Jeremiah Johnson......some say he's up there still.
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia.
Pekinpahs classic The Wild Bunch.
Shoot em Up (no women would ever get that one) (and prob top body count ever)
My OH loves that film - Should I be worried 😯
Irreversible
Cronos
The Wild Bunch
Beau Geste
Escape from New York.
Oh yes... Ice Cold in Alex. Top film in every way.
Whilst Apocalypse Now is probably my favouritest film ever, it's not a boys own classic. There's far too much weird shit going on for that. It will mess you mind up.
Boy Own requires: Gadgets, action, cool hero, heroine, explosions, guns, none of that smooshy love interest rubbish.
Like... Shooter. The Longest Day. That sort of thing.
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The Italian Job (the original version)
A boys own film should be all about heroics, action, danger and adventure. I agree with rudeboy; Heroes of Telemark would take some beating. True story, too.
After that, the bourne films and Indiana Jones would be very boys own.
Jeremiah Johnson......some say he's up there still.
Good shout.
Dances with Wolves
Das Boot
I definitely agree with a lot of the films already mentioned:
Ice Cold in Alex
Where Eagles Dare
The Man Who Would be King
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Thirty Nine Steps
But I'll add:
The Wooden Horse
Jason and the Argonauts
Barry Lyndon
The Duellists
Dersu Uzala
Shout at the Devil
Gallipoli
oh smiffy you are so right get carter is ****ing awesome and far superior to the italian job, which always struck me as being rather silly despite the amazing scene on top of the fiat factory
Flesh Gordon
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Another vote for 'The man who would be King'
A Man Called Horse
The Black Robe
Has any one said 'The Great Escape' yet?
or Austin Powers!
Take me with you, I can see..
Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday from the Hoskins ouevre
I'll still stick with my suggestion of - [b][i]The Adventures of Tom Sawyer[/b][/i] as a classic 'boy's own' movie
I'll add
[b][i]National Treasure
Treasure Island - the Robert Newton one[/b][/i]
Black Hawk Down, absolutely nothing in it for girlies.
bollox, I think that's a great film.
Roper I know that pic, but can't place it, driving me mad.
mrsflash, it's the Time Bandits.
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Right, i'm back on this thread, it seems that whilst i was away some more folk have started to get the idea of what i meant by 'boys own'. I'm not old enough to have read the comic - but the phrase to me means something more than just 'action film with cars and guns and stuff', and i dont mean that 'chicks don't dig it' either
Some classics been mentioned but i kind of like the suggestion of national treasure - as there havn't been many modern 'boy's own' films made, i guess the indy films are in with a shout too, though that last one was a bit poor
Brokeback Mountain was not about cowboys, it was about shepherds. Just thought I'd clear that up.
Regarding "boys own" movies (whatever that means...):
Goodfellas
Resevoir Dogs
The Warriors
Four Brothers
Battle Royale
Hard Boiled
The Departed (or Infernal Affairs if you want the original hong kong movie)
Sahara
For a Boy's Own, you can't beat High Road to China. Funny as well.
Right
93 year old (according to RudeBoy) back on here to correct misconceptions with a bit of historical accuracy
Has anybody on this thread actually read "Boys' Own"?
Regarding "boys own" movies (whatever that means...):
That last post just about sums it up!
Cos I have
And although I like tits (a lot) there were no tits in Boys Own. Almost every film suggested fails the basic test:
A Boy's Own film deals in some way with the British Empire
So: Zulu; Breaker Morant; the Four Feathers: the Thirty-Nine Steps; The Man Who Would be King; Beau Geste (French Empire here, of course)
Most of the posters on here just don't get it because they haven't read Boy's Own.
However, Baden-Powell's "Scouting for Boys" (oooh err Matron) is in print and will give the ignorant some sort of starting point for defining a true "Boy's Own" film
Snatch - if only for Tyrones driving ability.
But yet another vote for Where Eagles Dare & kellys Heroes.
(Cheeky one for Porkies - had a profound effect on me as a young boy)
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