That two hours and forty minutes of my life I'll never get back...

[Creemteez]

Mr R would watch Gladiator, Troy and Alexander on a loop if he could.

Mr R got a bit of a "Thing" about toga's and such-like, Hmmm?

[Rhona]

Is Alexander the one where Alexander, a Greek King is speaking with an Oirish accent? Sorry, that killed it for me - I managed about 10-15 minutes.

Once you've got past believing that Angelina Jolie is Colin Farrell's mum, you'll believe anything.

[SueA]

I don't think I could narrow it down to 5, lots of the ones already mentioned are amongst my favourites:-
Love Al Pacino so anything along the lines of:-
Godfather
Dog Day Afternoon
Heat
Scent of a Woman
Serpico
Also love almost anything with Brad Pitt & or George Clooney in.
Love a lot of foreign films especially the already mentioned Jean De Florette, Manon Des Sources & also 'Il Postino'- heartbreaking!
Love a lot of oldies such as Now Voyager & Black Narcissus
Like some 'space' type movies:-
Apollo 13
Armageddon
Silent Running
Some really silly ones like 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'
& lots more I just can't remember right now!

[HeyWayne]

Once you've got past believing that Angelina Jolie is Colin Farrell's mum, you'll believe anything.

Is Colin Farrel a Nigerian orphan!?

Well I never!

Oh, just remembered. Leon - another great.

[Hilary B]

Not really a film watcher. There are loads of 'action adventure' things that are a good distraction when they appear on TV, but otherwise... not really my thing.
wrt the thread title, it's a bit like "If you lend someone £20 and never see them again, it was probably worth it"......

[SueA]

I forgot:-
Cinema Paradiso
Goodfellas
Donnie Brasco
Leon
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Conspiracy of Hearts.
* The Big Lebowski , just read another thread & had to add this!
We actually watched 'Benjamin Button' last night as the football was a bit boring & found it O.K. but a bit slow & a bit too 'folksy' with too many bad fake Southern accents in it.

[JanieB]

Like most people Shawshank Redemption.

Midnight Express
Remains of the Day
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
All the Harry Potters (sorry )

[janeyo]

I tried watching The curious case... and got about 1/3 through before giving up! So well done you for wading through it, it was drivel

[SueA]

Janey, I just kept thinking 'maybe it will get better' & after watching about an hour of it I thought if I didn't watch it all then I'd just totally wasted the first hour!

[HotStuff]

Pulp Fiction
Alien
This Island Earth
John Carpenter's Vampires
The Long Good Friday
Bladerunner

I know that's six, but I couldn't bear to drop any of them. If I thought about it or could be bothered to get up off the couch and look through all the DVDs in the bookcase there would no doubt be more.

[binley100]

I have this slight problem that when I sit down to watch a film I rarely see more than the beginning and the end . But some that I've managed to watch all the way through are:=
Shawshank Redemption
Green Mile
Blues Brothers
Walk the Line
Rabbitproof Fence

[SlugLobber]

Ooh I just remembered two really good Frenchies! L'homme du train (with Johnny Halliday I think) and of course, Amélie! The first is very meaningful, yet compelling, whilst Amélie is such a lovely film! Bought the soundtrack, too.

[OllieMartin]

Anyone seen the trailer for the remake of The Prisoner staring Jim Calveizeielsiels and Magneto?

I've downloaded this series and am on episode 5/6. If you like your entertainment to feel like a frontal lobotomy I highly recommend it!
It's got all the confusion of all 6 series of Lost rolled into 6 episodes, plus a pretty good cast.

[bobleponge]

I dont think I've actually seen 5 films in my life, cartoon type things excluded.

Of the ones I have seen:

Shawshank
Hotel Rwanda
A Bridge Too Far

were all watchable for different reasons. Best thing I have seen on a non computer screen for ages was "The ascent of money" by Dr. Niall Ferguson. Saw it on a plane coming back from somewhere. Fantastic.

[northepaul]

I like way too many films to put down and if I did I would probably forget some important ones.