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

(159 Posts)
ananimous Thu 13-Feb-20 16:30:06

So... wink

I will never forget:-
Jo Jo Rabbit
Hubby and I went to the movies last year to watch "Jo Jo Rabbit" - As it ended we all stood and began dancing, and snapping our fingers (you have to see the movie to understand) not a dry eye in the house.

Wish I could forget "Erasurehead"

Yennifer Fri 14-Feb-20 00:07:57

Misadventure that made me think of Final Destination! That seriously gave me the creeps!

MissAdventure Fri 14-Feb-20 00:02:20

Hostel (1 and 2, I'm a glutton for punishment) gave me real fear.
All of my worst nightmares rolled into one!

Marilla Thu 13-Feb-20 23:54:11

I won’t ever forget The English Patient, a beautiful film.
Wish I could forget Mama Mia. Dreadful!

Scooter58 Thu 13-Feb-20 23:24:58

Carrie, I was 15 at the time and it really gave me nightmares

Labaik Thu 13-Feb-20 23:12:45

...not a film but Tales of Mystery and Imagination on the tv haunt me to this day....

Labaik Thu 13-Feb-20 23:11:14

There was the film about Helen Keller way back, also. Not sure if Mandy was based on her or was another deaf/blind child]. I, too wish I'd never seen the Exorcist as it still scares me. For that reason I try to be careful about what I watch. The Omega Man terrified me, also. But for some stupid reason I've just bought Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark but don't think I'll risk watching it.

Chestnut Thu 13-Feb-20 23:06:38

The Ten Commandments was one that stayed with my younger self.
Far From the Madding Crowd (Julie Christie, Terence Stamp) was the one that impressed me most as a teenager.
Jaws just seemed to stick. I could watch it over and over.
The Exorcist was the one I wish I'd never seen. Gave me nightmares and I was even too scared to look behind the door! ?

Chewbacca Thu 13-Feb-20 22:52:43

I can remember a film from when I was a child, I think it was called Mandy. Not sure if it was a true to life film but it was about a little girl who was deaf and who was being taught sign language. It must have been an important film for me to have remembered it for more than 60 years!

Oopsminty Thu 13-Feb-20 22:43:58

A Night to Remember

I saw this as a child and it sparked my interest in Titanic

The James Cameron was quite a feast for the eyes but not a patch on A Night to Remember

And Jaws!

I must have seen that 20 times or more

Hardly cultural classics I know ;-)

BlueBelle Thu 13-Feb-20 22:38:46

Two seen a long time ago that have always stayed with me are The Colour Purple and Rabbit Proof Fence both hard hitting and sad beyond words

May7 Thu 13-Feb-20 22:22:41

quizqueen oh the Notebook made me weep buckets . James Garner is so lovely and it's such a heartbreaking story about love and caring . Defy anyone to watch it and not be moved.

paddyanne Thu 13-Feb-20 22:16:04

Soldier Blue ,sad and frightening ,I saw it when I was just 16 .Feel good films-The Way We Were ,The Bishops Wife I watch them both at leaast oce every year

GagaJo Thu 13-Feb-20 21:51:54

Loved:
A Question of Silence. Very old Dutch feminist film.
The German Sisters. Ditto, but... German

Hated and had nightmares for years about The Exorcist.
Genuinely thought The Bad Lieutenant with Nicholas Cage was a spoof, his acting was SO bad.

quizqueen Thu 13-Feb-20 21:47:09

The Notebook-my favourite film.
Mother...very disturbing.

Joelise Thu 13-Feb-20 21:42:48

Beaches
The Graduate
And Breakfast at Tiffany’s are my all time favourites.

Chewbacca Thu 13-Feb-20 21:42:33

Favourite film ever is Calamity Jane; know all the words and sing my head off all the way through.
Worst was La La Land. 2 hours of my life I won't get back again.

Anniebach Thu 13-Feb-20 21:26:37

Four Weddings and a Funeral

P.S. I Love You

Casablanca - just to hear Bogart say ‘we will always have Paris’

kittylester Thu 13-Feb-20 21:02:44

I love West Side Story and Pretty Woman.

ananimous Thu 13-Feb-20 19:55:43

Must dig some of those out and binge.

Saratoga Trunk (Ingrid Bergman Gary Cooper)

Don't know anyone whose seen it (alive).

dahlia Thu 13-Feb-20 19:35:14

We never fail to laugh and cry at "Groundhog Day", one of our favourites. We also adore "Untouchable", a French film based on a true story, and found ourselves watching yet again "Some Like it Hot" on television over Christmas. My eldest granddaughters watched this at least every day when they came down on holiday, probably started when about 6 - goodness knows what they thought of the cross dressing! They still love it, now aged 26 and 23!

SalsaQueen Thu 13-Feb-20 19:20:22

Schindler's List was one film I've never forgotten. I cried so much at it. Others:

The boy in the striped pyjamas
Joker
The Scent of a Woman

Yennifer Thu 13-Feb-20 19:09:33

Arachnophobia. Watched it many years ago. Found out recently it is meant to be a comedy! Not going to watch it again to look for the funny bits lol x

Welshwife Thu 13-Feb-20 19:01:14

I watched - The Deer Hunter- a very good film but I could never watch again - the Russian Roulette game!

One of the films I watch any time it comes up on TV is The Scent of a Woman - so well acted.

GrannyGravy13 Thu 13-Feb-20 18:33:33

I watched The Shape of Water and The Favourite as they had won Oscars and BAFTAs.......I have no idea why they won???

May7 Thu 13-Feb-20 17:55:15

Midnight Express is a movie I could NEVER watch again although it's a brilliant film about what happens if you smuggle drugs through customs. I think it's a film all teenagers should watch in school
Another film I'd never watch again is the Exorcist. Scared the bjesus out of me when I was 14 and even though there are scarier movies out today just cant bring myself to re watch it.
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