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31. Thank you very much CrispyQ . A variety of choices there.

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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 Jan 11 OP

Casablanca! QED Jan 11 #1

Thank you very much, QED debm55 Jan 11 #3

Blues Brothers 👍😁💙💙💙 TommieMommy Jan 11 #2

Thank you very much. TommieMommy. debm55 Jan 11 #7

Yes! SheltieLover Jan 11 #9

"We're on a mission from God" LeftInTX Jan 12 #123

I love The Sound of Music, too, Deb! SheltieLover Jan 11 #4

Thank you SheltieLover. I really love that opening scene. debm55 Jan 11 #11

Maltese Falcon displacedvermoter Jan 11 #5

Thank you very much displacedvermoter., Great choice. debm55 Jan 11 #13

Maltese Falcon, The Godfather l and ll, Casablance, The Young Philadelfphians and... brush Jan 11 #6

Excellent choices, brush. Really great. debm55 Jan 11 #14

Ladybugs & Caddyshack (Dangerfield), Incredibles, Crazy People, SheltieLover Jan 11 #8

Oh you, I take it you love movies. Thank you very much for your excellent choices. debm55 Jan 11 #15

I do, but sadly not many new ones get my attn SheltieLover Jan 11 #20

All Fred & Ginger movies, esp Top Hat SheltieLover Jan 11 #10

Thank you SheltieLover. Love their dancing. I am looking for a place were I can find very old movies--even silents. No debm55 Jan 11 #17

I do, too, Deb. SheltieLover Jan 11 #21

I have quite a few sdfernando Jan 11 #12

Thank you sdfernando. Great choices. debm55 Jan 11 #29

The Sting, Witness for the Prosecution, The Heiress, Cincinnati Kid Raven123 Jan 11 #16

Thank you very much Raven123. Great choices there. debm55 Jan 11 #30

Hunt for Red October, Chocolat, & Erin Brockovich. CrispyQ Jan 11 #18

Thank you very much CrispyQ . A variety of choices there. debm55 Jan 11 #31

Secondhand Lions 4TheArts Jan 11 #19

Thank you very much 4TheArts. debm55 Jan 11 #26

Mad mad mad world is my fave bedazzled Jan 11 #22

I like the old films too. Thank you bedazzled. debm55 Jan 11 #25

I have a couple of favorite movies LogDog75 Jan 11 #23

Thank you very much. LogDog75. Very good selections. debm55 Jan 11 #24

Dr. Strangelove, and Some Like it Hot Walleye Jan 11 #27

Thank you very much Walleye. debm55 Jan 11 #36

Yay, Dr. Strangelove! That would be on my list too. Mike 03 Jan 11 #39

A Hard Day's Night Cartoonist Jan 11 #28

Thank you Cartoonist. I agree. Some movies you just can't get enough of. debm55 Jan 11 #33

Looks like my idea of classics is not the norm... buzzycrumbhunger Jan 11 #32

Thank you very much buzzycrumbhunger. Your list is terrific. debm55 Jan 11 #34

I've seen Goodfellas enough times, that I can play it as background noise LeftInTX Jan 12 #124

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Haggard Celine Jan 11 #35

Oh yes, Excellent film. Thank you Haggard Celine. debm55 Jan 11 #37

The Great Race. Turbineguy Jan 11 #38

Thank you very much Turbineguy. debm55 Jan 11 #40

I'll stop and watch tsom if I come across it on the tv. applegrove Jan 11 #41

Thank you very much applegrove. debm55 Jan 11 #45

Heavy Metal. It always makes me feel hopeful. Nt Phoenix61 Jan 11 #42

Thank you very much for your choice. Phoenix61, debm55 Jan 11 #46

Favorite Flicks Squeaky41 Jan 11 #43

Thank you very much Squeaky41, Great selections. I have to admit Everyime Blazing Saddles is on I watch. debm55 Jan 11 #48

Monty Python and the Holy Grail DBoon Jan 11 #44

Thank you very much DBoon debm55 Jan 11 #50

Here's a few: Tarzanrock Jan 11 #47

Wonderful selection of classics. All about Eve I have seen numerous times and Citizen Kane would be in debm55 Jan 11 #49

Galaxy Quest FalloutShelter Jan 11 #51

Thank you very FalloutShelter. debm55 Jan 11 #53

Groundhog Day. Watched it many many times. :) Dave Bowman Jan 11 #52

HAHHAHAHAHA Thank you Dave Bowman. debm55 Jan 11 #54

Haven't seen it in a while, but's it's a real good one. electric_blue68 Jan 12 #92

Local Hero, A League of Their Own, Cat Ballou, Down Periscope, Animal House FuzzyRabbit Jan 11 #55

Thank you FuzzyRabbit.Very good choices. debm55 Jan 11 #66

PeeWee's Big Adventure catbyte Jan 11 #56

No kidding Shambala Jan 11 #64

Thank you Shambala.He was very talented debm55 Jan 11 #68

Thank you very much, catbyte. I really like your other choices too. debm55 Jan 11 #67

The Pink Panther and The Great Race. They are still funny after all these years surfered Jan 11 #57

Thank you surfered, Three great choices you have there. debm55 Jan 11 #69

Love the Pink Panther movies. Just rewatched them recently 😁 TommieMommy Jan 12 #129

Jeremiah Johnson CanonRay Jan 11 #58

Jeremiah Johnson was a great film. Robert Redford was wonderful in it. debm55 Jan 11 #70

The King and I, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music woodsprite Jan 11 #59

Thank you woodsprite. Wonderful musicals. Great films. debm55 Jan 11 #71

Shaka Zulu, Godfather, Shogun... great for a rainy Sunday. keithbvadu2 Jan 11 #60

Indeed, Thank you keithbvadu2. debm55 Jan 11 #72

Midnight In Paris Shambala Jan 11 #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 Jan 11 #73

Dead Poet's Society KitFox Jan 11 #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 Jan 11 #74

Murder By Death madamesilverspurs Jan 11 #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 Jan 11 #75

I love that one, too! Easterncedar Jan 12 #126

Star Wars original trilogy, Sean Connery James Bond films Eugene Jan 11 #65

Thank you Eugene. Wonder films. I can see why you would watch more then once. debm55 Jan 11 #79

So many very nice responses, I am sure that some have mentioned the Wizard of Oz, but just in case... SWBTATTReg Jan 11 #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 Jan 11 #84

Ha ha heh! It's one of my favorite scenes, always loved the flying monkeys, and of course the scene when the SWBTATTReg Jan 12 #117

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Wizard of Oz Delarage Jan 11 #77

Thank you very much Delarge. Great list--but for Halloween. I have never seen it. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 11 #80

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Lunabell Jan 11 #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 Jan 11 #82

We never dressed up, but occasionally my sis, I, sometimes her then boyfriend, and another friend would go to a movie electric_blue68 Jan 12 #93

One of my best movie memories! buzzycrumbhunger Jan 12 #131

Blazing Saddles Mark.b2 Jan 11 #81

Thank you Mark,b2. There will never be another like it. Watch everytime it is on. debm55 Jan 11 #83

To Kill a Mockingbird, Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men (original) LoisB Jan 11 #85

Thank you very much LoisB, I also have them many times. They are classics. debm55 Jan 12 #95

I never understood how Shawshank did not win the Academy Award for best picture that year. LoisB Jan 12 #109

Do you remember who one? I can watch that many times and each time I catch something different. debm55 Jan 12 #110

I think it was Schindler's List which was a great movie. LoisB Jan 12 #112

Schindler's List would have been a hard one to go against. debm55 Jan 12 #114

That's for sure. LoisB Jan 12 #138

Vertigo, Frenzy, Notorious... ailsagirl Jan 11 #86

Agree. Everytime one of his movies is on I watch. Masterful director. debm55 Jan 12 #96

Mid- century serials, especially the ones from Republic Studios.. Permanut Jan 11 #87

Thank you Permanut. Those are great choises. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #97

Mary Poppins is my favorite movie, but followed by Casablanca, Third Man, Salag 17, Sunset Blvd, Holiday ......... marble falls Jan 11 #88

Thank you very much marble falls. You have some excellent choices there. I always watch Salag17 as my late uncle, an Air debm55 Jan 12 #98

Moonstruck TexasBushwhacker Jan 11 #89

I agree with you . Thank you TexasBushwhacker. debm55 Jan 12 #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 Jan 12 #90

I agree. Thank you very much, dai13sy. Love it. debm55 Jan 12 #100

Lost Boys Figarosmom Jan 12 #91

Agree. Thank you Figarosmom. Casting, direction and music makes a good movie into a great movie. debm55 Jan 12 #102

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

Excellent list of films. Thank you very much electric_blue68 debm55 Jan 12 #101

Chicago and Phantom of the Opera OLDMDDEM Jan 12 #103

Thank you OLDMDDEM. Two classics. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #104

The Producers (1968) The Wizard Jan 12 #105

Thank you ,The Wizard. Great movie. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #107

Casablanca, A Hard Day's Night, It's a Mad Mad Mad World to name three ... ificandream Jan 12 #106

Thank you very much, Ificandream. George had a dry sense of humor. I miss him. He was my favorite, debm55 Jan 12 #108

The Original West Side Story And National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation......nt global1 Jan 12 #111

Thank you very much. Great choices. Enjoy. debm55 Jan 12 #115

Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib Jan 12 #113

Agree with your choices. lastlib, thank you very much. debm55 Jan 12 #116

2001: A Space Odyssey is at the top of my list too. Borogove Jan 12 #135

We had one of those big screen movie theaters a few blocks away... electric_blue68 Jan 12 #136

There are SO many, I can't answer, but just a couple recent examples ... Jeebo Jan 12 #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 Jan 12 #120

Grease is a fun one LeftInTX Jan 12 #121

Thank you LeftinTX. I do the same with my favorites. debm55 Jan 12 #122

The Great Escape Easterncedar Jan 12 #125

Thank you Easterncedar. Loved the Great Escape. enjoy your choices. debm55 Jan 12 #127

This inspired me to watch War and Peace today Easterncedar Jan 12 #139

I never get tired of "Blazing Saddles." Different Drummer Jan 12 #128

Thank you Different Drummer. Me either. debm55 Jan 12 #130

Victor, Victoria, The Big Race, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Godfather, yellowdogintexas Jan 12 #132

Thank you very much for your wounder list, yellowdogintexas debm55 Jan 13 #142

A lot of posters have jogged my memory of more movies LogDog75 Jan 12 #133

Excellent list, thank you LogDog75 debm55 Jan 13 #143

There are so many. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 12 #134

Thank you discntnt_irny_srcsm. debm55 Jan 13 #144

I forgot Alistar Sim's Scrooge, considering over the decades I've watched ?60+ times! 😀 electric_blue68 Jan 12 #137

Thank you electric_blue68 debm55 Jan 13 #141

Groundhog Day, Jaws, Terminator 2...the list goes on. subterranean Jan 13 #140

Thank you subterranean. I very much enjoy Hitchcock films too debm55 Jan 13 #145