What is the 1 film everyone should watch in their lifetime?

[mrsnobody]

I want to make sure I haven't missed anything!

Thanks.

Good one CT10. Love that film.
Lord of the Rings of course, but you have to watch all 3.
Think they are my all time favourite's.

The Colour Black.

I dont know if anybody would have seen it, but The Story of Us.

A fab film about relationships, seeing things through anothers eyes. I watched it at the cinemas and cried my eyes out, still gets me at the ending. Fab film.

DH insists people should watch the original Romeo and Juliet, I prefer the newer one.

Not a film, but if they ever changed this play to a film, it's worth a watch "Deep Blue Sea" - not to be confused with the shark film as I did once which resulted in me being thoroughly disappointed to see sharks eating people as opposed to raw emotions about a relationship break down!

united 93 and its a wonderful life because they are both about despair and both about hope.

Hilary and Jackie, The mission, Amadeus and School of Rock. Oh YEAH DR. DOLLITTLE 1 AND 2

The English Patient
The Railway Children

Harvey!

'Why do yo call him Harvey?'

'Because that's his name'

Local Hero

L.A. Confidential. Wonderful story, great cast, sub zero style, iconic cars and quite possibly the best performance of Russell Crowe.( Insider excepted)

The big girl in me is screaming Breakfast At Tiffany's and also When Harry Met Sally.

Love them films.

More seriously, The Green Mile and also in a frightning sort of way Mississpi Burning.

dh says star wars

beaches

Schindler's List

I thought automatically Schindlers list

a film I think is good for all sorts of reasons is Stand By Me

and boys of 10 up like it too

Dogma, V for Vendetta, Citizen Kane, The Money Pit and Monty Python - Holy Grail and Life of Brian.

Leon
Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources
Sound of Music
Mary Poppins (for the feel good factor)
Fifth Element
Dances with Wolves
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Officer and a Gentleman (for a man in uniform!)

Night of the Hunter
Don't Look Now
The Godfathers I and II

Shawshank Redemption - for feel good factor to give you hope in life.

The Godfather 1 & 2 (3 only if you find Andy Garcia as sexy as I do) - makes you feel miserable but you will begin to appreciate the most brilliant, charismatic actor alive, Al Pacino !

If you liked LA Confidential...

see China Town (Jack Nicholson when he was sexy and a good actor and Faye Dunaway when she didn't look like a prune and was a top class actress - circa 1967) which it has copied in style.

An underrated film in my view.

Calamity Jane if you like musicals

Whatever happened to Baby Jane if you don't

El Dorado if you like Westerns

An Affair to Remember if you don't

Blazing Saddles

Blood Diamond .. was stunningly horrific

The Station Agent .. gently engrossing and uplifting

Blazing Saddles .. look its just feckin' funny 'but I shoot with this hand' ROFL

Also

Goodfellas and Carlito's Way

All the Star Trek films

'that's Hedly Lamaar'

snurk