 | 100 Rifles
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $7.49 Early Burt as a Mexican gunrunner, with Jim Brown and Raquel Welch along for the ride. Burt didn't make a lot of Westerns, but this was a pretty good one.
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 | Best Friends
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $5.72 Burt & Goldie are writing partners who get married, then meet each other's parents. Barnard Hughes & Jessica Tandy (as Goldie's folks) and Keenan Wynn & Audra Lindley (as Burt's) steal the show.
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 | Boogie Nights (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy used from: $2.98 Burt is fabulous as the adult film director and surrogate father to Wahlberg et al in PT Anderson's stunning ensemble piece loosely based on the exploits of porn legend John Holmes.
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 | Breaking In
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.99 Burt is winning in this comedy about an aging thief who mentors a newcomer (Casey Siemaszko). Excellent John Sayles script. Before "Boogie Nights," this was hailed as the Return of Burt.
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 | Deliverance
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.43 Burt robbed of an Oscar? No, he just got nominated the same year as Brando. Nonetheless, he was excellent in Boorman's classic symbolic thriller, as were Voight and, of course, poor ole Ned Beatty.
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 | Fuzz
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.94 Burt as a Boston cop battling everything from pyromaniacs to rapists. Dark humor and a great cast, including Tom Skerritt, Raquel Welch, and Yul Brynner (playing a deaf bad guy, no less).
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 | Hooper
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.22 A razor thin plot about old and young stuntmen is an excuse for a lot of drinking, fighting, and fairly impressive car stunts. Has the feel of a bunch of buddies getting paid to make a movie.
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 | Semi-Tough
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.44 Football, self-help gurus, love triangles: This romantic satire has it all. Which star of the team will Jill Clayburgh pick: Burt or Kris Kristofferson? Not hard to figure out, but fun along the way.
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 | Shamus
Buy used from: $19.95 Burt plays an old-fashioned P.I. up against new-fashioned crime and violence. Watch closely for the nods to old Bogie films. The always kooky Dyan Cannon is a treat as Burt's love interest.
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 | Sharky's Machine
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $1.24 Burt's best turn behind the camera and a great supporting cast in front of it, including Brian Keith, the stunning Rachel Ward, and Henry Silva as a villain you won't forget.
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 | Starting Over
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.99 An offbeat romantic comedy from a director better known for thrillers. Burt sheds the moustache as a divorcee who is pretty unhappy until he meets up with slightly neurotic schoolteacher Clayburgh.
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 | White Lightning
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $5.43 Burt and Beatty reunite, this time as adversaries. Car chases, moonshining, and southern sheriffs. Basically the Bandit without the songs, the jokes, or Sally Field, but still pretty good.
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 | Smokey and the Bandit - Special Edition
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.49 But of course. Can't leave off the quintessential Burt film. And in a special edition, no less! Life is good.
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