Your Five Favourite Films?

**Jack Daw** · 6th January 16, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Wow... so many great ones!

Interesting to see how often Quiet Man, Princess Bride, and various Monty Python films come up.

For now, I'll go with

The Dead
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Rope
The Queen
Flags Of Our Fathers

It's hard to do... I really want The 100 Foot Journey there too...

There's a different category for me, those movies that if I'm channel-flipping and I hit upon I have to stop and watch to the end:

Princess Bride
Absolute Power
The Wizard Of Oz

"I don't hold with the extremists who feel that there should be open season for murder all year round. No, personally, I would prefer to have..."Cut-a-Throat Week"... or, uh, "Strangulation Day"..."

**AFS1970** · 8th January 16, 05:14 PM

The Rulling Class
Bridge over the River Kwai
Princess Bride
The Shawshank Redemption
One Good Cop

**ThistleDown** · 9th January 16, 10:23 PM

Late to the party, but:

Tunes of Glory
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
A Man and a Woman
Lawrence of Arabia
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

**Cmcdonald** · 10th January 16, 05:50 PM

I think, for me, it would be:

1.) Das Boot
2.) The Last of the Mohicans
3.) The Green Berets ( I know it isn't PC)
4.) Casablanca ( Can't beat Bogie)
5.) Braveheart

Those are not really in order. It is a five way tie for first place.

**Jack Daw** · 11th January 16, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by Cmcdonald

I think, for me, it would be:

1.) Das Boot
2.) The Last of the Mohicans
3.) The Green Berets ( I know it isn't PC)
4.) Casablanca ( Can't beat Bogie)
5.) Braveheart

Those are not really in order. It is a five way tie for first place.

"Das Boot" is excellent! (Most, not all, sub films seem to be good)

**sbevans** · 13th January 16, 08:51 PM

While considering this list, I decided to go with the movies that no matter how many times I have seen them, while channel surfing, I will always stop and watch.

Shawshank Redemption
We Were Soldiers
Memphis Belle
Sound Of Music
Uncle Buck

And thank you Jock for starting this thread!

**kilted firefighter** · 14th January 16, 04:58 AM

Originally Posted by sbevans

While considering this list, I decided to go with the movies that no matter how many times I have seen them, while channel surfing, I will always stop and watch.

Shawshank Redemption
We Were Soldiers
Memphis Belle
Sound Of Music
Uncle Buck

And thank you Jock for starting this thread!

I concur. I will also stop at these every time. Or Forest Gump.

**Cmcdonald** · 23rd January 16, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by sbevans

While considering this list, I decided to go with the movies that no matter how many times I have seen them, while channel surfing, I will always stop and watch.

Shawshank Redemption
We Were Soldiers
Memphis Belle
Sound Of Music
Uncle Buck

And thank you Jock for starting this thread!

I had forgotten We were Soldiers. That is a very intense movie, in the same league with Cross of Iron and Letters from Iwo Jima.

Those are excellent, but emotionally draining movies.

I definitely need to watch a comedy after seeing one of those.

I concur, thanks for the thread.