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debm55

(39,674 posts)
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:16 PM Yesterday

What movie/movies do you never get tired of watching. Mine is the Sound of Music. and Mary Poppins, I know the lines,

can sing the songs. and still get enjoyment from watching.

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What movie/movies do you never get tired of watching. Mine is the Sound of Music. and Mary Poppins, I know the lines, (Original Post) debm55 Yesterday OP
Casablanca! QED Yesterday #1
Thank you very much, QED debm55 Yesterday #3
Blues Brothers 👍😁💙💙💙 TommieMommy Yesterday #2
Thank you very much. TommieMommy. debm55 Yesterday #7
Yes! SheltieLover Yesterday #9
"We're on a mission from God" LeftInTX 2 hrs ago #123
I love The Sound of Music, too, Deb! SheltieLover Yesterday #4
Thank you SheltieLover. I really love that opening scene. debm55 Yesterday #11
Maltese Falcon displacedvermoter Yesterday #5
Thank you very much displacedvermoter., Great choice. debm55 Yesterday #13
Maltese Falcon, The Godfather l and ll, Casablance, The Young Philadelfphians and... brush Yesterday #6
Excellent choices, brush. Really great. debm55 Yesterday #14
Ladybugs & Caddyshack (Dangerfield), Incredibles, Crazy People, SheltieLover Yesterday #8
Oh you, I take it you love movies. Thank you very much for your excellent choices. debm55 Yesterday #15
I do, but sadly not many new ones get my attn SheltieLover Yesterday #20
All Fred & Ginger movies, esp Top Hat SheltieLover Yesterday #10
Thank you SheltieLover. Love their dancing. I am looking for a place were I can find very old movies--even silents. No debm55 Yesterday #17
I do, too, Deb. SheltieLover Yesterday #21
I have quite a few sdfernando Yesterday #12
Thank you sdfernando. Great choices. debm55 Yesterday #29
The Sting, Witness for the Prosecution, The Heiress, Cincinnati Kid Raven123 Yesterday #16
Thank you very much Raven123. Great choices there. debm55 Yesterday #30
Hunt for Red October, Chocolat, & Erin Brockovich. CrispyQ Yesterday #18
Thank you very much CrispyQ . A variety of choices there. debm55 Yesterday #31
Secondhand Lions 4TheArts Yesterday #19
Thank you very much 4TheArts. debm55 Yesterday #26
Mad mad mad world is my fave bedazzled Yesterday #22
I like the old films too. Thank you bedazzled. debm55 Yesterday #25
I have a couple of favorite movies LogDog75 Yesterday #23
Thank you very much. LogDog75. Very good selections. debm55 Yesterday #24
Dr. Strangelove, and Some Like it Hot Walleye Yesterday #27
Thank you very much Walleye. debm55 Yesterday #36
Yay, Dr. Strangelove! That would be on my list too. Mike 03 Yesterday #39
A Hard Day's Night Cartoonist Yesterday #28
Thank you Cartoonist. I agree. Some movies you just can't get enough of. debm55 Yesterday #33
Looks like my idea of classics is not the norm... buzzycrumbhunger Yesterday #32
Thank you very much buzzycrumbhunger. Your list is terrific. debm55 Yesterday #34
I've seen Goodfellas enough times, that I can play it as background noise LeftInTX 2 hrs ago #124
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Haggard Celine Yesterday #35
Oh yes, Excellent film. Thank you Haggard Celine. debm55 Yesterday #37
The Great Race. Turbineguy Yesterday #38
Thank you very much Turbineguy. debm55 Yesterday #40
I'll stop and watch tsom if I come across it on the tv. applegrove Yesterday #41
Thank you very much applegrove. debm55 Yesterday #45
Heavy Metal. It always makes me feel hopeful. Nt Phoenix61 Yesterday #42
Thank you very much for your choice. Phoenix61, debm55 Yesterday #46
Favorite Flicks Squeaky41 Yesterday #43
Thank you very much Squeaky41, Great selections. I have to admit Everyime Blazing Saddles is on I watch. debm55 Yesterday #48
Monty Python and the Holy Grail DBoon Yesterday #44
Thank you very much DBoon debm55 Yesterday #50
Here's a few: Tarzanrock Yesterday #47
Wonderful selection of classics. All about Eve I have seen numerous times and Citizen Kane would be in debm55 Yesterday #49
Galaxy Quest FalloutShelter Yesterday #51
Thank you very FalloutShelter. debm55 Yesterday #53
Groundhog Day. Watched it many many times. :) Dave Bowman Yesterday #52
HAHHAHAHAHA Thank you Dave Bowman. debm55 Yesterday #54
Haven't seen it in a while, but's it's a real good one. electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #92
Local Hero, A League of Their Own, Cat Ballou, Down Periscope, Animal House FuzzyRabbit Yesterday #55
Thank you FuzzyRabbit.Very good choices. debm55 22 hrs ago #66
PeeWee's Big Adventure catbyte Yesterday #56
No kidding Shambala 23 hrs ago #64
Thank you Shambala.He was very talented debm55 22 hrs ago #68
Thank you very much, catbyte. I really like your other choices too. debm55 22 hrs ago #67
The Pink Panther and The Great Race. They are still funny after all these years surfered Yesterday #57
Thank you surfered, Three great choices you have there. debm55 22 hrs ago #69
Love the Pink Panther movies. Just rewatched them recently 😁 TommieMommy 1 hr ago #129
Jeremiah Johnson CanonRay Yesterday #58
Jeremiah Johnson was a great film. Robert Redford was wonderful in it. debm55 22 hrs ago #70
The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music woodsprite Yesterday #59
Thank you woodsprite. Wonderful musicals. Great films. debm55 22 hrs ago #71
Shaka Zulu, Godfather, Shogun... great for a rainy Sunday. keithbvadu2 23 hrs ago #60
Indeed, Thank you keithbvadu2. debm55 22 hrs ago #72
Midnight In Paris Shambala 23 hrs ago #61
Thank you Shambala. Midnight in Paris is a great film. I'm happy it opened you up to some great writters and artists. debm55 22 hrs ago #73
Dead Poet's Society KitFox 23 hrs ago #62
Same here. I don't like horror or gross movies. I like your list very much. But they are all well made movies. That is debm55 22 hrs ago #74
Murder By Death madamesilverspurs 23 hrs ago #63
Thank you and I agree. You don't see very many "new" movies on this list. I agree with you for the reasons why. debm55 22 hrs ago #75
I love that one, too! Easterncedar 2 hrs ago #126
Star Wars original trilogy, Sean Connery James Bond films Eugene 22 hrs ago #65
Thank you Eugene. Wonder films. I can see why you would watch more then once. debm55 21 hrs ago #79
So many very nice responses, I am sure that some have mentioned the Wizard of Oz, but just in case... SWBTATTReg 22 hrs ago #76
Thank you SWBTATTReg It is one of my favorites too. Except for the flying monkeys. Here I am at 69 years and I still debm55 21 hrs ago #84
Ha ha heh! It's one of my favorite scenes, always loved the flying monkeys, and of course the scene when the SWBTATTReg 4 hrs ago #117
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Wizard of Oz Delarage 22 hrs ago #77
Thank you very much Delarge. Great list--but for Halloween. I have never seen it. Enjoy. debm55 21 hrs ago #80
The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Lunabell 21 hrs ago #78
I went to a Rocky Horror Picture show where you dress as the characters and throw things at the screen, It was so much debm55 21 hrs ago #82
We never dressed up, but occasionally my sis, I, sometimes her then boyfriend, and another friend would go to a movie electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #93
Blazing Saddles Mark.b2 21 hrs ago #81
Thank you Mark,b2. There will never be another like it. Watch everytime it is on. debm55 21 hrs ago #83
To Kill a Mockingbird, Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men (original) LoisB 20 hrs ago #85
Thank you very much LoisB, I also have them many times. They are classics. debm55 6 hrs ago #95
I never understood how Shawshank did not win the Academy Award for best picture that year. LoisB 5 hrs ago #109
Do you remember who one? I can watch that many times and each time I catch something different. debm55 5 hrs ago #110
I think it was Schindler's List which was a great movie. LoisB 5 hrs ago #112
Schindler's List would have been a hard one to go against. debm55 5 hrs ago #114
Vertigo, Frenzy, Notorious... ailsagirl 20 hrs ago #86
Agree. Everytime one of his movies is on I watch. Masterful director. debm55 6 hrs ago #96
Mid- century serials, especially the ones from Republic Studios.. Permanut 19 hrs ago #87
Thank you Permanut. Those are great choises. Enjoy. debm55 6 hrs ago #97
Mary Poppins is my favorite movie, but followed by Casablanca, Third Man, Salag 17, Sunset Blvd, Holiday ......... marble falls 18 hrs ago #88
Thank you very much marble falls. You have some excellent choices there. I always watch Salag17 as my late uncle, an Air debm55 6 hrs ago #98
Moonstruck TexasBushwhacker 18 hrs ago #89
I agree with you . Thank you TexasBushwhacker. debm55 6 hrs ago #99
"It's a Wonderful Life" - I watch it every year. I never want to miss it and it has to be watched on TV with dai13sy 16 hrs ago #90
I agree. Thank you very much, dai13sy. Love it. debm55 6 hrs ago #100
Lost Boys Figarosmom 16 hrs ago #91
Agree. Thank you Figarosmom. Casting, direction and music makes a good movie into a great movie. debm55 6 hrs ago #102
First: Comedies; Mrs Doubtfire, Dave, and Abbot & Costello; The Time of Their Lives.... electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #94
Excellent list of films. Thank you very much electric_blue68 debm55 6 hrs ago #101
Chicago and Phantom of the Opera OLDMDDEM 5 hrs ago #103
Thank you OLDMDDEM. Two classics. Enjoy. debm55 5 hrs ago #104
The Producers (1968) The Wizard 5 hrs ago #105
Thank you ,The Wizard. Great movie. Enjoy. debm55 5 hrs ago #107
Casablanca, A Hard Day's Night, It's a Mad Mad Mad World to name three ... ificandream 5 hrs ago #106
Thank you very much, Ificandream. George had a dry sense of humor. I miss him. He was my favorite, debm55 5 hrs ago #108
The Original West Side Story And National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation......nt global1 5 hrs ago #111
Thank you very much. Great choices. Enjoy. debm55 5 hrs ago #115
Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib 5 hrs ago #113
Agree with your choices. lastlib, thank you very much. debm55 5 hrs ago #116
There are SO many, I can't answer, but just a couple recent examples ... Jeebo 3 hrs ago #119
Thank you Jeebo for your two favorites.Your descriptions are great. I have not seen either but your post ties me in to debm55 3 hrs ago #120
Grease is a fun one LeftInTX 3 hrs ago #121
Thank you LeftinTX. I do the same with my favorites. debm55 3 hrs ago #122
The Great Escape Easterncedar 2 hrs ago #125
Thank you Easterncedar. Loved the Great Escape. enjoy your choices. debm55 2 hrs ago #127
I never get tired of "Blazing Saddles." Different Drummer 1 hr ago #128
Thank you Different Drummer. Me either. debm55 1 hr ago #130

SheltieLover

(60,703 posts)
4. I love The Sound of Music, too, Deb!
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:19 PM
Yesterday

🎼🎵🎶 The hills are alive with the sound of music...



brush

(58,283 posts)
6. Maltese Falcon, The Godfather l and ll, Casablance, The Young Philadelfphians and...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:26 PM
Yesterday

The Shawshank Redemption. Good Fellas.

SheltieLover

(60,703 posts)
8. Ladybugs & Caddyshack (Dangerfield), Incredibles, Crazy People,
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:28 PM
Yesterday

Good Boy (dog from outer space), As Good as it Gets (Nicholson), Beaches, Meet the Robinsons (Disney), etc., etc., etc.

SheltieLover

(60,703 posts)
20. I do, but sadly not many new ones get my attn
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:43 PM
Yesterday

Loved Wicked, but would I watch it over & over? Nah.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
17. Thank you SheltieLover. Love their dancing. I am looking for a place were I can find very old movies--even silents. No
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:37 PM
Yesterday

luck so far.

SheltieLover

(60,703 posts)
21. I do, too, Deb.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:45 PM
Yesterday

And the relatively innocent themes.

Keep looking! I'm sure you'll find somewhere with them for sale!

sdfernando

(5,464 posts)
12. I have quite a few
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:31 PM
Yesterday

But the top few are:
Casablanca
Victor/Victoria
Young Frankenstein
Poseidon Adventure (original 1972 version)
JAWS

Raven123

(6,175 posts)
16. The Sting, Witness for the Prosecution, The Heiress, Cincinnati Kid
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:35 PM
Yesterday

Moonstruck.

Also love many of those mentioned, especially Casablanca.

CrispyQ

(38,712 posts)
18. Hunt for Red October, Chocolat, & Erin Brockovich.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:39 PM
Yesterday

And I always watch While you Were Sleeping during the holidays & Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day.

4TheArts

(119 posts)
19. Secondhand Lions
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:39 PM
Yesterday

Then Master and Commander.
Sound of Music was my go-to date movie in high school. Sharon, Elaine, Cheryl, Nancy, and other Nancy. You'd think one of them would have fallen in love with me, but no. I can sing those songs also. The simple Edelweiss is still my favorite.

But don't get me started on LOTR.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
26. Thank you very much 4TheArts.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:19 PM
Yesterday
I bought Master and Commander so I can watch whenever.

bedazzled

(1,859 posts)
22. Mad mad mad world is my fave
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 02:47 PM
Yesterday

Also groundhog day and Harvey

So many, many more. Mostly old

LogDog75

(211 posts)
23. I have a couple of favorite movies
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:03 PM
Yesterday

The Martian
Tremors
Deep Impact
The Music Man
Start the Revolution Without Me
People Will Talk
Rio Lobo
Big Jake

Mike 03

(17,618 posts)
39. Yay, Dr. Strangelove! That would be on my list too.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:42 PM
Yesterday

I almost wrote something stupid like "Any of Kubrick's post-Lolita movies." Really for me it would be

Dr. Strangelove
2001 A Space Odyssey
Barry Lyndon
The Shining

And a handful of Martin Scorsese and David Fincher movies.

See, this question is so hard, because now I want to include Mulholland Drive by David Lynch, and Melancholia by Lars Von Trier.



Cartoonist

(7,562 posts)
28. A Hard Day's Night
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:21 PM
Yesterday

I'm sure I've seen this over a hundred times. It's a movie I can listen to without the picture. And George Martin's instrumentals are as good as the lads.

buzzycrumbhunger

(933 posts)
32. Looks like my idea of classics is not the norm...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:31 PM
Yesterday

I can endlessly rewatch Fear and Loathing, The Princess Bride, The Big Lebowski, anything Monty Python, most Star Trek movies, and most MST offerings (Prince of Space and The Cave Dwellers at the top of that list).

applegrove

(123,838 posts)
41. I'll stop and watch tsom if I come across it on the tv.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:51 PM
Yesterday

But only for a scene or two. Loved that movie as a kid till now. It is perfect.

Phoenix61

(17,750 posts)
42. Heavy Metal. It always makes me feel hopeful. Nt
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:52 PM
Yesterday

Not sure where Taarna is but we sure could use her.

Squeaky41

(288 posts)
43. Favorite Flicks
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:56 PM
Yesterday

Young Frankenstein
Casablanca
Wizard of Oz
Dr. Strangelove
Blazing Saddles
It's a Mad Mad World
To Be or Not To Be (Jack Benny)








debm55

(39,674 posts)
48. Thank you very much Squeaky41, Great selections. I have to admit Everyime Blazing Saddles is on I watch.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:32 PM
Yesterday

Tarzanrock

(551 posts)
47. Here's a few:
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:28 PM
Yesterday

The Lion in Winter;
Behold a Pale Horse;
All about Eve;
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre;
Citizen Kane;
A Man for all Seasons;
Hamlet with Olivier;
Richard III with Olivier;
The Entertainer;
The Nun's Story;
Grand Prix;
Orson Welles movies;
Willie Wellman movies;
John Huston movies;
Fred Zinnemann movies;
John Frankenheimer movies.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
49. Wonderful selection of classics. All about Eve I have seen numerous times and Citizen Kane would be in
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 04:36 PM
Yesterday

my choice too, Thank you very much.

catbyte

(36,101 posts)
56. PeeWee's Big Adventure
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:06 PM
Yesterday

Don't judge me.

I also love:
The Philadelphia Story
Bringing Up Baby
All About Eve
Grosse Pointe Blank (Yeah, Detroit, lol)
To Have and Have Not
and
Double Indemnity when I'm feeling dark

Shambala

(50 posts)
64. No kidding
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:05 PM
23 hrs ago

It's my all time favorite movie! Rest in peace Paul Reubens.

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surfered

(4,060 posts)
57. The Pink Panther and The Great Race. They are still funny after all these years
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:14 PM
Yesterday

Peter Sellers and Jack Lemon are hysterical.
My wife would pick Casablanca.

woodsprite

(12,259 posts)
59. The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:21 PM
Yesterday

Music Man and Oklahoma. My mom bought me the scores and I would sing through them when I was a kid drying dishes for her.

Shambala

(50 posts)
61. Midnight In Paris
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:51 PM
23 hrs ago

I've watched at least 40 times. And not only that but it got me down a wonderdul rabbit hole of reading and learning about all the characters in the movie Hemingway, Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas, the Fitzgeralds, TS Eliot, Cocteau, Man Ray, Bunuel, Gaugin, Toulouse Latrec, and more.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
73. Thank you Shambala. Midnight in Paris is a great film. I'm happy it opened you up to some great writters and artists.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:12 PM
22 hrs ago

KitFox

(121 posts)
62. Dead Poet's Society
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 05:59 PM
23 hrs ago

is one I have watched so many times. I also love and have watched Sound of Music and Many Poppins many times, and like you love singing along. My daughters and I have watched Beauty and the Beast (animated version) many times and sing along. Others on my list are Big , The Great Escape, Blazing Saddles and two already mentioned here-Casablanca and Second Hand Lions. My list could be pages long. I love watching movies!😊

debm55

(39,674 posts)
74. Same here. I don't like horror or gross movies. I like your list very much. But they are all well made movies. That is
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:15 PM
22 hrs ago

what makes us want to see them again and again.

madamesilverspurs

(16,098 posts)
63. Murder By Death
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:05 PM
23 hrs ago

Fantastic cast, sharp and witty dialogue evocative of old Hollywood movies.


.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
75. Thank you and I agree. You don't see very many "new" movies on this list. I agree with you for the reasons why.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:18 PM
22 hrs ago

Eugene

(62,816 posts)
65. Star Wars original trilogy, Sean Connery James Bond films
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 06:50 PM
22 hrs ago

Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan and Star Trek IV: The Whale Movie.

SWBTATTReg

(24,482 posts)
76. So many very nice responses, I am sure that some have mentioned the Wizard of Oz, but just in case...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:23 PM
22 hrs ago

take care!

debm55

(39,674 posts)
84. Thank you SWBTATTReg It is one of my favorites too. Except for the flying monkeys. Here I am at 69 years and I still
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:46 PM
21 hrs ago

Close my eyes for that scene. Wonderful movie. It is on my tablet.

SWBTATTReg

(24,482 posts)
117. Ha ha heh! It's one of my favorite scenes, always loved the flying monkeys, and of course the scene when the
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:28 PM
4 hrs ago

wicked witch comes into the scene, orders them to capture Dorothy and the others. A true classic!

Take care!

Delarage

(2,360 posts)
77. Wizard of Oz
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:25 PM
22 hrs ago

Battlestar Galactica
The Sound of Music
Sling Blade
The Shining
Halloween (the original)

debm55

(39,674 posts)
80. Thank you very much Delarge. Great list--but for Halloween. I have never seen it. Enjoy.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:37 PM
21 hrs ago

Lunabell

(7,095 posts)
78. The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:33 PM
21 hrs ago

The original. I've seen it and participated in all the fun over 3 dozen times at several different theaters. I love this movie!!

debm55

(39,674 posts)
82. I went to a Rocky Horror Picture show where you dress as the characters and throw things at the screen, It was so much
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:40 PM
21 hrs ago

fun.

electric_blue68

(19,083 posts)
93. We never dressed up, but occasionally my sis, I, sometimes her then boyfriend, and another friend would go to a movie
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 03:41 AM
13 hrs ago

theater in the West Village (NYC) for a midnight showing of Rocky Horror.
A lot of contact highs, too. When pot smelled sweet!

debm55

(39,674 posts)
83. Thank you Mark,b2. There will never be another like it. Watch everytime it is on.
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 07:42 PM
21 hrs ago

LoisB

(9,045 posts)
109. I never understood how Shawshank did not win the Academy Award for best picture that year.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:51 AM
5 hrs ago

debm55

(39,674 posts)
110. Do you remember who one? I can watch that many times and each time I catch something different.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:53 AM
5 hrs ago

ailsagirl

(23,921 posts)
86. Vertigo, Frenzy, Notorious...
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 09:06 PM
20 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Jan 12, 2025, 06:48 AM - Edit history (1)

Most everything from the "Master of Suspense"
And "Being There" (marvelous!!)

Permanut

(6,742 posts)
87. Mid- century serials, especially the ones from Republic Studios..
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:24 PM
19 hrs ago

Radar Men From the Moon, The Crimson Ghost, The Purple Monster Strikes, and Zombies From the Stratosphere (with Leonard Nimoy as an alien!).

marble falls

(62,643 posts)
88. Mary Poppins is my favorite movie, but followed by Casablanca, Third Man, Salag 17, Sunset Blvd, Holiday .........
Sat Jan 11, 2025, 10:29 PM
18 hrs ago

debm55

(39,674 posts)
98. Thank you very much marble falls. You have some excellent choices there. I always watch Salag17 as my late uncle, an Air
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:18 AM
6 hrs ago

Force pilot was in one. Also like The Great Escape.

dai13sy

(504 posts)
90. "It's a Wonderful Life" - I watch it every year. I never want to miss it and it has to be watched on TV with
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:29 AM
16 hrs ago

my Husband, my blanket and my munchies and fruit juice. Perfect evening.

debm55

(39,674 posts)
102. Agree. Thank you Figarosmom. Casting, direction and music makes a good movie into a great movie.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:25 AM
6 hrs ago

electric_blue68

(19,083 posts)
94. First: Comedies; Mrs Doubtfire, Dave, and Abbot & Costello; The Time of Their Lives....
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 04:05 AM
13 hrs ago

These above also have their serious parts

Drama, action, touches of comedy:
•Shawkshank Redemption (w some of the best original score, and good song picks!)
•ST: The Voyage Home,
•The Undiscovered Country
•ST:NG: First Contact
•Close Encounters
•LOTR: The Return of The King - Extended Cut DVD (I did have all 3 extended Vids, maybe all DVDs and wonderful music!)
•Cloud Atlas

Not as recently but for decades:
•SW: Empire Strikes Back
•Return of the Jedi
#1, #3
#8, #9
(I forgot the full titles! It's very late here! 😄
•Rouge One

ificandream

(10,875 posts)
106. Casablanca, A Hard Day's Night, It's a Mad Mad Mad World to name three ...
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:42 AM
5 hrs ago

I've watched the train scene in AHDN so many times .... love the way the boys take down that old guy .... and this George Harrison scene is brilliant.

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debm55

(39,674 posts)
108. Thank you very much, Ificandream. George had a dry sense of humor. I miss him. He was my favorite,
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:51 AM
5 hrs ago

lastlib

(25,048 posts)
113. Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 12:15 PM
5 hrs ago

I have to watch Apollo 13 every time it's on, to see if the heat shield on the capsule is going to hold this time. It's held every time so far--but it only has to fail once........


And 2001: ASO is simply the most profound and brilliant movie ever made.

Jeebo

(2,338 posts)
119. There are SO many, I can't answer, but just a couple recent examples ...
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 01:47 PM
3 hrs ago

The time it would take for me to answer you would be prohibitive, because there are lots and lots of movies out there that are just so compulsively watchable. I'm flipping through the channels and there's a scene from one of them and I can't stop watching and end up watching the whole movie for the umpteenth time, no matter how many times I've seen it before. But, there are two recent movies that keep showing up over and over on the movie channels I get on cable, and when they're on, I just can't not watch them. Those are The Martian and Sisu. I read the Andy Weir novel The Martian a couple years before the movie came out. It's a great novel and a great movie. Sisu is kind of preposterous in terms of the kinds of traumas the main character survives; NOBODY could survive being hanged, burned alive, drowned, shot up, or a nose-dive plane crash. But I love movies about bad-ass women and there are a half-dozen of them in Sisu, and they are realistic and believable. Real women in the real world who have those kinds of experiences would very likely react in the same way the women in Sisu do.

— Ron

debm55

(39,674 posts)
120. Thank you Jeebo for your two favorites.Your descriptions are great. I have not seen either but your post ties me in to
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:05 PM
3 hrs ago

Wanting to see them.

LeftInTX

(31,161 posts)
121. Grease is a fun one
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:19 PM
3 hrs ago

I like watching the Selena movie

I've watched Goodfellas a bunch of times. (I know most of the lines)

Easterncedar

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125. The Great Escape
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 02:59 PM
2 hrs ago

War and Peace with Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda

A Lion in Winter (watched it twice this Christmas,)

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