Thursday, July 18, 2013

Favorite Movies

Just for fun let's share our favorite movies.
I think you can build a bit of a picture of someone by knowing their favorite movies, tv shows, or books.
Here is a list of my favs.

The Way  Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez
The Passion Mel Gibson
Silver Linings Playbook
The Mighty Wind, also Best in Show, great ensemble cast and director
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Midnight in Paris
Sea Biscuit
African Queen
Casablanca
Blind Side
Zombieland
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Thin Man, the whole series with Nick and Nora Charles and dog
Bringing Up Baby
Babe
Lost Boys
Labyrinth
Never Ending Story
Master and Commander
Lincoln starring Daniel Day-Lewis
and thanks to Laurie's comment, I am adding Christmas Story (the young boy wanted a Red Rider rifle). I also add The King's Speech.
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38 comments:

  1. LaurieJuly 18, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    I love The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, One Foot in Heaven, Murphey's Romance with James Garner and Sally Fiels, Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant,
    You've Got Mail, Downton Abbey, Failure to Launch, While You Were Sleeping, A Christmas Story, Pretty Woman,just to name a few. I love black and white movies!

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  2. DelvalinaJuly 18, 2013 at 9:26 AM

    Oh wow how fun! :) I have same of 3 favorite movies with you.

    Lets see.

    The Passion of course by Mel Gibson.
    Blind Side.
    Narnia (books and movies)
    Redeeming Love (Francine Rivers)
    Princess Brides
    Hunger Games
    Salt
    Machine Gun Preacher
    Leslie and Eric Ludy Series
    Polar Express for Christmas
    and Barbie series of movie

    well I cant remember others :)

    Blessing,
    Delvalina

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  3. TeteJuly 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM

    I like so many, but love Jane Eyre, Failure to Launch, Pirates of the Caribbean 1, Blind Side- just to name a few. Thinking this might be good weather for movie watching...too dern hot to be outside.

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  4. WandaJuly 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM

    Several of your movie list are my favorites. Good list, I need to watch more movies!!!

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  5. It's Just DottieJuly 18, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    I love Camelot it is a very favorite! On my list is
    Anna and The King
    Out of Africa
    Ryan's Daughter
    Something's Gotta Give
    The Princess Bride
    The Piano
    White Christmas
    Practical Magic
    Midnight in Paris
    Smiles, Dottie

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  6. ChrisJJuly 18, 2013 at 1:51 PM

    Mine would be: The best Exotic Marigold Hotel; Beckett (with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton); Amazing Grace; Lawrence of Arabia. There are others but I can't bring them to mind right now.

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  7. MichelleJuly 18, 2013 at 6:07 PM

    I love the movie, "Out of Africa".

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  8. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - MaybeJuly 19, 2013 at 6:24 AM

    You have quite a few that would be on my list also, although I would never see anything staring Mel Gibson. He is an especially vile man who seems to be obsessed with violence.

    Some of my all time favorites include Gandhi and Out of Africa. I also loved The Kings Speech and must watch Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation every year. We used to go to the movies all the time but I hate all this blow or shoot them up pictures and now we mostly just attend funny Pixar movies with my grandchildren. I have returned to my childhood.

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  9. DeniseJuly 19, 2013 at 7:49 AM

    I enjoyed peeking into your list :) I love several of the same movies-Hugs to You-Denise

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  10. LyndaJuly 19, 2013 at 8:55 AM

    It's a Wonderful Life
    Pollyanna
    Gone With the Wind

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  11. DeniseJuly 19, 2013 at 9:56 AM

    thanks for sharing, nice list.

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  12. DeeJuly 19, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    I am not much a movie watcher so can not make a list....but the ones I do watch all the old ones. Interesting to see what you and the others like to watch.

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  13. Jen Beaudet ZondervanJuly 19, 2013 at 3:27 PM

    That's a fun post! You ahve some good favorites! I don't think I could come up with my favorites like that. I always forget it's my favorite until I see it somewhere.
    Gone with the Wind
    Wizard of Oz
    Beetlejuice
    Something's Gotta Give
    White Christmas
    Lion King (first movie I took my baby girl to)
    Pretty Woman
    There are many more and probably my absolute favorites but I can't remember them now.

    Jennifer:)

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  14. UnknownJuly 20, 2013 at 7:35 AM

    The NOTEBOOK... :)))

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  15. Art and SandJuly 20, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    I have many of the movies you listed and have seen many of the others.

    I love old Cary Grant films. One of my favorites was My Favorite Wife with Irene Dunne. They remade it as Move Over Darling with Doris Day and James Garner, but it wasn't as good as the original.

    And, old Katherine Hepburn films too.

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  16. Tales of WhimsyJuly 20, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    Oooo I love Labyrinth and Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe too.

    I also love Rear Window (1954), Penelope, French Kiss, Up, Dirty Dancing, and Practical Magic.

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  17. RebeccaJuly 20, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    I really liked the ...Marigold Hotel, The King's Speech, several Barbra Streisand movies, The Dead Poets' Society...several others. I'm not very good at remembering titles.

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  18. Introverted ArtJuly 21, 2013 at 5:57 AM

    wow, I can't imagine the experience of seeing Van Gogh's art like that. He is my favorite painter of all time .

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  19. HilaryJuly 21, 2013 at 11:02 AM

    You have some fine selections on the list. Best in Show never fails to crack me up. Another must-watch is The Princess Bride.

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  20. BECKYJuly 21, 2013 at 2:32 PM

    Hi Terra! Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment at my Nostalgic Sunday post! I thought for sure I was one of your followers, but I checked and didn't see your name in my list, so I just signed on! I have a ton of favorite movies....they're listed in my Complete Profile. Have a great week!

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  21. HappyKJuly 21, 2013 at 4:07 PM

    Oh yes, Christmas Story is one of my favorites. We watch it every year.
    A couple of my favorites are:
    Gone with the Wind
    Groundhog Day
    Second Hand Lions

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  22. Ivy and ElephantsJuly 22, 2013 at 4:20 AM

    I'm not so much for movies,but I love "Life of Pi", "Water for Elephants" "The Kite Runner", and "The Notebook".
    Just to name a few, oh and "Memoirs of a Geisha".
    Hus,
    Patti

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  23. DebbieJuly 23, 2013 at 2:40 AM

    This is fun, and I think you can tell a lot about a person from the movies they like. I like some of the ones on your list. When I started thinking about it, my very favorites are basically love stories and musicals (or love story musicals). Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is my all time favorite movie. There are about five Doris Day movies that tie for second. The only contemporary movie that makes my list is You've Got Mail.

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  24. lisaJuly 23, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    That is a hard one, I love lots of different movies, love all the Harry Potter movies, The lion, the witch and the wardrobe, I like Iron Man, and many more.

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  25. John Going GentlyJuly 23, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    Good list
    Eclectic and intelligent

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  26. bjJuly 24, 2013 at 7:07 AM

    Several of your favorites are mine, too.
    hmmm...I can see blogging fodder here for another post. lol
    xo bj

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  27. D. Jean QuarlesJuly 26, 2013 at 1:02 PM

    Such interesting lists.
    Sabrina, Sleepless in Seattle. I must be a bit of a romantic.
    Gone with the Wind, and I'm a Star Wars fan.

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  28. PondsideJuly 27, 2013 at 9:22 AM

    The Party, with Peter Sellers
    The King and I with Yul Brenner and Deborah Kerr
    Gone with the Wind
    Auntie Mame, with Rosalind Russell
    Enchanted April
    I like old movies!

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  29. IngerJuly 27, 2013 at 9:27 AM

    I like the ones I have seen and your list reminds me I must get the DVDs and watch some more movies, like Silver Lining Playbook, a film I really want to see. Thanks for stopping by. It's always good to see you.

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  30. JoyfulJuly 27, 2013 at 12:38 PM

    I think my favourite movies are
    sentimental favourites like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". I was happy to see that the latter movie has played more recently on television after not having seen it for years.


    I also like the Lord of the Rings series and "The Hobbit", the Star Trek series, Spiderman series, and classics like "Pride & Prejudice", "Emma". "The Chronicles of Narnia" and newer classics like "You Got Mail".

    I'm sure I've missed many but I tend to like space stories or the classic black and whites movies or classics of the greats.

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  31. LindaJuly 28, 2013 at 2:14 PM

    Great list, Terra.

    My favourites:

    Forrest Gump
    It's a Wonderful Life

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  32. Ramakant PradhanJuly 29, 2013 at 12:37 AM

    I am a big time movie buff who seldom misses any. Will try to list down a few.

    Inception
    The King's Speech
    127 Hours
    There's Something About Mary
    You've Got Mail
    Forrest Gump
    The Terminal
    The Green Mile
    Kung-Fu Panda (both parts)
    Departed

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  33. AnonymousJuly 29, 2013 at 1:11 PM

    I like your movie list. I would probably say...
    Sense & Sensibility
    Pride & Prejudice
    White Christmas
    The Bishop's Wife
    The Philadelphia Story

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  34. Red Rose AlleyJuly 29, 2013 at 3:29 PM

    Oh, I love "Christmas Story", Terra. It's a classic and we watch it every Christmas. Those were the good 'ole days, right? I also heard Midnight In Paris was a good one.

    Have a happy week.

    Love,
    ~Sheri

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  35. xinexJuly 30, 2013 at 7:39 AM

    Out of your list, I think I have only seen 2' Casablanca and the Passion, both of which I enjoyed. One of my very old favorite movies is " Imitation of Life". It makes me cry every time I see it...Christine

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  36. BECKYJuly 31, 2013 at 9:40 PM

    I just had to stop again, because after reading all the favorites listed by your readers, I wanted to share some of mine, too. Lots of them are mentioned by the wonderful ladies here!
    Polar Express
    National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
    The Bishop's Wife
    White Christmas
    It's a Wonderful Life
    *Almost all Doris Day movies!*
    The Philadelphia Story...plus the musical remake of it: High Society
    Forrest Gump
    Mame (the musical, with Lucille Ball!)
    While You Were Sleeping
    Groundhog Day
    Rear Window
    Pollyanna
    I REALLY do love all of these, and it's so fun to know that I'm not the only one!!

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  37. GBAugust 6, 2013 at 2:10 PM

    I've seen six of the most obvious of your films and heard of a few more but what prompted the comment was the apparent incongruity of the inclusion of Zombieland which sounds completely at odds with the rest of the list: or am I wrong?

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  38. ~Lavender Dreamer~August 16, 2013 at 8:27 AM

    What fun! I'll write some of these down! We love Pride and Prejudice....the old movie with Greer Garson. Love Leap Year and Enchanted, Miss Potter and New in Town! Sweet hugs!

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