Name 5 American movies that an expat should see before coming to the USA.
Mar 22nd 2019, 5:00 am
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Re: Name 5 American movies that an expat should see before coming to the USA.
Debbie does Dallas
Deep throat
Topless in Seattle
Deep throat
Topless in Seattle
Mar 22nd 2019, 5:25 pm
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Re: Name 5 American movies that an expat should see before coming to the USA.
White Christmas
It's a wonderful life
A Christmas Story
The Sand Lot
E.T.
Jaws
L.A. Confidential
Vertigo
The Birds
Chinatown
The Fugitive
Cagney and Lacey
The Fall Guy
Starsky and Hutch
Columbo
Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew
TJ Hooker
CHiPS
Serpico
Goodfellas
Scarface
Godfather I and II
Singing in the Rain
To Kill A Mockingbird
Ferrous Bueller
Back to the Future
Animal House
Mallrats
Clerks
Saving Ryan's Privates
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grease
Fargo
It's a wonderful life
A Christmas Story
The Sand Lot
E.T.
Jaws
L.A. Confidential
Vertigo
The Birds
Chinatown
The Fugitive
Cagney and Lacey
The Fall Guy
Starsky and Hutch
Columbo
Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew
TJ Hooker
CHiPS
Serpico
Goodfellas
Scarface
Godfather I and II
Singing in the Rain
To Kill A Mockingbird
Ferrous Bueller
Back to the Future
Animal House
Mallrats
Clerks
Saving Ryan's Privates
Grosse Pointe Blank
Grease
Fargo
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Mar 22nd 2019, 6:06 pm
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Re: Name 5 American movies that an expat should see before coming to the USA.
Saving Ryan's Privates 
Ferrous Bueller aka Iron Man!
Ferrous Bueller aka Iron Man!
Mar 22nd 2019, 7:17 pm
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Re: Name 5 American movies that an expat should see before coming to the USA.
Well, so, uhhh, bearing in mind the title of this thread... our notional expat coming to the USA might perhaps have his interest in Dallas and Seattle aroused - if I may use that word - but is that suggestion really in the true spirit of the OP's challenge, Koop?
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Mar 24th 2019, 5:33 am
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I'm delighted that you're a fan, too. I only saw it once, when it was new, but it made as big an impression on me as all but a very few other films.
I used to be keen on Westerns, in my youth. "High Noon" still sticks in my mind - one of the last of the black-and-whites, was it? I think I must have seen that at boarding school! The most memorable Western of all, though, was - and remains, in my mind - "Butch Cassidy..." Even better than "Cat Ballou" - and by god doesn't that name confirm my senior status. I thought Jane Fonda was the sexiest thing in jeans!
I used to be keen on Westerns, in my youth. "High Noon" still sticks in my mind - one of the last of the black-and-whites, was it? I think I must have seen that at boarding school! The most memorable Western of all, though, was - and remains, in my mind - "Butch Cassidy..." Even better than "Cat Ballou" - and by god doesn't that name confirm my senior status. I thought Jane Fonda was the sexiest thing in jeans!
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Mar 24th 2019, 5:36 am
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The Green Mile. One of the best in it's time
Mar 24th 2019, 8:31 pm
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Shane
All about Eve
Sunset Blvd
Stalag 17
North by Northwest
Bonus- Some Like it Hot
All about Eve
Sunset Blvd
Stalag 17
North by Northwest
Bonus- Some Like it Hot
Mar 24th 2019, 9:26 pm
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Alien ?
Mar 24th 2019, 11:23 pm
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Brooklin
Mar 24th 2019, 11:50 pm
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Fargo
Mar 31st 2019, 4:44 pm
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Here's 7 great films that capture the essence of different parts of the US:
No Country for Old Men - rural Texas.
Smoky and the Bandit - the South
Fargo - the North
The French Connection - New York
Jaws - New England / Cape Cod
Grosse Pointe Blank - Detroit
Napoleon Dynamite - Idaho
No Country for Old Men - rural Texas.
Smoky and the Bandit - the South
Fargo - the North
The French Connection - New York
Jaws - New England / Cape Cod
Grosse Pointe Blank - Detroit
Napoleon Dynamite - Idaho
Apr 2nd 2019, 10:22 pm
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Midnight in the garden of good and evil.
Fargo
The Badlands
Close encounters of the third kind
Good Will Hunting
Edit: And the missus says these would be a must.
America gangster
Fences
Friday
Coal Miner's daughter
Up in smoke
Fargo
The Badlands
Close encounters of the third kind
Good Will Hunting
Edit: And the missus says these would be a must.
America gangster
Fences
Friday
Coal Miner's daughter
Up in smoke
Last edited by zzrmark; Apr 2nd 2019 at 10:30 pm.