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Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Definitely Paul Newman's best film.
In this classic film Paul Newman gives his best performance ever in a film (although the Academy Awards failed to think so). While I'm upset at the Academy Awards snubbing Newman's performance, 1967 would've been a hard year to choose a winner (Rod Steiger in In the Heat of the Night, Spencer Tracey in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, and the icing on the cake, Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde). All the performances were Oscars caliber, and I guess they couldn't have a five way tie....but Rod Steiger? Oh, well, that was many many years ago. Newman's performance finally got some attention this summer as his character of Lucas Jackson appeared on the list of the top 50 heroes of the movies of the last 100 years. It made me very happy seeing as AFI failed to list the film in the top 100 movies. But your favorite film can't win everything I guess. If you're a Paul Newman fan definitely check this one out, you won't be disappointed. If you don't check it out you're a "Failure to Communicate."
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
One of Bogie's best films!
In every sense of the term, this is a classic movie. The film hasn't aged a day, and is still just as entertaining as when it was first out I'm sure. Rightfully this film was included in AFI's 100 best movies of the past 100 years. Because of the strong and believable performances of it's three stars (Bogie, Tim Holt, and Walter Huston) it has topped the list of Bogie's best films, running a close race with The Maltese Falcon. If you're a Bogart fan, definitely check this one out, you won't be disappointed.