 | The Searchers (Two-Disc Anniversary Edition)
Buy new: $25.49 / Used from: $4.99 John Ford's crowning achievement, and that's saying something...absolutely gorgeous and moving.
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 | The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.00 John Ford goes home to Ireland...and principle prevails.
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 | Scent of a Woman
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $1.97 The speech at the end is the sum total a life of prinicple.
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 | The Alamo
Buy used from: $1.00 Forget the remade version, the Duke's is far superior. Want an understanding of freedom and a "Republic?" Watch this film.
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 | The Sons of Katie Elder
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $3.95 Family, courage, virtue and duty. A great film, all-around.
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 | Dead Poets Society (Special Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $7.91 Carpe Diem and Walt Whitman. Captain, oh my Captain...if this does not instill a passion in you, it's doubtful much will.
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 | Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $5.49 Another example of courage, duty and committment to values/prinicples.
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 | Donovan's Reef
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.81 Simply a great movie. The Duke, Lee Marvin, the South Pacific and island girls. Plus, glorious, glorious Technicolor makes this hard to pass on.
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 | Wake Island
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.69 Somewhat of a so-called "antiquated" style of film, but some call that "classic." Just an insight into the South Pacific theater and our USMC.
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 | Henry V
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $6.58 My favorite adaptation of Henry V. Branagh is amazing here. Band of brothers indeed.
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 | Full Metal Jacket
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $6.79 The first half of this movie is all you need to see. OOHRAH!
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 | Fort Apache
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $4.15 An early John Ford US Calvary film. Simply outstanding. Want some insight into the fortitude and determination of our Plains-settling ancestors? Look no further.
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 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Buy used from: $5.50 What's this doing here? Well, it's a great John Hughes film and, if anything, it fully demonstrates the virtue of patience.
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 | Papillon
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $9.20 Speaking of the virtue of patience...
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 | The Last of the Mohicans (Director's Expanded Edition)
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.99 An outstanding film, all around. It truly belongs in everyone's library.
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 | Gettysburg / Gods and Generals
Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $3.29 I picked this primarily for Gods and Generals - an excellent film. But this combo features Gettysburg, another simply amazing film. You can't go wrong with this combo.
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 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Buy used from: $4.00 John Ford again...the Duke and Jimmy Stewart. Absolutely one of the great westerns ever made.
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 | The Patriot (Extended Cut)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $4.99 In a word: awesome. Typifies the spirit and dedication of our founding fathers and what made the US, then fledgling, the greatest country ever.
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 | A Few Good Men (Special Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.44 A great film...Nicholson's speech makes this movie.
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 | Rudy (Special Edition)
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $1.99 Talk about drive, determination and patience. This movie is so inspiring.
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 | Facing the Giants
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $4.74 Can't go wrong with this film. Priceless.
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 | The Shootist
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.70 Farewell Duke. Almost gut-wrenching to watch for it signifies the end of such greatness, in more ways than one.
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 | Sands of Iwo Jima
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.61 John Wayne seems to be a constant theme here, but with this movie, it illustrates the spirit of the USMC so beautifully.
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 | Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $5.04 A very young Sean Connery and ol' Darby playing a fiddle that would put Charlie Daniels to shame. A great family film.
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 | Frequency (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $0.43 A simply excellent film, with a sci-fi twist.
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 | The Bridge on the River Kwai
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $5.99 Absolutely motivating and inspiring. One of the best movies ever made in my opinion.
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 | Rob Roy
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.99 Rob Roy. If you haven't seen this, you need to. Gives some great insight into the spirit and determination that our ancestors brought over to the US during its formation.
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 | Braveheart (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $8.98 See above. Same deal here.
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 | Pork Chop Hill
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $2.73 Tough to see Gregory Peck in a role such as this, but he does it well. Not many films out there on this war, but this is a fine tribute. Semper Fi.
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 | Heartbreak Ridge
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $2.51 Eastwood and the USMC. Has some 80s cheeziness to it, but still motivating.
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 | Jeremiah Johnson
Buy used from: $25.58 Some say he's dead, some say he never will be. Never been a big Redford fan, but Will Greer steals the show here in my opinion. Besides, this movie is beautiful and exemplifies the definition of stregth of will and spirit.
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 | Never Cry Wolf
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $9.58 A film much along the same lines as Jeremiah Johnson above. Beautifully done, very inspiring.
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 | Halls of Montezuma
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.44 Richard Widmark - was alson in The Alamo listed above. Great USMC film.
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 | To Hell and Back
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $10.78 Not the USMC, but if you don't know who Audie Murphy is, you should. Excellent.
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 | The Man Who Would Be King
Buy new: $17.49 / Used from: $11.63 Great Sean Connery and Michael Caine film, much in the spirit of those old Errol Flynn movies. Great action and all around excellent movie.
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 | The Wind and the Lion
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $2.97 See above - another just altogether great movie.
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 | Pale Rider
Buy new: $5.79 / Used from: $2.80 Nothing like a good piece of hickory. You ain't no preacher, preacher. An excellent Eastwood film post-Man-With-No-Name spaghetti westerns.
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 | The Man with No Name Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $12.23 Speaking of The Man With No Name - these spaghetti westerns are among the finest things ever committed to film. Can't tell you how many times I've seen these.
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 | How the West Was Won
Buy used from: $3.31 The Duke with so many other great actors they can scarcely be mentioned within these confines. An outstanding film that truly showcases the spirit of what formed the greatest nation the world has ever seen.
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