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Your Top 5 Michael Caine Films

Riviera
Riviera Posts: 8,167
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My favourite actor and all round hero. He nearly came to my birthday party once.

In a very particular order:

1) Get Carter - The best British gangster film
2) The Italian Job - Stylish, witty and a wonderful soundtrack.
3) Alfie - Hero and villain. Funny but dark.
4) The Ipcress File - Classic Cold War drama with Harry Saltzman's anti 007.
5) Educating Rita- And not many people know that!
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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,623
    1) The man who would be king.
    2) Zulu
    3) Get Carter
    4)Escape to Victory
    5)Sleuth
  • theeenorth
    theeenorth Posts: 2,277
    No particular order
    Quiet American
    Get Carter
    Harry Brown
    Zulu
    Battle of Britain
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,023
    Alfie
    Italian Job
    Zulu
    Get Carter
    Harry Brown
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Zulu
    The man who would be king
    Italian job
    Dirty rotten scoundrels
    Get carter
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Get Carter
    Italian Job
    Escape to Victory
    Alfie
    Jack the Ripper (2 part TV series, rather than film)
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Watched Get Carter for the upteenth time Sunday evening, brilliant film, like Zulu and the Italian Job but can't beat Get Carter....just love that sound track and the opening scene in the pub.
  • Yorkshireaddick
    Yorkshireaddick Posts: 511
    Riviera - you rate Ipcress File over Funeral in Berlin? Otherwise I would go for your list.
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Zulu
    Ipcress File
    Educating Rita
    Italian Job "I used a machine gun..."
  • Eynsfordaddick
    Eynsfordaddick Posts: 2,045
    Love the man and actor:
    1. The Ipcress File
    2, Zulu
    3. Educating Rita
    4. The Eagle has Landed
    5. A Funeral in Berlin
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    edited December 2015
    Zulu

    Alfie

    The Italian Job

    The Man Who Would Be King

    Little Voice

    Honourable mention for Hannah and Her Sisters
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  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    Get Carter

    Alfie

    Funeral in Berlin

    Zulu

    The Cider House Rules

    And like Henry, a nod to Hannah and Her Sisters.

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    (1) ... Zulu
    (2) ... Italian Job
    (3) ... Battle of Britain
    (4) ... A Bridge too Far
    (5) ... Batman Begins
  • sralan
    sralan Posts: 2,031
    The Italian Job and love the Harry Palmer films.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    Zulu
    Get Carter
    Italian Job
    Little Voice
    Sleuth

    I also think he's great at comedy and he's brilliant in Austin Powers Goldmember and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    Get Carter
    The Man Who Would Be King
    Mona Lisa
    The Italian Job
    The Ipcress File
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    ForeverAddickted said:

    (1) ... Zulu
    (2) ... Italian Job
    (3) ... Battle of Britain
    (4) ... A Bridge too Far
    (5) ... Batman Begins

    Damn n blast, forgot Battle of Britain.....can I have 6 please?
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,736


    1. Zulu
    2. The Dark Knight
    3. Escape to Victory
    4. The Italian Job
    5.The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Greenie said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    (1) ... Zulu
    (2) ... Italian Job
    (3) ... Battle of Britain
    (4) ... A Bridge too Far
    (5) ... Batman Begins

    Damn n blast, forgot Battle of Britain.....can I have 6 please?
    He's a real easy one to miss from Battle of Britain (Christopher Plummer is always the first name you think of or even Ian McShane), only remembered him being in it because of early mentions on here
  • Norman_Smith
    Norman_Smith Posts: 338
    1. Get Carter
    2. The Ipcress file
    3. Zulu
    4. Battle of Britain
    5. The Man Who Would Be King
    And lots more Love the Harry Palmer films
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    Zulu
    Mona Lisa
    Get Carter
    Educating Rita
    The Ipcress File
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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    In no particular order:

    Get Carter

    Little Voice

    Harry Brown

    Educating Rita

    Escape To Victory

    I could easily pick 5 more worthy films but Get Carter has to be there for me along with Educating Rita.

    It's a classic and very much from a bygone age as exemplified by many of the location shots.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,000
    Zulu
    The Man who would be King
    Harry Brown
    Educating Rita
    Inception
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    He may not have been a main character but I enjoyed his performance in 2 films I have seen this year.

    Kingsman and The Last Witch Hunter
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    MC gets stick over some of his lesser films but few actors have done the number of excellent movies he's been in.
    Hard to pick 5 but

    The Italian job
    Get Carter
    Educating Rita
    Zulu
    The Ipcress file

    just for starters, not forgetting Sleuth, Harry Brown, the other Harry Palmers etc, etc
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    The Ipcress File
    Get Carter
    Educating Rita
    Muppet Christmas Carol
    Alfie
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    edited December 2015
    In no particular order

    The Italian Job

    Going to make a point of watching it this Christmas
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,408
    Pulp
    Zulu
    Battle of Britain
    Get Carter
    The Italian Job
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,361
    Swarm and Jaws (the revenge), he's been in some cack as well.
  • addickfanatic
    addickfanatic Posts: 1,113
    Zulu, Italian job, educating Rita, Sleuth, cider house rules or prestige
  • vff
    vff Posts: 6,881
    Get Carter
    Quiet American
    The Man who would be King
    Ipcress File
    Zulu

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine_filmography

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