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A film which has stayed with you from your teenage years.

(73 Posts)
MiniMoon Mon 27-Feb-23 19:45:25

Whistle Down the Wind. I saw it when I was about 11 or 12. I was scared but fascinated.
Melody. I just loved the music. It was a lovely film.

Kate1949 Mon 27-Feb-23 19:35:14

Not when I was a teenager, when I was younger.

Kate1949 Mon 27-Feb-23 19:34:24

The Searchers starring John Wayne. I was terrified that Indians would come and take me.

joannapiano Mon 27-Feb-23 18:27:39

I had a holiday job as an usherette in the local cinema. It was shift work, good money, and I thought I would see all the latest films.
The Sound of Music was on for the whole season and I saw it 52 times. I knew every word of the script, every dance move, every mistake. Us students used to sing and dance (quietly) at the back of the darkened auditorium.

singingnutty Mon 27-Feb-23 18:05:53

South Pacific which my friend and I saw lots of times, and then listened to her LP of the songs a lot, and cried at the sad bits.

MrsKen33 Mon 27-Feb-23 18:02:14

I was 15 when I saw Ben-Hur for the first time. A marvellous thought provoking film. I have seen it numerous times since .

Chestnut Mon 27-Feb-23 17:44:12

dotpocka

bonnie and clyde a rated X
it was pg in states???
you do remember they died in a hail of bullets\ and it was real they were horrible just like charlie starkweather and holly
i did have a crush on martin sheen thrru the 70s

Yes, when I saw the real people and heard their story I was shocked. But even my teenage self realised that Warren and Faye were very glamourised versions created just for the screen.

Chestnut Mon 27-Feb-23 17:41:32

I'm another for Bonnie and Clyde and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Not only great films which moved me (because they were shot up at the end) but also because the leading men made my teenage self swoon!

dotpocka Mon 27-Feb-23 17:41:09

bonnie and clyde a rated X
it was pg in states???
you do remember they died in a hail of bullets\ and it was real they were horrible just like charlie starkweather and holly
i did have a crush on martin sheen thrru the 70s

Grannybags Mon 27-Feb-23 17:25:03

I was going to say Witchfinder General but TerryBull has just reminded me of Bonnie and Clyde. How I loved that film! I wanted to look like Bonnie

kittylester Mon 27-Feb-23 17:13:06

West Side Story - no contest!!

TerriBull Mon 27-Feb-23 16:46:22

Forgot my first x rated film Bonnie and Clyde, serious crush on Warren Beatty after seeing that. Also loved Diana Ross in Lady Sings The Blues

Judy54 Mon 27-Feb-23 16:45:56

The Blue Max starring George Peppard.

TerriBull Mon 27-Feb-23 16:38:49

Definitely Dr Zhivago and also from that era Butch Cassidy and Funny Girl, I loved Barbra Streisand's unconventional, but beautiful looks. Later on The Godfather best film ever imo.

Jaxjacky Mon 27-Feb-23 16:18:14

Carrie, made me, along with most others at the cinema, jump out of my skin!

paddyann54 Mon 27-Feb-23 16:08:15

Doctor Zhivago ,I worked in a cinema in my early teens and saw it twice a day for a full 3 weeks as it was so popular .I still watch it when its on TV

TwiceAsNice Mon 27-Feb-23 16:03:12

To Sir with Love with Sidney Poitier as the teacher and Lulu (singing the opening song) and Judy Geeson as two of the adolescents
I’ve seen it over and over through the years

fiorentina51 Mon 27-Feb-23 15:46:33

A Man for all Seasons with Paul Schofield.

Yammy Mon 27-Feb-23 15:41:32

"High Noon", Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. I enjoyed Cowboy stories and films especially those by Elmore Leonard my second would be Hombre with paul Newman. Blue eyes to die for.

Grandmabatty Mon 27-Feb-23 15:27:47

Race with the Devil, starring Peter Fonda and Loretta Swit. It gave me the absolute chills. And still does.

Redhead56 Mon 27-Feb-23 15:27:03

A Summer Place watched as a teenager loved the music and still do.

Humbertbear Mon 27-Feb-23 15:21:01

Watched it recently and it is still lovely but very dated - Kenneth More is grooming the girls. I still rewatch Lawrence of Arabia which my friendship group loved.

NanKate Mon 27-Feb-23 14:44:39

I absolutely loved ‘The Greengage Summer’ with Susannah York and Kenneth Moore. I wonder if I read it now if it would have the same effect upon me? I was about 17 when I saw it.

I loved all KM films.