fxreyman

So here are 100 of my absolute favorite films. These are films that I have on disc but will find myself watching on YouTube or other channels and I can not avoid them. I can put a disc in and start watching a film at a certain point and then eject it only to put in another film at another point within the movie. For example, I particularly enjoy the final climatic scene from Executive Suite. Can watch this over and over again. It is so powerful. See here: So here are my favorite 100 films: 1. The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 2. Air Force One 1997 3. The Americanization of Emily 1964 4. Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 5. Batman Begins 2005 6. The Bedford Incident 1965 7. The Best Years of Our Lives 1946 8. The Big Country 1958 9. The Bishop’s Wife 1947 10. Bite the Bullet 1975 11. The Bridge on the River Kwai 1957 12. Brubaker 1980 13. Bullitt 1968 14. The Caine Mutiny 1954 15. Casino Royale 2006 16. Chisum 1970 17. The Core 2003 18. The Cruel Sea 1953 19. The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 20. Dante’s Peak 1997 21. Dead Again 1991 22. Defending Your Life 1991 23. Destination Tokyo 1943 24. The Electric Horseman 1979 25. El Dorado 1967 26. The Enemy Below 1957 27. Executive Suite 1954 28. Fail-Safe 1964 29. Fargo 1996 30. Fort Apache 1947 31. Gardens of Stone 1987 32. Goldfinger 1964 33. The Great Escape 1963 34. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 1967 35. The Guns of Navarone 1961 36. Hatari! 1962 37. Heist 2001 38. Hoosiers 1986 39. Howards End 1992 40. The Hunt for Red October 1990 41. Ice Station Zebra 1968 42. In Harm’s Way 1965 43. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 44. It’s a Wonderful Life 1946 45. Judgement at Nuremberg 1961 46. Legal Eagles 1986 47. Local Hero 1983 48. Lonely Are the Brave 1962 49. The Longest Day 1962 50. Lost Horizon 1937 51. The Man From Laramie 1955 52. Man of Steel 2013 53. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 54. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 55. McLintock! 1963 56. My Darling Clementine 1946 57. My Favorite Wife 1940 58. The Natural 1984 59. North By Northwest 1959 60. Nothing in Common 1986 61. Open Range 2003 62. The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 63. Patton 1970 64. The Presido 1988 65. The Professionals 1966 66. Random Harvest 1942 67. The Remains of the Day 1993 68. Ride the High Country 1962 69. The Right Stuff 1983 70. Rio Bravo 1959 71. Robin and Marion 1976 72. Roman Holiday 1953 73. Ronin 1998 74. The Sea Hawk 1940 75. The Searchers 1956 76. Seven Days in May 1964 77. 1776 1972 78. Shadowlands 1993 79. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 80. Sink the Bismarck! 81. Stairway to Heaven 1946 82. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 83. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984 84. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 85. The Stunt Man 1980 86. The Talk of the Town 1942 87. They Were Expendable 88. The Thing From Another World 1951 89. Thirteen Days 2000 90. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944 91. Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 92. The Train Robbers 1973 93. True Grit 1969 94. Twelve O’Clock High 1949 95. Where Eagles Dare 1969 96. White Christmas 1954 97. Will Penny 1968 98. Winchester ‘73 1950 99. The Wind and the Lion 1975 100. The World’s Fastest Indian 2006

Well then they would need to come in and do what they are paid to do, right? As far as I am concerned I am not going to use that word again unless I am referring to myself, okay? I am not going to attack someone else for using the word nor am I going to use the word against someone else who has a different opinion other than myself. If you can not accept this then I am sorry. I have asked before and I am asking again. Please stop telling me what to write and or what words I choose to write. You sir are not the decider in chief around here, okay? You may fancy yourself as some sort of film expert, but as far as I am concerned we are all film experts here on the message boards. The sooner you realize that the better we all we be.

This was written on the Bulletin! TCM to self-destruct and turn into AMC in 2003! thread that was locked: These attacks and the name calling have gone on long enough. Nothing new is being discussed in this thread so we are closing it down. In the future, do not refer to people who you disagree with as "apologists", just because they have a different view point than you. It is being used as an insult. Do me a favor, okay? Stop telling me what I should or should not write. You are not a moderator here. Technically I was referring to myself. I was not trying to tell someone else that they were an apologist. I was merely trying to add some sarcasm to this thread.

What dragon? Oh yeah I forgot, the often quoted word APOLOGIST. Maybe posters like yourself should also display their brand unloyalty, in your case.... Everything TCM does I am against. Makes me wonder that a person of your supposed high mentality needs to come on a message board frequented by what you and a FEW others here would say ARE apologists for the brand and need to comment negatively about everything and anything TCM does. Gone are the days when anyone could come on here and express hopefulness and cheerfulness about what TCM shows. Instead whenever anyone has the audacity to ask a question like the original poster did, the comments you and several others make turn into so-called powerful judgments against what it would seem TCM does stand for. So if this makes me an apologist so be it. I would say that you and the few that follow you or that agree with you, are definitely in the MINORITY.

I did not write that everyone buy's into TCM's marketing schemes. I wrote that TCM is in the business of making money. What I should have added is that I am sure there are plenty of people who when they see one of those TCM-produced commercials do actually pick up the phone or go to the website and place an order. I say, good for TCM. Listen, TCM is not HBO. Thye don't have the licensing fees that the very expensive cable channels have. Although HBO and the other premium channels do advertise upcoming programs and movies... As far as the the cruises and festivals are concerned, as long as while you are sitting there waiting for the next film to air, you are not actually taking part in said cruise or festival, then if this is what TCM wants to show between films, hey, its better than those insipid scrubbing bubble commercials. Or those Erectile dysfunction commercials which seem to be everywhere nowadays.

***** ALERT ***** ALERT ***** ALERT ***** Apologist about to make a comment. I really do not understand why this is so important for you to continue to go down this road. Continuing to bash TCM every chance you get, simply because to me it would seem that you would think that based on what and how you write that TCM is a non-for-profit organization, when it clearly is not. What do you expect them to do with the time between movies? You want them to start showing "real" commercials? You know the kind, the commercials appearing on every other commercial station. As far as the cruises and the film festival is concerned, again what is so wrong with them doing this? Other entities do this. What, do you honestly think that if they were not putting on the film festival and or the cruise that they would have additional money to spend on movies? Not every film that everyone here wants to be shown on TCM is available to be leased. And it has nothing to do with whether or not the film can be leased or that the film is not available due to some rights issue, although I think that happens more frequently than any of us are aware of. I think based on everything I have ever read the main reason why many films are not shown on TCM has more to do with technical issues about the film itself, i.e., the type of digital print that is available and whether that digital footprint matches up to what TCM requires to show. Now I am not that much into the aspects of film technical, but from everything lzcutter has informed us over the years this in and of itself is the biggest issue facing what type of films TCM can and will show. As far as what Ted Turner envisioned? You are forgetting that before he launched TCM he launched TNT and what did he do there? He was a huge proponent of colorizing the old classics. People forget about that. Instead he is looked upon as some visionary when in fact it was all about making money. So whats wrong with this again? Hey, they are a business. They are in the business to make many people happy and to make some money along the way. You have all the right in the world to criticize what they use the money they receive from airing those "so-called" commercials between movies, what you fail to realize is that they ARE NOT a non-for-profit organization.

You do know of course where he picked up that nasty habit from don't you?

I know that you were just kidding me. Been sick the past few days, not well enough to write big, huge lines of copy yet.

I am glad for you. I am just pointing out facts.

Don't you know? They are both a Band of Brothers.....

Don't feel bad Patti from Texas! He basically will tell you or anyone else how wrong you are, or how illogical your reasoning is, or just tell you that he is right and that in order to be in his good graces you must conform to the way he thinks. He is all about himself and has the largest ego on the message boards. And he is condescending toward just about everyone here. So welcome to the boards and I hope you will be able to find a lot of friends here.

Who, me?

It is called having a massively inflated ego...

Yes this is wonderful news.... http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/curtain-call-actress-maureen-ohara-finally-oscar/

I like this.... It amazes me that they will continue to use this ill-conceived message until it has been used so much, and yet they will then probably create yet another stupid phrase.

Patti, you seem to be one very nice lady! Just to let you know, there are some of us here who still post but do not receive TCM anymore either. I am one of those folks. Unemployed for a very long time, TCM was part of a higher tier on my Comcast package, so I dropped the tier and for over a year now I have not received TCM. Do I miss it? Yes, but I still continue to communicate with all of my friends here at TCM City. Just because you don't have the channel, that should not prevent you from discussing one of your favorite subjects... movies. So please rethink your decision and stick around. You obviously have a lot to say about your love of movies and even though you may not have TCM anymore, you are still amongst your adoptive friends here and there is no reason to stop writing about movies and or conversing with others who share your passion. So please stay Patti!!! Fxreyman aka Rey

Yes some comments have been scrubbed/deleted. Including some of mine.

Well James, if we were to look at the 31 Days of Oscar schedule for the last week of the 31 Days then you might be close to being right. But to write that "as each day roles by, the release year of the movies get more and more recent" is a little off. For one thing if one is to look at the schedule then yes, one might think that is what is happening. But a closer look would reveal something else all togther. I have looked at the entire 31 Days of Oscar schedule and I have pinpointed the exact number of post 1960 and post 1968 films on the schedule. The following is a listing of films made during the 1960's but that were made before the collapse of the Hays Code in 1968 and then there is another lisitng of all films made after 1968. So lets look at the last week of 31 Days of Oscar, February 25 through March 3. If we were to take ALL post 1960 films being shown on the schedule this is what you would find: February 25 1960 to 1968 During the Day: 2:00 PM, The Americanization of Emily, 1964 Prime-Time: none scheduled Overnight: none scheduled 1969 to present day During the Day: none scheduled Prime-Time: 8:00 PM, Arthur, 1981 9:45 PM, Coal Miner’s Daughter, 1980 12:00 AM, Out of Africa, 1985 Overnight: 2:45 AM, Fame, 1980 5:00 AM, Gloria, 1980 February 26 1960 to 1968 During the Day: 9:00 AM, Seven Days in May, 1964 Prime-Time: none scheduled Overnight Hours: none scheduled 1969 to present day During the Day: 11:00 AM, Z, 1969 6:00 PM, The Candidate, 1972 Prime-Time: 8:00 PM, Absence of Malice, 1981 10:00 PM, The Verdict, 1982 Overnight: 12:15 AM, Chariots of Fire 1981 2:30 AM, The Big Chill, 1983 4:30 AM, Diner, 1982 February 27 1960 to 1968 During the Day: 12:15 PM, The Lion in Winter, 1968 2:30 PM, 55 Days at Peking, 1963 Prime-Time: none scheduled Overnight Hours: none scheduled 1969 to present day During the Day: 5:15 PM, The Emigrants, 1971 Prime-Time: 8:00 PM, Running on Empty, 1988 10:15 PM, Gandhi, 1982 Overnight: 1:30 PM, Glory, 1989 3:45 AM, A Cry in the Dark, 1988 February 28 1960 to 1968 During the Day: 10:45 AM, Wait Until Dark 1967 Prime-Time: none scheduled Overnight: none scheduled 1969 to present day During the Day: 5:45 PM, The China Syndrome, 1979 Prime-Time: 8:00 PM, A River Runs Through It, 1992 10:30 PM, A Few Good Men, 1992 Overnight: 1:00 AM, The English Patient, 1996 4:00 AM, The Fisher King, 1991 March 1 1960 to 1968 During the Day: 2:00 PM, The Music Man, 1962 Prime-Time: none scheduled Overnight: none scheduled 1969 to present day During the Day: 4:45 PM, Fiddler on the Roof, 1971 Prime-Time: 8:00 PM, Life Is Beautiful, 1998 10:15 PM, Chicago, 2002 Overnight: 12:30 AM, Shakespeare in Love, 1998 2:45 AM, The Cider House Rules, 1999 March 2 1960 to 1968 During the Day: 11:45 AM, The Last Voyage, 1960 Prime-Time: none scheduled Overnight: none scheduled 1969 to present day During the Day: 3:30 PM, The Swarm, 1978 6:00 PM, The Poseidon Adventure, 1972 Prime-Time: 8:00 PM, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001 11:15 PM, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002 Overnight: 2:30 AM, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, 2003 March 3 1960 to 1968 During the Day: 6:00 AM, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, 1964 7:45 AM, Far From the Maddening Crowd, 1967 6:15 PM, Georgy Girl, 1966 Prime-Time: none scheduled Overnight: none scheduled 1969 to present day During the Day: none scheduled Prime-Time: 8:00 PM, The Artist, 2011 10:00 PM, The King’s Speech, 2010 Overnight: 12:30 AM, No Country for Old Men, 2007 So what TCM has on it's schedule for the last seven days of the 31 Days of Oscar month is the following: 1960 to 1968 10
 films total During the Day: 10
 Prime-Time: 0
 Overnight: 0 1969 to present day 35
 films total During the Day: 7 
Prime-Time: 15
 Overnight: 13 Of the above reference film years being shown during the final seven days of the month, the total of 45 represents 36% of the total amount of post 1960 films on the schedule. The remainder of which are being shown on the other 24 days of the month.

Thank you for bringing this up. I think this research points out several things... 1. That the sample that was taken is incomplete as you have stated. 2. That the amount of pre-1960 films on the schedule far outweigh any of those films that were shown on the schedule that are from the post 1960 era. 3. That the amount of pre-1930 films would possibly suggest that not enough of those films were available possibly in the correct format for showings on the schedule. 4. The sheer numbers of films for the 1930's through the 1950's is proof that TCM shows clearly more pre-1960 films on their schedules than from any other time period. 5. Whatever information IS brought to our attention will fall on deaf ears by those who constantly complain about those of us who supposedly support TCM and also because it is their duty to continue to disagree with anything that we post that could possibly support what TCM IS doing. 6. And that any time the channel shows ANY post 1960 films that this is an indication of things to come and that ANY post 1960 film is a film that is not a pre-1960 film so therefore this type of film for that era is displacing older films from the schedule. Oh yes we have heard this all before...

You know what? You are correct in one aspect to your response to Fred..... I AM going to write that he is wrong with his logic here. He is right about the years listed, but he should have written this: Originally: Mostly these decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s ----------------------------------------- Now: MOST of the above, plus SOME of the following: 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s When someone like Fred writes that the channel is showing a lot of post 1960 films and some pre-1960 films, then someone has to point out the error in his logic. And I don't have to be an apologist here to write that his logic is incorrect. And this is simply born out of looking at the monthly schedules and seeing just how many post-1960 films ARE on the schedule as opposed to pre-1960 films. And as James has pointed out many times, he and several others who post on the boards would like to see more pre-1968 films on the schedule and less post-1968 films. As you would too I am assuming. Nothing wrong with that. But then here is the ultimate issue. TCM considers movies from ALL eras to be worthy of inclusion on the schedules each month. The ONLY reason this debate continues is that we have the same posters who come on the message boards on similar threads discussing the "end of TCM" as we know it, simply due to the fact that there are supposedly more repeats, or more recent films being shown. I just don't get it. Is the purpose to write this stuff simply to offer a counter argument as opposed to actually performing some basic research and really devling into what you think the problem really is or is it simply "for the purpose of provoking a defensive reaction."? As DarkBlue wrote earlier in this thread? Because as always I have to say that unless you are willing to actually go back and perform BASIC research about these topics and then present the results of your work in a reasonable, logical conclusion, then writing what Fred wrote is utterly without merit.

Well Barton, I can say that at least one individual or possibly a couple of others who post here will come on here and they might say that six of those films don't belong on TCM. Those six are the ones made after 1960.

He said "outstanding" catalogs!!!

Talk about a cheap shot.

MovieGal: First of all I am sorry to hear you do not post anymore. Your presence here is needed! Now as far as what Helen and Top have written, I am not so sure that the supposed cuts being made by TCM spurred on by their corporate parent will have as dire results as TopBilled has explained in his post. I have worked for several large corporations and when there have been cutbacks or even the elimination of entire departments, others step up to take on more responsibility. This is true with smaller corporations and or companies. It is called getting by with less and working with the staff you have. Now maybe TCM has lost their entire PR staff. I do not know this to be sure, but lets say they did. What does this mean ultimately? It could mean that instead of having their own staff to provide PR services, TCM will go out and replace their old staff by hiring an outside firm to provide those services. Lets face it, probably the number one reason why TCM's PR department was eliminated (if Helen is right) was budget reasons. And I do not know just how many folks worked in their PR department, but lets say that there were ten? Well that is ten salaries, plus ten health care plans, plus ten savings plans, and ten vacation plans. That adds up to a lot of partially paid benefits and more importantly, salaries. TCM could possibly go out and hire an outside firm to handle the PR chores, thereby saving those internal costs and using some of those savings to increase their PR efforts. It is just a guess and or a theory on my part, but this is why corporations get rid of certain people and then save money by hiring outside resources. This happens all the time in the advertising industry. If indeed the entire PR department was eliminated, I feel very sorry for those people losing their jobs. But the were talented people working under what I believe was a terribly financed operation, especially considering TCM does not air commercials. But hopefully they will be able to find other jobs and maybe, just maybe, TCM will somehow figure out a way to continue providing for those PR events/programming as they have done in the past. The way most things happen around here is that whenever there is a rumor about something or that whenever anything is announced either for the good but mostly for the worse, suspicion and paranoia rear their ugly heads. My feeling is this: Lets just wait and see what announcement is made about impending cutbacks and see what TCM will have plans for... that is IF they announce anything.

Wow. How thoughtful a comment was this? First you tell Movie Madness that his post is easy to pick apart, and the next thing you say is that you don't want to be mean. Then you write how other readers can figure out the flaws in the logic he uses. Why not just be more open and honest and really do rip his post apart. I mean that is what you really wanted to do now isn't it? Because lets face facts here. You are one of a few who write on the message boards that has any clear ideas of what he is writing about in the first place, right? The rest of us are just dummies willing to write anything to get a few laughs and or stupid comments from others who are like us? It must be terribly upsetting to you that some of us who write here could use illogical reasoning or that in some cases our arguments fail. Must be so reassuring to know you are right and everyone else is wrong.