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I'm ill and sofa-bound. Recommend me a film

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NoFancyUserName · 07/04/2019 13:09

Family are all out to dinner, I'm too I'll to go and instead moping and feeling sorry for myself alone on the sofa.

Please recommend a good film on Netflix (not a series, a film pls)

PS. I don't do rom-com's/chick-flicks, or gratuitous violence (e.g.. Saw and the like) but anything else is fine.

Thanks

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DrinkSangriaInThePark · 07/04/2019 14:06

Tully. Charlize Theron's last film... Really good. Highly recommend it for any mother!

Ninkaninus · 07/04/2019 14:06

Roman Holiday.

Fabulous fifties styling and filmed on location in Rome. The very handsome Grégory Peck and the completely gorgeous Audrey Hepburn.

It’s a cracking film, a proper classic.

Ninkaninus · 07/04/2019 14:08

Or, if you want a darker but extremely good film,

Sunset Boulevard.

Another absolute classic. Fabulous cinematography and a commentary that never gets old and is even more current today than it was back in the day.

jcq17 · 07/04/2019 14:13

The dirt on Netflix!

DontCallMeCharlotte · 07/04/2019 14:16

We watched The Zookeeper's Wife this week which was good and based on a true story.

Dontforgetyourbrolly · 07/04/2019 14:29

I second Swimming with men!

Ivegotthree · 07/04/2019 16:19

Now enjoying Dumplin thanks to PPs!

Coco278 · 07/04/2019 16:25

Rainman - it's on iplayer this week so free!

PeachNut · 07/04/2019 16:27

Life Itself

NeutralJanet · 07/04/2019 16:27

Bird Box.

Ohhellothereladyface · 07/04/2019 16:34

Watched 3 Billboards in Ebbing, Missouri last night which was quite good

GerryblewuptheER · 07/04/2019 16:36

Case 39

BoffinMum · 07/04/2019 18:30

I Am Not An Easy Man in Netflix is just fantastic. Came across it recently while I was soda bound with a chest infection. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2bFHdkzqSZA

BoffinMum · 07/04/2019 18:30

Sofa

Langrish · 07/04/2019 20:14

Few Classics mentioned: can’t beat Brief Encounter (did people ever really speak like that?)

DuesToTheDirt · 07/04/2019 20:38

Edie - elderly widow wants to climb a mountain
Mudbound - set in 1940's rural Mississippi
Lion - small child in India gets separated from his family and lost

On Amazon
The Light Between Oceans, if you don't mind a bit of tragedy
Interstellar - complicated, though!

DontCallMeCharlotte · 08/04/2019 12:54

Edie - elderly widow wants to climb a mountain

You're really selling it! (We loved it too)

In that genre...

Lady in the Van
Swimming with Men - agree, it was lovely

Hope you're feeling better now OP!

spiderlight · 08/04/2019 13:22

Lion. I watched it at the weekend and it's amazing.

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NoFancyUserName · 09/04/2019 15:09

My bloody internet went down! I never got to watch anything on Netflix or Amazon. (Useless Plusnet!) I had a long afternoon kip instead.

Thanks for all your suggestions though, many are being added to my watch lists Smile

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