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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    D-Day said:
    Hey tempo n groove,
    What are your final cuts ;)
    Or will move block 21-25 to honorable mentions?
    Btw Way of the Gun is a eyecatcher up there.
    I need to redo mine.  I need to really think about some more...
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,824
    This is so hard.

    Without much consideration I can definitely include...

    Forrest Gump
    Shawshank
    Pulp Fiction
    Lord of the Rings
    Die Hard
    Ben Hur (the first remake, 1960s)
    Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure (I grew up in San Dimas and went to San Dimas High, so...)
    Dumb and Dumber

    Of the last year, I really loved Wild Robot, so that will probably be on the list.

    Will have to give some serious consideration for the rest. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,523
    Godfather I II 
    Lawrence of Arabia 
    Dr Zhivago
    Frankenstein the Original 
    Young Frankenstein 
    The Shining 
    Hoffa
    One flew over the Cukoo’s nest
    Once upon a time in the west 
    Ghandi
    The Sixth Sense 
    Clint Westerns 
    Gladiator
    Terminator
    Jaws
    Dog day Afternoon 
    Deer Hunter
    Kings Speech 
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    mace1229 said:
    This is so hard.

    Without much consideration I can definitely include...

    Forrest Gump
    Shawshank
    Pulp Fiction
    Lord of the Rings
    Die Hard
    Ben Hur (the first remake, 1960s)
    Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure (I grew up in San Dimas and went to San Dimas High, so...)
    Dumb and Dumber

    Of the last year, I really loved Wild Robot, so that will probably be on the list.

    Will have to give some serious consideration for the rest. 
    Sooo, strange things were afoot at the circle K
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,151
    mace1229 said:
    This is so hard.

    Without much consideration I can definitely include...

    Forrest Gump
    Shawshank
    Pulp Fiction
    Lord of the Rings
    Die Hard
    Ben Hur (the first remake, 1960s)
    Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure (I grew up in San Dimas and went to San Dimas High, so...)
    Dumb and Dumber

    Of the last year, I really loved Wild Robot, so that will probably be on the list.

    Will have to give some serious consideration for the rest. 
    Sooo, strange things were afoot at the circle K
    Bill  Ted 3 - San Dimas High School football rules  Facebook


    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,824
    mace1229 said:
    This is so hard.

    Without much consideration I can definitely include...

    Forrest Gump
    Shawshank
    Pulp Fiction
    Lord of the Rings
    Die Hard
    Ben Hur (the first remake, 1960s)
    Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure (I grew up in San Dimas and went to San Dimas High, so...)
    Dumb and Dumber

    Of the last year, I really loved Wild Robot, so that will probably be on the list.

    Will have to give some serious consideration for the rest. 
    Sooo, strange things were afoot at the circle K
    I used to ride my bike down to that circle K all the time and get an icee.
    They filmed that end scene at our rival school because they had a better auditorium.
    But it was really cool seeing so many local things, (circle K, raging waters, etc.)
    My dad worked at the San Dimas sheriff station at the time where they did the whole jail scene. We couldn't go anywhere on vacation for about 5-10 years without someone quoting the movie to us when they ask where we're from.

    I still have a box of Bill and Ted playing cards where it advertises a chance to win a trip to San Dimas. Whoever won was probably disappointed when they got there. Except it can be a hub for Disneyland, LA, all the Southern California tourists stuff.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    mace1229 said:
    mace1229 said:
    This is so hard.

    Without much consideration I can definitely include...

    Forrest Gump
    Shawshank
    Pulp Fiction
    Lord of the Rings
    Die Hard
    Ben Hur (the first remake, 1960s)
    Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure (I grew up in San Dimas and went to San Dimas High, so...)
    Dumb and Dumber

    Of the last year, I really loved Wild Robot, so that will probably be on the list.

    Will have to give some serious consideration for the rest. 
    Sooo, strange things were afoot at the circle K
    I used to ride my bike down to that circle K all the time and get an icee.
    They filmed that end scene at our rival school because they had a better auditorium.
    But it was really cool seeing so many local things, (circle K, raging waters, etc.)
    My dad worked at the San Dimas sheriff station at the time where they did the whole jail scene. We couldn't go anywhere on vacation for about 5-10 years without someone quoting the movie to us when they ask where we're from.

    I still have a box of Bill and Ted playing cards where it advertises a chance to win a trip to San Dimas. Whoever won was probably disappointed when they got there. Except it can be a hub for Disneyland, LA, all the Southern California tourists stuff.
    HA Raging Waters!  Now theres a place I haven't thought about in years!  In the second one they get pushed of that cliff.  That is my favorite place on earth, Vasquez Rocks.  In another life I used to live in Santa Clarita and Saugus.
  • D-Day
    D-Day Posts: 708
    Now it’s got me!
    I was checking the boxes with a lot of the favourites looking for The Descent. Die Hard is out now

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,650
    edited May 7
    Schindler's List
    Last Night (1998)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Goodbye Lenin
    Back to the Future
    Brokeback Mountain
    The Bridges of Madison County
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    The Green Mile
    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    There Will Be Blood
    Interstellar
    The Changeling (1980)
    The Black Stallion
    Rocky I - IV
    E.T.
    Apocalypse Now
    Poltergeist
    The Shawshank Redemption
    The Pianist



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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    PJ_Soul said:
    Schindler's List
    Last Night (1998)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Goodbye Lenin
    Back to the Future
    Brokeback Mountain
    The Bridges of Madison County
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    The Green Mile
    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    There Will Be Blood
    Interstellar
    The Changeling (1980)
    The Black Stallion
    Rocky I - IV
    E.T.
    Apocalypse Now
    Poltergeist
    The Shawshank Redemption
    The Pianist



    Googles The Changeling...
  • EL91640
    EL91640 Posts: 333
    PJ_Soul said:
    Schindler's List
    Last Night (1998)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Goodbye Lenin
    Back to the Future
    Brokeback Mountain
    The Bridges of Madison County
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    The Green Mile
    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    There Will Be Blood
    Interstellar
    The Changeling (1980)
    The Black Stallion
    Rocky I - IV
    E.T.
    Apocalypse Now
    Poltergeist
    The Shawshank Redemption
    The Pianist



    Googles The Changeling...
    I watched the Changeling when I was like 9 and it scared the shit out of me for years! 
    "For when the music hits, I feel no pain at all"

    Denver (2022)
    Fort Worth 2 (2023)
    Las Vegas 2 (2024)
    Atlanta 1 (2025)
    Atlanta 2 (2025) 
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,907
    Would have to put them all together but seems like Shawshank Redemption is on most lists here.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    EL91640 said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Schindler's List
    Last Night (1998)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Goodbye Lenin
    Back to the Future
    Brokeback Mountain
    The Bridges of Madison County
    Raiders of the Lost Ark
    The Green Mile
    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    There Will Be Blood
    Interstellar
    The Changeling (1980)
    The Black Stallion
    Rocky I - IV
    E.T.
    Apocalypse Now
    Poltergeist
    The Shawshank Redemption
    The Pianist



    Googles The Changeling...
    I watched the Changeling when I was like 9 and it scared the shit out of me for years! 
    Never heard of it until now...
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,324
    pjhawks said:
    Would have to put them all together but seems like Shawshank Redemption is on most lists here.
    Shocked that Empire Strikes Back isn't on more.
  • Purple Fairy Tree
    Purple Fairy Tree Posts: 2,055
    edited May 21
    Singles 
    Point Break 
    John Wick
    Top Gun
    Desperado

    Wild at Heart
    True Romance
    Last of the Mohicans
    A Star is Born (latest one) 
    A Scanner Darkly
    Johnny Mnemonic

    Edward Scissorhands, 
    Beetle Juice
    The Dark Crystal

    Back to the Future
    Karate Kid - original 80s film(s)
    Total Recall (Arnie)
    Coming to America
    Trading Places
    Beverly Hill Cop
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