Your best film ever?

Hi all. I’m a regular reader but don’t post often - hope you don’t mind my penny’s worth!
I really love Cinema Paradiso - music is wonderful; I’m having it at my funeral!
A Few Good Men
Dead Poets Society
Am sure there are a few others……

Always love the last film I saw, in this case Elvis, which I really enjoyed. Favourite of all time, probably The Graduate.

I have to say, I loved Life is Beautiful. So funny in places yet so tragic in others.
It was filmed in Tuscany. Some in Arezzo and some scenes in and around Montevarchi the town my mother came from.

I would love to watch World according to Garp. Robbie Williams at his best.

Favourite film ever .... for me it has to be Cabaret. I normally loathe musicals but this is something else and I even named my son after one of the actors. Dr Zhivago is a close second and then Life is Beautiful but both have such sad endings, there would have to be a good supply of tissues for everyone!

Arrrh! What's wrong with the spell check ? Beek.

A Matter of Life and Death

Or, since I’d have to have kids there

The Princess Bride

Been.

Granny been. Zulu is my husbands favourite film of all time,especially when Ivor Immanuel sings Men of Harlech. We went to a reunion a few years ago for the South Wales Borderers all the families wore name badges of who was who. My husband soon got into conversation with all the families and can quote line for line every scene in the film.

I have always liked the original Pride and Prejudice film with Sir Lawrence Olivier, despite, or because of, the costumes, even if they were inaccurate for the period. The Three Faces of Eve is another one I'd like to see again, I'm not sure if my choices would appeal to my guests though, and anything that they'd enjoy I probably wouldn't. I'm usually the one out of step!

Another vote for Dr Zhivago. The snow, the daffodils , the music , Julie Christie, Omar Sharif . Wonderful!

The Sting, with Paul Newman & Robert Redford, and superb music!

The Bodyguard with Whitney Houston & Kevin Costner!!

My favourite sort of film is a musical.

But my very favourite film of all time is Zulu. Ivor Emanuel singing Men of Harlech…I’m welling up just thinking about it and may have to watch it again later.

All About Eve but Casablanca comes close.

Sorry I keep popping up. Keep remembering another favourite.
Two Tom Hanks films this time, Mr Phillips and Philadelphia

A lot of films have stayed with me and I have a few favourites but nothing has ever come close to The Godfathers.

Shirley Valentine and Shawshanks and Dr.Zhivago

Midnight cowboy and Some like it hot.

Love this post!
However, too many that I really like to choose just one, including
Cinema Paradiso
Life is beautiful
Pans Labyrinth
The Great Escape
The Constant Gardener (loved the book too!)
Any film with Tom Hanks, Robert Di Niro and Frances McDormand in!
My DGD would say my favourite is Zootropolis, and I'm definitely partial to any Minion film
My 2 daughter's know all the words from Bugsy Malone and the Wizard of Oz...and I do mean ALL the words!!
I'm from a big family so could probably fill the Cinema...what a bargain, £120 for 100 people!!! Is this available at any Cineworld cinema do you know MawtheMerrier?

JackyB

My favourite ever film is The Commitments but for a big audience I would show the Sound of Music. It's practically unknown here in Germany.

That’s perhaps because the Von Trapps were nazis.

I’ve already mentioned my favourite older films but my current favourite is Elvis with Tom Hanks and Austin Butler(?)
Just fabulous. Could watch it over and over.

Also Out of Africa and Gladiator, both with wonderful soundtracks.

I loved The Honest Courtesan (also called Dangerous Beauty). It was a bit corny in places but a real love story.

AreWeThereYet

The Mission. For the music, the scenery, an actual story, Robert de Niro, Jeremy Irons, and a very young Liam Neeson. But an ending to make you weep.

Strangely I've never met anyone else who has seen it.

I’ve seen it and loved it, except for the gut wrenching opening scene. I had the theme music on a cassette, gone now. Must see if the film is available on dvd, before they become obsolete.
Speaking of Liam Neeson, one if my favourite films is Lamb with Liam playing a priest who runs away with a young boy who was being abused at his orphanage/ school. Heartbreaking.