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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

Susysue Mon 24-May-21 15:05:00

Great question
Out of Africa
Where eagles dare
All the presidents men

Unigran4 Mon 24-May-21 15:57:17

Housewife 49
Full Monty
Calendar Girls

leeds22 Mon 24-May-21 16:01:59

Blade Runner (well anything with Harrison Ford really)
Some Like it Hot
MASH

Edith81 Mon 24-May-21 16:12:10

Pretty woman(35) times
Shawshank Redemption
Dirty Dancing

narrowboatnan Mon 24-May-21 16:21:38

Pretty Woman
The original Lady Killers
Mary Poppins

Soozikinzi Mon 24-May-21 16:24:46

My cousin Vinny
Sleepless in Seattle
In the heat of the night

TerriBull Mon 24-May-21 16:27:40

Godfather 1 and 2
Barry Lyndon

Joni Mon 24-May-21 17:09:51

loads I like but picked 3...
midnight cowboy
godfather 1
the joker

garnet25 Mon 24-May-21 17:25:42

Novecento
Once upon a time in America
The Shawshank Redemption

Hutcho Mon 24-May-21 17:31:59

The Graduate
The African Queen
Vertigo

JanaNana Mon 24-May-21 17:48:32

Marley and Me
Shirley Valentine
Calendar Girls.

Iam64 Mon 24-May-21 18:35:09

Some like it Hot
Dances with Wolves
The GreatvEscape

earnshaw Mon 24-May-21 19:00:29

greatest showman
full monty
now voyager

Jellygran Mon 24-May-21 19:44:34

Mad mad mad world
Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder
This Island Earth

Elvis58 Mon 24-May-21 20:02:08

White Christmas.
Shawshank Redemption.
South Pacific.

Lizzie44 Mon 24-May-21 20:40:59

Brooklyn
Carol
Sideways

Petal1 Mon 24-May-21 21:06:52

So difficult to choose, and it may be different tomorrow, but here goes
Life is beautiful
Cinema paradise
Pans Labyrinth

Interesting that they are all foreign language films

Mollyplop Mon 24-May-21 21:17:28

Wuthering Heights (the original)
Baby Driver (just an awesome soundtrack)
Lord of the Rings

Amalegra Mon 24-May-21 23:29:41

Three of many:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Terminator 2
Immortal Beloved

susieq3 Tue 25-May-21 00:27:04

Atonement
Bridget Jones diary
The piano
The French Lieutenants Women oops that’s four !

BBbevan Tue 25-May-21 05:24:18

Ben Hur
7 Brides for 7 Brothers
Breakfast at Tiffany's

GrammaH Tue 25-May-21 07:22:24

Full Monty
Grease
It's a wonderful life

essjay Tue 25-May-21 08:48:12

glenn miller story
moment in time
the glass mountain

Oldwoman70 Tue 25-May-21 09:55:09

Really depends on the mood I am in but off the top of my head

Secondhand Lions
Hot Fuzz (or any Simon Pegg film)
and I will probably get shot down for this but my absolute favourite is The Usual Suspects

Whatdayisit Tue 25-May-21 11:11:35

Joni

loads I like but picked 3...
midnight cowboy
godfather 1
the joker

Joker yes a masterpiece. Did you like Joaquin in Walk The Line?