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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

Yangste1007 Tue 22-Dec-20 10:37:06

In no particular order:-

Dances with Wolves
Sleepless in Seattle
The Godfather (all of them)
Argo
Sleeping with the Enemy
Butch Cassidy
Rain Man
Paddington
Pulp Fiction
You've Got Mail

Nona4ever Tue 22-Dec-20 10:40:27

The Scent of a Woman
Dead Poets’ Society
Death in Venice
Sleepless in Seattle
Murder on the Orient Express (the Albert Finney one)
The Sting
Philadelphia
Dog Day Afternoon
Home Alone
The Producers

sazz1 Tue 22-Dec-20 10:43:05

Pretty Woman
The Godfather
Leon
An Officer and a Gentleman
Love Story
Mary Poppins

Awesomegranny Tue 22-Dec-20 10:48:50

Bridges of Madison County
Thelma and Louise
Brief Encounter
The holiday
Chatty chatty bang bang
The old Mary Poppins
Jungle Book
Lion King
Out of Africa
Love Story

Damdee Tue 22-Dec-20 10:50:09

Gone with the Wind - first, last and always. True to the book and brilliantly cast.

Also.....Oliver!

Nona4ever Tue 22-Dec-20 10:50:33

OK - seeing as others are having more than 10 -
Gone with the Wind
South Pacific
Rebecca
A Night to Remember - 1956 film about the Titanic and so much more true to the facts than later efforts. And just for pure showbiz glamour it was shot at Ruislip Lido!

timetogo2016 Tue 22-Dec-20 10:51:46

All of the Charles Dickens films especially Scrooge/Great Expectaions and Bleak House.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Mary Poppins.
Not a l over of new films tbh.

annifrance Tue 22-Dec-20 11:10:27

Brief Encounter
Rebecca
Sicario
Quartet
Saving Grace
What we Did on Our Holidays
Pretty Woman
Where Eagles Dare
Bridget Jones

helgawills Tue 22-Dec-20 11:10:50

Wow a lot of fantastic memories here:
El Cid
Rebel without a Cause
East of Eden
Easy Rider
Gone with the Wind
Dances with Wolves
Midnight Cowboy
Hugo
The Colour Purple
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

HannahLoisLuke Tue 22-Dec-20 11:18:45

Hard to pick just ten but here goes

Florence Foster Jenkins
Fly Away Home
Jean de Florette
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Damned United ( and I’m not even a football fan)
Untouchable ( the french film, not the Elliot Ness one)
Invictus
Lamb ( so hard to find on dvd but I persevered)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Ryan’s Daughter

JessK Tue 22-Dec-20 11:25:56

As Good as it Gets
It's a Wonderful Life
All the Presidents Men
Pretty Woman
All the Indiana Jones films
Pretty Woman

Alexa Tue 22-Dec-20 11:26:13

Ghost

Sound of Music

Philomena

Thirty-Nine Steps (the middle one)

schnackie Tue 22-Dec-20 11:29:48

So many good films in these lists. One I have not seen mentioned is Little Voice with Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine and Brenda Blethyn. A true British gem.

Witzend Tue 22-Dec-20 11:34:08

I would add, since I’ve just remembered it, the more recent Goodbye Mr Chips with Martin Clunes. What an incredible actor he is.

QuaintIrene Tue 22-Dec-20 11:36:39

All About Eve
The Birdcage
Coneheads
Jungle Book
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The killing of Sister George
Blithe Spirit
The Conjuring 2
Fiddler on the Roof
Went the Day Well ?

mimismo Tue 22-Dec-20 11:36:58

Pretty Woman
The African Queen
Bringing Up Baby
The Graduate
The King and I
All the Shrek films
Monsters Inc
Aladdin (with Robbie Williams as the genie)
Blithe Spirit
Pride and Prejudice
(children's ones are from watching with my son - honest!)

b1zzle Tue 22-Dec-20 11:38:54

Indecent Proposal
Downton Abbey
Born Free
Les Miserables
ET
Goodbye Mr Chips (Martin Clunes)
Dr Zchivago
The Horse Whisperer

muffin Tue 22-Dec-20 11:40:15

Gone with the Wind
The Godfather 1 and 2
Scarface
Carlito's Way
Cape Fear
Misery
Taxi Driver
Silence of the Lambs
Whatever happened to baby Jane
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Very hard to choose just 10 also loved Pretty Woman and Dances with Wolves

Dee1012 Tue 22-Dec-20 11:43:17

So hard to pick 10!
1. Wuthering Heights (1939 version)
2. To kill a mockingbird.
3. On the waterfront
4. Spartacus.
5. Priest (Linus Roache)
6. The Godfather
7. Rocky
8. Shadowlands.
9. Remains of the day.
10. Leon.

muffin Tue 22-Dec-20 11:44:43

Also forgot Cabaret with Liza Minelli and Oliver could watch them a million times

DanniRae Tue 22-Dec-20 11:47:08

I'd like to add:

Sense and Sensibility
ET
All the Shrek films
Four Weddings and a Funeral

dolphindaisy Tue 22-Dec-20 11:49:43

West Side Story
Witness
To Kill a Mocking Bird
The Untouchables
The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven (loved Steve McQueen)
Lady and the Tramp
Pretty Woman
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Don't Look Now

rowanflower0 Tue 22-Dec-20 11:49:52

PRETTY WOMAN
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
NOTTING HILL
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
GHOST
THE QUARTET
CLEOPATRA
CARRY ON SARGENT
LOVE ACTUALLY
THE ADMIRABLE CHRITON
all on Christmas day please!

granjan66 Tue 22-Dec-20 11:59:29

Gone With the Wind
The Deer Hunter
Casablanca
Flash Dance
Mama Mia
Mama Mia 2
The Bridges of Madison County
Schindlers List
To Kill a Mocking Bird
The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas

leeds22 Tue 22-Dec-20 12:05:21

Dr Zhivago
Blade Runner
Some Like it Hot
Bourne series
Pulp Fiction
Grease

Hated Silence of the Lambs - gave me nightmares for 3 nights.