Your best film ever?

Shawshank Redemption every time. Trendy?? Surely not

Casablanca. Wizard of Oz every Christmas!

Out of Africa with out a doubt

‘No Way Out’ Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman 1987
Brilliant edge of seat political thriller.

Green Mile

There are so many
As good as it gets
Scent of a woman
Shadowlands
Dead poets society
I could go on but these are the ones that come to mind as stand outs for me.

The Hours

Wigtown

‘No Way Out’ Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman 1987
Brilliant edge of seat political thriller.

Oooo! I'd forgotten all about that one. It is good isnt it?

White Christmas
High Noon
The Graduate

‘Some Like it Hot’ is on my list too, it was on TV again a few weeks ago and I dropped everything to sit and watch it again, never get tired of it.

I also love Saturday Night Fever, I queued for ages to get into the pictures to see it & have watched it many times since.

Some like it hot and ‘Stardust’ are my favourites

I loved all the old black and white films. Watched every Saturday afternoon with my mum. All the old weepies, loved the strength of Katherine Hepburn and Bette Davis. One of my all time favourites is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

The Rebel with Tony Hancock.

The English Patient or Apocalypse Now

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, this film has everything.

Has to be “The Shawshank Redemption “ .

I love some of these too but my absolute favourite is To Sir with Love with the marvellous Sidney Poitier . I always cry!

Loved him in the Mr Tibbs films too.

When Harry Met Sally! Fabulous!

Brief Encounter, Gone with the wind, both oldies but as good now as back in the day.

There are so many really. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Star Wars. The Abyss. Silent Running. Gattaca. (Yes, I love sci fi!) Wuthering Heights, with Ralph Fiennes.

So many but all time best is The Deer Hunter! OH's is Lawrence of Arabia. We also loved Dr Zhivago, Gone with the Wind and the Godfather.

Lots of good suggestions there, I would like to add in Ben Hur and El Cid.

Astonished that no-one has mentioned ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. I am convinced that it has never been remade because they know it could not be bettered.

Others on my list would be:

It’s a Wonderful Life
The Post (but anything with Tom Hanks really).
On Golden Pond
Love Actually
The African Queen

And I agree with all the mentions of ‘The Shawshank Redemption’.

Les Miserables, for fantastic music and a great story

Remains of the Day.
Perfect locations, casting, acting, costumes, script, everything!