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Lcp88

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Okay, this has probably been done many many times, but the Big Fish thread got me thinkin - Whats everybodys favorite movie/s?

Mine:
10. Punch Drunk Love
9. The Breakfast Club
8. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. The Lion King
6. Beetlejuice
5. Edward Sissorhands
4. Mrs. Doubtfire (I can quote it line for line :))
3. Spinal Tap
2. Being John Malkovich
1. Moulin Rouge

Honorable Mention: About Schmidt, Anastasia (yes the animated one;) :D ), Vincent, and The Exorcist.

Laura
 
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Johar

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Good topic!

1. Saving Private Ryan
2. Lord of the Rings trilogy
3. Stand By Me
4. The Black Stalion
5. Sunset Boulevard
6. Caddyshack
7. Ordinary People
8. Taps
9. Lolita (remake)
10. White Squall
11. Picnic at Hanging Rock
12. Billy Elliot
13. Cat People
14. Titanic
15. Gladiator
16. Heathers
17. Breakfast Club
18. Edward Scissorhands
19. Sixteen Candles
20. Brideshead Revisited (British miniseries)
21. Clerks
22. Terminator 2
 
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Aw, where shall I begin.......just a few:
1. The Lion in Winter
2. Romancing the Stone
3. Jewel of the Nile
4. Pride and Prejudice (all versions and remakes)
5. The Barretts of Whimpole Street (all versions)
6. The Day the Earth Stood Still
7. Flower Drum Song
8. Come to the Stable
9. Chorus Line
10. Medicine Man
11. You've Got Mail
12. The Abyss
13. Murphy's Romance
14. African Queen
15. I Remember Mama......................42
 
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Antilles

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Cool topic. All time favourite: the Star Wars Trilogy ( I can't pick just one)-hence my username.

Others in no particular order:

Pirates of the Caribbean
Love Actually
Moulin Rouge
The Great Muppet Caper, the Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Secret of NIMH. (I'm a kid at heart).
Thorn Birds (I know, a mini series, not a movie)
Pretty in Pink (just finished watching that).
American Beauty
Almost Famous
Shawshank Redemption
The American President

I can't really remember the dramas I like right now. I mostly love comedies.
 
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SusanBeth

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The Ghost and Mrs Muir (My favorite line is ''Oh, what we've missed together Lucia. What we've both missed!'' said by Rex Harrison. It gets me every time.)

7 Brides for 7 Brothers
Blazing Saddles (It's twue!)
Titanic
The King and I
Harvey

If it has Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, or Jimmy Stewart- I love it!
 
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Piel

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The Big Chill
Grease
Steele Magnolias
Howard's End
Enchanted April
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Casa Blanca
Gone With the Wind
The Bishop's Wife
Sense and Sensibility
Soul Food
Waiting To Exhale
Ocean's Eleven
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Rob Roy
 
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icenut84

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Wow, I have so many... I'll just list the ones I can think of, no doubt I'll forget lots of them.

Including those from when I was little:

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (especially the barn dance scene!)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Mary Poppins
The Wizard of Oz
The Little Mermaid
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Legally Blonde
Billy Elliot
Moulin Rouge
Dumb & Dumber
Life Is Beautiful (a must-see)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Save The Last Dance
Bridget Jones's Diary
Cool Runnings

plus probably lots more...
 
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Pati

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Spaceballs!
The Wizard of Oz
The Sound of Music
An American in Paris
Oklahoma

The Lord of the Ring trilogy(haven't seen the second 2 but know I'll like them;read the series more times than I can count)
...:)
 
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Tonichelle

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I've gotta go by genre or I'll never remember them all :laugh:

Comedy:
Three Amigos
Arsenic & Old Lace
Father of the Bride Part I & II
The Philidelphia Story
Duck Tape (Red Green Feature Film)
All of the Muppets Movies :laugh:
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Picture Perfect (It's a Feature Films for Families movie)

Musicals:
Fiddler on the Roof
Sound of Music
Cats
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Oklahoma
Grease
From Justin to Kelly (ok I know I am lame! LOL)
Chicago
Wizard of Oz

Drama:
Pirates of the Caribbean(though it was so funny it could be a dramatic comedy, or a comedic drama)
Ghost of Mississippi
Walking Across Egypt
Nuremberg
Indiana Jones (all three)
Emma
Remember The Titans

Sci-Fi
Star Wars (all 5 I guess)
Jurassic Park (all of them)


Computer Animation:
Toy Story I & II
Veggie Tales : Jonah
Finding Nemo (Harpo, Cheeko, Elmo, etc)
Monsters Inc
Shrek ( SHREK! I'M LOOKIN DOWN! :laugh: )
Ice Age

Disney (Cartoon):
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Emperor's New Groove
Lion King
Bambi (even though it's supposed to be the Anti-Hunting movie)


Family Movies:
Princess Diaries
Lizzie McGuire (so sue me LOL)
Agent Cody Banks


there are a bunch of others but my head hurts so it's hard to think LOL
 
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Very partial list; I limited myself to one film per favorite director
  • 8 1/2
  • Seventh Seal
  • Andrei Rublev
  • Rushmore (Original film by Kurasawa, not the remake)
  • Dinner Game
  • One flew over the Cookoo's nest
  • Shortcuts
  • Tootsie
  • Double life of Veronique
  • Ashes and Diamonds
  • Roman Vacation
 
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sk8fanconvert

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This is very hard...

1. All About Eve
2. Pride and Prejudice (the A & E version of a few years back- technicallly I guess that's TV)
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Defending Your Life
5. Babe
6. Sliding Doors
7. Howard's End
8. The Fifth Element
9. Strictly Ballroom
10. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

honorable mentions
Muriel's Wedding, Flawless, Casablanca, Die Hard, Hairspray,
Lord of the Rings- Return of the King, While You Were Sleeping, When Harry Met Sally, Postcards from the Edge, Chicago, Sunset Boulevard, Grease, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
 
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icenut84

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Some more that I forgot (but Tonichelle reminded me :) ) -

Toy Story I & II
Finding Nemo
Shrek

Also loved Cinderella when I was little (the cartoon version)
 
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mpal2

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Do trilogys count as 1 movie? I have a trilogy of trilogys to list. :D

1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
2. Arsenic and Old Lace
3. Star Wars (the 1st trilogy)
4. Chicago
5. Pirates of the Caribbean
6. All of M Night Shimalyns movies (I know I butchered his name but you get the point)
7. The Princess Bride
8. Harvey
9. Hitchcock movies (I know, it's more than one but those are too hard to pick from) :love:
10. Awakenings

Some action, some tearjerkers and some fantasy/sci-fi. I love them all.
 
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BronzeisGolden

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I have a thousand favorite movies, but I'll go with 16 to start with:

1. West Side Story
2. Moulin Rouge
3. Schindler's List
4. The Color Purple
5. The Sixth Sense
6. The Land Before Time (The very first one)
7. Titanic
8. Glory
9. The Naked Gun 21/2
10. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
11. The Star Wars Trilogy (The first 3)
12. Abyss
13. Aliens
14. The Poseidon Adventure
15. Ben Hur
16. Die Hard

That's a start!
 
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Lcp88:

I have too many to put on a list. I hate to disappoint you but, "Punch Drunk Love" is on my Worst movie list!!!
 
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JonnyCoop

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1. Thelma & Louise
2. The Color Purple
3. The Big Chill
4. The Grifters
5. Party Girl
6. Chicago
7. Bagdad Cafe
8. The Witches of Eastwick
9. Priscilla Queen of the Desert
10. Nashville (I wish some of the people auditoning for American Idol had the kind of friend like the one guy who tells this one woman "Well, you can't sing!! You never could!!")

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Pitch Black, Georgy Girl, The Turning Point, The Crying Game, 200 Cigarettes.
 
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Pookie

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The Philadelphia Story
Lord of the Rings movies
Star Wars movies
The Quiet Man
Sleepless in Seattle
You've Got Mail
Pride and Prejudice (A&E minisieries)
Gone With The Wind
Vivacious Lady
Bachelor Mother

That's all that come to mind right now.
 
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mike79

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The Star Wars movies (all 5)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Dances With Wolves
Moulin Rouge
The English Patient
Casablanca
Parenthood
The Godfather trilogy
Boogie Nights
 
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supersk8er

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God, whenever I try to remember mine, they escape my mind..

1. Moulin Rouge
2. Philidelphia
3. The Lion King
4. Life as a House
5. I Love You to Death
6. Remember the Titans
7. Pirates of the Caribbean
8. Cutting Edge
9. Orange County
10. Kill Bill
 
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