Also:

Lawrence of Arabia
Dog Day Afternoon
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Saturday Night Fever
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Suspiria
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pretty in Pink
Dr. Strangelove
Paths of Glory
Spartacus
True Grit (1969)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Getaway
Mutiny on the Bounty

When I was a kid, my dad turned the tv to an old war movie "To Hell and Back." Dad explained that the star of the movie, Audie Murphy, was an actual war hero and that the movie was autobiographical, based on Murphy's own WW2 experiences in the Army. I got really into the movie, and at one harrowing point during the big climactic battle scene, I nervously asked my dad, "Is he going to die?!" Dad just started laughing.

Bolded the ones I think should be priorities, with the Peckinpahs, THE GETAWAY at #1 and PAT GARRETT at #2. Depending on your tolerance for longer movies, save these for last (LAWRENCE, SPARTACUS, MUTINY). Good movies all, but quite long.

I finally remembered a big movie I've never seen: The Professional (1994). Bear in mind, I have see the movie once during it's theatrical release but, many years later, I kept on hearing how "Leon" was the superior version of the film. Has it come to the point where the Director's Cut of the film is now the standard version of the film on physical media or streaming? Or are they still seperate?


Believe it or not, I first saw (Parts of) the movie on PBS! Which really shouldn't be much of a surprise since PBS did have a "Criterion mentality" when it came to their film picks. I also remember 2001 and El Norte being shown there.

I can't speak for streaming, but I believe at this point most physical releases contain both cuts.

... a Fast & Furious movie
... a zombie movie
... a horror movie (oops, except Scream 1)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre is worth a watch. Great movie! IMO

On my command, unleash intermission!

Jaws?

I am in the middle of a Gunfight at O.K. Corral a movie I have never seen before

My dad is a big Kirk Douglas fan but most of his movies I have not seen but I have seen a lot of Michael Douglas movies.

Forrest Gump
The Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Saving Private Ryan
The Green Mile
Gangs of New York (but would like to)
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Oppenheimer
Anora

O.K. CORRAL is my favorite Wyatt Earp/Doc Holliday movie and I've seen it way more times than any of the others. In addition to Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Rhonda Fleming, it's got Jo Van Fleet, Dennis Hopper, DeForest Kelley, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, John Ireland, Kenneth Tobey, Ted de Corsia, Whit Bissell and Martin Milner.

I rewatched The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and Paths of Glory this year. They are two of my all-time favorites. You are in for a real treat.

Since I finally got around to watching Grease this year, I think that Dumb and Dumber and Mrs. Doubtfire are the two most egregious instances of popular movies that I haven't yet seen.