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Tele's 100 Favorite Movies aka "Comfort Food" (complete)

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As a lover of railway movies, "Runaway Train" has long been a secret favourite of mine, nobody seems to know it. I guess we'll see "Emperor of the North Pole" later on on your list? (and maybe "Silver Streak"??)

 

Also a big fan of "Big Trouble in Little China" - it's not without problems but as "comfort food" this is bullseye material!

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James Cameron worked on Escape from New York ´s VFX, you can see his name in the credits.

Snake Plisken is one iconic anti establishment motherfucker.

Surprised the movie hasn t gone the reboot remake treatment by Hollywood even if Luc Besson unofficially made his version of it with Banlieue 13/ Brick Mansions.

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38. The Wild Bunch (1969)

 

Brooding, violent, and melancholy look at the dying West, and a certain breed of men whose time has passed. It's 1913, and an aging gang of bank robber plies their trade in Texas near the Mexican border. They're boozing, violent, and dangerous men, but they have a certain powerful loyalty to each other that's missing in the new era of the frontier: an era of expanding towns, corporations, and railroads connecting the once-wild West with the settled East. After one-too many robberies, they're being hunted by a posse hired by the railroad company... a posse led (against his instinct and will) by one of their former friends. This escalates into a final all-out apocalyptic war in a small Mexican town where literally no one is safe. This film (along with BONNIE AND CLYDE) is famous for introducing graphic violence to American movies... and those two films (with others) helped push aside the Hayes Code for the new MPAA rating board we all know today.

 

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37. Predator (1987)

 

The beginning of McTiernan's amazing populist "trilogy"... three of the greatest action/adventure films ever made, back-to-back-to-back. Also the only movie ever made to feature two United States governors.

 

"You're bleeding."

"Ain't got time to bleed."

"You're one ugly muthafucker."

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35. Excalibur (1981)

 

John Boorman's take on Arthurian legend. Frustrating at times (especially when the limited budget is apparent), but ultimately it's a powerful movie and still the best take on the saga put on film. Nicole Williamson's Merlin and Nigel Terry's Arthur are very different than you'd expect, and it takes a little while to get used to their takes on the characters. But it's well worth it.

 

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34. Once Upon a Time in the West (1969)

 

This is arguably Sergio Leone's masterpiece... bittersweet, filled with amazing visuals and a stunning and wondrous score by Ennio Morricone. A mysterious stranger and an outlaw team up to defend a young widow from a ruthless killer determined to take her land.

 

Gamers who played Red Dead Redemption will see how heavily the game leaned on Leone for its ambience.

 

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