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Starwars films
Alien films
Anything with Robert De Niro/Al Pacino/Joe Pesci (Casino, Heat,Goodfellas)
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You should rent Braveheart, it is my favorite movie. 
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Here's my take on Crouching Tiger:
1. IT'S NOT THE [-PEEP-]ING MATRIX!!!! Sorry, had to get that out of my system. Most people who said that have never seen a martial arts film, and they don't realize that The Matrix (although a sweet movie), took martial arts movies and blended it with a little street/gun fighting. Well done, but not completely original.
And yes, I [-peep-]ed myself, it wasn't actually censored 
2. Most (not all) of the people who simply said "boring" are the uncultured clods who can't appreciate foreign film. For example "It's a Beautiful Life" (correct name? Been a while). Now, that's not true to everyone, so don't take offense. Especially hmg57, I'm not posting this to say you're an uncultured clod. Although you might be, who knows. lol
3. The cinematography rocked. Nobody disagrees with that.
4. The flying was unrealistic. Get over it, it added to the movie (IMHO). It is Hollywood after all, is it not?
5. Subtitles are WAY better than dubbing. I love hearing the original language. If you can't read fast enough, take a speed-reading class
6. The acting was superb. If you don't think it was, remember that it's a tonal language and a foreign film. Then watch it. Repeat as necessary. Hehehe
Ok, sorry to bog down this thread, but I just had to get that out of my system.
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I have to agree with you about CTHD. (Hmm ... for a second I was afraid I was going to end up with Cthulu. Heh heh.) To appreciate the movie though, you have to not only understand the that the film is foreign, but also the culture behind the film itself. Yes, the flying seemed fake to us, but in several forms of martial arts it is believed that when you are in-tune with your Chi, you can do things such as lighten your body or move your muscles to near the speed of thought, to do exactly what they were doing in the movie.
Westernalization (Is that a word, or did I just make it up?) evidence of this is also supported with the "Stiff as a board, light as a feather" chant game.
So, to steal a phrase that I kind of liked, only an uncultured clod would have disliked the movie because so much of it would have been beyond their knowledge that it wouldn't have made the same sense that it would have to a cultured clod.
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Oh, and I almost forgot:
7. No, they did use wires, they didn't actually do all the flying in the movie, and they weren't really balancing on bamboo.
Here's a bonus - Tom Cruise did NOT do all the rock climbing in MI2, either. I've seen pictures of the guy who did, though. He's really good.
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Another possibility.
Mr. Nice Guy (Jackie Chan)
Not the best movie for acting/story, but definitely one of the funniest martial arts films I've seen. Good stunts too.
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Oh yeah. While thinking about old classics I also came up with CannonBall Run 1 and 2.
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"Did somebody step on a duck?"
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