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Films for Dad

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  • 07-12-2012 12:45pm
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    sarah45121
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭


    Hello,

    I am trying to put a collection of films together for his external hard drive. Did this for his birthday last year but he's watched them all and is wanting more so could anyone recommend some films. He likes action/thriller/historical films - so films like Saving Private Ryan and Gladiator (which he has watch literally hundreds of times!). Basically no rom coms or fluffy films!

    Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

    Thanks in advance!

    Sarah


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    Owryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,024 ✭✭✭Owryan


    Gettysburg, band of brothers,the pacific ,13 days.


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    jefreywithonef
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    He'll love Rescue Dawn, Stalingrad and Letters From Iwo Jima (maybe not the last two if he has a problem with subtitles). Maybe Black Hawk Down fits the war theme too despite the whole 'woo America' aspect (which is admittedly not too prominent).

    A few others:
    L.A. Confidential (great action/suspense)
    Marathon Man (espionage thriller)
    Zulu (war classic)
    Children of Men (one of the best actions films in recent years)
    Gran Torino (good Clint Eastwood flick)
    Serpico (great film about police corruption and one man's desire to highlight it)
    Dog Day Afternoon (bank robbery drama that's also very funny)
    The Taking of Pelham 123 (the 1974 original, smart film about a hijacked train, an 'under-known' classic)
    The Stranger (hunting a Nazi drama)
    Munich (revenge thriller)
    Charley Varrick (a bank robber realises his latest conquest was actually mob money; anyone who likes No Country For Old Men should give this a go, I think there's some influence)
    Falling Down (a man starts to lose it on the streets)
    Insomnia (two cops investigate a murder in Canada, very good Nolan film)
    Sea of Love (thriller, a detective becomes romantically involved with a possible killer)
    Blood Simple (brilliant Coens film about an arrangement which goes horribly wrong)


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    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    ACTION
    Taken
    Heat
    Bourne (whichever)
    Bond (perhaps Goldeneye)
    Sin City
    Rambo
    Hanna

    SCI FI/FANTASY
    Predator
    Aliens
    Serenity
    Blade Runner
    Star Trek
    Clash of the Titans
    300
    Star Wars (whichever)
    Hellboy
    Blade
    X Men

    SUPERHERO
    Batman
    Batman begins
    Dark Knight
    Dark Knight Rises
    Iron Man
    Thor
    Avengers
    Watchmen

    WESTERN
    Unforgiven
    True Grit (original)
    3.10 to Numa (remake)
    Tombstone
    The Searchers
    Seraphim Falls
    Jeremiah Johnson
    Pale Rider
    A Fistful of Dollars

    DRAMA
    The Godfather
    The Shawshank Redemption
    Schindler's List
    Fight Club

    WAR
    We were soldiers
    Platoon
    Blackhawk Down
    The Longest Day
    Kelly's Heroes

    FOREIGN/SUBTITLED
    Oldboy
    Zatoichi
    The 9th Company
    R Point
    The Host
    Load of stuff by Akira Kurosawa (Ran, Rashoman)

    That's a good start, anyway.


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    Alfred Borden
    Registered Users Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭Alfred Borden


    All Chris Nolan and Martin Scorsese films, Taken 1, the Rockys.


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    the purple tin
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    All papas love a bit of classic Clint Eastwood.;) Make sure you stick 'dirty harry' on for him.


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