i presume you rate it a lot, looks a bit dark and depressing though?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z8xYMomsDc

warriors way trailer.

pulp fiction...class
once upon a time in america...over 3 hrs long.great film

Once upon a time in america is a great shout.

Gettysburg & Gods and Generals are great films but require plenty of stamina.

Kelly's Heroes is worth watching and has a catchy theme tune.

Kingdom of Heaven is well worth watching as well imo.

pulp fiction, carlitos way , no country for old men ,zodiac , fargo , seven , training day , the deer hunter , mesrine , manhunter , kalifornia

toby, all them are favs of mine and most of them are on my laptop, only one I havent seen is zodiac

pulp fiction, the departed, fargo, the big lebowski and anything else by the coen bros ,pure class. always worth a look to see the whacky characters if for nothing else.

pulp fiction, the departed, fargo, the big lebowski and anything else by the coen bros ,pure class. always worth a look to see the whacky characters if for nothing else.

not worth saying twice though ,lol

excellent film by the excellent fincher , noth books well worth a read too newmanix

#both.....

didi mow, didi mow

old boy - the ultimate tale of revenge
super troopers - roll up a fat one and laugh your head off
city of god - one of the best films of all time and worth watching in brazilian with subtitles just to hear the accents.

Can anyone recommend a good Rom-Com?

I remember watching City of God that was a very good film.

About to watch The Longest Day 1962 about WW2.

Massive fan of Dicaprio, thought his performance in Shutter Island was Sublime also that Inception film was excellent if not hard to follow.

Thought the remake of  The Girl with The Dragon Tatoo to bring it to current day was the best film out since the above DiCaprio acts.

Really looking forward to Lincoln now at Xmas time with Daniel Day

ruby,agree with you on dicaprio . thought he was brilliant in blood diamond. after seeing titanic i thought he was a young lad that might soon be forgotten and hard to take seriously as an actor, but how wrong i was about him. superb .

Itcanbedone,instead of a rom-com maybe "Man of Fire",the ould doll will be bawling her eyes out and very watchable.
Oh brother where art thou?,Scarface,The butterfly effect found fairly good,not too into films though.

Completely agree re Blood Diamond, Catch me if you can was another brilliant effort, forgot about The Departed and also Gangs of New York.

Few Films coming out soon with him, His latest J Edgar I heard was poor enough but Eastwood went a bit wierd on that one.

THE MALTESE FALCON
Humphrey Bogart at his best
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
Very funny and nostalgic shots of a London long gone
23 PACES TO BAKER STREET
Excellent thriller
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
Great Western and the ground breaking introduction of the anti hero
PSYCHO
The dramatic music,the killing off of the heroine early on,the twist,brilliant Hitchcock
DR NO
Just to see Ursula Andress emerge from the sea
THE FORTUNE COOKIE
Brilliant comedy with the genius Walter Matthau
PLAY MISTY FOR ME
Eastwood as director in this much copied but never bettered film

Have you caught any pictures in colour yet, wmfb?

I only got coloured television for the horse racing.

Pleasantville and The Usual Suspects both absolute classics gents

For the greyhound men on here have a look at the film THE BLUE LAMP and the scene at the greyhound races,huge crowds and loads of bookies.

The film "Secretariat" was an ok horsey film, but not nearly as good as the book of the same name, and I would certainly regard this book "Secretariat" as probably the best racing story I've ever read............
Forest Gump is a film for all ages at all times, and great to put you in good humour, Tom Hanks .... brilliant....

Wmfb

You must have loved the unique feature of this thread?

Kavvie gave an opinion of his own.

To add a bit of spice to this thread try in yourlack fashion to pick a film that best describes a forumite.

Rocketfingers    The Sound of Music
Never Give Up    Dumb and Dumber
Paddywhacker     War and Peace

The Usual Suspects
Any of the Bourne's
The Good The Bad And The Ugly = Best Western ever
Carlitos Way
Body Of Lies
The Counterfeiters
The Green Mile
The Dark Knight
GoodFellas
The Breakfast Club
Schindlers List
Saving Private Ryan
Platoon
City of God
Lucky number slevin
The godfather
Fight club
Seven
Back to the future
The prestige
Gladiator
Unforgiven
Gran Torino
Heat
Hotel Rwanda
Black Hawk Down
Scarface
High Noon
Trainspotting
Donnie Darko
Casino
The hustler
Shutter island

I forgot.

The lives of others - a must watch.

The Outsiders - another brilliant film lads.

No menton of Spartacus, or The Searchers.
Fairplay to Newmanix, The Odessa File and The Day of the Jackel ( not the Bruce Willis remake)both great films.
Also Young Dr   ( what great knockers, help me with the bags, wait till the end glows) , and The Marathon Man (is it safe) both great films.
Got to admit i love  the Die Hard films and the Bourne films.Born Free being my favourite.

The Bourne trilogy must be the most watched of films over last 20 years .

Recent productions I have enjoyed are ,
No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Mystic River ( but its a bit dark )
Blindside is a feel good film
Watched War Horse last night  , good for family audience .
Plus a few I cant recall , have to do a library look up .

Have the Descendants and The Artist still to see , update later .

sideways ,completely understated gem. a laugh a second.

once upon a time in the west
midnight express
apocalypse now
taxi driver
dirty harry
the conversation
Godfathers 1, 2 and 3. NAP
the good the bad and the ugly
The Wild Bunch
French connection 1 and 2
Raging Bull
The outlaw Josey Wales
Mississipi Burning
Cool Hand Luke
On the waterfront
Silence of the lambs
Red dragon
The worlds fastest Indian
The field
My left foot
There will be blood
Gran Torino
Pulp fiction
Seven
Usual suspects
Green mile
Million dollar baby
Star wars trilogy
shawshank redemption
schindlers list
12 angry men
one flew over cuckoos nest
american history x
shining
the departed
full metal jacket
heat
the big lebowski
scarface
casino

and many more

A mixed bag but all good in their own right

The Mask of Dimitrios
All The sherlock Holmes with Basil Rathbone
Invasion of The Body Snatchers 1956
Wuthering heights 1939
Sleeper (woody allen)
Close Encounters of a Third kind
Capricorn One
Raiders of the lost Ark
Dune
Predator 1 and 2
Sideways

tremors with kevin bacon and fred ward is the best B movie I have seen.  Must have watched it 50 times

Sexy Beast,Ray Winstone as a "retired" gangster living the high life in Spain with his wife and friends,he gets a visit from an old colleague Ben Kingsley who needes him to do "One more job" which he doesn't want to do,great movie that a lot of people missed out on.

Thought someone would have had  MAN ABOUT DOG.......Good comedy, Three irish lads trying their luck with a dog and a bit of gambling

terminator 2 & goodfellas have always been my favourite films.

honourable mention for the last samurai, a v under rated film imo, i love it!

Salvador, Oliver Stone!

a hugely underated film, James Woods is James Woods a brilliant actor.

Its based on a true story Richard Boyle a journalist in El Salvador, I won't say anymore, watch the film, if you can keep your emotions in check then you're not human!.

The White Ribbon.

heres one for you.

pat shortt in "the garage"
one of the best irish films ive seen in a while, insight into the changing face of rural ireland.

his other work "adam and paul" also worth a watch

The Mighty Ducks.

Gordan Bombay,Charlie Conway, Goldberg, Averman, Terry & Jessy, Tammy Duncan, Fulten Reed, Coach Riley

Names that just run off the tongue.

A classic.

Things to do in Denver when you;re Dead

Natural Born Killers

The Last Great Picture Show
Fargo
In The Heat Of The Night
The Maltese Falcon

Lots of Films there Lads.

I throw one at you and prob the older brigade may not have seen it.

INTO THE WILD

Some Like It Hot
Citizen Kane
Blade Runner
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Two recent decent films.

Moneyball

To kill an Irishman.

Older films:

The lives of others.
The Thief (James Cann). Magic film that is rarely shown on tv.
Once were warriors.
Downfall.
Glengarry Glenross.
Frost/Nixon.
The Fighter.

In Bruges & The Guard. Fantastic Irish wit from the McDonagh bros.

i remember flagging up The Guard on here, not many thought it was funny, i was surprised!

Donkey Punch, a modern classic.

Jesus Neill a bit of decorum please

Yeah that one was pretty bad Duck, Tom Cruise gets a lot of stick, most of it deserved but I thought 'Born on the fourth of July' was a good film. Collateral of his was also a fair old film. Good taste here.

nice thread

sorry if these have been mentioned before...

All The President's Men............I will never,ever tire of watching this; Redford and Hoffman at their peak.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Matthew Broderick being uber-cool; the parade scene is unforgettable.

Donkey Punch just started film4.
Must see what the above fuss is about

Jesus don'thard to forget it after

wildbores favourite film is "the stalker"

jeez tis a bit avant garde alright Neil, I,m going to give it another while anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTs1HoodTY

It's a risky maneuver that wouldn't be recommended if you value the life of your partner and your own personal liberty, don't try this at home.......... or at school.... or anywhere really. Awful film

Watched the Outlaw Josey Whales a few days ago.

Clint must have some amount of women on his bedpost.

Casanova who are you!

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

just watched Sexy Beast.  Excellent

Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Rocky and Rocky 2, Zulu and Zulu Dawn and the colour purple

holy shít rockstar, I watched The Empire Strikes Back just before I watched Sexy Beast

It's a classic Newmanix :)

a lesser known film well worth checking out for you film buffs "ELECTION" Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.

ok will take a look SG

I am trying to identify a film a friend saw many years ago. I can tell you that it is a black and white film so it must be at least 40 years old, he thinks it may be from the 50s or 60s. The main characters are a husband and wife and the wife's sister and they have a young son. The wife's sister is an interfering nuisance and she regularly clashes with the husband to such an extent that they hate each other. He thinks the husband may have been away for a long time and returned back to the home. He remembers one scene where the husband gives the son money to go to the cinema so he can cosy up to the wife. The husbands voice is what he describes as high pitched. He thinks the film is called somthing like "The Room at the top of the House" or somthing similar but he is not too sure and that could be completely wrong. Can anyone put a name to this film?

The Hustler
The Sting
Anything by the Coen brothers is excellent
American History X

Certainly doesn't ring a bell with me gotchee, of course if you knew just one of the actors you could find the name of the film pretty easily, but obviously you don't otherwise you would've found it yourself.

just watched Sexy Beast.  Excellent

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