Movies you HAVE to watch:

[snowflakeluvr]

where the heart is
father of the bride(one and two)
sixteen candles
the parent trap(either one)
any adam sandler except little nicky
many lifetime movies too

 

[diamondfan]

Snow, I agree, I love most Sandler movies but Little Nicky defies all descriptions. Too awful for words.

I think the Father of Bride movies are great too...
I also LOVE Adventures in Babysitting...so fun!

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 8/4/2008 11:16:20 PM
Author: diamondfan
I also love the Sixth Sense and the Austin Powers movies and Ferris Beuler...I think those are all great ones!


Also love;


Love Actually

The Holiday

Wedding Crashers

Spinal Tap

Funny Girl

Funny Lady

Diamondfan, I think we are movie twins! I love Love Actually. Have you ever seen Playing By Heart? It's a similar movie and it's GREAT. Also Spinal Tap is one of my very favorites--"but this one goes to 11!"

 

[pennquaker09]

Legally Blonde
Center Stage
Sweet Home Alabama
Election
Elizabeth
Father of the Bride
The Color Purple
Gladiator
Being It On
Remember the Titans
Orange County

 

[hairgirl95]

For all of you who loved Love Actually, check out the movie The Holiday--has Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet--kinda has the same sort of spin on it as Love Actually. Its not quite as good, but its right up there.

 

[nytemist]

The Lost Boys
Sixteen Candles
Psycho
The Shining
Silence of the Lambs
Fright Night
Independence Day
An Unmarried Woman
Donnie Darko
Y Tu Mam Tambien
Secretary
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Alien
Ringu (the original Japanese version of The Ring)
The first two Friday the 13th movies
The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Heathers
Monsters Inc.
Dazed and Confused
Nosferatu
The Bride
Less Than Zero
Baise Moi
Pulp Fiction
Trainspotting

There are plenty more that don''t come to mind right now. I love odd, independent, foreign and good horror movies.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

The Princess Bride
Love Actually
Ferris Bueller''s Day Off
Old School
Labyrinth

 

[dragonfly411]

I HAVE SO MANY

Labyrinth
The Never Ending Story
The Land Before Time
Lion King
Finding Nemo
You''ve Got Mail
Pretty Woman
Memoirs of a Geisha
Lord of the Rings
Harry Potter
Jurassic Park (all three)
Jerry Magguire
Children of the Corn
The Sixth Sense
Pay it Forward
ghost
Spirit
Spirited Away
My Neighbor Toturo
A river runs Through it
Bridges of Madison County
Dances With Wolves
Pocahontas
Anything Disney
Flash
Free Willy
The Bear
Grease
Oceans 11
Gremlins
Frosty the Snowman
Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer
The Easter Story (The one that falls in with Rudolph and Frosty)
Hocus Pocus
The Thirteenth Ghost
House on Haunted Hill
Rose Red
Castaway
The Horse Whisperer
Girl with A pearl Earring
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ewok movies
Dirty Dancing
The Last Unicorn
Muppets Movies

 

[diamondfan]

Jerry Maguire is great!

I love Cinema Paradiso.

I also love Beauty and the Beast!

 

[miraclesrule]

Oh yeah, Jerry Maguire...Loved that movie

And the first Bridget Jones. I loved that movie too! (Hated the second one)

 

[cbs102]

OK...
sweet home alabama
how to lose a guy
the notebook
crazy/beautiful
dirty dancing
top gun
briget jones diary (my favorite)
love actually
steel magnolia''s

 

[joflier]

The Shawshank Redemption
A Few Good Men
Pretty Woman
Titanic
American Beauty
Se7en
Ocean's 11,12,13

 

[Irishgrrrl]

Date: 8/4/2008 8:14:58 PM
Author: fieryred33143

Date: 8/4/2008 7:52:35 PM
Author: ladypirate
Dave
Forrest Gump
The Princess Bride
The American President

My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die

Such an awesome movie LOL

LOL! Look out for those Rodents of Unusual Size!!!

What are my favorites . . . hmmmm . . . it's hard to pick just a few!

The Notebook (yes, I'm a cheeseball!)
Shawshank Redemption
Pulp Fiction (BEST MOVIE EVER!!!)
Three Rooms
Beaches (DF, I'm glad I'm not the only one! LOL!)
Mr. Deeds (You should have SEEN how hard DH and I laughed the first time we saw that one!)

That's all I can think of for now.

ETA: Oh, and Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Who Stole Christmas! Every Christmas, I obsessively check to see when it's going to be on! LOVE that one!!!

 

[somethingshiny]

Wow, I''ve never heard of some of these movies.

Are these well-known?? "The Secretary", "Donnie Darko", "Labrynth", "Spirited Away", "Harold and Maude".

Maybe I spend too much time on Disney movies these days....

 

[icekid]

The Holiday - I''ve watched it an embarrassing number of times.

Shawshank Redemption

Sweet Home Alabama (first movie I watched w/ my hubs)

Rounders

Roman Holiday

Good Will Hunting (oh yes I definitely have a Matt Damon thing)

Elf!! I think i last watched it in July.. ha

 

[diamondfan]

I also adore Sweet Home Alabama.

Poor Reese, having to pick from Josh Lucas or Patrick Dempsey. Life IS rough!!!!

 

[jewelerman]

Im a film nut ...heres my top favorite that all members of the forum must watch...my favorite movie is Moon Struck(1987)followed by...
1-Rear window(1953)
2-casablanca(1942)
3-Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)
4-Princess Bride(198
5-Glory(1989)
7-Chocolat
8- Dial M for Murder(1953)
9-The Fugitive(the train derailment scene is awesome)
10-The Scarlet Pimperneal(1982)
11-Whats up Doc(1974- ish)

 

[jewelerman]

I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT
Cinderrella Man
Young Frankenstein
The first Pirates of the Careabiean

 

[kelley1975]

I also love most of the movies that have been mentioned, but noone has listed one of my all-time faves:

Hatari!

I don''t know why, I am not really a John Wayne fan, but every time it is on TV I have to watch it!

I also have to agree with the other "Elf" lovers--that movie is hysterical! I watch it year round.

Some others are:

Death to Smoochy
Life is Beautiful
Austin Powers (the first one)
Anything with Will Farrel or Vince Vaughn
ie...Anchorman (love that movie!)
All of the "Brat Pack" movies


Way too many to list!

 

[miraclesrule]

Date: 8/5/2008 9:18:59 PM
Author: diamondfan
I also adore Sweet Home Alabama.

Poor Reese, having to pick from Josh Lucas or Patrick Dempsey. Life IS rough!!!!

No joke!! Seriously though, Josh Lucas was a dream in this movie. I fell in love with him BIGtime in this movie.

Oh yeah, I really loved Miss Congeniality now that this movies reminded me of what''s her name...

Mom and Pageant Matron. I swear I am losing my memory as I age.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

My favourite movie of all times is pretty unknown. It is the only movie that, after I reached the end, I sat thinking for 15 minutes and then watched it from the beginning again.

It is Conspiracy, with Kenneth Branagh, and it tells the story of the Wannsee Conference. Yep - a movie about a meeting had me glued to the chair. It is absolutely chilling.

For more light hearted choices,

The original 3 Star Wars
All the Indiana Jones
Dangerous Liasons (well, not light hearted but)
Any good period movie
Any good fairy tale movie

 

[dragonfly411]

Something Shiny - Labyrinth was from the eighties/early nineties and was rather popular at the time, it falls into the Never ending story, Princess bride type category. Spirited Away was an Anime released a few years back. It was brilliantly written and had fantastic soundtrack to it and there was a big hulabaloo over it and I LOVED it. It won quite a few awards as well. I''d see it if I were you.

I wanted to add:
Love Actually
Sweet Home Alabama
Practical Magic
The other sister
Stepmom
The Black Stallion
Black Beauty
Interview with A vampire
Little WOmen

 

[somethingshiny]

Thanks, DF! Those actually sound right up my alley, wonder how I missed them....

Oh, yeah, I don''t GO to movies, I just watch them on the tube!

 

[HollyS]

Cannot pass up:

Steel Magnolias
Bull Durham
Ocean's Eleven (Clooney, not Sinatra)*
Witness
Jagged Edge
A Perfect Murder
The Firm
Ghost
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Working Girl
American Graffiti
The Big Chill*
When Harry Met Sally*
Return to Me*
Sleepless in Seattle*
Castaway*
North by Northwest*
Rear Window*
Dial M for Murder
All About Eve
Casablanca*
Key Largo*
Notorious
Hello, Dolly
The Mirror Has Two Faces
White Christmas*
It's A Wonderful Life*
Holiday Inn*
Any Doris Day/Rock Hudson movie
Almost any Alfred Hitchcock movie

*I already have on DVD or VHS

 

[Linda W]

Egad there are so many, just to name a few.

All Al Pacino movies
All Jack Nicholson movies
Doris Day/Rock Hudson movies
Troy
Tombstone, my hubby has watched that movie a Zillion times, including the DVD
The Sound of Music
Its a Wonderful Life
French Kiss
Walk The Line
The Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy
Somewhere In Time
Grease
Mrs. Doubtfire
Forrest Gump (absolutely love the music, brings back so many memories)

 

[bee*]

The movies I have to watch when they''re on are-
Monty Python''s The Life of Brian and the Holy Grail.
Muriel''s wedding
Mrs Doubtfire
Mary Poppins and the Little Mermaid
The Green Mile
The Magdalene Sisters
Clueless
Mean Girls

 

[nytemist]

How could I forget about the orginal 3 Star Wars movies? The first one was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater.
First Pirates of the Caribbean
The Birdcage (and the original La Cage au Folle sp?)
Lord of the Rings
Rear Window
Interview with a Vampire (one of the hottest movies ever)
Ocean''s 11 (Clooney''s and Sinatra''s)
The Omen
Kids

Once again, I know there are more...

 

[Shoopy]

I forgot about my mobster movies:

Scarface
Godfather
Donnie Brasco
City of God

Oh and I love Snatch You like dags? LOL

 

[Linda W]

I forgot on my list:

Peggy Sue Got Married
The Birdcage (that movie cracks me up)
The Godfather 1,2, and 3

I am sure I will think of more

 

[jcarlylew]

Date: 8/4/2008 4:59:28 PM
Author:somethingshiny
Inspired by the Speechless Movies thread, I began wondering what movies you HAVE to watch every time they come on TV.

Every time I see them on TV, I HAVE to watch ''Shawshank Redemption'', ''Wizard of Oz'', and ''Dude, Where''s My Car'' even though I own everyone of those DVD''s.

Which movies can you just NOT pass up??

Next to Legally Blonde, there is no movie i HAVE to watch, but it seems like i would rather watch a movie with commericals, than watch the DVD that is 4 feet away from me. My boyf laughs everytime becuase of this. There is something comfortable about commericals