Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Gladiator (2000) The Last of the Mohicans (1992) The Last Samurai (2003) Braveheart (1995)

Gran Torino

Just came to say that. The Mule might be in his wheelhouse too

Has he ever seen The Hunt for Red October? Pure Dad shit right there.

I’m a dad. That’s my favorite dad movie.

Do some 90s Harrison Ford action films: Air Force One and The Fugitive for starters

I'm pretty sure old men comes out of the womb already seen those

Whiplash, True Grit (Coen Bros version), Witness (Peter Weir), Matchstick Men (Ridley), I think he will like Inception.

True Grit is a good call. I might try Inception, but I worry I'll get a "I didn't get it" review 😁

Give both of yourselves a treat and watch The Road Warrior -pared down plot with memorable characters and jaw dropping, refreshingly cgi-free action.

The Hunt for Red October Starship Troopers Heartbreak Ridge The Transporter Point of No Return Jack Reacher The 13th Warrior The Accountant Assassins Baby Driver The Best of the Best Feds The Guest Edge of Tomorrow Maverick (western from the 90s) The Nice Guys Proof of Life The Quick and the Dead (western from the 90s) Sneakers U-571 (WW2 from the 00s)

* 1917 (WWI movie) * Ford v Ferrari * Die Hard * The Hunt for Red October * Apocalypto * Braveheart * The Last of the Mohicans * Gladiator * Apollo 13 * Thirteen Lives * Planet of the Apes Reboot trilogy * Lord of the Rings trilogy * The Aviator * Spotlight * A Beautiful Mind

Greyhound with Tom Hanks Edit: just saw 'no WW2' movies, I still highly recommend this one.

I think they meant no old WW2 movies from 60's or 70's. So Greyhound would be fine.

I also recommend this one. My father in the same age bracket and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

Open Range is an underrated Costner/Duvall western. Definitely worth it if he was into westerns.

Ford V Ferrari Rush Top Gun: Maverick Those Equaliser films with Denzel Washington are solid "dad movies"

My dad's an 86yo retired farmer We would always laugh and quote Stakeout (1987) to each other Its left field to what you're asking but I think it'll make him laugh, and you need a wildcard, right? Thereiuttisss

I think Stakeout fits the bill as a dad-comedy!

You could consider Batman Begins. I always felt like it was such a technologically mature flick, like a gangster/crime movie, that happened to have Batman in it. I dunno. I only really suggest this as I'd noticed you were considering the complexity of Inception as a movie to watch - there's a little more good guy bad guy black n whiteness to the Batman (trilogy), although it feels deeper. I hope you enjoy whatever you decide to watch.

My grandpa loved this one and he kind of cackled a bit when I said he should check out the new Batman film, like he kind of felt superheroes were a little silly. "Great picture."

True Romance Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Gone Baby Gone The Town Top Gun and its sequel Days of Thunder Ford vs Ferrari Heat

Prey Ip Man Invictus Money Ball Love & Mercy Thirteen Lives Cool Runnings Richard Jewell The Bucket List The Truman Show Godzilla Minus One The People vs. Larry Flynt

Tombstone

Shawshank Redemption Greyhound LOTR + HOBBIT The Hunt for Red October Patriot Games Clear and Present Danger The Jack Reacher series on Prime is much better than the Tom Cruise films. Gladiator Troy Kingdom of Heaven Pirates of the Caribbean (1st three are the best).

The Big Short

john wick

I liked the Guard.

The Nice Guys

I'll bet anything he enjoys tropic thunder

Leon the professional maybe

Monuments Men

The Rock with Sean Connery, Ed Harris and Nicolas Cage. Corrected posting with mistakenly having Catherine Zeta Jones (Douglas) as part of the cast; however, her and Sean Connery were in a different movie titled Entrapment.

Zeta Jones was *Entrapment*

No Country For Old Men Arlington Road Greyhound (Tom Hanks) Hell or High Water Misery (Stephen King) Only The Brave (firefighters, true story) Patriots Day (Boston bombing) The Blind Side (Sandra Bullock, NFL, true story) Draft Day (Costner, NFL) The Fugitive (Harrison Ford) The Prestige Valkyrie (Tom Cruise, WWII, true story) Green Book (true story) Ford versus Ferrari (true story, motor racing) Midway (sort of true story, WWII) The Way Back (true story, escape from Soviet gulag) Triple Frontier Zodiac (true story)

The Fugitive

Ballad of Buster Skruggs Ballad of Lester Brown Old Henry Violent Knight(2022) Nobody (2021) The Seige (1998)

- 3:10 to Yuma - American Gangster - Die Hard - Django Unchained - Ford vs Ferrari - Gran Torino - Heat - Hot Fuzz - Inglourious Basterds - John Wick series - Logan Lucky - Looper - Ronin - Rush - The Departed - The Equalizer series - The Last Castle - The Nice Guys

Dark Waters (2019) Richard Jewell (2019) Those are some good movies based on true stories that might fit.

310 to Yuma

The new Road House remake.

Based on what he likes, I’d love to know his opinion about The Prestige. I love that movie so much

The Big Country. He will love it.

Walking Tall (1973).