“Movies take us to places we’ve never been and inside the skin of people quite different from ourselves. They offer us a window onto the wider world, broadening our perspective and opening our eyes to new wonders.”
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🎥 Movies for me are an escape from the real world, they can be inspiring, heighten your outlook and/ or makes you feel and think…
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# I was recently asked what my Top 10 Movies would be….I got it to 11 😊
- Gorilla’s in the Mist (1988)
- Cry Freedom (1987)
- Boy in Striped Pyjamas (2008)
- To Sir with Love (1967)
- The Notebook (2004)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- The Blind Side (2009)
- The Butler (2014)
- Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (1960 & 2000)
- Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003)
- Waking Ned Devine (1998)
# Some other favourites from over the years are:
- Top Hat (1935)
- Shall We Dance (1937)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Casablanca (1942)
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
- Singing in the rain (1952)
- Roman Holiday (1953)
- Rear Window (1954)
- North by Northwest (1954)
- Sabrina (1957 & 1995)
- Funny face (1957)
- Vertigo (1958)
- King Creole (1958)
- Some like it Hot (1959)
- The Apartment (1960)
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
- My Fair Lady (1962)
- Summer Holiday (1962)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Sound of music (1965)
- A Patch of Blue (1965)
- Guess who’s coming to dinner (1967)
- The Graduate (1967)
- Barbarella (1968)
- The Exorcist (1973)
- Monty Python & The Holy Grail (1975)
- Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Annie Hall (1977)
- Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke (1978)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- Mad Max (1979)
- Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- Gallipoli (1981)
- Arthur (1981 & 2011)
- On Golden Pond (1982)
- The Never-ending Story (1984)
- Out of Africa (1985)
- Mask (1985)
- Beetlejuice (1988)
- Rain man (1988)
- Die Hard – All (1988, 1990, 1995, 2007, 2013)
- Beaches (1988)
- Steel Magnolias (1989)
- When Harry meets Sally (1989)
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
- Turner & Hooch (1989)
- Catch me if you can (1989)
- Bankok Hilton (1989)
- Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
- Strictly Ballroom (1992)
- Scent of a Woman (1992)
- Power of One (1992)
- Sister Act – All (1992, 1993)
- Philadelphia (1993)
- Schindler’s List (1993)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- Benny & Joon (1993)
- What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1994)
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the dessert (1994)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Speed (1994)
- Lion King (1994)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Muriel’s Wedding (1995)
- Whilst you were Sleeping (1995)
- Boys on the Side (1995)
- Circle of Friends (1995)
- The Net ( 1995)
- Sense & Sensibility (1995)
- Pride & Prejudice (1995 & 2005)
- Emma (1996)
- The First Wives Club (1996)
- The English Patient (1996)
- Romeo & Juliet (1996)
- Titanic (1997)
- Oscar & Lucinda (1997)
- Austen Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Meet Joe Black (1998)
- Sliding Doors (1998)
- Shakespear in Love (1998)
- Good Will Hunting (1998)
- The Wedding Singer (1998)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- You’ve Got Mail (1998)
- Music of the Heart (1999)
- Notting Hill (1999)
- The Sixth Sense (1999)
- The Bone Collector (1999)
- The Matrix – All (1999, 2003)
- X-Men – All (2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013)
- Proof of Life (2000)
- Remember the Titans (2000)
- Autumn in New York (2000)
- Chocolat (2000)
- Thelma & Louise (1991)
- Amelie (2001)
- Moulin Rouge (2001)
- Shallow Hal (2001)
- The Others (2001)
- Bridget Jones Diary – All (2001, 2004)
- Phone Booth (2002)
- A Beautiful Mind (2002)
- John Q (2002)
- Monster (2003)
- Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
- Out of Time (2003)
- School of Rock (2003)
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- 50 First Dates (2004)
- The Terminal (2004)
- Finding Neverland (2004)
- Man on Fire (2004)
- Troy (2004)
- Memiors of a Geisha (2005)
- The Interpreter (2005)
- Elizabeth Town (2005)
- Just like Heaven (2005)
- Miss Potter (2006)
- The Lake House (2006)
- Eight Below (2006)
- Deja Vu (2006)
- Tristan & Isolde (2006)
- The Da Vinci Code ( 2006)
- P.S. I Love You (2007)
- I am Legend (2007)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Little Ashes (2008)
- Mamma Mia (2008)
- Twilight Series – All (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012)
- Angels & Demons (2009)
- Taken (2009)
- Avatar (2009)
- Sherlock Holmes (2009 & 2011)
- Remember Me (2010)
- Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
- Inception (2010)
- Warrior (2011)
- Red Dog (2011)
- One Day (2011)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- The Help (2011)
- Water for Elephants (2011)
- War Horse (2011)
- The Vow (2012)
- Cosmopolis (2012)
- Looper (2012)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- The Sapphires (2012)
- The Butler (2013)
- 12 Years a Slave (2013)
- Star Wars – All (1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008 & 2015)
- Harry Potter – All (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 & 2011)
- Pirates of the Caribbean – All (2003, 2006, 2007, 2011 & 2015)
- James Bond Movies – (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2012)