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What are some favorite movies?

Posted by samuelmyrick @samuelmyrick, May 16 1:06pm

I have loved movies since I first watched Tarzan as a kid. Now they are a valuable distraction for me as I feel empty and isolated and alienated. Here are a few of my favorites:

Adaptation
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Saving Private Ryan
Little Miss Sunshine

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Scott R L | @scottrl | May 17 5:39pm
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@samuelmyrick

Scott, I have a list of dozens and dozens. My memory is shot, so I want to have a reference. You have good taste if they're made before 1970. Any special ones?

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Some movies that just get better every time I see them:

The Maltese Falcon
The Wizard of Oz
North By Northwest
Singin' in the Rain
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Flight of the Phoenix
The Longest Day
The Thin Man (and its sequels)
The Awful Truth
Holiday
Christmas In Connecticut
Paths of Glory
The Wild Bunch
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Ten Commandments
City Lights
M
Gone With the Wind

Just a tiny sample, off the top of my head. I have about 2,000 movies on DVD. I hope I live long enough to see them all at least once more!

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celia16 | @celia16 | May 18 4:06am

I love this movie. It always makes me laugh and cry. The cast is amazing. It’s loosely based on the real life of Cameron Crowe.

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captboat | @captboat | May 18 6:55am
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@scottrl

Some movies that just get better every time I see them:

The Maltese Falcon
The Wizard of Oz
North By Northwest
Singin' in the Rain
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Flight of the Phoenix
The Longest Day
The Thin Man (and its sequels)
The Awful Truth
Holiday
Christmas In Connecticut
Paths of Glory
The Wild Bunch
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Ten Commandments
City Lights
M
Gone With the Wind

Just a tiny sample, off the top of my head. I have about 2,000 movies on DVD. I hope I live long enough to see them all at least once more!

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@scottrl
There is one DVD I keep holding on to. A comedy
“What about Bob”
Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfus

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nancy82415 | @nancy82415 | May 18 7:12am

Some of my favorites:

Sound of Music
White Christmas
Somewhere in Time
Yours Mine and Ours (Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball)
Cheaper By the Dozen 1 & 2 ( Steve Martin)
National Treasure 1 & 2
Father of the Bride 1 & 2 (Steve Martin)
Airport (Burt Lancaster)
Bells of St Mary’s
Going My Way
Pirates of the Caribbean
Oceans 11 (Martin, Sinatra, Davis, Lawford)
Sister Act 1 & 2

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | May 18 7:28am
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@coffeedrinker

I have liked the movie, A MAN CALLED OTTO. It's a 2022 movie starring Tom Hanks. But it's a classic in my book.

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I agree! Several years before the movie came out, I read the book the movie was based on. Sometimes movies do not live up to the book, but this one did.

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itchyd | @itchyd | May 19 9:08am
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@celia16

I love this movie. It always makes me laugh and cry. The cast is amazing. It’s loosely based on the real life of Cameron Crowe.

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Fantastic film!

Phillip Seymour Hoffman stole the show, as usual.

My wife bought me the Stillwater Tshirt where everybody except Billy Crudup's blurry. I get a LOT of comments in public. The movie really struck a chord!

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verol65 | @verol65 | May 19 3:10pm
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@hopeful33250

I agree! Several years before the movie came out, I read the book the movie was based on. Sometimes movies do not live up to the book, but this one did.

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Before the Tom Hanks version, which I have not seen, there is a Swedish version (2015) called _A Man Called Ove_ that is wonderful.

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samcal9977zz | @samcal9977zz | May 19 3:38pm
In reply to @scottrl "Some movies that just get better every time I see them: The Maltese Falcon The Wizard..." + (show)
@scottrl

Some movies that just get better every time I see them:

The Maltese Falcon
The Wizard of Oz
North By Northwest
Singin' in the Rain
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Flight of the Phoenix
The Longest Day
The Thin Man (and its sequels)
The Awful Truth
Holiday
Christmas In Connecticut
Paths of Glory
The Wild Bunch
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Ten Commandments
City Lights
M
Gone With the Wind

Just a tiny sample, off the top of my head. I have about 2,000 movies on DVD. I hope I live long enough to see them all at least once more!

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Good list!

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samcal9977zz | @samcal9977zz | May 19 3:43pm

We just saw American Fiction from 2023. We thought it was quite good.

Here's the trailer:


++++

In general, one thing my wife and I have done, is go through the list of all the Academy Award winning films (and the nominations too).

Through that we have found many great movies.

The foreign film winners, in particular, were all amazing. Makes sense, because they are basically taking the single best movie made outside of the US every year. That is a big group of films to choose from. So, the very best of that group are usually very very good.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture

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celia16 | @celia16 | May 19 3:56pm
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@itchyd

Fantastic film!

Phillip Seymour Hoffman stole the show, as usual.

My wife bought me the Stillwater Tshirt where everybody except Billy Crudup's blurry. I get a LOT of comments in public. The movie really struck a chord!

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Yes! The bands are supposedly a mixture of actual artists, but mainly The Allman Brothers Band, back in the day. I’m a big fan.

My favorite lines:
Does anyone remember laughter? (Zeppelin reference)
And

You ARE home. By Penny Lane head Bandaid.

My second favorite movie is

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