Best Jack Movies? - Jack Lemmon Discussion

[–] Kompressor_Fan 10 years ago

Some recommendations:

Comedies:
Avanti!
The Fortune Cookie (Walter Matthau is especially hilarious as a crooked lawyer)
Grumpy Old Men
The Odd Couple
The Out of Towners

Dramas:
Glengarry Glen Ross
Missing
Save The Tiger
The China Syndrome
The Apartment
The Days of Wine and Roses (his finest dramatic performance)

He did a very funny movie back in the day titled "The War Between Men and Women" with Barbara Harris. Very funny, as I remember.....unfortunately, it has never come out on VHS, DVD, or Blu-ray, and it hasn't been televised (that I know of) since the early '80's, which is unfortunate.

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[–] PersistentViewer (1804) 2 years ago

I know the posts are 8 years old, but in saying that "The War Between Men and Women" is available at Amazon.

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[–] FilmBuff (6691) 2 years ago

I've never seen that one, but I don't think I've ever seen anything with Jack Lemmon in it that I disliked. Thanks for posting the info!

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[–] PersistentViewer (1804) 2 years ago

Sure thing!

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[–] jesse-pinkmann 10 years ago

Wow, thank you! I watched It Should Happen to You yesterday which i liked, so now i have a lot more to follow :)

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[–] heyuactor 10 years ago

Mister Roberts
and I second Missing, as a serious role

"Did you make coffee...? Make it!"--Cheyenne.

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[–] metalman091 10 years ago

Jack Lemmon's top ten films.

IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU [1954]
MISTER ROBERTS [1955]
SOME LIKE IT HOT [1959]
THE APARTMENT [1960]
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES [1962]
THE FORTUNE COOKIE [1966]
THE ODD COUPLE [1968]
SAVE THE TIGER [1973]
GRUMPY OLD MEN [1993]
GRUMPIER OLD MEN [1995]

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

No

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[–] tplea 10 years ago

Agree with many on the lists, but how can no one include How to Murder Your Wife? A first rate ensemble cast with Virna Lisi(!), Terry Thomas and Eddie Bracken.!the courtroom scene is priceless!

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[–] shominy-491-652355 8 years ago

Our #1 fave Jack Lemmon movie of all time is "Good Neighbor Sam"! It's a RIOT and we've watched it a hundred times!

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[–] FilmBuff (6691) 2 years ago

That's my favorite as well. I can't count the number of times I've watched it, yet it never gets old. The Frank Devol soundtrack is fantastic, Edward G. Robinson is terrific as always, and the plot twists are clever; not to mention the number of quotable lines the film has. It's certainly not his best performance as an actor, but it's his funniest, and overall best, film, in my opinion.

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[–] The-Irrational-Baby 8 years ago

Watch The apartment.

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[–] snepts (11123) 2 years ago

The Apartment, in my estimation, is a lot more affecting than it appears at first. A fantastic film.

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[–] TexasTomBoe 8 years ago

a bud and terence movie ;)

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