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Name a film you've watched over five times

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merlotgran Sun 24-Feb-19 18:46:03

That still entertains you.

A friend from way back in my misspent youth has shared this on facebook. Without hesitation, my first choice was The Boat That Rocked which brings back happy memories of revising for exams on Ventnor beach listening to Radio London on my little transistor radio.

I scrolled down through the comments and saw that she'd named the same film!!

Happy Days.

How about you?

Kittye Mon 25-Feb-19 17:19:35

Grease. Pride and Prejudice.Sense and Sensibility. Ghost. Spartacus. Sound of Music. Seven Brides. Dirty Dancing. Zulu..I could go on ?

TerriBull Mon 25-Feb-19 17:21:31

Well loads of Toy Story, Paddington, Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins and assorted Disney films not necessarily through choice, my grandchildren have them on and I happen to be in the room, so I don't count them.

For me Godfather 1 and 2, Death in Venice, Barry Lyndon, Saturday Night Fever, Don't Look Now, Atonement, Dr Zhivago, Feel good escapist stuff like Bridget Jones

GillT57 Mon 25-Feb-19 17:23:08

The English Patient
Rebecca
Gone with the Wind
The Blues Brothers
Pretty Woman

TerriBull Mon 25-Feb-19 17:24:40

Oh forgot to add always watch Some Like it Hot, Oliver and The Sound of Music if they happen to be on.

Willow500 Mon 25-Feb-19 17:33:25

Oh gosh too many

All the Twilight films
All the Harry Potter
All the Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Mary Poppins
Scrooge
Grease
Saturday Night Fever

I'm sure there are more I'll think of

Dolcelatte Mon 25-Feb-19 17:35:04

Brief Encounter
Zulu
The Godfather (all three parts)
Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart version)

TwiceAsNice Mon 25-Feb-19 17:40:21

I forgot Grease and Pretty woman have watched pretty woman so many times

1inamillion Mon 25-Feb-19 17:42:37

A Man For All Seasons
A Christmas Carol
Dr Zhivago
Ben Hur
Love Actually
Matilda
All Harry Potter
Casablanca
The Italian Job
Summer Holiday

Grammaretto Mon 25-Feb-19 17:43:24

5 times at least, I 've seen;

Some like it Hot.
Strangers on a train
Rear Window
Dr Zhivago
Lawrence of Arabia

Films I've enjoyed recently but not seen them more than once:
Bridge of Spies
The Lives of Others
The Last Emporer
Silver Linings Playbook
Far from the Madding Crowd (New version)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople

I love cinema and belong to a film club.

Nannyxthree Mon 25-Feb-19 17:49:20

All the Disney films but Cinderella (loved the cat) and Jungle Book are favourites.
Oliver
Sound of Music
Wrong Trousers
Notting Hill
Four Weddings
French Lieutenants Woman
Also all the Fred and Ginger films

travelsafar Mon 25-Feb-19 17:55:08

God Father

Railway Children

M0nica Mon 25-Feb-19 17:55:22

I am still counting, but to begin with
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Gigi
High Society
Westside Story,
Four weddings and a funeral
A wonderful life
Muppet Christmas Carol
Fantasia
Sense and Sensibility

and a lot coming up for the 5th viewing.

Oldandverygrey Mon 25-Feb-19 18:23:30

Grease
Ben Hur
African Queen
All the Bette Davis films
All the Joan Crawford films
Zulu
Titanic
Poiseden

EllaKeat Mon 25-Feb-19 18:44:15

Numerous times;
Grosse Point Blanc
Les Mis
Serenity

humptydumpty Tue 26-Feb-19 16:14:31

TerriBull very impressed that you included Don't Look Now! I found that so scary at the end that I never watched it again; not surprised to see it top a list of most scary films ever!

PamelaJ1 Tue 26-Feb-19 17:50:37

Wonder what it is that makes 7 brides so popular?

Grandma70s Tue 26-Feb-19 18:43:54

I remember going to see 7 Brides when I was 12 and thinking it was rubbish. I suspect I still would.

I’m surprised The Railway Children doesn’t crop up more often. Absolute classic.

Jangran99 Tue 26-Feb-19 18:54:55

Perhaps that's because you were 12. Wonderful singing and dancing, feel- good factor in spades, loved it??
Now The Railway Children leaves me cold.Guess it takes all sorts?

matson Tue 26-Feb-19 18:57:52

Forest gump
Billy Elliot
Ghost
Dirty dancing
Ps I love you
All disney films
Lord of the rings
Star wars
Could go on and on.

callgirl1 Wed 27-Feb-19 00:18:18

Pamela and Grandma70s, everything Jangran said...……….plus HOWARD KEEL, yum!!

M0nica Wed 27-Feb-19 10:28:00

The sheer energy of it, the dancing and the songs. Silly plot, but that applies to many films/plays etc.

It is the same with films like 'An American in Paris' and 'Singing in the Rain (both rapidly approaching 5 viewings) and other dance films of that era. It is the virtuosity of the dancing with some cracking good tunes.

eazybee Wed 27-Feb-19 12:47:59

White Christmas
Scrooge (Alistair Sim)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Ben Hur
Guns of Navarone
Shakespeare in Love
Les Miserables
Pretty Woman
and of course: Jason and the Argonauts;
(the go-to end of term film when I was a part-time teacher and ended up doing Hall duty, every term). My children loved it too on television, but I don't think I ever watched it from beginning to end in one session.

annifrance Wed 27-Feb-19 12:56:41

Pretty Woman
Saving Grace
DiCaprio
Tinker tailor soldier spy -Alex Guiness version
Mrs Caldicots Cabbage War
A Good Year
What we Did on our holidays
Quartet

Rosieroe Wed 27-Feb-19 12:57:37

Calamity Jane. Doris Day and Howard Keel - perfect!

Rosieroe Wed 27-Feb-19 13:00:17

What has happened to all the black and white musicals that used to be shown on tv? We used to get Fred and Ginger films on t.v. and I loved them all. I haven’t seen one for years now.