Films for Dad

sarah45121

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

Owryan

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

jefreywithonef

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)

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.

Alfred Borden

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

the purple tin

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