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89. The Amityville Horror

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Thu Jun 7, 2018, 07:27 PM

Jun 2018

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Name your favorite "Based on actual events" movie [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 OP

Goodfellas Zoonart Jun 2018 #1

I'm getting some ideas here on things to watch discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #2

Here's another for good measure. Zoonart Jun 2018 #6

Okay, thanks n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #11

Two of my fave movies! List more, ha ha! bettyellen Jun 2018 #20

I thought you'd never ask. Zoonart Jun 2018 #27

All great and the Right Stuff is one of my top ten too! Do you like old movies? Foreign? bettyellen Jun 2018 #30

I prefer the other movie that was based on the same people TlalocW Jun 2018 #7

Loved that too. Zoonart Jun 2018 #9

A Bridge Too Far tazkcmo Jun 2018 #3

It's one of my faves too RandomAccess Jun 2018 #13

I don't share your opinion tazkcmo Jun 2018 #15

Okay, but really -- RandomAccess Jun 2018 #16

LTG Gavin DashOneBravo Jun 2018 #84

Mine too DashOneBravo Jun 2018 #86

1,000,000 B.C. braddy Jun 2018 #4

Sarah Palin, is that you? oasis Jun 2018 #114

The Killing Fields AJT Jun 2018 #5

Good movie MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #80

Excellent movie. Duppers Jun 2018 #92

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter TlalocW Jun 2018 #8

I will see your vampire hunter and... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #10

It was actually a pretty good book genxlib Jun 2018 #42

Yep, the book was much more substantive compared to the movie. geardaddy Jun 2018 #112

La Bamba RandomAccess Jun 2018 #12

Well yes but I won't be watching again discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #14

BlacKkKlansman - not out yet lapfog_1 Jun 2018 #17

"The Lion in Winter" - simply incomparable Glorfindel Jun 2018 #18

Looks very good discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #19

That's a great film. Kate Hepburn is wonderful. dawg day Jun 2018 #25

THIS Zoonart Jun 2018 #33

Best dialogue ever! lisa58 Jun 2018 #105

Schindler's List Sedona Jun 2018 #21

Good ones, both discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #23

Here are a few: avebury Jun 2018 #22

The Right Stuff mainstreetonce Jun 2018 #24

+++ Hard to beat this one, main! - One of my very few regrets in life is that I did not - no, I Leghorn21 Jun 2018 #36

Patriots' Day mainstreetonce Jun 2018 #66

All the President's Men... dawg day Jun 2018 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author VMA131Marine Jun 2018 #101

I think you just confused "The Right Stuff" for "Apollo 13" VMA131Marine Jun 2018 #104

My All-Time Favorite lisa58 Jun 2018 #106

The Great Escape and Howard the Duck. NightWatcher Jun 2018 #28

Seems obvious... All The President's Men thbobby Jun 2018 #29

Serpico fleabiscuit Jun 2018 #31

Hidden Figures nt spooky3 Jun 2018 #32

awesome movie! Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #53

All the Presidents Men. applegrove Jun 2018 #34

Patton fleabiscuit Jun 2018 #35

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid fleabiscuit Jun 2018 #37

Medium Cool randr Jun 2018 #38

"It" by Stephen KIng LSFL Jun 2018 #39

History of... Snackshack Jun 2018 #40

"Walk the Line" Docreed2003 Jun 2018 #41

I really enjoyed Lincoln exboyfil Jun 2018 #43

Love that movie MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #81

Still can't watch Varaddem Jun 2018 #44

Bernie cyclonefence Jun 2018 #45

Great movie! yankeepants Jun 2018 #58

Very good movie MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #79

The Great Escape jg10003 Jun 2018 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author drray23 Jun 2018 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author Varaddem Jun 2018 #48

Wolf Of Wall Street. muntrv Jun 2018 #49

Lawrence of Arabia Bayard Jun 2018 #50

Ed Wood Lint Head Jun 2018 #51

Judgement at Nuremberg madamesilverspurs Jun 2018 #52

The Passion of the Christ RockRaven Jun 2018 #54

Argo DBoon Jun 2018 #55

If Argo was fiction it never would have been made into a movie TexasBushwhacker Jun 2018 #71

Powers Boothe as Jim Jones .... kwassa Jun 2018 #56

DR STRANGELOVE pangaia Jun 2018 #57

Coal Miner's Daughter Freddie Jun 2018 #59

Did you see Jersey Boys lunatica Jun 2018 #63

Yes loved it Freddie Jun 2018 #64

Silkwood Boomerproud Jun 2018 #75

Coal Miner's Daughter is one of my favorite movies. MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #78

The Diary of Anne Frank, The Miracle Worker mucifer Jun 2018 #60

13 Days... Xolodno Jun 2018 #61

Alive - the rugby team plane crash. pnwest Jun 2018 #62

Helter Skelter Eugene Jun 2018 #65

I see things have taken an amusing turn with some of you discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #67

"Inherit the Wind" (1960), based on the Scopes "Monkey" trial Number9Dream Jun 2018 #68

Excellent Movie! Love Span er Tracy & Gene Kelly lisa58 Jun 2018 #107

Miracle, Rudy, Tombstone, J.F.K., The Miracle Worker, Casino, Raging Bull, The Exorcist, and one of Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2018 #69

Gettysburg and Glory... Wounded Bear Jun 2018 #70

127 Hours TexasBushwhacker Jun 2018 #72

Deadpool: "Hey! Did you ever see that movie 127 Hours? Spoiler alert!" Initech Jun 2018 #115

The longest day dembotoz Jun 2018 #73

Gettysburg and the opening part of Saving Private Ryan. nt Codeine Jun 2018 #74

Rendition samir.g Jun 2018 #76

The Post MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #77

Just because they haven't been mentioned wryter2000 Jun 2018 #82

The Big Short. Most of my others have already been mentioned. n/t brewens Jun 2018 #83

That was a great movie! N/t TexasBushwhacker Jun 2018 #117

And the Band Played On kydo Jun 2018 #85

I have 12 "favorites" red dog 1 Jun 2018 #87

I've seen some of these discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #90

Kill the Messenger beachbum bob Jun 2018 #88

The Amityville Horror bdtrppr6 Jun 2018 #89

Rosewood lpbk2713 Jun 2018 #91

Out of Africa, Mississippi Burning*, Hidden Figures, Duppers Jun 2018 #93

Who Framed Roger Rabbit jmowreader Jun 2018 #94

My first thought was Gallipoli - my Dad really liked that one Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #95

Thanks for mentioning that. My wife may be interested due to her Armenian family. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #97

Gallipoli reminded me of Breaker Morant. I just wantched it again recently. Excellent movie about brewens Jun 2018 #118

I, Tonya AmandaRuth Jun 2018 #96

We Were Soldiers jrandom421 Jun 2018 #98

Indeed there are many very special service spouses discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2018 #99

In Cold Blood (1967) jalan48 Jun 2018 #100

Guardians of the Galaxy. Bleacher Creature Jun 2018 #102

"A Night to Remember" VMA131Marine Jun 2018 #103

Raging Bull rickford66 Jun 2018 #108

Game Change samnsara Jun 2018 #109

Lion DiverDave Jun 2018 #110

Great movie, even better on the theater grantcart Jun 2018 #120

Not necessarily my favorite, but "The Bridge at Remagen." mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2018 #111

Mr. Nice geardaddy Jun 2018 #113

I got to nominate the Ip Man trilogy. Initech Jun 2018 #116

Dunkirk. Wonderful film. I saw it and "Darkest Hour" on the same day. CTyankee Jun 2018 #119

Philomena frogmarch Jun 2018 #121