One of the most memorable experiences i have ever had of the cinema, was when i went to the pictures with my parents to see a 1975 classic. My mother screamed the place down in sheer fear, especially at the end. In fact, everyone was screaming, it was like a choir of screams. I was only 9!
Have you guessed what it is, 'You're gonna need a bigger boat', that's right JAWS!!
If i had a cinema to myself for a whole night, i would show the classic that is JAWS, in 3D, everyone would have to wear a shark fins and sing 'Duuuh Duuh, Duuuuh Duuuh'. And don't forget a cardigan to hide under, like my mother did!!! 
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its gotta be E.T ... you can watch it with anyone... I do love it and watch every year a couple of times... specially during xmas.
Crikey; I'm going to have to think long and hard about this. Having read through the selection of films thus far can I just say that I bought Greyfriars Bobby on dvd to show the grandchildren recently and made a trip up to Edinburgh a couple of years back to see the kirkyard.I saw a newspaper cutting about Bobby in a shop last week but they wanted £70 for it which was more than I could pay, but I would love to have owned it. It's a Wonderful Life is screened at our cinema every Christmas and everyone claps at the end. And, yes, The Green Mile probably 'is' the greatest film ever made [and, sadly quite topical at the moment]. A film I can watch over and over again is Last of the Mohicans. And I'd like to choose a film that would appeal to all ages so the granchildren could watch it as well. However, I'm going to go with something I suggested at our cinema the other week, and that is that I'd love to see a couple of episodes of Game of Thrones on the big screen [it would stand up to that, I know] and I'd advertise it so that fellow fanatics could come and share the experience with me. Final answer [I think]. I'll spend the rest of the day thinking about this [and tittering at the thought of Teetimes family all dressed up as the Adams family and imagining a complete Gothfest when she shows it at 'her' cinema ].
It has to be "Hocus Pocus" watched this with my children many times especially around halloween, we laugh & giggle together. Bette Midler is sooo funny in it )))
Dirty Dancing of course - the final song/dance still gives me goosebumps x
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