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What films could you watch again and again?

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HowVeryDareYou2 Wed 29-Mar-23 15:22:41

Mine are -

Snatch
Goodfellas
Big
Goodnight Uncle Tom
Ghost
Stella Dallas

grandtanteJE65 Sat 01-Apr-23 13:00:02

All the Harry Potter films
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
First wives club

supergabs1960 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:58:56

Mine are:
All the Harry Potter, Magical Creatures films etc.
Love Actually
Bridget Jones's Diary
Nanny McPhee
Now Voyager
Dirty Dancing
Me Before You
Dear Frankie
The Phantom of the Opera (Gerard Butler version)

Sawsage2 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:48:22

1. Christmas Carol (Alistair Simm)
2.Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
3.Harold and Maud.
4.Shipping News.
5. Wizard of Oz (original)

magwis Sat 01-Apr-23 12:41:20

It's a Wonderful life
The Holiday
Bridge of Spies
The Post

Alittlemadam Sat 01-Apr-23 12:33:20

Bedknobs and broomsticks
Oliver
Dr zhavigo
Sound of music
The great escape
Dirty dancing

Coco51 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:26:29

Dr Zhivago - I start crying at the first scene!

Lizzie44 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:23:09

1) A United Kingdom - based on true story, Africa's colonial past and the birth of Botswana + great love story (David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike)
2) Brooklyn
3) Paddington 2
4) Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati)

Maggierose Sat 01-Apr-23 12:16:35

Vertigo
The Third Man
The Innocents
Imitation of Life

Patsyb71 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:16:13

Another vote for Apollo 13,
You've got mail,
Sleepless in Seattle
Much ado about nothing with Kenneth Branagh

Nanadude Sat 01-Apr-23 12:15:38

Can't resist adding:
Calendar Girls
I'm an expat living in NY and love all English movies. They make me homesick

Rosie61 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:15:05

Rebecca! The original b and w.

GrandmaLorna Sat 01-Apr-23 12:13:42

Midnight Cowboy
The Godfather

kimmykims16 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:12:34

Back to the Future, 1, 2 & 3
South Pacific
Sound of Music
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Nanadude Sat 01-Apr-23 12:12:29

The Full Monty
Love actually (at Christmas)
Eat pray love
Under the Tuscan sun
Both Marigold Hotel movies

SueEH Sat 01-Apr-23 12:10:53

The History Boys
Apollo 13
Apocalypse Now

Frosty60 Sat 01-Apr-23 12:10:27

Sound of Music
Calamity Jane
The Railway Children (both the old one and new one)
Little Women (again the old version and new version)
Miracle on 34th Street with Richard Attenborough
Bambi
Beauty and the Beast
The Greatest Showman
Also a couple of short films (The Gruffalo and The Room on the Broom)

mrswoo Sat 01-Apr-23 12:02:37

Dr Zhivago
Fiddler on the Roof
Notting Hill
The Railway Children (original)

gagsy Sat 01-Apr-23 12:00:30

Good night Uncle Tom
The Railway Children
The Cruel Sea

albertina Sat 01-Apr-23 11:59:02

Rebecca
Sense and Sensibility
Legally Blonde
My big fat Greek Wedding
It's a Wonderful life
The original Railway Children
Brief Encounter
The King's Speech
Pride and Prejudice ( Laurence Olivia one and the Matthew MacFadyen one)
Lots of others I can't think of !

grandMattie Sat 01-Apr-23 11:57:12

The Lion in Winter
On Golden Pond
Brief Encounter

ExDancer Sat 01-Apr-23 11:54:43

Brief Encounter

Tilly8 Sat 01-Apr-23 11:54:32

Out of Africa

Bluecat Sat 01-Apr-23 11:51:48

Some Like It Hot
Bringing Up Baby
The Philadelphia Story
The Gospel According To Matthew
Withnail And I
The Big Lebowski
Young Frankenstein

All comedies except for the Gospel, which was made by Pasolini. I watch that one not for religious reasons but because it's a very powerful film.

Borrheid55 Sat 01-Apr-23 11:51:25

Twelve O’Clock High ( used for my leadership training courses, seen and analysed dozens of times!)
It’s aWonderful Life
Fantasia
Gone with the Wind

Kartush Sat 01-Apr-23 11:50:20

All of the Lord of the Rings
All of the Hobbit
the big Easy
The shape of water
Dog Soldiers
And a hundred more I cant think of right now