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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

Stella14 Mon 24-May-21 12:12:13

It’s so hard to pick only 3 though. I also absolutely love The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Love Actually!

tattygran14 Mon 24-May-21 12:17:43

Duel, Chicago, Gone with the wind.

pen50 Mon 24-May-21 12:18:43

Hot Fuzz
Amadeus
Three Billboards

Used to think Animal House was the funniest film ever but watched it recently and wasn't so amused, it's definitely dated.

LondonMzFitz Mon 24-May-21 12:41:02

French Kiss (Meg Ryan & Kevin Kline). If you get the chance have a look, it's lovely.
Guys & Dolls (Oh my, Marlon Brando)
South Pacific - the original or the more recent one with a (too old, in my opinion) Glenn Close as Nelly and (swoon) Harry Connick Jr as Joe Cable.

Loved seeing The Commitments on here too, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Big Easy, Some Like It Hot. I wish the old black & white films were shown more often - rather than Casablanca why not some Bette Davis!

Yiayia4 Mon 24-May-21 12:48:49

Schindler’s List
The Commitments
Toy Story1 ?

Sweetpea60 Mon 24-May-21 12:59:28

My 3 favourite films are, the bishops wife , fatal attraction, jaws.

Supernain Mon 24-May-21 13:04:36

Meet Joe Black
Brief encounter of the third kind
Tilly Trotter

Purplepoppies Mon 24-May-21 13:05:19

Psycho
The Green Mile
The Devils Double
Trainspotting
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Goodfellas
The Company Of Wolves
Sorry, I know its not 3, I just couldn't choose!!
There are probably many more, my brain isn't switched on today ?

homefarm Mon 24-May-21 13:07:29

Kind Hearts and Coronets - Alec Guinness
The Italian Job - Michael Caine
The first StarWars film

Cp43 Mon 24-May-21 13:22:27

No one has mentioned Casablanca.
I also love Some like it hot, Cat Ballou and Out of Africa.

dragonfly46 Mon 24-May-21 13:28:18

Beaches
Notting Hill
While You Were Sleeping

Hilarybee Mon 24-May-21 13:28:37

Stardust
Some like it hot
The Mask

sharon103 Mon 24-May-21 13:39:30

Whistle Down the wind ( Haley Mills and Alan Bates)
The Love Match ( Arthur Askey and Thora Hird)
Wuthering Heights ( The original one with Lawrence Olivier)

HannahLoisLuke Mon 24-May-21 13:48:10

Untouchable ( the french film, not the Elliot Ness one with Kevin Costner)
Lamb (Liam Neeson) heartbreaking.
Ryan’s Daughter

I could go on but I’ll stop at three.

Yammy Mon 24-May-21 13:55:47

Casablanca
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Dr Zhivago

HannahLoisLuke Mon 24-May-21 13:58:38

Golly Bridie54 what happened. 17 repeats of your post. GN got into a pickle ?

Whatdayisit Mon 24-May-21 14:00:18

Godfather 1
Godfather 2
Rocketman

The Lion King
Peter Rabbit movie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Alioop Mon 24-May-21 14:03:13

Little Women (1st one, reminds me of my mum))
Quadrophenia (love the music, The Who)
Hatchi( cry buckets)

Nansnet Mon 24-May-21 14:03:31

Absolutely impossible to choose just 3, so here's 3 of my favourites from a very, very long list of favourites ...

Educating Rita
The Deer Hunter
Ghost

It might be easier to choose 3 from each genre of film ...

Lupin Mon 24-May-21 14:06:42

Cinema Paradiso
The Last of the Mohicans
The King and I ( The Jodie Foster and Chow Yun Fat version)

I now have them permanently recorded, but still have to watch them when they appear in the TV schedules.

If were allowed 4 then Doctor Zhivago would be up there.

dolphindaisy Mon 24-May-21 14:13:17

Witness - great on screen chemistry between Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis
West Side Story - love the music and dancing though always thought Richard Beymer wrong for the part of Tony
The Ghost Goes West - never shown on TV these days.

RosesAreRed21 Mon 24-May-21 14:18:09

The Sound of Music
The Green Mile
Pretty Woman

helgawills Mon 24-May-21 14:42:44

Easy Rider (Music and atmosphere)
East of Eden (James Dean and the story by John Steinbeck)
Alice's Restaurant,(just iconic)

Chocolatelovinggran Mon 24-May-21 14:46:30

Another vote for Some Like it Hot, and an addendum to The Deer Hunter- an astonishingly good film, but so disturbing.

lilydily9 Mon 24-May-21 15:02:23

Casablanca
All About Eve
Dr Zhivago

But there are so many more that I really love!