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Posted: 2/2/2018 1:00:06 PM EDT

Tough call between The French Connection and Hoosiers.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:02:29 PM EDT

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French Connection

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:02:58 PM EDT

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I liked Crimson Tide but I am sure there are others I like as well.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:03:45 PM EDT

[#3]

Unforgiven.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:03:51 PM EDT

[#4]

Ms Tessmacher!!!!

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:04:20 PM EDT

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Agreed

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:04:25 PM EDT

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French Conection or Unforgiven, honorable mention to The Conversation and BAT 21

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:04:36 PM EDT

[#7]

Behind Enemy Lines

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:05:07 PM EDT

[#8]

Night Moves, pretty good under appreciated gem of a film.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:06:05 PM EDT

[#9]

Enemy of the state...lol

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:06:59 PM EDT

[#10]

French Connection is his high water mark.
Unforgiven is his best character.
The Conversation is a hidden gem.

But his character in Uncommon Valor made me cry in one scene.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:07:03 PM EDT

[#11]

The replacements

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:07:40 PM EDT

[#12]

Bite the Bullet

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:08:03 PM EDT

[#13]

Get Shorty

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:09:16 PM EDT

[#14]

In order; The French Connection, Hoosiers, Unforgiven, Bat 21, Enemy of The State.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:09:24 PM EDT

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French Connection is his high water mark.
Unforgiven is his best character.
The Conversation is a hidden gem.

But his character in Uncommon Valor made me cry in one scene.

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It was tough for me to pick Unforgiven over Uncommon Valor....the guy is a great actor.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:09:33 PM EDT

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I liked him as the Polish General, Sosabowski in A Bridge too Far. Not a large role, but I liked him in it.

Lt. Gen. Browning: Only the weather can stop us now.

Maj. Gen. Sosabowski: Weather! Christus! General Browning, what of the Germans? Don't you think that if we know Arnhem is so critical to their safety that they might know it too?

Lt. Gen. Browning: Now, look here. The few troops in the area are second class. They're not frontline caliber, not at all, do you understand? I think you ought to have a little more faith in Montgomery's intelligence reports, you know. He's done pretty well for us in last three or four years.

Maj. Gen. Sosabowski: I will tell you the extent of my faith. I am thinking of asking for a letter from you stating that I was forced to act under your orders in case my men are massacred.

Lt. Gen. Browning: I see... I do see. Do you wish such a letter?

Maj. Gen. Sosabowski: No... No, of course not. In the case of massacre, what difference will it make?

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:11:52 PM EDT

[#17]

Unforgiven.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:13:39 PM EDT

[#18]

Uncommon Valor

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:13:43 PM EDT

[#19]

The Firm

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:14:14 PM EDT

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That came to mind

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:15:00 PM EDT

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Bingo !

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:15:42 PM EDT

[#22]

Target.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:15:44 PM EDT

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Very good list.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:15:47 PM EDT

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Yeah, if I had to choose, I'd flip a coin.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:16:32 PM EDT

[#25]

The Quick and the Dead.

Seriously cool character. Kinda meh movie.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:16:38 PM EDT

[#26]

Target.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:17:27 PM EDT

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It was tough for me to pick Unforgiven over Uncommon Valor....the guy is a great actor.

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That's a given, he's one of America's best. And a Marine!

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:17:45 PM EDT

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I love that movie.

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"Don't you puke on my shoes, Harry!"

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:20:06 PM EDT

[#29]

Quirky movie but I liked BAT21. Enemy of the State. Unforgiven. Quick and the Dead (I liked looking at Sharon Stone, I can't help it!).

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:20:06 PM EDT

[#30]

Man this is a tough one.

Poseidon Adventures
Crimson Tide
Enemy of the State
Superman

And others. Too hard to pick just one movie.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:20:11 PM EDT

[#31]

The Package, a nifty Cold War thriller

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:35:13 PM EDT

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This is the correct answer. We also would have accepted Prime Cut.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:36:12 PM EDT

[#33]

Unforgiven

I don't deserve this...to die like this. I was building a house.

The Conversation is a damn fine movie

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:36:59 PM EDT

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Tough call between The French Connection and Hoosiers.

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That is anything but a "tough call".

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:37:02 PM EDT

[#35]

I remember watching Scarecrow back on the day, definitely weird kinda movie. Never saw The Conversation.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:41:53 PM EDT

[#36]

Just about anything Gene Hackman is in is pretty good. Too bad he is too old to make any more movies. No Way Out, Absolute Power are other good ones.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:42:33 PM EDT

[#37]

The Bird Cage.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:43:17 PM EDT

[#38]

I was gonna make espresso!

There aren't many actors where I would be okay with watching pretty much every movie they've been in. Gene Hackman is one of them.

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:47:37 PM EDT

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This or "The Firm"

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:49:37 PM EDT

[#40]

Bite the Bullet

Bat 21

Bonnie and Clyde

Hoosiers

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:51:04 PM EDT

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Unforgiven.

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Posted: 2/2/2018 1:52:39 PM EDT

[#42]

crimson tide

Posted: 2/2/2018 1:55:31 PM EDT

[#43]

I watched Enemy of The State while waiting for #TheMemo

Posted: 2/2/2018 2:00:32 PM EDT

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This...

Posted: 2/2/2018 2:01:11 PM EDT

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Attached File

Posted: 2/2/2018 2:02:41 PM EDT

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There aren't many actors where I would be okay with watching pretty much every movie they've been in. Gene Hackman is one of them.

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OMG, "Young Fronkensteen", forgot about that role!!!

Posted: 2/2/2018 2:03:08 PM EDT

[#47]

March or die.

Posted: 2/2/2018 2:08:42 PM EDT

[#48]

Heist. Great underappreciated Hackman flick.

Posted: 2/2/2018 2:12:00 PM EDT

[#49]

At first I thought I could pick one, but he did a great job in all of the ones mentioned here.
He's another one we'll never see the likes of again.

Posted: 2/2/2018 2:12:45 PM EDT

[#50]

Superman IV

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