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REBELS
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Billy Jack 1971
Dirty Harry 1971
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry 1974
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 1986
The Graduate 1967
A History of Violence 2005
The Hustler 1961
The King of Comedy 1983
Network 1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975
Raging Bull 1980
Risky Business 1983
Smokey and the Bandit 1977
Three Days of the Condor 1975
Trainspotting 1996 | Cool Hand Luke
1967
The coolest prison movie ever. Yes, Paul Newman’s chain gang anti-hero can eat 50 eggs. More important, he can also make us feel every bead of sweat dripped onto the gritty Southern roadside, the adrenaline rush of bloodhounds hot on his trail, and the existential weight of being a reluctant Christ figure to a bunch of cons.
Line, please: “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.”
 Taxi Driver
1976
Martin Scorsese’s searing portrait of a Big Apple gone rotten, and Robert De Niro’s portrayal of the unhinged cabby who feeds on it, makes for the quintessential ’70s film.
Line, please: We love when Albert Brooks tells Cybill Shepherd… Ha ha, just kidding. “You talkin’ to me?” Line of the decade.
Sid & Nancy
1986
This biopic about Sex Pistol Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) isn’t totally accurate but does faithfully mirror the punk ethos of valuing pure ’tude over boring technical skill.
Easy Rider
1969
Two bikers roar off on a road trip to Mardi Gras and learn about bigotry, random violence, and the death of the American dream. Well, that and lots of drugs.
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COPS
 Bullitt
1968
From Dirty Harry Callahan to Lethal Weapon’s Martin Riggs, Steve McQueen’s badass Lt. Frank Bullitt paved the way for every maverick cop who refused to play by the rules.
Extra: McQueen’s stunt driver for Bullitt’s legendary car chase also performed his motorcycle jump in The Great Escape.
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Bad Lieutenant 1992
Chinatown 1974
The Departed 2006
Donnie Brasco 1997
Fargo 1996
The French Connection 1971
RoboCop 1987
Se7en 1995
Shaft 1971
The Silence of the Lambs 1991
The Untouchables 1987 | To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
The Secret Service agents of this very ’80s crime flick (Wang Chung’s synthy score just might re-perm your hair) break every rule of law enforcement to bust a sadistic counterfeiter, and the shocking fate of hero William Petersen breaks every rule of mainstream moviemaking. In a good way.
Extra: Director William Friedkin reportedly filmed the insane car chase last—in case any actors got killed.
Hard Boiled
1992
The term “bullet ballet” was coined for John Woo’s kung fu masterpiece that sets up Hong Kong cop Chow Yun Fat versus mobsters, then turns machine guns, shotguns, explosions, and blood spurts into objects of fetishized beauty.
CRIMINALS
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Atlantic City 1980
Bad Boys 1983
Bloody Mama 1970
The Boys From Brazil 1978
Boyz N the Hood 1991
Carlito’s Way 1993
Casino 1995
Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989
Dog Day Afternoon 1975
The Getaway 1972
Get Carter 1971
Goodfellas 1990
Heat 1995
A History of Violence 2005
In Cold Blood 1967
The Long Good Friday 1980
Mean Streets 1973
Midnight Express 1978
Natural Born Killers 1994
Pulp Fiction 1994
River’s Edge 1986
Scarface 1983
Sexy Beast 2000
Sin City 2005
Super Fly 1972
True Romance 1993 |  No Country For Old Men
2007
In adapting Cormac McCarthy’s bleak novel, did the Coen brothers create a violent nouveau Western that uses the chase between Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Tommy Lee Jones to ratchet up unbearable tension? Yes! Brilliant? You bet, friend-o.
Extra: Josh Brolin’s audition tape was directed by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez.
The Godfather I & II
1972, 1974
You’ve watched them a dozen times. You know every line and have adopted some (“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”) as motivational tools. They are, simply, the apex of all Mob movies. That’s why you’ll watch them a dozen times more.
Extra: Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, both nominated for The Godfather: Part II, never appeared together on-screen until 1995’s Heat.
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
Graphic violence in the name of art wasn’t always as accepted as it is today. B&C’s unapologetic gore showed moviegoers just how cool a bloody movie can be, and paved the way for the antiestablishment flicks that soon dominated American cinema.
Extra: Convinced the movie would tank, Warner Bros. gave producer/star Warren Beatty 40 percent of the gross instead of a small fee.
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Because the bad guys were named Mr. White, Mr. Pink, and Mr. Blonde. And because every time we hear “Stuck in the Middle With You,” we fear for our ear.
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Page 1: Comedy & Buddy | Page 2: Action, War, & Westerns | Page 3: Rebels, Cops, & Criminals
Page 4: Horror, Sci-Fi, Art House, & Mindbenders | Page 5: Classics, Nudity, & Train Wrecks
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