“What’s your favorite movie of all time?” That’s the most recent question I asked on Facebook. I have seen some of these, but not all of them. But thanks to this list, it will be a while before I agonize over what movie to watch on Amazon or Netflix.
In my thirties, I lived right around the corner from a movie theater. Five days a week, after work, the bus would drop me off in front of it. Back then, there wasn’t a movie I didn’t see. One time, when I got locked out of my apartment and was waiting for my roommate to get home, I watched Clockwork Orange three times.
Back then, I went to the movies so often that my favorite dinner was popcorn. Now that I’m more health conscious, I’d say it’s popcorn, broccoli, and wine.
I’m a big fan of watching movies on a big screen at a theater built in the 1930s. I know—I could get a 75-inch television, but watching movies at home just isn’t the same. Part of the fun is hearing the reactions of other people in the theater.
Here are 53 favorite movies from 53 of my Facebook friends. If your favorite movie isn’t on the list, please add it to the comments section.
- Back Street (the 1961 version with with Susan Hayward and John Gavin)
- Harold and Maude
- Best in Show
- Splendor in the Grass
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Christmas Story
- Amelie
- Jaws
- Jurassic Park
- Somewhere in Time
- The Notebook
- The Holiday
- Cloud Atlas
- Princess Mononoke
- On Golden Pond
- Doctor Zhivago
- Life Is Beautiful
- Juno
- Romeo And Juliet (the One with Olivia Hussey)
- Casablanca
- Who’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- Harold and Maude
- Joe Vs the Volcano
- Godfather I – II
- Life’s a Breeze (and all movies with Fionnula Flanagan)
- James Joyce’s Women
- Cabaret
- The Fountain
- Renegade
- Bird Cage
- Sophie’s Choice
- The President’s Analyst
- Dirty Dancing
- The Shape of Water
- La Strada
- Groundhog Day
- Holy Man
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Benny & Joon
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Manage
- The Quiet Man
- Witness
- The Loved One
- Truly, Madly, Deeply
- Still Alive
- Tombstone
- Plan Nine from Outer Space
- Sweet November
- Dances with Wolves
- There Will Be Blood
- The Dressmaker
Jan Fishler, MA, is currently co-authoring a new book, Don’t Stop Now, Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life (DontStopNow.us). She is also the author of Searching for Jane, Finding Myself (An Adoption Memoir), and has written several articles about alternative health and PTSD. You can learn more about Jan at www.JanFishler.net.
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