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What are your favorite Michael Caine films?

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March 15, 2023, 08:43 AM
parabellum
What are your favorite Michael Caine films?
In honor of Sir Michael Caine turning 90, let's list our favorite films. Don't let the "Sir" fool you. Michael Caine is not a film star snob; he's a regular guy with great acting ability, one of my favorites in all cinema.

Let's keep the numbers manageable, no long lists. Five films at most, please.

For me, in order of most favorite:

  • Get Carter - the original 1971 film, and not his appearance in the unnecessary remake from 2000

  • The Man Who Would Be King

  • The Ipcress File

  • Zulu

  • Alfie


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    March 15, 2023, 08:56 AM
    urbanwarrior238
    Play Dirty from 1969. Intriguing desert warfare movie right up to the end.


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    March 15, 2023, 08:58 AM
    divil
    Zulu
    A Bridge Too Far
    Blame it on Rio
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Inception
    March 15, 2023, 09:03 AM
    RogueJSK
    In no particular order:

    Zulu
    A Bridge Too Far
    Inception
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    The Prestige
    March 15, 2023, 09:20 AM
    YellowJacket
    Love him in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

    And of course as twisted,cross-dressing psycho in DePalma's Dressed to Kill.


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    March 15, 2023, 10:27 AM
    9x18
    As posted in the other thread Sleuth

    I'll second Alfie and The Man who would Be King
    March 15, 2023, 10:55 AM
    rat2306
    I recall him best in Zulu, A Bridge Too Far, and The Muppet Christmas Carol. As an aside, one of the storefronts on set of The Muppet Christmas Carol is marked as Micklewhite's.
    March 15, 2023, 11:00 AM
    parabellum
    quote:
    Originally posted by rat2306:
    As an aside, one of the storefronts on set of The Muppet Christmas Carol is marked as Micklewhite's.
    Ha! That's great!
    March 15, 2023, 11:19 AM
    berto
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

    The Man Who Would Be King
    March 15, 2023, 11:24 AM
    kkina
    Maybe The Island. Not one of his greatest films, but the scene where he unloads the Browning on the pirates is cinematic awesomeness.


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    "First, Eyes."
    March 15, 2023, 11:28 AM
    LastCubScout
    The Italian Job
    Without a Clue
    Quills
    Harry Brown
    March 15, 2023, 11:36 AM
    TheFrontRange
    “A Bridge Too Far”
    “The Eagle Has Landed”
    “Muppets Christmas Carol”
    “Interstellar”

    From the films previously listed, I have some Caine viewing to catch-up on!


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    March 15, 2023, 11:56 AM
    mojojojo
    I'm rewatching The Battle of Britain in which he plays a squadron leader. Had started it last week but timing is good for his 90th.


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    March 15, 2023, 12:02 PM
    HRK
    The Italian Job
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Kingsman: The Secret Service
    A Bridge too Far
    All the Batman Movies
    Battle of Britain
    The Eagle Has Landed
    March 15, 2023, 12:13 PM
    joel9507
    Having not seen "Get Carter" I'm impressed that Para's rated it above one of my all-time favorites, "The Man Who Would Be King", and so now I need to find and watch "Get Carter".

    "Secondhand Lions" might be my second-favorite of his.

    Trying (and failing) to think of any of Mr. Caine's films I've seen that I didn't like, now that I think of it.
    March 15, 2023, 12:39 PM
    k5blazer
    Zulu
    The Man Who Would Be King
    Secondhand Lions
    March 15, 2023, 01:18 PM
    hberttmank
    The Dark Knight
    The Dark Knight Rises
    Harry Brown
    The Island
    Interstellar


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    March 15, 2023, 01:27 PM
    OKCGene
    I agree with all the ones listed above.

    Second Hand Lion is a movie I've enjoyed.
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    March 15, 2023, 02:12 PM
    rat2306
    quote:
    Originally posted by parabellum:
    quote:
    Originally posted by rat2306:
    As an aside, one of the storefronts on set of The Muppet Christmas Carol is marked as Micklewhite's.
    Ha! That's great!


    Yep,another storefront is marked "Stadler and Walforf". Caine portrayed Scrooge well.

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    March 15, 2023, 02:41 PM
    parabellum
    quote:
    Originally posted by HRK:
    The Italian Job
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Kingsman: The Secret Service
    A Bridge too Far
    All the Batman Movies
    Battle of Britain
    The Eagle Has Landed
    Everyone else is playing by the rules. I asked nicely, didn't I?