Favorite Movies

[Hollydoll85]

Hey y'all, I just thought it might be fun to start a list of feel-good movies for those days we all have where we just want to curl up on the couch with our heating pads and escape. Input would be appreciated...I'll start (i had a list of 25 movies yesterday but my computer kicked me off before I could submit...)

In no particular order.....

1) Top Gun....not traditionally "feel good" but if you don't feel better after seeing Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer shirtless at the same time.....there is no hope.
2) My Fair Lady

3) Breakfast at Tiffany's

4) Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles...any brat pack movie. Watch as a movie marathon for extra effect.

5) It Could Happen to You

6) French Kiss...especially when you're mad at men

7) Life is Beautiful...I saw it in an underground theatre in Houston in Italian with English subtitles...it's much more beautiful that way than when totally translated...

8) Benny and Joon. Everyone must see this movie if they have not done so.


I could go on forever...but I think it's your turn now!!!

[ICNJess]

Gone With The Wind
13 Going On 30
Runaway Bride
Pretty Woman
The Stepmom
America's Sweethearts (I'm a big Julia Roberts fan!)

It goes on and on and on, I am sure I'll be back when I think of more. But right now my favorite is 13 Going On 30...I could watch that movie all the time.

Oh yeah, and Shrek 2...Puss In Boots is sooo cute!

[kadi]

Where the Heart Is
Michael
Save the Last Dance
Ice Age
Miss Congeniality
Hope Floats
Sabrina (the original!)
Real Women Have Curves
Whale Rider
Better off Dead (or anything with John Cusack)
How to lose a guy in 10 dates

[ICNJess]

OMG I LOVE Save The Last Dance!!!!! Put that one on my list too, thanks Kadi, I forgot all about that one!

[MeganAnne]

Harold and Maude (romance that inspires living!)
Contact (space/e.t./philosophy movie)
Whale Rider (story of a Maori girl in New Zealand)
The Secret of Roan Inish (folk story about a girl in Ireland, very beautiful)
Love Actually (fun, twisting romantic comedy)
In America (modern drama/comedy about an Irish family moving to new york)
Life Is Beautiful (Italian with English subtitles, definitely!)
Amelie (French, with subtitles)

[Rosalie]

STAR TREK. Any of them. Old ones, new ones, I don't care - LOVE them all. Bit of a Trekkie if you hadn't noticed! :rolleyes:

[Hollydoll85]

You guys are bringing up alot of forgotten favorites....I LOVE Amelie!

[dyno]

This could go on forever but off the top of my head.
1. The Thorn Birds
2.Pretty Woman
3.Anne of Green Gables
4.Sweet Home Alabama
5.Forrest Gump


I know there are a lot more but that is a good start.

[SharonA]

With Christmas coming up, I would have to say that "A Christmas Story" is one of my all time favorites. It is so funny and so true. Stuff like that actually happened then. I know...showing my age here. :)

"High Anxiety" is so much fun. Especially if you are a Hitchcock fan.

"Young Frandenstier" has to be on this list, also.

"Cassablanca" is another great movie...one of the best "goodbye" scenes of all time.

Then of course, there is "Somewhere In Time". Oh my...I could watch that one over and over. It is such a beautiful movie.

On the quirky side of things..."Big Fish" is a wonder to watch...beautifully done.

The Shrek movies are a hoot.

:) :) :)

[Mel53H]

All Musicals is what I enjoy.

Carousel
Oklahoma
My Fair Lady
Sound of Music
just to name a few...

I recently saw "The Shawshank Redemption" and it was excellent! Great acting.

Terms of Endearment
Ghost

I could go on and on! This is fun!!

[ICNDonna]

Bridget Jones's Diary
Chicago
Roman Holiday
That Touch of Mink
Bridges of Madison County
Two Week's Notice
Miss Congeniality
Grumpier Old Men

[Lex]

The Princess Bride!!! My all-time favorite movie :D

Also really loved:
Shrek (1 and 2)
Whale Rider
Evil Dead 2
Shaun of the Dead

[ibtracy]

:) I'd have to say my all time favorite movie is:

* How to loose a guy in 10 days.
1. Pretty Woman
2. Runaway Bride
3. Johnson Family Vacation
4. Uptown Girls

I have so many I can't name them all.

Tracy K.

[Betsie]

I am scanning and haven't thought of my favorite movies, usually remember books more, but my lifelong forever favorite is:

THE WIZARD OF OZ


I know that favorite songs is not part of this, but I just have to indulge myself here:

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and so far my newest favorite version is by Martina McBride!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL, will get back to you with the movie list. I have about 100 more books to add though.......

[Hollydoll85]

The Green Mile
Slingblade
Angus
Lucas
Pillow Talk
Some Kind of Wonderful
Fools Rush In
I know I'm reprinting some..but oh well!

[ICNJess]

Sharon,

I love High Anxiety!!! My mom sometimes comes home from work kinda frantic, so I lighten things up by doing an imitation of "Here's your paper!! Take it!! Take it!!" LOL I love Mel Brooks!!!

[Hollydoll85]

I forgot Annie Hall

[Betsie]

My daughter does a mean and very funny imitation of Superstar...I have never seen it, but thought i would throw it out to you young girls...that and Coyote Ugly!!!

[Rosalie]

Every Fred Astair and Ginger Rogers movie ever made. I grew up dancing in front of the tellie.

[calmkiwi21]

My favorite movies would have to be
1. Easter Parade (starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire)
2. The Harvey Girls
3. Meet Me In St. Louis
4. Singin' In the Rain
5. Grease
6. The New Guy
7. The Wizard Of Oz
8. White Christmas
I like mostly all the older song and dance movies :)
From
Amy

[dancemomof2]

Gosh seems we all like some of the same movies. Maybe need to pick a favorite start watching at he same time and open the chat room also, LOL kinda like a PC slumber party.
My List...
How to Loose a guy in 10 days
Stepmom
Hope Floats my absolute all time favorite
The Fox and the Hound...... that hound is so cute
and anything else sapping and girly

Thanks for the thread. That is neat to read

[ICNJess]

I also have to add just about every Adam Sandler movie out there. I love his sense of humor!

[SharonA]

Jess...My husband and I have stayed in the hotel in San Francisco where High Anxiety was shot. We were still living in CA then and would go to "the City" about every other month or so for the fun of it. We decided to stay in that hotel on one of those trips. We requested a room on one of the higher floors so we could look over the rail :dizzy: and sing...HIGH ANXIETY!!!!! :lmao:

[ICNJess]

Sharon,

LOL that hotel looked like it was very tall, and when they were on the level where their rooms were at, I freaked (I'm afraid of heights)!! You're braver than I am...guess I have High Anxiety too LOL!

[desolationangel]

1. Rocky Horror Picture Show (when i'm up to it, i dress up and go!!)
2. Return of the Jedi- perfect make-everything-better-happy-ending
3. Easy Rider
4. Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (zombie stuff)
5. Casablanca
6. The Godfather
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Alice in Wonderland
9. Pirates of the Caribbean (pirates rock, johnny depp rocks even more)
10. Cabaret

that's but a few, i'm a huge movie nerd. i'm even taking a class on the undead in literature and film. my major is creative writing, and i think i want to do screenplays some day.

[JAMIEL]

I don't know if these are feel good movies but...

Ocean's Eleven
Catch Me If You Can
American President
Barefoot in the Park (an old movie..but Robert Redford is in it...) great movie
My Blue Heaven
Horse Whisperer

if I think of anymore I will post again!!!!

Jamie

[Betsie]

Did anyone mention Father of the Bride (the newer version???) I am such a sucker for this!!!!

Dirty Dancing - another favorite!

[JAMIEL]

Oh and I forgot my all time favorite...OVERBOARD....

I have seen that one 100 times! LOL

[sacausa]

This is just a a couple of my favorites.... I might post more later :)

All Time Favorites
While You Were Sleeping
Ever After
Bridget Jones Diary
Notting Hill :biglaugh: :kissing:
Sabrina
Pretty Woman
Down With Love (absolutely love it!!!)
A Beautiful Mind
All of the Terminator movies

New Favorites
Stepford Wives (2004 version)
The Princess Diaries
Cold Mountain
Mean Girls
50 First Dates
Laws of Attraction
Secret Window
Mona Lisa Smile (a must see!!!)
School of Rock
Under the Tuscan Sun
Life or Something Like It
Le Divorce
A Walk to Remember
Good Advice
Just Married
Shallow Hal
Deliver Us From Eva
I Dreamed of Africa
Troy
Italian Job
Trapped
Gladiator

[Sparky2]

My favs include:

1. Life As A House
2. Legends of the Fall
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Terms of Endearment
5. Overboard
6. The Santa Clause (for X-mas)
7. Schindler's List
8. The Sixth Sense
9. A Beautiful Mind
10. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
11. Harry Potter series
12. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
13. Fried Green Tomatoes

[VickiB]

Benny & Joon
(an absolute 'must see' for Johnny Depp fans)
Phenomenon
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
River runs through it
12 Monkeys
Grumpy old Men
Field of Dreams
Tremors
A Knight's Tale
Indiana Jones movies
(The Last Crusade with Sean Connery in particaular)
Lethal Weapon movies
Where the Rivers Flow North

Edited to add:
Multiplicity
(This movie had me laughing so hard my hubby had to come to the living room to check on me!)

[Rosalie]

As its getting to that time of the year,what about Miracle on 42nd Street. Either version. Christmas wouldn't be the same without a viewing.

[this_sucks]

Shrek 2!
Billy Elliot
All of the Nation Lampoon movies
Donnie Darko
What Dreams May Come (saddest movie ever...i cry hysterical every time haha im serious)

[Lex]

OMG How could I have forgotten about Legends of the Fall?! Mmmmmm Brad Pitt :woohoo:

[desolationangel]

oooh donnie darko rocks my socks.

and i can't believe i forgot The Breakfast Club.

[Hollydoll85]

I just saw a wonderful movie called I Capture the Castle....everyone MUST go out and rent it NOW!!!

[dancemomof2]

I can't believe I left out my 2 all time favorite movies duhhhhh!!!!

Beaches
To Kill a Mockingbird

[Jen_Cole2]

I just BOUGHT Donnie Darko last month, lol. Holly-what is I Capture the Castle about?

Has anyone seen the Spongebob Squarepants movie yet?

[Mel53H]

Talking about Christmas movies.....What about that movie that has the two kids and the one kid wants a bb-gun for Christmas. Also, the mom bundles the poor younger brother up so tight to go out he can hardly move. The next door neighbor's dogs eat the turkey for dinner and the end up eating at a Chinese restaurant. So, so funny!! I love it! :biglaugh:

It's a classic Christmas movie. I think it is called "The Christmas story" or something like that. Somebody help me out.

[Hollydoll85]

Mel- You're right...the movie is "A Christmas Story." Interesting fact....the kid who gets his tongue frozen to the pole grew up to be a porn star...lol.

Jen- I Capture the Castle is about a British family who moves into a dilapidated old castle...the father is a writer who hasn't written in 12 years, stepmother is an artist/nudist (not too much of the movie is focused on that part though) and there are two daughters, Rose and Cassandra, and a son. The story is from the pov of Cassandra....Rose is beautiful and obsessed with becoming rich no matter what is takes..I don't want to say too much..but it's beautiful...all the guys are really cute too:)

[Hollydoll85]

I saw the sequel to Bridget Jones last night...it lived up to the hype for the most part....I may go see it again tonight with my mom

[mayray518]

I agree with Dyno, "Forrest Gump" is my favorite. Also good are "Hud", "Rain Man", to add to Betsie's post, there is a local singer (Wash DC) named Eva Cassidy who does the most beautiful rendition of "Over The Rainbow" I have ever heard. Unfortunately, she passed away at a very young age.

[Julie B]

oh wow..........

Thornbirds.........we just bought the DVDs and I watched it with my daughters.....I think when it came out they were babies........

Then of course:

Lilo and Stitch (the best best best cartoon Disney ever, especially the video of the Honolulu children's choir singing the theme song.....SO cute!)

Pirates of the Caribbean (I could watch it 50 times and not tire of it!)

Toy Story (s)
Finding Nemo
The Incredibles
Monster's Inc
Beauty and the Beast

smiles.............

[dyno]

Speaking of Christmas movies, we do have Christmas Story but I always watch The Santa Clause every year. I also like the National Lampoons Christmas movie with Chevy Chase, about the Griswalds. I like the Home Alone movies, the first 2 are my favorite.

[southerngirl]

Grease
Titanic
Gone with the Wind
13 Going on 30
Brigadoon
Spiderman and Spiderman 2
The Matrix trilogy
The Back to the Future Trilogy
Clueless
Westside Story
Centerstage ( I used to do ballet, so I really like this movie--if you are into dance it's a great movie and even if you don't like dance you'll like the interaction between the students, if you can deal with a few dance scences-by the way the dance scene at the end is really awesome!)
I just saw Dodgeball and it was really funny and also The Big Bounce-really funny.