Do you want to make a list?! I really do! Can we make a list together? Yes we can! I would LOVE to know your very favourite movies of all time, and a little bit about why. You can name one, or a few, but they must be the movies you love the very most. Desert Island Flicks, if you will!
Also, you can come back and add more as you think of them. Sometimes a question like this puts you on the spot, and you only remember the things you wanted to say later on. So feel free to comment more than once. PLUS these don’t have to totally represent WHO YOU ARE. They can just be the movies you would like to choose now. I understand that things change and what you love today may be added to or adjusted in some way tomorrow.
You get started and I will check back with MY faves tomorrow!
xx Pip
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If you were to watch movies with me, I'd offer a choice of Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Third Man, Ghost World, The Shining, or the original Cape Fear.
I recently got the urge to watch
HEATHERS
deliciously cliche & dark!
xoxx s
the Royal Tennenbaums because it is awesome (and Wes Anderson is my favourite)
Oh my!!
First pick would have to be The Princess Bride. We rented it again on dvd this weekend and we watched it twice. I love this movie, the six fingered man, Andre the Giant, The Pit of Despair, the lines!!! (I am Diego Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die). It rocks.
Desperately Seeking Susan. How hot is Aidan Quinn in this movie?!? I totally wanted to be Madonna/Susan/Rosanna Arquette so bad. When I watch this movie now, it still transports me back to watching this as a teenager and wishing I could be like them when I grew up.
Sixteen Candles. I used to love this movie because of Molly Ringwald, but now I love this movie because of Anthony Michael Hall. He is so cute in this movie, I just wanna adopt him. The kids are so geeky in this I just love them.
And a modern one, The Departed. This is such an awesome movie, no matter how many times I watch it. Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio. Such a good story and so well acted.
Love Carolyn's comment that she still uses comments from:
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
I relate to that – my whole family use phrases (probably the same ones) because it's just so bloody funny!
i.e. Igor: Dr. Frankenstein…
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Fronkensteen."
Igor: You're putting me on.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."
Igor: Do you also say "Froaderick"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No… "Frederick."
Igor: Well, why isn't it "Froaderick Fronkensteen"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn't; it's "Frederick Fronkensteen."
Igor: I see.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor.
[He pronounces it ee-gor]
Igor: No, it's pronounced "eye-gor."
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But they told me it was "ee-gor."
Igor: Well, they were wrong then, weren't they?
(still cracks me up)
ooo, ooo! Let me think, soooo many!!
But I have to say, Jaws, because it made me scared of water for ever and ever, at the age of 6.
And the original Star Wars trilogy. I had posters, bed sheets, the record, AND…Darth Vader's autograph. I met him at Myer.
Ahem,
Big Trouble in Little China!
I can't remember how many ties I watched this as a kid, am pretty sure I can still recite Kurt Russels monolougue…
The Royal Tennenbaums.
Little Miss Sunshine.
Rushmore.
My neighbour Totoro
Ooh, I forgot 'The Piano', what a beautiful movie! 🙂
So many to name and no doubt some of these have already been mentioned but here goes!
Stand By Me
Wayne's World
Boys on the Side
The Labyrinth
Blue Velvet
Magnolia
The Lost Boys
Pulp Fiction
I Love You Man
Amelie
Pan's Labyrinth
Knocked Up
Cry Baby
Edward Scissorhands
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Amores Perros
Airheads
Punch Drunk Love
The Cup
Samsara
Little Miss Sunshine
Lost in Translation
Vicky, Christina, Barcelona
Stealing Beauty
How to Make an American Quilt
Bright Star
Muriel's Wedding
Malcolm
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Monster's Inc.
Half Nelson
And the list goes on!!!!!!
so many films i love, so i will go for what i have seen recently and loved:
1. barefoot in the park
2. the prince & the showgirl
3. singing in the rain
4. the three muskeeters (the michael york one)
5. breakfast club
6. desperately seeking susan
7. breakfast at tiffanys
8. some like it hot
9. operation petticoat
10. father goose
the old ones are the best. i don't mean to sound corny, but they really dont make them like they use to.
Jane Eyre (the one with Toby Stephens in it) is my all time fav. I can watch that movie every week and never get tired of it.
1. Uncle Buck – "Can the dog drink that blue stuff?"
2. Animal House
3. Bull Durham – "Isn't that a little excessive for the Carolina league?"
4. Rear Window
5. Freaky Friday – "Hello.It was a Ducati."
6. Legally Blonde
7. Stripes – "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
tuesdays with morrie, its about a young man and old man and lifes greatest lessons its the sweetest movie ever, i promise you'll love it and it has a book too!! and it just leaves you forever warmed with the afterglow.
p.s love the list of movies so far
Laura, am so happy you said 'Stand By Me', i just love that movie and can't wait until my son is old enough to enjoy it too 🙂
My other faves are Gone with the Wind (could watch it over and over) and Dumb and Dumber, it makes me laugh til my tummy hurts.
For a good old cry Life is Beautiful
The Breakfast Club is definitely a great start – I even love the theme song .. 'don't you .. forget about me'.
Other faves are Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles (ok so I love Gene Wilder) Mean Girls and Big Fish. Signs is also awesome!
Ok I'll stop because I could go on forever.
just two more,,,
Tootsie! (dustin hoffman rules).
9 To 5! (this is seriously a classic film).
Ferris Bueller – because it makes me laugh, I know all the lines, I sing the songs, it's brilliant.
love actually – it's lovely and I can watch it every Christmas
Gregory's girl – because " did you know that when you sneeze it comes out of your nose 100 miles an hour. Atchoo just like that!"
It's been so fun to read everyone's faves.
I can't go past Stand By Me, it was a childhood favourite and it has stood the test of time superbly.
I adore Ponyo, maybe in part because when I saw it my little daughter had a big thing for ham so we called her Ponyo!
I like many others just melt watching Amelie, it is truly beautiful and I can still get so drawn into her world of whimsy.
I love John Cusack, mpre of a fan when his siter is tagging along in the movie with him! I really love Serendipity and Say Anything.
Gee now I am remembering loads of 80's classics that are awesome! Anything from the Molly Ringwald back catalogue – when everyone wanted to be a redhead like Molly and finally The Goonies – I really think Martha Plimpton was a star. Cheers
So, my list would have, in no particular order:
1. Singin' in the rain (makes me happy if I am down).
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (I liked this movie, then when I broke up with my first serious boyfriend I watched it repeatedly and it helped me see that even though something hurts it is still good, 'coz you learn from it).
3. Donnie Darko, the first version, NOT the re-released directors cut. What's with all of the waves?
4. Children of Men, best dystopian movie ever, so real and so scary. I still have nightmares about the scene where the woman gets taken off the bus…shiver…
Also, I noticed a lot of people listed Howl's Moving Castle – I LOVED that film, but then I read the book by Diana Wynn Jones. It is sooooooo much better than the book that I cannot list Howl as a favourite movie anymore. She is a great author and I highly recommend her books to y'all. But all of Miyazaki's animations are top notch. If I ever have kids Disney won't get a look in.
one i forgot on my list and cant see mentioned here (forgive me if it has and i missed it)…TAXI DRIVER!!
and another I think is also more than worthy of an inclusion here….THELMA & LOUISE!
Great idea, my fave movies I watch again & again:
Working Girl
Lord of the Rings
The Harry Potters
Raiders of the Lost Ark (H.Ford still young and reasonably hot)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1950s version)
The Court Jester
4 Weddings and a Funeral
Mr Blandings Builds his Dream Home
Christmas Vacation (a yuletide tradition at our house)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – fabulous screenplay and concept…and incredibly sad.
Requeim for a Dream – Darren Aronofsky…
Lord of the Rings Trilogy – favourite books turned into amazing movies…what else can I say?
Romeo and Juliet – soemthing to do with the age I was when this came out and my love of shakespeare. But I generally love all of Luhrmanns films.
Love Actually – can watch this over and over – great casting.
Science of Sleep – again, Michel Gondry – great movie.
Willow – childhood favourite (also Val Kilmer before he got fat and old:)
Moulin Rouge – Luhrmann again, I'm a sucker for a good musical movie.
Pans Labrinyth (and the Labrinyth for that matter) – eerie and lovely at the same time.
A Clockwork Orange – mindf***
Pulp Fiction – such a classic
Anchorman – the most quoted movie of all time? Yes. It is totally worthy.
you may also love;
MONSOON WEDDING visually engulfing
THE GODFATHER TRILOGY horse head
AMELIE truly vulnerable beauty
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
THE DEPARTED
THE BIG BLUE spunky man
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
LADYHAWK
CREEPSHOW the cockroaches omg
TRILOGY OF TERROR remember the doll
CABARET
WEST SIDE STORY
HIGH SOCIETY
MERRY CHRISTMAS MR LAWRENCE
VICTOR VICTORIA
THE MAGNIFICENT 7
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
DONNIE DARKO the rabbit
CASINO ROYALE (ORIGINAL 1960'S VERSION)
i could go on but i will be here all day and i have an apple pie to make.
Now for Australian films:
STARSTRUCK 1982, jo kennedy, i was 16 and having so much fun.
STRICTLY BALLROOM A first for Baz.
MAD MAX When Mel Gibson was young and gorgeous
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT This film says Sydney to me.
THE CASTLE Australian humour at its best.
GALLIPOLI everything in one film
MURIELS WEDDING your terrible muriel.
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK scared the you now whats out of me as a kid.
PUBERTY BLUES aussie beach life in the 70's and 80's.
SHINE a modern miracle
Ok, lets start with comedy:
SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER Mike Myers at his absolute best.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN i still use lines from this film, even 25 years after first seeing it.
THE JERK this film started my comedy love affair with Steve Martin
DUMB AND DUMBER side splitting
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS another Steve Martin winner, Ruprik(how do you spell it) stays with you forever
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE a modern comedy classic
I'll be back later with another catagory!
And…
Say Anything. Ahh Lloyd Dobbler & the boom box.
High Fidelity. The older Lloyd Dobbler aka John Cusack and his records. And Jack Black at his finest.
Ice Storm. A perfectly sad piece of suburban life frozen in time.
Hannah and her Sisters. Dianne Weist. At.her.best.
Annie Hall. It's all about her clothes.
Ferris Beuller. Every second a quote. DankerShane.
The Notebook – it kills me every time.
Sound of Music – reminds me of my childhood.
Sweet Home Alabama – You gotta love happy endings.
Ummm, of course The Princess Bride, The Squid and the Whale, The Ice Storm, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Dirty Filthy Love, Stardust. Now I just want to go and watch them all. Love Kate xxooxx.
Another vote for Singing in the Rain for Gene Kelly's amazing dancing and because it's just so funny and sweet.
Moulin Rouge–Crazy, beautilful and I love Ewan Mcgregor
Grease–Love!
(can you tell I love musicals?)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-I love the combination of adventure and romance so for the same reason….
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Casino Royal–Daniel Craig….mmmmm
Because we can all use a laugh:
The Gods Must be Crazy
(an hilarious film made in Africa)
The Frisco Kid
(starring Gene Wilder)
Anything that stars (or even lists) Danny Kaye
Yay! I love movies.
In no particular order, because I'm the worst a picking my fave of things.
Sixteen Candles- I love this movie, love mollie ringwald!
The Brother's Bloom- I love the acting, I love the quirkyness, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weiz, it's awesome
Reality Bites- I love the 90's feel of this movie, I always loved Winona Ryder in her early days.
Heima/ Sigur Ros- Proably goes down as the most beautiful band documentary. Filmed in Iceland with the band Sigur Ros as they tour their homeland doing free shows for the towns people. Beautiful!!
The Devil and Daniel Johnston- Daniel Johnston is one of todays most amazing song writers. This documents his life and his dealings with mental illness. Seriously an amazing man!
Fast Times At Ridgemont High- This movie has late seventies early eighties all over it. I love the cast, the real life teen issues. It's awesome!
Juno- I love this movie. I love the humor, acting, the emotion, great great movie!
I know I'll remember more, but these are tops on my list!
Can't wait to check out some of the other recommendations.
my list would change a bit daily, but here are some of my all time all time faves
1. A matter of Life & Death – a British 1940s movie – magical – David Niven dir. Powell & Pressburger
2. North by Northwest – this way I get Hitchcock AND Cary Grant in one!
3. Brief Encounter – so terribly terribly English – and deeply moving.
4. The King & I – Yul, Yul, Yul swoon
5. Wings of Desire – Peter Falk, angels & Berlin – heaven indeed.
6. Singing in the Rain – so many great numbers … beautiful colour and Cyd Charisse's amazing legs!
7. Fight Club. sorry can't talk about it …
8. After Life – Japanese movie – utterly sublime – about filming 1 memory before ascending to heaven …
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – the whole concept makes me weep.
10. Seventh Veil – the mellifluous James Mason at his most evil 🙂
oooh that was fun! Want to watch them all now!
I vote for – An affair to remember = the most beautiful film
and About last night – cool 80s for those of us a bit older than the pretty in pink crowd!
These are the movies that are like my bowl of soup and and a blanket on a rainy day, or whenever I'm stuck at home with a sick day:
Cannery Row- Nick Nolte and Debra Winger and a whole cast of quirky characters. Love the music and the setting and the sweet, yet sometimes silly, story.
Amelie- Love this movie! And, every time I watch it, I pick up something I never noticed before.
Princess Bride- This movie is just so much fun and has so many great lines in it.
Cinema Paradisio- The little boy's love of movies and his friendship with Alfredo is fantastic. And the ending, I cry, every single time… but in a good way.
The Piano by Jane Campion is my all time favourite – gorgeous soundtrack, gothic, romantic, wild scenery…heavenly!
other more recent faves include:
Animal Kingdom
Lantana
Slumdog Millionaire
The Departed
Kick Ass
Lars and the Real Girl
Boy
Amelie
I couldn't possibly do them in any sort of order, but here's a go…
The Breakfast Club (because the pic reminded me)
The Dark Crystal (if I had a daughter I was going to name her Kira)
Moulin Rouge
Romeo and Juliet (Baz again, because it's been THAT kind of week)
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Dirty Dancing
When Harry met Sally
Pirates of the Carribean (the first one – just for a Johnny Depp fix)
Might have to come back…
Thank you Pip and everyone.
Love this post!
Lars and the Real Girl
Raging Bull
Pan's Labrinyth
Little Miss Sunshine
Chocolat
Pleasantville
Oh, thank you To Frankly feisty for reminding about Silkwood and Sophie's Choice
10 movies I love, in no particular order:
1. Wings of Desire
2. The Science Of Sleep
3. Stranger Than Fiction
4. When Harry Met Sally
5. Dirty Dancing
6. Elf
7. Short Cuts
8. Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself
9. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Dirty Dancing
Grease
500 Days of Summer
Tamara Drewe
An Education
PS I Love You
Juno
Whip It
Beauty & The Beast
This week I was looking for new movies to watch too! Some of my favourites:
– Chocolat
– Le herisson
– 500 days of summer
– Dancer in the dark (with Björk)
– Juno
– Control (about Joy Division)
– Requiem (a German movie)
– Goodbye Lenin
– Das Leben der Anderen
That will do!
Ooo, what fun!
Across the Universe – probably my current favourite, directed by Julie Taymor (whose creative brain I envy beyond belief), visually amazing, great performances, oh, and it's a Beatles musical, what's not to love?
Never Let Me Go – (<– also read the book). Beautiful. Andrew Garfield's performance is breathtaking.
Up – funny, moving, wonderful Pixar!
And glad to see you've got Breakfast Club up there 🙂
Just a thought, if you love lists like I do, http://30daysoflists.blogspot.com/ might be just the thing for a minute of calm in even the most hectic day
Oh wow this is really making me want to take week off and re-watch fav movies. I have so many but lets start with LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE – one of the only movies I watched and had no clue how it was going to end and didn't care I just enjoyed the journey.
Without shame, here is my list:
The Breakfast Club: Its the clothes and the rebellion.
Kill Bill 1+2: Love the different stories and the fights.
Murder on the Orient Express: I love the cast and the costumes, I have always wanted to take the same trip.
Desparately Seeking Susan: It may be Madonna but it's great, especially the outfits.
The Shawshank Redemption: For once I didn't see the end coming and never do.
Love Actually: The begining in airport always makes me homesick and Emma Thompson just straightening the bed when her world collapses.
Hackers: I have no idea why, maybe the sound track or the location.
The Fifth Element: The costumes, the set and definately the music.
Gone in Sixty Seconds: Having sex or stealing cars, where else could there be a line like that??
The Usual Suspects: When he sees the bottom of the cup and you just know…
Definately not deep but hey
#1 is Singin' In the Rain, it is just so beautiful, and clever and funny and silly…
Also – When Harry Met Sally, The English Patient, Say Anything. Can you tell I'm a romantic?
Ah, we have just signed up for an online film rental service… I am SO bookmarking this post to get ideas for films to put on our list.
Some of my all time faves:
The Big Sleep – Bogart and Bacall in an adaptation of a Raymond Chandler novel. What's not to like?
Brief Encounter (the original black + white version with Trevor Howard) – the most romantic movie EVER, gets me every time.
Kind Hearts and Coronets – I have seen this film so many times I could present it as a one woman show! My fave of the Ealing Comedies, just so funny.
I'm going through a bit of a black+white movie phase at the moment, can you tell? 🙂
Great lists!
Amelie
To Kill a Mockingbird
Into the Wild
All the Toy Story movies
I could watch these over and again
The Royal Tenembaums
Amelie
Almost Famous
Lost In Translation
I just love them!
Oh Pip I love love love when you make lists, i have read so many great books from when you asked people for their recommendations….so thanks!
You must watch A destiny of her own (also known as Dangerous beauty) Cathrine McCormack is just stunning and it is my all all all time favourite….in fact I might just have to pop it on tonight
So Pride and Prejudice for me, the Keira Knightly one. I have it on so much my 3 year old knows it and my husband recognises the music at the start from the other room…and complains of course.
My all time favourite has always been THE PRINCESS BRIDE. My family could pretty much quote the entire movie. I read the book recently and it's hugely disappointing!!!
Plus a few others from my childhood that my 9yo daughter now loves too…
LABYRINTH
THE DARK CRYSTAL
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
"The Trouble With Harry" a little known Alfred Hitchcock movie. It is hilarious and stars Shirly MacLaine and John Forsythe here is the blurb "The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what needs to be done with his body…"
Actually I might put it on tonight 🙂
I'm a HUGE Tom Hanks fan. I will watch anything he is in or has been in. He's got a new one coming out called Larry Crowne which I'm looking forward to. My all time 'modern' fav is Forrest Gump, I've seen it probably at least 60 times and I've seen it in Flemish!
I also LOVE Parenthood, love that line by the Grandma that says something like 'he liked the merry go round but I loved the roller coaster. The merry go round just goes round and round but the roller coaster!'. Smart Grandma.
Other favs include Chocolat (and most Johnny Depp pics), The English Patient and The Shawshank Redemption.
My favourite old movie is The Great Escape. Just love that movie!
1. Hannah and her sisters
2. Bladerunner
3. Everyone says I love you
4. Manhattan murder mystery
5. Days of heaven
6. After hours
7. Vertigo
8. Bend it like Beckham
9.Howl's moving castle
10. Local hero
11. Three days of the condor
OMG! Of course, Gourmet Girlfriend!
All About her Mother AND Volver. The genius, lover, admirer and GETTER of women…Pedro Almodovar!
Right…
Now…
Step away from the computer.
Bobbi, I absolutely agree Shag is a fantastic flick! I also really like:
The Spitfire Grill amazing even if it is very sad.
Say Anything because Ione Skye and John Cusack are the cutest couple ever and Cameron Crowe has never done anything quite as good.
Dogfight for its beauty
Lawn Dogs which showed me just how amazing Sam Rockwell is
and
Bright Star because I love John Keats and I imagine him just as he is in this film. Too beautiful.
Yes 'Princess Bride' and 'Finding Neverland' and 'Away from Her'…so many great films
And…
Edward Scissorhands. Johnny, Tim. Sad. Genius.
Beetlejuice. Visual joy. Dark humour. Clever sticks. Manic, Michael Keaton.
Night Shift. Brilliant comedic lines & performance from Michael Keaton again.
High Tide. Early Claudia Karvan and Judy Davis. Subtle. Painful. Loving. Mother daughter relationships.
Lantana. Taught, tense, broody, atmospheric.
Looking for Alibrandi. Celebrating Oz/italian culture, family & growing up.
The Blues Brothers!!
All the way baby…Dan Akroyd, John Belushi..
cameo's with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Twiggy…
A car chase or two…A mission from God, and the BEST soundtrack!!
Love Love Love it 🙂
some faves I can think of right now are:
TOTORO- definitely our FAMILY fave (the movie all 7 of us will watch over & over & over again) you can add any other Miyazaki film here too…..
LOVE ACTUALLY- cause I am a sook & I like the portrayal of the differing relationships
ETERNAL SUNSHINE- because I love the portrayal of wacky family love as being really fulfilling & fabulous.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD- because who could ver believe that a film could come THAT close to being as amazing as the book!
KOYAANISQATSI- because it was the first film to show me films could be great without any spoken words….
VULVER- because it is gorgeous in it's spanish kookiness and Penelope Cruz is magnificent.
SINGING IN THE RAIN- because it has the most awesomest dance sequences and exquisite costuming
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY- cause I could stare at Clint FOREVER and never get enough & because I love old spaghetti westerns…..
i think i will stop now.
Absolute numero, uno top of the heap is:
"Amelie" Grown up fairytale. The colours. The whimsy. The characters. The clever devices. The atmosphere. Paris. Saw it with my son when he was a young teen. We both noticed all the teeny little things planted throughout the film and adored the music and cried at the end.
The Dark Crystal. Magical, mystical, eerie, visual, dark muppeteering.
Neverending Story. Luckdragon. Rock Monster. Bastion and his horse. The swamp of Sadness.
To Kill a Mockingbird. The best transference from book to film there ever was. Gregory Peck IS Atticus Finch.
Pretty in Pink. Soundtrack. Frocks. Pink Karmann Ghia. Brilliant dialogue. Duckie Dale. Harry Dean.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds. Title says it all. Paul Newman/Joanna Woodward.
Sybil. Amazing. Sally Field. Multiple personalities.Traumatic.
Silkwood. Meryl Streep. Cher. Kurt Russell (the only film I have been able to bear him in). Nuclear meltdown, cover-ups. Suspicious death. Brilliant.
Sophie's Choice. Still can't think of "that scene" without feeling heartaching agony and overwhelming sadness.
Parenthood. Anyone who is a member of a family. Any sort of family, will find something that resonates in this film. Seen it about 40 times. Never grows old.
Sheeeeeesshhh so many more, I could go on and on.
Now & Then – I watched this to death as a kid and was so jealous of the fact that they all lived on the same street and could sneak in to each others houses at night! love!
Somewhere – my fave coppola movie ever… i havent been able to get it out of my head, i love how slow and deliberate it is.
Romy & Michelle's Highschool Reunion… say no more.
The Princess Bride and Amelie are two of my favorites and have already been mentioned. I would also add Pirate Radio and The Science of Sleep.
these are some movies I dearly love and never tire of….
Ghost World (because enid reminds me of a young me and seymour is so cool), Buffalo 66 (because i just adore everything about this film), Pee Wee's Big Adventure (because I love Pee Wee and his bike and his home), Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (this is everyone's fav right? no need to explain!) Mars Attacks (stellar cast, Tim Burton directed, awesome sci-fi retro comic lunacy!) and Ed Wood (Burton again, motley cast of characters)
Love Actually – Emma Thompson is so real
The Apartment – French film with Monica Belluci (not the Jack Lemmon one)
Witness for the Prosecution – for the twist in the end
And….
The King's Speech -great performances all round
Howl's Moving Castle – whenever I am in a lounging mood, I love to put this on. It really is a great story.
The Princess Bride – I first watched this after years of hearing about it, and boy had I been missing out. Inigo and Fezzik are my favourites.
Charade – Cary Grant, enough said.
The BBC '95 Pride and Prejudice – not sure if this is considered a movie or mini series, but I tend to watch this at least once a year. Jennifer Ehle is the perfect Lizzy.
Never let me go.
The blind side.
Fight club.
To kill a mockingbird.
American history x.
🙂
I second the vote for Amelie. It's so quirky and charming. Favorite, for sure.
Penelope – adorable
Funny Face – so lovely
Stranger than Fiction – I tear up every time when he brings her flours.
Lost in Translation – my favourite movie of all time. I love Bill.
The Long, Long Trailer – Lucille Ball. It is wonderful.
Barefoot in The Park – Sharma Sharma!
A Touch of Mink – you can never have too much Doris Day.
Amelie – this movie reminds me of Ben and I. We watch this movie and eat cheese.
I am an 80s girl all the way….I loved growing up with Labyrinth and the Dark Crystal. I used to watch them back to back when I was sick and home from school. I still find watching them on a weekend afternoon always makes me feel better. And who doesn't find it hilarious with David Bowie in tights??
FAVORITE OF ALL TIME: Shag: The Movie.
Three other top contenders:
Dirty Dancing.
Top Gun (Tom Cruise pre-Oprah/Katie/Couch!).
The Great Outdoors.
My favourite is a super old film, and a HUGE tear-jerker! 'Imitation of Life' — go watch it! Now!
Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone we know. Sunshine and slumdog millionaire Danny Boyle. Garden state Zach Braff.!! I'd love recommendations!