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24. CHARIOTS OF FIRE!

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 05:54 PM

Feb 2014

Everything about that movie is excellent. Acting, direction, cinematography, costumes, story...and of course the music. It's on movie channels a lot...every time it is on we watch at least part of it because no matter when we catch it, it always offers something wonderful...

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What movie can you watch again and again? I like "All The President's Men" It is complicated [View all] applegrove Feb 2014 OP

Its unbelievable how many movies I'll watch over and over... nirvana555 Feb 2014 #1

i never get sick of office space fizzgig Feb 2014 #3

Good choices AnneD Feb 2014 #98

One thing about "The Fugitive": Brigid Feb 2014 #4

You know that Nichols was the main villain, right? As in, arranged everything? WinkyDink Feb 2014 #12

Of course Nichols was the mastermind. Brigid Feb 2014 #21

i need to watch that again fizzgig Feb 2014 #2

I've probably watched Yellow Submarine 50 times or more Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #5

Oh gosh, it's embarrassing how many! Ino Feb 2014 #6

Fargo. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2014 #57

I'm goin' crazy out there at the lake! Ino Feb 2014 #71

Don't sound like too good a deal for HIM. n/t Smarmie Doofus Feb 2014 #82

12 O'Clock High, Casablanca Sherman A1 Feb 2014 #7

Agree with North by Northwest & The American President. I also can watch.... mrmpa Feb 2014 #48

The Best Years of Our Lives is another great one Sherman A1 Feb 2014 #55

I'm a real Sherlock Holmes nut aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #8

You should check out free old time radio recordings of Sherlock Holmes: mucifer Feb 2014 #9

Bookmarked - thanks aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #19

Not a movie but.... clarice Feb 2014 #74

I have aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #78

I agree. My favorite SH movie is "Murder by Decree" nt clarice Feb 2014 #79

I, too, can watch many over and over again MissMillie Feb 2014 #10

Ty's "Zorro"; "GF I&II"; "Jaws"; "Hoosiers"; "French Connection"; Basil's "S.H."; Bournes; "Dirty WinkyDink Feb 2014 #11

Nothing, I don't like watching movies over and over. Xyzse Feb 2014 #13

I saw 'Labyrinth" over a hundred times as a teenager. Aristus Feb 2014 #14

I love Local Hero, need to see that again... bettyellen Feb 2014 #80

I lived in Houston at that time... AnneD Feb 2014 #99

So many movies. geardaddy Feb 2014 #15

Fargo. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2014 #56

White Men Can't Jump , Casablanca HERVEPA Feb 2014 #16

"Pitch Black" with Vin Diesel. I love that man. RebelOne Feb 2014 #17

I always tell my son "Pitch Black" was better than "Star Wars." It has kairos12 Feb 2014 #76

Riddick wins hands down. n/t RebelOne Feb 2014 #81

We just picked up the Riddick trilogy set and... rppper Feb 2014 #94

Groundhog Day. Princess Bride. Spinal Tap. O Brother Where Art Thou. Fletch. Three Amigos. Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #18

The Inlaws. Demoiselle Feb 2014 #20

Tons! Initech Feb 2014 #22

I'll have to check out Kevin Smith movies... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #35

Clerk's, Mallrats, and Dogma are his best. Initech Feb 2014 #38

Who did he play in Dogma (one of my favorites) ??? MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #39

Silent Bob Initech Feb 2014 #40

Oh! MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #47

Clerks--"a bunch of savages in this town." "I wasn't even supposed to be here today." kairos12 Feb 2014 #87

"I don't watch movies!" Initech Feb 2014 #88

Great list! nt ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #52

Ghost World, This is Spinal Tap, Wings of Desire n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #23

CHARIOTS OF FIRE! CTyankee Feb 2014 #24

The Court Jester Graybeard Feb 2014 #25

I am with you there.. solara Feb 2014 #67

I often watch favorite films solara Feb 2014 #68

Polyester libodem Feb 2014 #26

Blazing Saddles. n/t A Simple Game Feb 2014 #27

I forgot Mel Brooks on my list leftynyc Feb 2014 #70

Almost any Mel Brooks film for me. n/t A Simple Game Feb 2014 #84

Dark Star, RepoMan, Big Lebowski Kali Feb 2014 #28

Big Lebowski, Kali�. MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #34

I often prefer to rewatch a film I really like tavernier Feb 2014 #29

Men in Black for me :D Mrdrboi Feb 2014 #30

Bullitt, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 2001, 8 track mind Feb 2014 #31

Brigid, re: The Fugitive- I think the whole reason that the "one armed man" killed nirvana555 Feb 2014 #36

Agatha Christie wrote of a perfect plot to kill and have the target convicted. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #62

I love "Velvet Goldmine". Great music, great plot - I think I'll watch it again tomorow LynneSin Feb 2014 #32

Ooh, that is a good one. WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #91

That's a good one for me, too... MrMickeysMom Feb 2014 #33

Get Shorty Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #37

That is a good one. kairos12 Feb 2014 #86

Excellent.... AnneD Feb 2014 #100

Drive Raffi Ella Feb 2014 #41

A few DFW Feb 2014 #42

Cabaret, Doctor Zhivago rurallib Feb 2014 #43

Very visual films - David Lean's films, any of the Qatsi films (Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi), closeupready Feb 2014 #44

Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Galaxy Quest mainer Feb 2014 #45

I'm on a big "Perks of Being a Wallflower" kick. WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #46

That's a *great* movie Rob H. Feb 2014 #65

Awww. :-) WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #89

Me, too! Rob H. Feb 2014 #102

Alexander Nevsky, Battleship Potemkin Sognefjord Feb 2014 #49

Vertigo, Rope, Shadow of a Doubt, Suspicion, North by Northwest ailsagirl Feb 2014 #50

My favorite NBN scene is the matchbook throw. WinkyDink Feb 2014 #61

I have a bunch. Here are some in reverse alphabetical order starting with the second letter... ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #51

Any Hitchcock or Kubrick movie I'll always watch. edbermac Feb 2014 #53

I like Kubrick too Sherman A1 Feb 2014 #54

All About Eve. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2014 #58

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid BarbaRosa Feb 2014 #59

Am�lie, Amadeus, and The Doors (Stone) KurtNYC Feb 2014 #60

Bad Santa.. sendero Feb 2014 #63

John Carpenter's "The Thing" Rob H. Feb 2014 #64

Love that movie. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #73

Since it hasn't been mentioned yet: Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #66

Casablanca, All About Eve, leftynyc Feb 2014 #69

2010. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #72

The Shootist. nt clarice Feb 2014 #75

L.A. Confidential kairos12 Feb 2014 #77

Yes that is an instant classic. applegrove Feb 2014 #85

as a former resident of LA, I love this film. kwassa Feb 2014 #95

Canadian Bacon and Mystery Science Theater 3000 Submariner Feb 2014 #83

Goodfellas, casino, full metal jacket.... rppper Feb 2014 #90

I liked Waterworld too. I don't know why it got panned. applegrove Feb 2014 #92

It was a good sci-Fi flick... rppper Feb 2014 #93

Monty Python and the Holy Grail TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #96

Anything Coen bros Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #97

I'd forgotten how many there are . . . R. P. McMurphy Feb 2014 #101