I omitted some faves that you guys have since reminded me of. The Big Lebowski The Sand Pebbles On the Beach 1959 Das Boot Cool Hand Luke Any Monty Python
There are some repetitions here, to be sure, and this list is in no particular order. The Thin Man Casablanca The Maltese Falcon Out of the Past Charade North by Northwest Harvey Kelly's Heroes The Eagle Has Landed (impossible, yes, but kind of a fun what if) Lawrence of Arabia Star Wars (and Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, naturally) Ex Machina Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Dark City Hard Boiled The Killer Zatoichi (2003) Mad Max: Fury Road O Brother Where Art Thou Singing In the Rain Moulin Rouge Dr Strangelove (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying...) The Lavender Hill Mob Darkest Hour A Fistful of Dollars For A Few Dollars More The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly El Dorado (or Rio Bravo... I go back and forth)
Watched this last week and thought it was simply brilliant. I also read the Graham Greene version the other day on the plane and was equally impressed (I've read a lot of his other writing, but this was taut and pacy compared with his usual output). Couldn't help but notice that Sergeant Paine (Bernard Lee), Major Calloway's right-hand man, wore an Essex Regiment cap badge. One wonders whether that was an historical or merely a sartorial decision? Did any of the Essex battalions end up in Vienna, I wonder? Edit: Second look with strategic pausing: it's the Northamptonshire Regiment: the key and the castle but no Sphinx. Question still stands.
One of the best films I've seen recently is "The Foreigner". Don't let the fact that it stars Jackie Chan & Pierce Brosnan put you off. I think Jackie would agree that most of his films have been pretty crap, but this British/Chinese production shows Jackie can play dramatic roles (he plays the father of a girl that is murdered by a terrorist bomb). Pierce Brosnan is also a revelation, playing an Irish character who is (in all but name) Gerry Adams. The Foreigner (2017 film) - Wikipedia
