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9 films that made me

Started by Rev. Powell, October 10, 2026, 12:45:06 PM

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Rev. Powell

I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

M.10rda

Good idea! Not the 9 best or favorite, right - just the most influential?

Rev. Powell

Quote from: M.10rda on Today at 08:47:38 AMGood idea! Not the 9 best or favorite, right - just the most influential?

That's how I interpret "films that made me." The movies I chose were all ones I saw as a teenager, early 20s for "La Dolce Vita." Looking back I should have swapped "Young Frankenstein" for "Bride of Frankenstein," but I didn't feel like redoing it.
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

Dr. Whom

OK

From memory, and in no particular order

Star Wars
Porco Rosso
My Little Chickadee
El Topo
Chinese Ghost Story
Ghost in the Shell
Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Bridge Too Far
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bob

I went with films I saw at points in my life that shaped my taste from when I was younger and now that I'm older

if I could pick Kubrick as his own poster I would've



Kubrick, Nolan, Tarantino, Wan, Iñárritu, Scorsese, Chaplin, Abrams, Wes Anderson, Gilliam, Kurosawa, Villeneuve - the elite



I believe in the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

bob

Kubrick, Nolan, Tarantino, Wan, Iñárritu, Scorsese, Chaplin, Abrams, Wes Anderson, Gilliam, Kurosawa, Villeneuve - the elite



I believe in the international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

Trevor

#6
SHANGANI PATROL
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
STAR WARS
THE WILD GEESE
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
KILL AND KILL AGAIN
FIRST BLOOD
GORKY PARK
THE CRIMSON RIVERS

I think I could have added nine more. 😎🐢
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