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(39,671 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, [View all]

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, [View all] 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 23 hrs ago #55

Thank you FuzzyRabbit.Very good choices. debm55 22 hrs ago #66

PeeWee's Big Adventure catbyte 23 hrs ago #56

No kidding Shambala 22 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 23 hrs ago #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 51 min ago #129

Jeremiah Johnson CanonRay 23 hrs ago #58

Jeremiah Johnson was a great film. Robert Redford was wonderful in it. debm55 21 hrs ago #70

The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music woodsprite 23 hrs ago #59

Thank you woodsprite. Wonderful musicals. Great films. debm55 21 hrs ago #71

Shaka Zulu, Godfather, Shogun... great for a rainy Sunday. keithbvadu2 23 hrs ago #60

Indeed, Thank you keithbvadu2. debm55 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 21 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 5 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 4 hrs ago #114

Vertigo, Frenzy, Notorious... ailsagirl 19 hrs ago #86

Agree. Everytime one of his movies is on I watch. Masterful director. debm55 5 hrs ago #96

Mid- century serials, especially the ones from Republic Studios.. Permanut 18 hrs ago #87

Thank you Permanut. Those are great choises. Enjoy. debm55 5 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 5 hrs ago #98

Moonstruck TexasBushwhacker 18 hrs ago #89

I agree with you . Thank you TexasBushwhacker. debm55 5 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 5 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 5 hrs ago #102

First: Comedies; Mrs Doubtfire, Dave, and Abbot & Costello; The Time of Their Lives.... electric_blue68 12 hrs ago #94

Excellent list of films. Thank you very much electric_blue68 debm55 5 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 4 hrs ago #115

Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib 4 hrs ago #113

Agree with your choices. lastlib, thank you very much. debm55 4 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 2 hrs ago #121

Thank you LeftinTX. I do the same with my favorites. debm55 2 hrs ago #122

The Great Escape Easterncedar 2 hrs ago #125

Thank you Easterncedar. Loved the Great Escape. enjoy your choices. debm55 1 hr ago #127

I never get tired of "Blazing Saddles." Different Drummer 1 hr ago #128

Thank you Different Drummer. Me either. debm55 46 min ago #130