Movies that you'll never forget, or wish you could!

Love watching Donnie Darko, Silent Running and Edward Scissorhands. Also remember watching a Romanian version of Alice in Wonderland on BBC 2 many years ago which impressed greatly.

I will never forget "The Tingler" (I know, never heard of it). Late '50s. A creature that clings to your spine when you are really scared, but drops off if you scream. Daft plot, supposedly scary. BUT, some of the seats were wired up to vibrate at appropriate intervals when the victim is so attacked, Not exactly an electric shock, but certainly alarming. Guess whose seat was the first one to go off. And me on a first date!

Like Oopsminty I saw A Night to Remember as a child with my Dad. It affected me very much for years after, and yes, peaked my interest too. I’ve never been able to bring myself to watch the remake to this day.
My favourite film? ‘A Bridge Too Far’. Brilliant casting, action, humour, pathos and Michael Caine! What’s not to like!

I love psycho. Fabulous film.
I love Four Lions, cheers me up every time I watch it.
Tyranasaur was amazing.
Devils Double too.

I'm not keen on romcoms.

Oklahoma
Bridges of Madison County

If you haven't seen 'Strangers when we Meet', and enjoy a real tear jerker, you will love this. It stars Kirk Douglas and Kim Novak. One of my favourite movies.

Film I never want to see again 'Reservoir Dogs', too violent for me.

I’ll never forget Empire of the Sun as well. Hated the Favourite though.
And for some reason the ONLY film which reduces me to tears is Stephen Spielberg’s AI. I feel so sorry for the robotic boy who just longs to be human with a mummy and daddy.

Totally agree on the Scent of a Woman, brilliant and heart warming film. Deer Hunter is one of my old favorotires that I watch occasionally. But the film I remember going to see back in the 70's, the second X rated movie I ever saw was A Clockwork Orange. (My first was The Good the Bad and the Ugly) and I would never watch it again, but it still haunts me occasionally.

I've still never seen The Exorcist. It was shown in my mess tent while I was serving in Germany back in the 1970's. We were on maneuvers and at least once every exercise we would get to watch a movie that was current. I was on roving patrol that night, so only heard snatches of the film coming from the mess tent and it put me off watching it Every time I see it is on TV, I record it then delete it without watching it. i've seen snatches of it when its being advertised, but the scenes and stories told to me by friends who have watched it always put me off watching it

Please excuse the typo above in my first comment; i.e. 'favorites', I have a very sensitive keyboard and sausage like fingers, so tend to catch more than one key while typing. Didn't see the mistake until i'd posted the above.

My favourite ever film is Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
Others are: The Kite Runner, The Shawshank Redemption, Schindlers's List, The Godfather, Gladiator, Good Will Hunting,
The Color Purple, 12 years a Slave, Psycho, Dances with Wolves,
Last of the Mohecans, The Beach, The Green Mile, The Lion King and Forrest Gump.

Like others I can't watch The Exorcist and Alien.

whiterabbit01 mentioned 'Clockwork Orange' and I agree that it was another of those shocking 1970s movies.
Something happened after the 'cultural revolution' of 1967 and by the 1970s they were making some real groundbreaking scary movies, 'The Exorcist', 'Clockwork Orange' and Straw Dogs' to name a few. I didn't like any of them, either too scary or too violent. I nearly walked out of CO as the rape scene disgusted me so much, but managed to hold out. Another that sickened me was 'Catch 22' because his guts fell out all over the place. I literally thought I was going to vomit, and I still felt nauseous outside in the street afterwards. I suppose it's all pretty tame nowadays.

Other great films for me are Lion with Dev Patel and The Constant Gardener

Soldier Blue left me almost traumatised.
The scene when the Indian women and children are hiding!!!
I think my favourite film?films are The English Patient and
Love Actualy

Watched exorcist when it came out at cinema - had to sleep with light on -couldn’t sleep for weeks -
saw midnight express after I had spent time back packing through Europe to India early 70s..went through turkey and pudding shop featured in film - scary too !

Oh and clockwork orange, soldier blue and straw dogs-only watched them once!! ..and another one of that era ..Deliverance ..had to have a drink after!!

My favourite film is Beckett it made me cry, but it’s my favourite film of all time.
Also Ivanhoe, Camelot, and anything with Richard Burton in it.

Hated the Exorcist, Carrie and won’t watch any of those horrible scares movies

Sorry scary movies

Just rewatched the NOTEBOOK tonight with DH. Beautiful love story absolutely heartbreaking. DH not weeped with me over a film since KRAMER v KRAMER . I'm right with you quizqueen Now just about to watch TOP GUN one each for Valentines night ha ❤ "I feel the need the need for speed"

A boyfriend took me to see 'The Elephant Man' and it has haunted and upset me ever since. I could watch 'Witness' till the cows come home.

The Godfather films, Gone With The Wind, It’s A Wonderful Life, High Noon are probably my favourites, but there are many, many more that I’ve enjoyed. I saw Joker and 1917 recently, and thought they were both very powerful.

Films I wish I’d never watched - Taken, Lost in Translation. Those hideous Care Bear ones, though tbh, I slept through most of them anyway.

Steel magnolias... can’t watch it again.. far too close to home...

Some of my favourites are:
The colour purple
Stella with Bette Midler
The Graduate
Schindler’s list
Didn’t like:
Cats
Mama Mia

Love -

A Wonderful Life (in fact anything with Jimmy Stewart in it)
To Kill A Mockingbird
Little Women (the Winona Ryder version)
Any decent version of Jane Austen’s novels
Love Actually
Schindler’s List (although I can’t bring myself to watch it anymore - just makes me cry)
Rabbit Proof Fence
1917

I absolutely love the film with Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie where they play sisters thrown together through circumstances. It also has Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley and a host of other fabulous actors in it. It came out a couple of years ago and is such a fabulous, heart warming film and didn’t seem to get the recognition it deserved. I can never remember the name of the film and shall have to quickly look it up.

The fab Imelda Staunton / Celia Imrie film is called ‘Finding Your Feet’ lovely, heart-warming, poignant, funny, superbly acted film. Definitely a favourite...

I watched a tv film years ago with David Soul (Starsky and Hutch) and James Mason, called Salem’s Lot. I found it really scary, and for ages after when I looked out at the night sky and the moon, I had to close the curtains quickly!
I expect it would seem tame if I watched it nowadays.