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What are your 10 favourite movies

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Artaylar Sun 20-Dec-20 18:22:55

This is a very difficult list to compile as I've loved so many, though here goes - in no particular order

The Piano
Gangs of New York
Master and Commander
Pulp Fiction
Gladiator
Dracula (with Gary Oldman)
Batman Trilogy - directed by Christopher Nolan (cheating I know...)
V for Vendetta
Last of the Mohicans
Mad Max: Fury Road

DanniRae Thu 24-Dec-20 08:09:58

varian

Hithere

Varian,

I volunteer!

Looking forward to seeing the results!

Me too! tchgrin

varian Wed 23-Dec-20 21:11:02

Hithere

Varian,

I volunteer!

Looking forward to seeing the results!

nanny2507 Wed 23-Dec-20 20:31:09

its a wonderful life
about a boy
notting hill
boat trip (not many people know it..its hillarious)
glass bottomed boat
harvey
venom
elf
calamity jane

Hithere Wed 23-Dec-20 20:11:47

Varian,

I volunteer!

varian Wed 23-Dec-20 17:52:50

It would be interesting to see an analysis of this thread, if anyone has the time and patience to tot up the scores.

Calendargirl Wed 23-Dec-20 06:56:47

Forgot Kind Hearts And Coronets.

suzette1613 Wed 23-Dec-20 06:28:01

And:

The Mission (for the music)
Last of the Mohicans (for the music)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (for the music)
The Piano (for the music)

These films are good but the music is better!

NotAGran55 Tue 22-Dec-20 23:29:18

E.T
Four Weddings And A Funeral
The Deer Hunter
Shadowlands
Saturday Night Fever
To Sir With Love
42 Charring Cross Road
Bambi
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Gone With The Wind

Lucretzia Tue 22-Dec-20 23:19:12

The Angry Silence

12 Angry Men

Mandy

A Night to Remember

Django Unchained

The Color Purple

East of Eden

Rebel Without a Cause

Contagion

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

StoneofDestiny Tue 22-Dec-20 23:11:43

Dead Poets Society
Rear Window
Shawshank Redemption
Pride and Prejudice
The Duchess
Officer and a Gentleman
West Side Story
To kill a Mocking Bird
The Gentlemen
12 Angry Men

BlueSapphire Tue 22-Dec-20 23:05:10

Ooh, I forgot Far from the Madding Crowd, the original, with Alan Bates and Julie Christie.
And anything with the young David Hemmings..........

BlueSapphire Tue 22-Dec-20 22:57:38

Star Wars
The Thomas Crown with (the original with Steve McQueen)
High Society
South Pacific
Miracle on 34th Street
Little Women
Murder on the Orient Express
From Russia with Love
Pretty Woman (for the soundtrack)
West Side Story

Kamj Tue 22-Dec-20 22:29:06

Priest (linus roache)
Cathy come home
Inside im dancing
Muriels wedding

List goes on..

gillyjp Tue 22-Dec-20 22:16:44

Sorry couldn't stick to 10!

Dr Zhivago
The Godfather 1 & 2
The Deer Hunter
Gone with the Wind
Cocktail
Top Gun
Out of Africa
The Days of Wine & Roses
The English Patient
Dirty Dancing
The Shawshank Redemption
The Apartment
The Way We Were

Kamj Tue 22-Dec-20 22:06:45

Elephant man
Mask (cher)
Mama mias
My left foot
Grease
Beeches (bette midler)
Good fellas
Stepmom
Sound of music
Quiet man

Though i have loads tbh, hard to choose just 10,

Torbroud Tue 22-Dec-20 20:55:50

Any pink panther, Marx brothers, original miss Marples

petra Tue 22-Dec-20 20:14:28

Evie64
When your chewing on life's gristle, don't grumble, give a whistle and this will make things turn out for the best ?

petra Tue 22-Dec-20 20:08:58

Bluecat
We absolutely love The life of Brian. We practically know it word for word and often use quotes in every day life ?

Evie64 Tue 22-Dec-20 19:57:55

Oooo, this is so hard to choose, but here goes:

1. Oliver - the old musical one with Ron Moody playing Fagin. "Gotta pick a pocket or two".

2. Some Like it Hot - "Nobody Talks Like That!"

3. The Godfather Trilogy - I was madly in love with Al Pacino

4. The Ladykilllers - lovely old and very funny film

5. The Court Jester with Danny Kaye - "The Chalice from the Palace has the brew that is true"!

6. Schindler's List - So poignant

7. Sophie's Choice - Again, so poignant

8. The Devils Advocate - "Do you honestly believe that the 20th century wasn't all down to me?" (the devil talking)

9. Wizard of Oz - "I'm melting, melting....."

10. Life of Brian - "10 Dinars for me life story"

That was hard......and so many more many now come to mind.

glammagran Tue 22-Dec-20 19:41:43

In no particular order:-

Lion
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
White Mischief
Parasite
The Bridges of Madison County
A.I.
Don’t Look Now
Enola Holmes
The Good Liar
Ice Cold in Alex

Stilton Tue 22-Dec-20 19:39:33

Dee, good call with Linus Roache's Priest.

Moonstruck
African Queen
Con Air
Leaving Las Vegas
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Vampire's Kiss
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Dogma

JanaNana Tue 22-Dec-20 19:26:38

Brief Encounter
Ladies in Lavender(Judy Dench &Maggie Smith).
Shirley Valentine
Mama Mia
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Dirty Dancing
The Railway Children
A Christmas Carol
Little Dorritt.
Calendar Girls.

Blinko Tue 22-Dec-20 18:32:00

Lawrence of Arabia
Rebecca
Pretty Woman
Great Expectations
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Gran Turino
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Midnight cowboy
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Rainman

and thanks for reminding me...The Ghost Goes West with Robert Donat.

LadyHonoriaDedlock Tue 22-Dec-20 18:08:29

I said on another day I'd have a completely different list of ten...

His Girl Friday
Dr Strangelove
Billy Liar
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Black Narcissus
Paper Moon
The Long Good Friday
Showboat (the 1936 one with Irene Dunn, Allan Jones and Paul Robeson)
The Company of Wolves
Annie Hall

Curlywhirly Tue 22-Dec-20 17:52:25

It's a Wonderful Life
Forrest Gump
Rebecca
Brief Encounter
Great Expectations (David Lean one)
Sound of Music
The Sting
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Casablanca