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Oh that was a good movie.

And so acurate the way they portrayed truck drivers.
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what about The Hitcher?

freaky Rutger Hauer!! 8O

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Yeah, I guess it's a thriller/horror film.
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Cail wrote:Breakdown with Kurt Russell
bravo!!! Damm that film scared the blip out of me!!! Who played the trucker, J. Emmitt Smith??? :?
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re: the list...I agree w/ #1. That was and still is one helluva ride...esp at the end.
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danlo wrote:
Cail wrote:Breakdown with Kurt Russell
bravo!!! Damm that film scared the blip out of me!!! Who played the trucker, J. Emmitt Smith??? :?
J.T. Walsh, in his last role.

I may have to pick up that DVD...It really is a great film.
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i liked the Hitcher better. *shrug* i thought Breakdown was predictable.
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Two different movies. The Hitcher was more of a slasher movie (in fact, it's a grindhouse film). Breakdown was a great psychological thriller.

Luci, if you're a big Hitcher fan, you'll love Death Proof.
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i'm a big Rutger Hauer fan. i even like Omega DOOM!!! :lol:
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Rutger Hauer was the sh*t for a long while, but man was he in some bad movies.
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:lol: yeah. like Omega Doom!!! :lol:
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



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Post by Peven »

Lucimay wrote:i'm a big Rutger Hauer fan. i even like Omega DOOM!!! :lol:
what about "Blood of Heroes"?


and, to make this post relevant to the thread title, i think "Body Double" is a great thriller that doesn't get any play these days.
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Peven wrote:
Lucimay wrote:i'm a big Rutger Hauer fan. i even like Omega DOOM!!! :lol:
what about "Blood of Heroes"?


and, to make this post relevant to the thread title, i think "Body Double" is a great thriller that doesn't get any play these days.

if its got Rutger in it, i'll NETFLIX it!!! :lol:


and YEAH!! Body Double is a great homage to Hitchcock! loved it. i just watched it again a few weeks ago!!
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i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio



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I have no problem wiht the list on the whole. Not bad actually. I might add to it, but the only one I would take away is Fargo... not a "thriller" in any definition of mine.
And I might replace it with "Enemy of the State"... smartly made 'pop' film about that particular topic.
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yeah. like Omega Doom!!!
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I think Fatal Attraction should've been on the list. That was a true thriller. Maybe Jagged Edge, too.
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Re: Top 25 movie thrillers

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Personally:
10. Chinatown
16. The Departed
6. The Usual Suspects
1. Silence of the Lambs
17. Memento
15. Vertigo
21. The Fugitive
11. LA Confidential
14. Reservoir Dogs
25. The Constant Gardner
9. Fargo
7. Seven

Haven't Seen:
Rear Window
French Connection
North by Northwest
Third Man
Manchurian Candidate
Double Indemnity
Marathon Man
Dial M
Body Heat
Cape Fear
Blood Simple
The Killing
Blue Velvet

Would Add:
The Game
Primal Fear
No Country for Old Men
Hunt for Red October (if applicable)
Manhunter
Sixth Sense
China Syndrome
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
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