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Three favourite films?

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lemongrove Thu 20-May-21 10:54:17

If you could narrow your favourite films of all time down to just three, which would they be?

Mine would be:
Midnight Run
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
South Pacific

Chestnut Thu 20-May-21 23:29:30

I need to add a 4th film:
The Sting.
So clever and brilliantly put together.

Spinnaker Fri 21-May-21 00:01:47

Snatch
True Romance
Once Upon A Time in America

BigBertha1 Fri 21-May-21 07:02:06

Out of Africa
The Nun's Story
Christmas Chronicles

NotSpaghetti Fri 21-May-21 08:38:41

Oh yes, The Godfather!

Also "Like Water for Chocolate"
"Vacas"
"Pulp Fiction"

NotSpaghetti Fri 21-May-21 08:40:42

Shawshank Redemption?

Greyduster Fri 21-May-21 09:08:20

The Lion in Winter (Hepburn/O’Toole);
Out of Africa;
A Bridge Too Far.

lemongrove Fri 21-May-21 09:11:51

Chestnut

I need to add a 4th film:
The Sting.
So clever and brilliantly put together.

Naughty Chestnut!grin No extra films allowed. Fanny Cornforth has had 7 mind you!

FannyCornforth Fri 21-May-21 09:54:25

? and I thought that I'd got away with it
I should have mentioned Some Like it Hot, too
Nobody's perfect ?

Redhead56 Fri 21-May-21 10:03:12

Dr Zhivago
Midnight run
The Shawshank redemption
Some like it hot
Top Hat
The list is endless!

nanna8 Fri 21-May-21 10:06:13

Dr. Zhivago
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Wicker Man

Rosalyn69 Fri 21-May-21 11:11:28

Off the top of my head
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
MASH
Some Like it Hot

Sallywally1 Fri 21-May-21 22:27:27

Little women the one with Winona Ryder as Jo
Suffragette
Remains of the day
Testament of youth

The last one I sat quite still in my chair at the cinema, I was quite mesmerised as if I was actually in the film

Clawdy Sat 22-May-21 08:34:39

Cinema Paradiso
Carousel
Mamma Mia

Lucca Sat 22-May-21 08:41:12

Life is beautiful (la vita è bella)
One flew over the cuckoos nest
Pretty woman ?

FannyCornforth Sat 22-May-21 08:57:29

Lucca Pretty Woman!? shock

Lucca Sat 22-May-21 09:56:51

Secret vice!!

FannyCornforth Sat 22-May-21 10:15:46

Ah! I think that I may feel a new thread coming on Lucca...smile

Billybob4491 Sat 22-May-21 10:17:51

Imitation of Life
Grease
Jaws

Chestnut Sat 22-May-21 10:31:54

Oh, I forgot Jaws! Sorry, that would have to be my 5th choice if only for the night scene inside the boat with the great Robert Shaw telling his story. Such atmosphere! And the anticipation, will they catch it, will it get them?

FannyCornforth Sat 22-May-21 10:34:08

You're gaining ground on me Chestnut!

Jaxjacky Sat 22-May-21 10:38:24

The Hunger
Highlander (the original)
Angel Heart

Chestnut Sat 22-May-21 11:07:08

FannyCornforth

Lucca Pretty Woman!? shock

I don't know what's wrong with Pretty Woman, Fanny. It's a very popular movie and would be near the top of anyone's list of favourite rom-coms.

FannyCornforth Sat 22-May-21 11:13:42

Chestnut don't get sniffy at me being sniffy! smile

FannyCornforth Sat 22-May-21 11:17:46

I do think that PW is pretty dodgy in its attitudes to women and sugar daddies.
I was having a laugh with Lucca - I'm sure that she knows what I mean.

DillytheGardener Sat 22-May-21 11:22:15

Pretty Woman
Steel Magnolias
& The Lion King as I have very fond memories of my sons watching whilst acting along with their stuffed animals watching the film on repeat.