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32. Looks like my idea of classics is not the norm...

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 03:31 PM

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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).

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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 6 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 6 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 17 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 Yesterday #66

PeeWee's Big Adventure catbyte Yesterday #56

No kidding Shambala Yesterday #64

Thank you Shambala.He was very talented debm55 Yesterday #68

Thank you very much, catbyte. I really like your other choices too. debm55 Yesterday #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 Yesterday #69

Love the Pink Panther movies. Just rewatched them recently 😁 TommieMommy 4 hrs ago #129

Jeremiah Johnson CanonRay Yesterday #58

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

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

Thank you woodsprite. Wonderful musicals. Great films. debm55 Yesterday #71

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

Indeed, Thank you keithbvadu2. debm55 Yesterday #72

Midnight In Paris Shambala Yesterday #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 Yesterday #73

Dead Poet's Society KitFox Yesterday #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 Yesterday #74

Murder By Death madamesilverspurs Yesterday #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 Yesterday #75

I love that one, too! Easterncedar 5 hrs ago #126

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

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

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

Ha ha heh! It's one of my favorite scenes, always loved the flying monkeys, and of course the scene when the SWBTATTReg 8 hrs ago #117

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Wizard of Oz Delarage Yesterday #77

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

The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Lunabell Yesterday #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 Yesterday #82

We never dressed up, but occasionally my sis, I, sometimes her then boyfriend, and another friend would go to a movie electric_blue68 17 hrs ago #93

One of my best movie memories! buzzycrumbhunger 3 hrs ago #131

Blazing Saddles Mark.b2 Yesterday #81

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

To Kill a Mockingbird, Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men (original) LoisB 23 hrs ago #85

Thank you very much LoisB, I also have them many times. They are classics. debm55 9 hrs ago #95

I never understood how Shawshank did not win the Academy Award for best picture that year. LoisB 9 hrs ago #109

Do you remember who one? I can watch that many times and each time I catch something different. debm55 8 hrs ago #110

I think it was Schindler's List which was a great movie. LoisB 8 hrs ago #112

Schindler's List would have been a hard one to go against. debm55 8 hrs ago #114

That's for sure. LoisB 1 hr ago #138

Vertigo, Frenzy, Notorious... ailsagirl 23 hrs ago #86

Agree. Everytime one of his movies is on I watch. Masterful director. debm55 9 hrs ago #96

Mid- century serials, especially the ones from Republic Studios.. Permanut 22 hrs ago #87

Thank you Permanut. Those are great choises. Enjoy. debm55 9 hrs ago #97

Mary Poppins is my favorite movie, but followed by Casablanca, Third Man, Salag 17, Sunset Blvd, Holiday ......... marble falls 22 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 9 hrs ago #98

Moonstruck TexasBushwhacker 22 hrs ago #89

I agree with you . Thank you TexasBushwhacker. debm55 9 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 20 hrs ago #90

I agree. Thank you very much, dai13sy. Love it. debm55 9 hrs ago #100

Lost Boys Figarosmom 20 hrs ago #91

Agree. Thank you Figarosmom. Casting, direction and music makes a good movie into a great movie. debm55 9 hrs ago #102

First: Comedies; Mrs Doubtfire, Dave, and Abbot & Costello; The Time of Their Lives.... electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #94

Excellent list of films. Thank you very much electric_blue68 debm55 9 hrs ago #101

Chicago and Phantom of the Opera OLDMDDEM 9 hrs ago #103

Thank you OLDMDDEM. Two classics. Enjoy. debm55 9 hrs ago #104

The Producers (1968) The Wizard 9 hrs ago #105

Thank you ,The Wizard. Great movie. Enjoy. debm55 9 hrs ago #107

Casablanca, A Hard Day's Night, It's a Mad Mad Mad World to name three ... ificandream 9 hrs ago #106

Thank you very much, Ificandream. George had a dry sense of humor. I miss him. He was my favorite, debm55 9 hrs ago #108

The Original West Side Story And National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation......nt global1 8 hrs ago #111

Thank you very much. Great choices. Enjoy. debm55 8 hrs ago #115

Apollo 13 and 2001: A Space Odyssey lastlib 8 hrs ago #113

Agree with your choices. lastlib, thank you very much. debm55 8 hrs ago #116

2001: A Space Odyssey is at the top of my list too. Borogove 2 hrs ago #135

We had one of those big screen movie theaters a few blocks away... electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #136

There are SO many, I can't answer, but just a couple recent examples ... Jeebo 7 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 6 hrs ago #120

Grease is a fun one LeftInTX 6 hrs ago #121

Thank you LeftinTX. I do the same with my favorites. debm55 6 hrs ago #122

The Great Escape Easterncedar 5 hrs ago #125

Thank you Easterncedar. Loved the Great Escape. enjoy your choices. debm55 5 hrs ago #127

This inspired me to watch War and Peace today Easterncedar 1 hr ago #139

I never get tired of "Blazing Saddles." Different Drummer 5 hrs ago #128

Thank you Different Drummer. Me either. debm55 4 hrs ago #130

Victor, Victoria, The Big Race, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Godfather, yellowdogintexas 3 hrs ago #132

A lot of posters have jogged my memory of more movies LogDog75 3 hrs ago #133

There are so many. discntnt_irny_srcsm 2 hrs ago #134

I forgot Alistar Sim's Scrooge, considering over the decades I've watched ?60+ times! 😀 electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #137