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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

Sallywally1 Sun 09-Apr-23 00:37:35

Little women the one with Winona Ryder
Housewife 49 Victoria wood was so good, the books are good too
Thomasina an old film about a cat
Ghost

Lots more!

Magrithea Wed 05-Apr-23 04:08:22

Singing in the Rain, Four Weddings and A Funeral, Sunshine on Leith

Cyclone Sun 02-Apr-23 16:21:17

Guess who’se coming to dinner
To Sir with love
Ghost
Swiss Family Robinson
On Golden pond.
(I am very old)

Dempie55 Sun 02-Apr-23 15:18:59

Little Women (any version, but I like the Winoda Ryder one best!)
Star Wars (young Harrison Ford - swoon...)
Castaway (can't step away from that one if it's on TV)
Apollo 13 (Tom Hanks again!)
Top Hat
The Sound of Music
Gone with the Wind
Bringing up Baby

Byrle1 Sun 02-Apr-23 13:05:30

As Good As It Gets
When Harry Met Sally
Out of Africa

Blossoming Sun 02-Apr-23 11:24:54

Star Wars
Lawrence of Arabia
Zulu
The Cruel Sea
Lord of the Rings
Alien
The Godfather

Philippa60 Sun 02-Apr-23 10:43:19

Sound of Music
West Side Story
Fiddler on the Roof
Pretty Woman

Kazml71 Sun 02-Apr-23 09:01:21

I'd rewatch these all the time! Top Gun
Ever After
Slipper and the Rose
Top Gun - Maverick
A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart one)
Iron Eagle
Dirty Dancing
Every Carry-On film (except Emanuelle which was awful!)
I think I'd better stop there!

lesleybs Sun 02-Apr-23 08:06:39

The greatest Showman
Calamity Jane
What Ever happened to baby Jane
Harvey
It's a wonderful life

ELLAMAR Sun 02-Apr-23 03:16:44

The music box with Jessica Lange
Remember
African Queen
The quiet man

eagleswings Sun 02-Apr-23 00:24:43

Jesus of Nazareth
Chariots of Fire
Cry Freedom
Brassed Off
Schindler's List
Amadeus
Thelma and Louise
It's A Wonderful Life
12 Angry Men
Carousel
Bridget Jones (The first one)
Dead Poets
Butch Cassidy
Reds
A Dolls House (with Juliet Stevenson)
Life Story (also with JS, Jeff Goldblum, Tim Pigott-Smith)
Something's Gotta Give (Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton)
4 Weddings
Notting Hill
Sound Of Music
7 Brides
Oklahoma
Funny Girl
West Side Story
Pollyanna (with Hayley Mills)
Oliver!
Love Story
Far From The Madding (Julie Christie and Terence Stamp)
Ryan's Daughter

multicolourswapshop Sat 01-Apr-23 23:44:41

White House down
The lion king
African Queen
Casablanca

dolphindaisy Sat 01-Apr-23 23:39:55

Witness
West Side Story
The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven
Pretty Woman
The Ghost Goes West
Lady and the Tramp

Janny67 Sat 01-Apr-23 22:57:36

The color purple (fave movie ever) and the rest in no particular order

The green mile
Shawshank redemption
Pretty woman
Steel magnolias
My best friends wedding
Dances with wolves

tickertape Sat 01-Apr-23 22:57:28

Oh, forgot to mention

Can you Ever Forgive Me?
84, Charing Cross Road.
Withnail and I

pandapatch Sat 01-Apr-23 22:55:42

A River runs Through It
Legends of the Fall
Grease
Its a Wonderful Life
The Greatest Showman

tickertape Sat 01-Apr-23 22:53:33

Some of mine.

Midnight in Paris
Now Voyager (Bette Davis)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Trains, Planes and Automobiles
Moulin Rouge
You've Got Mail
The African Queen
Shawshank Redemption

NaughtyNantheRed Sat 01-Apr-23 22:28:31

Fargo (the movie with Frances McDormand); Snatch; The Godfather; all the Bond films with Daniel Craig as Bond

Chardy Sat 01-Apr-23 21:42:34

I didn't think of Moana, but I live to sit with DGD and watch it. We've watched it a lot.
And how could I have not thought of Cool Runnings

JPB123 Sat 01-Apr-23 20:59:32

Went the Day Well
South Pacific
The Godfather films
Good night Mr Tom
Saving Grace
Far from the Madding Crowd ..Julie Christie
ET
Guess who’s coming to Dinner
Girl with the Green Eyes.

Teasel57 Sat 01-Apr-23 20:58:50

Shall We Dance
Pride & Prejudice 2005
Rebecca
The Winslow Boy
The Proposal
Any Bette Davis film
Howard's End
Our Mutual Friend

Crenniemac Sat 01-Apr-23 20:54:29

Passage to India
Evita
Dr Zhivago
Oliver
Pride and Prejudice

Jaxjacky Sat 01-Apr-23 20:18:02

The Full Monty
The Hunger
Highlander (original one)
Miracle on 34th St (original one)
Angel Heart
Any Bond film after 2000

undines Sat 01-Apr-23 20:15:17

Dune (old and new)
Lord of the Rings
Bridget Jones (laughed so much)
Love Actually
Harry Potter (all of them)
Star Trek (love watching with my sons)
Chocolat
The Shape of Water
Avatar - best film ever I was so moved I cried but the follow-up isn't as good.

jerseygirl Sat 01-Apr-23 20:02:57

Dream girls
Billy elliot
pretty woman
i was monty's double
the great escape
the guns of navarone
Saturday night fever