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Gerard Roll's avatar

Many will think this is a weird choice, but I’m picking “The Great Escape”. I love movies more when they’re based on real life people or events 👍😄

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James Ross's avatar

I love that movie. Here's a little trivia: Carry On regular Peter Butterworth was interned as a POW at the camp where the real Great Escape took place. It was also the camp where the Wooden Horse escape took place, and in which he was closely involved, being one of the fellows who would leap over the horse as the diggers worked away beneath. He auditioned for a part in the Wooden Horse movie but didn't get the part because they said he didn't look athletic enough!

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Jim C's avatar

I’m going with The Caine Mutiny.

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Michael's avatar

The Third Man

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Jeffery Yates's avatar

The Bridge On The River Kwai.

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Qtto's avatar

Casablanca

The gold standard

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David D’s Rants And Rambles's avatar

Citizen Kane, African Queen, Grapes of Wrath for a 3 way tie

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Chris Mann's avatar

Great list

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Dylan Oxley's avatar

King Kong (1933). So iconic and influential with phenomenal stop motion effects for its time

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Gareth Sean Paul McCarthy's avatar

Kind hearts and coronets.

Not just for Alec Guinness, but for the courage to use an antihero.

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tru3's avatar

White Heat with James Cagney. Brilliant character study about a psychopath with mommy issues.

Top of the world, ma!

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Rena Aliston's avatar

The Paradine Case

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John Stieglitz's avatar

How Green Was My Valley. I learned more about life and living from Ford and Capra movies than anywhere else. Some things you just can’t learn at home, church or school.

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Clee's avatar

Yet another for Casablanca

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First Features's avatar

Definitely, if you're including the world of cinema, "Children of Paradise."

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Salty's avatar

It really is Casablanca, man. It’s just *That* Film.

It’s so absurdly good in every single element of technical filmmaking — cinematography, music, production design — but honestly all of that is secondary to just how unbelievably watchable it is. Like it probably has straight up the best dialogue ever written for the screen. I mean, it’s got like a double-digit number of contenders that are regularly on Greatest Movie Lines lists, and nearly always has at least one or more in the top 10. Is there any other film besides maybe The Godfather that comes close to that?

*And* — it’s also funny as hell. Rick and Renaud’s relationship is an incredible comedy partnership. Claude Rains’ take off “Your winnings, sir” is one of the greatest comedy beats ever played.

I’ve never felt anything else after watching it except: “Yeah, this is the greatest movie of all time.”

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T Corley's avatar

Vertigo

The Manchurian Candidate

Some Like It Hot

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James Ross's avatar

Rio Bravo. By far my favourite movie.

It struck me that I have a Rio Bravo mug and movie poster in my office. Until you posed the question I hadn't even realised how much I love that movie. But I do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BlrCA7_wdM

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