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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

Aepgirl Tue 22-Dec-20 12:24:46

Grease
Pretty Woman
High Society
Gigi
Carousel
Oklahoma
Brief Encounter
Dirty Dancing
Dr Zhivago
guys and Dolls

Sweetpea60 Tue 22-Dec-20 12:28:36

What lies beneath, The adjustment bureau , The bishops wife , The green mile ,The godfather, Regarding Henry., Gran turino, Little miss sunshine, Made in heaven, Its a mad mad world.

montymops Tue 22-Dec-20 12:37:27

Endless list really
Tom Jones
The Great Escape
Brief Encounter
Bridge of Spies
West Side Story
An Officer and a Gentleman
Gangs of New York
Butch Cassidy
The Sting
Lawrence of Arabia
A Beautiful Mind

Anything with Mark Rylance - such a gifted actor

Mollygo Tue 22-Dec-20 12:48:44

Now I’ve read these, I need a longer list.
LauraNorder I especially agree about all the Christmassy films at the moment. No blood, no violence and a happy ending.
I remember a long time ago saying Kill Bill was my favourite film. What was I thinking of!

Alioop Tue 22-Dec-20 12:57:52

Officer and a Gentleman. Ghost. Little Women(1st one made). Lost Boys. Point Break. Quadrophenia. Dirty Dancing. Purple Rain. It's A Wonderful Life. The Bodyguard .

Delila Tue 22-Dec-20 13:11:28

Bridget Jones Diary
Lawrence of Arabia
Never Let me Go
The Dead

Kartush Tue 22-Dec-20 13:14:52

Hmmmm 10 favourite, ok here goes in no particular order
The Big Easy
Lord of the rings Trilogy
Dog Soldiers
Brassed Off
Alien Resurrection
Blade Trilogy
The Name of the Rose
Interview With a Vampire
A Night to Remember
Hellboy 1 and 2

earnshaw Tue 22-Dec-20 13:17:10

i have to put my christmas ones first, Elf, Polar express, Wonderful life, then Full Monty, Now Voyager, any Bette davis film really, , I also like Saturday night sunday morning and i love Greatest showman, quite an eclectic mix

Delila Tue 22-Dec-20 13:17:51

Not forgetting:-

Old Yellah!

eagleswings Tue 22-Dec-20 13:20:38

Chariots of Fire
Cry Freedom
Brassed Off
Babette’s Feast
Schindler’s List
Thelma and Louise
The Shining
Bridget Jones
Don’t Look Now
Sense and Sensibility
It’s A Wonderful Life
Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont

JanT8 Tue 22-Dec-20 13:21:51

I’d have to add Shadowlands to the list and we watched Dr. Zhivago yesterday afternoon ! I’d forgotten how lovely that film is .

LondonMzFitz Tue 22-Dec-20 13:23:16

This is an excellent resource for my Shielding / Home Alone Christmas watch list!

I'll add to the Meg Ryan Sleepless in Seattle listers my top film

French Kiss
&
Moonstruck
When Harry Met Sally (the music/Harry Connick Jr!)
The Commitments
The Quiet Man
Moonstruck
Bridge of Spies
Brief Encounter
Sleepless in Seattle
You've Got Mail
Some Like It Hot

If you like a funny, gentle romance with a great soundtrack and brilliant scenery, French Kiss is a must!

Happysexagenarian Tue 22-Dec-20 13:27:51

So many of those already mentioned.....

An Affair to Remember

Brief Encounter

Oliver!

Mary Poppins

Pretty Woman

Mrs Doubtfire

I Remember Mama - a very old black & white film that probably no-one else has heard of, about an immigrant family living in America. It's funny, sad, heartwarming and has the seasonal feelgood factor. I remember watching it as a child and would love to find it on DVD.

Happysexagenarian Tue 22-Dec-20 13:33:33

I forgot
Little Women and
The Railway Children

olliebeak Tue 22-Dec-20 13:37:46

2001: A Space Odyssey (Keir Dullea)
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
The Third Man (also Orson Welles)
War Of The Worlds (another Orson Welles one)
The Man Who Came To Dinner (Bette Davis, Monty Woolly and Schnozzle Durante)
Sleepless in Seattle (Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks)
You've Got Mail (also Meg Ryan Ryan and Tom Hanks)
The Day The Earth Stood Still (Michael Rennie version)
Blithe Spirit (Rex Harrison version)
The Anniversary (Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock)

petra Tue 22-Dec-20 13:39:10

Happy
It is for sale on DVD but can't be played on our DVD players. It must be a multi regional player.

LizM567 Tue 22-Dec-20 13:50:08

I absolutely love The Way We Were - I've watched it so many times I almost know all the dialogue!

Notright Tue 22-Dec-20 13:52:34

I'm not going to do the list, too many are equal but Gone with the Wind has to be my all time favourite.

Namsnanny Tue 22-Dec-20 13:57:40

My kind of thread, but too hard to make a choice!
Here goes,

Notes on a Scandal
(I was totally absorbed from beginning to end)
The Talented Mr Ripley
(Captivated by narcissistic Greenleaf and slow decent into psychopathy of Ripley)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
(stands up well against the original tv series. Loved every single actor in it. Casting did a wonderful job)
The Last of the Mohicans
(agree wholeheartedly with Maybee)

Phew, I'll have to have a lie down after that!
Come back with more latertchsmile

Tallyann1 Tue 22-Dec-20 13:58:53

Love lots of your choices GN’s .. but would add Donovan’s Reef and the Quiet Man....merry Christmas and a safe healthy new year ?

Katiejxx Tue 22-Dec-20 14:09:57

Happy - it's on BBC iplayer now smile

readalot Tue 22-Dec-20 14:19:50

My top ten are,
Dracula Untold
West Side Story
The Big Country
Quigley Down Under
Love Actually
Truly Madly Deeply
Townhouse
The Jazz Singer
Marigold Hotel
The Searchers

Happysexagenarian Tue 22-Dec-20 14:24:16

Petra and Katiej Thank you for that, I'll check out both those options thanks

Paperbackwriter Tue 22-Dec-20 14:26:36

I do't really have favourites as such, probably because once I've seen them I don't really choose to see them again. But I loved Help!, The Knack, A Taste of Honey, Le Weekend, and (because of a lifetime crush on Marianne Faithfull, the atrocious but somehow compelling Girl on a Motorcycle.

The one I DO watch most Christmases is The Great Escape. One day Steve will make it over that wire..

Bluecat Tue 22-Dec-20 14:26:41

Some Like It Hot
Withnail And I
The Big Lebowski
Midnight Cowboy
Butch Cassidy
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
Life Of Brian
Little Women (with Winona Ryder)
Love And Death (Woody Allen)
Anything with Steve McQueen!