Best film of all time
 

Just wondering about people's favourite films. Mine has to be Withnail and I, cracks me up every time I watch it. What's yours? :p

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2, Jesus of Nazareth and Romeo and Juliet both directed by Franco Zeffirelli although I do like Forrest Gump oh there's too many !!!

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think all these should just about answer your question

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Too many to choose from but Whistle Down The Wind with Hayley Mills is well up there for me - love it :)

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Only being a Newby, I wouldn't know of all the other threads. I'm not Mystic Meg . Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing!

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You could search, but then, there are some who don`t like old threads resurrected. Rock & a hard place.:idunno:

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Aint stupidity a wonderful thing? Sod all at all wrong wi resurrecting owd threads,;):D In fact i love it, it can bring back memories of people that aint around anymore.:)

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Mines "MY SUMMER OF LOVE " Filmed not far away in Todmorden " Paddy Considine Emily Blunt and Natalie Press "SUPERB" also "SEA OF LOVE " AL PERCHINO John Goodman etc

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A new thread on a subject that`s been covered before, but has been missed by those of us who haven`t been here that long, or resurrect an old thread, I don`t mind either way. Gives us none AS fans something to read.:D

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I think my best film would be Solomon and Sheba with Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida, the scene where the on come forces are blinded by the burnished shields and dive headlong into a ravine is superb

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Once Upon A Time In The West.

Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards,Charles Bronson,

Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn.

Great Music by Ennio Morricoe.

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The 39 Steps - absolute classic for me. Hard to believe Hitchcock never won an Oscar!
The 39 Steps (1935) - The Criterion Collection

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I wouldn't bother getting upset if I were you Westendlass - not worth the effort! If people have been there, done that and worn the t-shirt I don't see why they think you shouldn't have a go and engage others on the forum who they don't know so well!

I actually find this to be an interesting topic. You get such a wide range of answers and it can tell you a lot about other peoples taste -or in some cases lack of... ;)

I have a list as long as my arm of favourite films and am always adding new ones. :hothothot

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A modern classic for me has to be The Gladiator -superb cast, great acting, fab story and I can watch it again and again. Oliver Reeds last ever role - iconic.

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Ben Hur isn't bad either! Another one I can watch every time it's shown. :D

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Kes, A Taste of Honey, Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Up The Junction. I love the old British films. Proper class!!

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i enjoyed the sequel to that movie

The stairlift starring thora herd :)

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"Blazing Saddles" ... must admit tho' that the movies I've watched the most are "Casablanca" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly":alright:

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For comedies, it has to be the Farrelly brothers - Me, Myself & Irene and There`s Something About Mary.

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One of my faves too!

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It's been a while since I've seen Withnail and I - I loved it - very funny! But I remember being struck by the last scene - quite sad in a way.

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I first saw Romeo and Juliet when I was 14 (many moons ago!). Loved it.

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So many favourite films... But if I have to pick a few (in no particular order)
Bladerunner (Director's Cut)
Gladiator (had to mention it again - Russell Crowe at his best)
2001 A Space Odyssey
Sense and Sensibility
Howard's End
Far From the Madding Crowd
The English Patient

Rob Roy

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The Two films ive watched the most are "The Dirty Dozen" n " Kellys Heroes" probably not the best ever made, but i love em.

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Oh how I hate that film......every time it is on himself watches it like he has never seen it before.......that and The Lady Vanishes......and all the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films too...they make me shudder.
what is worse is that Ma phones him up to tell him they are on:eek:

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So many and all great, one of my first favs was The Dam Busters also enjoyed Guns of Naverone and more recently On Golden Pond.

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I seem to like emotional films !!! The Notebook was quite good.

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We went to see it at the cinema in Blackburn -part of my classes O-level English course!

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Nice selection - Harrison Ford is a great favourite of mine and Bladerunner is a very original film. I have Howard's End on video and Sense and Sensibility - Emma Thompson did a great job with that screenplay. Room with a View is a fab film too. Different genre but The Silence of the Lambs is worth mentioning as well. I also love a very early Ken Brannagh/Colin Firth film with the lovely(and unfortunately, late) Natasha Richardson. I have this on the original video cassette -it's beautifully filmed and is a lovely, sensitive story. The book is excellent too!

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What's it's title? (The Brannagh/Firth one). I can't recall that one just now. Fine actors all!
Silence of the Lambs is great - largely due to Anthony Hopkins, I think.

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Oops -meant to put a link -It's called "A Month in the Country" -set in Yorkshire after WW1. Book by J L Carr.

A Month in the Country (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Can you get her to give me a ring too Margaret, I love those old Sherlock films in B and W :D

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My all time favourite is Alfred Hitcocks "Rebecca" , I just love it.

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Don't remember seeing that one, but "Rear Window" with Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart is a favourite of mine.

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Just watched "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" ... again ... maybe not the best of all time, but right up there. As is "Weekend at Bernie's". And, come to think of it: "Swimming with Sharks".

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Good Morning Vietnam and The Deer Hunter are also excellent films. I'm getting some good ideas for what to watch this weekend. Choices, choices!!

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Shane
In The Good Old Summertime
Casablanca
The Searchers
The Quiet Man
Psycho
The Shuttered Room
The Clock
West Side Story
National Velvet

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12 O'Clock High - quite a lot filmed at Burtonwood, the Control Tower became a listed building because of the film.
Lawrence of Arabia - seen one of the trains TEL actually blew up
West Side Story - For me the best interpretation of Romeo & Juliet
Hot Fuzz - Stupid maybe, bit I found it hilarious
Battle of Britain - Thought I was in a time warp parked at the roadside when 2 Me 109s were attacked by Spitfires. I was near RAF Duxford where most of it was being filmed.
Blazing Saddles - How un-PC can you get, thought it was fantastic

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Any black and white English movie on a wet and windy afternoon. Toast and coffee, keep it coming. :)

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Was that with he High School? I seem to recall my big sister going to see that and coming back full of it.

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For me
Leon
The Duellists
The Godfather Trilogy
A Kind of Loving
The Family Way
Dead Man's Shoes
It's a Wonderful Life
300 Spartans (not 300!)
The Graduate
Johnny got his Gun
Adalen 31
American Graffiti
The Magnificent Seven
Kind Hearts and Coronets
A Bridge too Far

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It's a Wonderful Life - a must watch for me at Christmas :)

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Ok - a true confession: I remember going to the pictures with my friends, about 1964, watching the Beatles Hard Days Night and us all screaming our fool heads off LOL.

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Can remember going flicks down Blackburn, around same time n 2 birds were sat in front of us, one i fancied had some very nice perfume on, I was smelling it n lit a fag up, her hair went up in flames, very inflammable hair lacquer in those days.:D Now thats what yeh call a true confession.;) Can't remember what the film was.:D

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Gladiator....is one of my absolute faves. Not many may know...Ollie Reed didn't actually finish filming that film !!! His last few scenes were computer generated !!!

Where Eagles Dare is MY favourite film. Eastwood & Burton in an absolute classic of a war film !!!

My others include Cleopatra, Spartacus, Laurence of Arabia, Kelly's Heroes, Guns of Navarone, Bridge over the River Kwai, The Battle of Britain, The Longest Day,The Dambusters, A Bridge Too Far, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, The Deerhunter, Apocolypse Now, Black Hawk Down, Apollo 13, Close Encounters of the Third Kind & Knowing (Nic. Cage)

As that list shows, I'm partial to a good war film !!!:o

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Yikes!

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Was she one of your early flames Cashy?:D

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I had just got a pint in the Legion Hotel at Southport they announced the film was about to start in the lounge.
It was sometime in the early eighties when I last saw a film, it was "Soldier Blue" and I was parked up in Hull for the night.
Anyway I went to see what the film was about in the hotel and was enthralled through out.

It was "Life of Pi". They showed it from a blue ray disk with surround sound.
Really good filming and the young lad who played Pi was excellent at it.
I enjoyed it so much I didn't leave for another pint until the film ended.

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Was that the nearest you got to a hot date with her Cashy? :dflam::dflam:

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[QUOTE=Gremlin;1071596]I had just got a pint in the Legion Hotel at Southport they announced the film was about to start in the lounge.
It was sometime in the early eighties when I last saw a film, it was "Soldier Blue" and I was parked up in Hull for the night.

"Soldier Blue" was an excellent film. I wonder why it's never on tv? I haven't seen it for about 30 years.

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I liked "Life of Pi" too - beautiful and thought provoking!

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Watched it in the 70's, remembered it as pretty horrific and gruesome, e.g. the tobacco pouch...watched it not too long ago on one of the cruddy movies for men channels, guess I've been hardened by movies since, it was dated didn't have the same punch or stand the test of time (except for the haunting voice of Buffy St Marie )..trust me...stick with your memory and dont watch it again

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Fair point.:(

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Watched "Soldier Blue" in Norwich at the opening of the new Odeon there, '70 or a bit earler. The graphics were a new generation - the opening, where the bullet strikes the soldiers cheek had my wife cringing.
A great film and the theme song is still one of my favourites.

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Yeh may probably find this very hard to believe, But she didn't really want to know me.:D That day anyway.;)

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[QUOTE=egg&chips;1071654]It has been on TV several times in late 90's and or early 2000's!

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Watched Where Eagles Dare last night Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, never get tired of watching these very well made war films, it was on ITV4 at 8pm so I recorded it on plus then started watching it at 9pm so I could flick the ads:rolleyes:

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Time flies, I was guessing when I said early eighties, I didn't think the film had been out long when I saw it so it must have been in the 70's I started on a BP contract at Hull in 1977 so it was after that.

Not that it really matters, it was still the last film I saw before Life of Pi in July this year.

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Just happened to be flicking through the channels Jaysay and it's on ITV 4 at the moment.

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[QUOTE=kestrelx;1071739]Thats correct seen it a couple of times on T.V. as well as at flicks.

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Just been to Liverpool and Letter to Breznev sprang to mind , and also Boys from the Black Stuff (although it's a series not a film ) . Gonna put these on my things to watch this week.

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She probably didn't have room in her handbag for a Fire Extinguisher:D:D:D

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I know it was Norwich and I was posted from there in '71:)

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Nature Of The Beast - filmed in Accrington....cant forget this film...still watch it now...proud owner of this rare dvd

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My definition of a good film is one where you want to watch it more than just once, because their story lines are so complex that you are bound to see a subtle something you missed 1st time.

I place very few in this category -
The Godfather Trilogy
The Matrix (part 1)

I don't understand why some people have large video film collections and watch them numerous times.

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Well on that basis, i`d like to throw Donnie Darko into the mix.

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My definition is,if they are that complex they can stuff em.:D

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American History X is another good film that`s not yet had a mention.

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I agree I think its one of the top films of all time, as it has a family element to it.

One of the best is 2001 A Space Odyssey - because no one knows what it's totally all about.:)

Another I saw on DVD last week was, The Impossible - a true story about a family split up in the 2004 Tsunami and who survived, you can't beat films based on true stories.

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My favourite film is The Dark Knight, the best of all time probably....The Dark Knight.

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Just kidding, the best film is probably The Green Mile.

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Just to name a few...
- Saw
- Planet of the Apes 1968
- Cloverfield
- Inception

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SAW really?

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The first one obviously. That twist ending caught everyone of guard.

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I agree with gpick, American History X is a cracking film, very thought provoking.