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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

suzette1613 Mon 21-Dec-20 19:09:19

Also:

Educating Rita,
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

So many good films!

GrandmasueUK Mon 21-Dec-20 18:59:08

Gone With The Wind
Flight of The Navigator
Dirty Dancing
Schindler's List
Mamma Mia
Shirley Valentine
Some Like It Hot
The Admirable Crichton
Mary Poppins
Rebecca

Kim19 Mon 21-Dec-20 18:01:59

Young at Heart
Roman Holiday
Goodbye Mr Chips (Petula Clark/Peter O'Toole)
Notting Hill
The American President
Something's gotta give
Jack and Sarah
Mamma Mia (part one)
The Sound of Music
Calamity Jane.

bonfirebirthday Mon 21-Dec-20 17:59:08

Gone with the Wind
Little Women (latest version)
Schindler' List
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Broke back Mountain
Casablanca
28 Days
Dumbo
Bambi

Trisha57 Mon 21-Dec-20 17:58:55

Some like it Hot
Footloose
Dirty Dancing
West Side Story
Shall We Dance
An Officer and a Gentleman
Love Actually
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (saw it seven times when it first came out!)
The Green Mile
Strictly Ballroom

Witzend Mon 21-Dec-20 17:55:31

A lot of oldies!
E.T.
The Tamarind Seed (70s Cold War drama with Omar Sharif and Julie Andrews in her first non-saccharine role)
Whistle Down The Wind
Persuasion (the version with Amanda Root)
Cabaret (the original with Liza Minnelli)
Blithe Spirit (great fun)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

More recent ones include
Spotlight (true story of unmasking abuse by priests in Boston)
Philomena
and The Big Short - about the American who was apparently the only one to see the financial crisis of 2008 coming. Superb acting by whoever played him - I can never remember their names!

I hate anything with a lot of violence/anything sadistic, and just won’t watch them any more.

Kate1949 Mon 21-Dec-20 17:51:49

On the Town
Sweet Charity

Fishpieplease Mon 21-Dec-20 17:45:53

Bridges of Madison County
The Graduate
Some like it hot
The English Patient
Nativity
The Piano
The sound of music
Don’t look now
Bugsy Malone
The great Gatsby

gulligranny Mon 21-Dec-20 17:28:16

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Notting Hill
Shadowlands
Brief Encounter
Erin Brokovich
South Pacific
The Apartment
Field of Dreams
Mr Holland's Opus
Local Hero

There are others that I love, but these I can watch over again and never tire of them.

Puzzler61 Mon 21-Dec-20 17:27:58

Saving Mr Banks
Miss Potter
About a Boy
An Officer and a Gentleman
Bridget Jones
Love Actually
The American
The 2 Paddington Bear films
Mary Poppins Returns

Kate1949 Mon 21-Dec-20 17:22:08

The trouble is, it's hard to remember them all.
I loved
Love Story
Saving Mr Banks
Soldier Blue was memorable for its shock value as was A Clockwork Orange

Roses Mon 21-Dec-20 17:08:17

What no mention of ET!!!

Blossoming Mon 21-Dec-20 17:04:17

2 more, seeing as people are counting series as one film!

Zulu
Angels One Five

Blossoming Mon 21-Dec-20 16:58:12

Nightmare Before Christmas
The Godfather trilogy
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction
Young Frankenstein
Life of Brian
Source Code
Wrath of Khan

Lyndylou Mon 21-Dec-20 16:47:41

Some Like it Hot
Kind Hearts & Coronets
West Side Story
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
In the Mood for Love (Chinese and absolutely sumptious!)
Penny Serenade (Still makes me cry)
Whistle Down the Wind (first cinema visit, really affected me!)
The LadyKillers (the original)
Grease
Gone With The Wind

beverly10 Mon 21-Dec-20 16:37:50

Surprised no mention of 'Titanic' which won eleven awards.?

LadyHonoriaDedlock Mon 21-Dec-20 16:33:50

TerriBull – always good to see love for Barry Lyndon!

TerriBull Mon 21-Dec-20 16:31:38

Damn! forgot Don't Look Now, loved that one.

LadyHonoriaDedlock Mon 21-Dec-20 16:28:44

Oh now then! Ask me tomorrow and I'd probably come up with a different ten but...

Some Like It Hot
Bringing Up Baby
The Red Shoes
Don't Look Now
The Last Picture Show
Les Enfants du Paradis
Paris, Texas
Brief Encounter
Spirited Away
2001 A Space Odyssey

beverly10 Mon 21-Dec-20 16:16:44

Out of Africa.I have visited where this tear jerker was filmed.
Bridges of Madison County.(another tear jerker)
Dances with Wolves.I can relate to where this was filmed having visited and observed the present day reservations where many of the descendants of these tribes are living.

LaRia44 Mon 21-Dec-20 16:00:58

Oh no, Eddie’s not on!

LaRia44 Mon 21-Dec-20 15:59:30

84 Charring Cross Road, I love the book too.
Can’t think of more now, just going to listen to my guilty pleasure on LBC. Eddie Mair!

TerriBull Mon 21-Dec-20 15:52:17

This is quite a hard one, undoubtedly there were films that I fell in love with at the time, Bonnie and Clyde springs to mind, it was my first sneaky "X" rated film, I think I was 15 at the time, but not sure I'd put that on my list now. Same with Saturday Night Fever, loved it at the time. And depending on mood, feel good films that present the romanticised Hollywood version of chocolate box England, Bridget Jones Love Actually spring to mind. However, those below would be my definitive all time favourites.

Godfather 1 and 2
Barry Lyndon
Doctor Zhivago
Ryan's Daughter
Sound of Music
Gone With The Wind
Gladiator
The English Patient
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Hook

25Avalon Mon 21-Dec-20 15:52:03

Mrs Doubtfire
Gone with the Wind
Far from the Madding Crowd (original)
Nanny McFee
Whistle Down the Wind
Their Finest Hour
The Lion King
The Great Gatsby
Rebel without a Cause
Chicken Run

Kate1949 Mon 21-Dec-20 15:50:12

I'm watching Dances with Wolves now. It's marvellous, even after watching it about five times.