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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

nanna8 Wed 29-Mar-23 23:18:26

The very old version of the Titanic- a Night to Remember. I don’t like the Kate Winslett version. Another one I watch , weirdo that I am,is The Wicker Man. Something about it fascinates me.

Maggiemaybe Wed 29-Mar-23 23:10:14

Oh yes, harrigran, that’s a good one! I’ve seen it three times and might just hunt it out again now. smile

harrigran Wed 29-Mar-23 22:12:47

What we did on our holiday, I think I have see it four times.

LadyHonoriaDedlock Wed 29-Mar-23 22:11:10

Oh yes. Anything with Cary Grant in it

Lomo123 Wed 29-Mar-23 22:08:17

North by Northwest
Shaw shank Redemption
Rebecca

Litterpicker Wed 29-Mar-23 22:00:25

The African Queen
Casablanca
Ice Cold in Alex
Dr Zhivago

CazzJazz Wed 29-Mar-23 21:45:20

Some of my favourites are:
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest
All 3 Godfather films
Goodfellas
E.T.
West side story original
Close encounters of the 3rd kind
Field of dreams
Alien

Hellogirl1 Wed 29-Mar-23 21:29:03

How could I forget Seven Brides for Seven Brothers? I love that film!

MiniMoon Wed 29-Mar-23 21:16:44

I'm back. I forgot all about Monkey Business
North by Northwest
Duck Soup
Way out West

NotSpaghetti Wed 29-Mar-23 21:08:07

Oh yes, just looked over other people's lists - Brassed off and Billy Elliott!
Fabulous!

NotSpaghetti Wed 29-Mar-23 21:06:06

Pretty Woman
Any of the Godfather films
Vacas (which I watch rarely now as on DVD)
Like Water for Chocolate
Any of the Bourne films (the ones with Matt Damon)
Cinema Paradiso
Die Hard
Chocolat

Probably more...

Passthechocolates Wed 29-Mar-23 20:50:45

I forgot to add both the Mama Mia films smile

Marydoll Wed 29-Mar-23 20:46:35

Seven Brides.
Calamity Jane
Paint Your Wagon
Abba movies
Love Actually

Funnygran Wed 29-Mar-23 20:44:40

West Side Story
Remains of the Day
Godfather films
South Pacific

Sidelined Wed 29-Mar-23 20:41:36

The only one that comes to mind is Oliver, the musical version. I saw it at a cinema in Tottenham Court Road on a Brownies outing and I still have fond memories of the trip and the film. I watch it every winter grin

Primrose53 Wed 29-Mar-23 20:40:48

The Go Between
Far from the madding crowd
Brassed Off
Kes
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Maggiemaybe Wed 29-Mar-23 20:32:14

The Godfather films, Gone with the Wind, and, at Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, Love Actually and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

Caleo Wed 29-Mar-23 20:15:09

Ghost

The King's Speech

Passthechocolates Wed 29-Mar-23 20:14:43

Films on my favourites list

Pretty Woman (my number one film)
Sleepless in Seattle
You’ve Got Mail
Notting Hill
Love Actually
The Holiday
Titanic

NanKate Wed 29-Mar-23 20:12:24

The Shining
Deliverance
Westside Story original
Some Like it Hot
Deadly pursuit
Trains Planes and Automobiles

MayBee70 Wed 29-Mar-23 19:59:23

Last of the Mohicans is the one I always rewatch when it’s on tv even thoughI have the dvd.

Curlywhirly Wed 29-Mar-23 19:59:03

It's a Wonderful Life
Great Expectations (the 1946 version)
Brief Encouter
Rebecca
Casablanca
Breakfast at Tiffany's
To Kill a Mockingbird
ET
Four Weddings and a Funeral
The Sound of Music
Forest Gump

AGAA4 Wed 29-Mar-23 19:41:46

Carousel
It's a wonderful life
West side story
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Mollygo Wed 29-Mar-23 19:24:35

7 Brides for 7 Brothers
Pretty Woman
The Railway Children
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (watched on Prime last night)
A Christmas Carol
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Miracle on 34th Street ( withRichard Attenborough),
Notting Hill,
The 100 Foot Journey.
First Wives Club
9 till 5

Greyduster Wed 29-Mar-23 19:06:54

Raiders of the Lost Ark
A Bridge Too Far
A River Runs Through It
West Side Story (the original)
Rebecca
Out of Africa
The Great Outdoors
Apollo 13
Laurence of Arabia