100 Films To See (If You Haven’t Seen Them) – Part 3

Here are the next 25 films (#51-75) — listed by year:

(Click on the titles for the IMDB entry – Trailers/Clips Included When Available)

It Happened One Night (1934) – One of the ultimate road trip films

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His Girl Friday (1940) – some of the greatest rapid fire dialogue in screwball comedy history

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My Favorite Brunette (1947) – classic noir spun on its head

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The Court Jester (1955) – triple threat (singing, dancing, acting) Danny Kaye in all his glory

One of the best screwball dialogue scenes ever

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Il Posto (1961) – I’ve got a major crush on actress Loredana Detto

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Le Circle Rouge (1970) – quintessential hard-boiled noir

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Coffy (1973) – Grier at her best

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The Paper Chase (1973) – fascinating character piece set in law school

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Chinatown (1974) – ultimate noir….doesn’t get any better that this — with one of the best 70′s endings

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Rolling Thunder (1977) – incredible revenge film (part of the inspiration for the film I’m developing – GRIT)

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That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977) – Bunuel’s best in my opinion…loosely inspired a storyline in my film — NEW YORK LATELY

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Capricorn One (1978) – tight action/suspense thriller with some of the greatest stars from the 70′s — including OJ Simpson

No Trailer Online — So Here’s a Clip With Hal Holbrook and James Brolin

And man, just listen to the theme by JERRY GOLDSMITH

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Flash Gordon (1980) – the 80′s in all its glory!!

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The Verdict (1982) – Newman was on fire in this role

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Matador (1986) — twisted and yet so engaging

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Can’t Buy Me Love (1987) – guilty pleasure….they don’t make ‘em like this anymore which is too bad — yes that’s a young Patrick Dempsey

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Glory (1989) – Probably still one of the best scores (by James Horner) written for the screen

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Miami Blues (1990) – very dark comedy….Jennifer Jason Leigh is incredible in this

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Husbands and Wives (1992) – Woody on top of his game

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The Last Seduction (1994) – Linda Fiorentino is the perfect femme fatale

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The Iron Giant (1999) – inspiring and moving…trailer doesn’t do it justice

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In The Mood For Love (2000) – beautiful and romantic

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Lovely And Amazing (2001) – It’s no secret — I totally want to work with Emily Mortimer

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Ping Pong (2002) – touching, funny and visually exciting film

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Just One Look (2002) – sentimental look back to the 70′s…it’s a wonderful film