An Affair to Remember

My parents’ favorite, too. So much so they allowed me to watch it on a school night. I loved the arch dialogue (Deborah Kerr), especially the request for “pink champagne” that I used for years to torture my younger sister whenever she wanted to know what I was doing. Why, drinking pink champagne, of course! It’s on Netflix again so am enjoying it for the umpteenth time in all its glorious technicolor. Deepavali70

Field of Dreams

A feelgood, weepy, anti-fascist ghost story about baseball and fatherhood from a time when the USA had more goodies than baddies. Feels like a long time ago. SnorkellingZeem

Walk Don’t Run

Very dated 60s romcom but has a charming swan song performance by Cary Grant as a sweet, meddling matchmaker in his last movie role. Samantha Eggar is lovely. There are a few physical comedy moments (Cary Grant started his career as an acrobat) that make me giggle every time. Dontwantaname1

In a Year With 13 Moons

It’s a truly heartwarming movie about personal transformational change. reidlou

Rise of the Guardians

A film about how precious childhood innocence is. And I always cheer when Jude Law’s baddie gets it!!! I watch it once a year, at Christmas. Anita1970

French Kiss

Much better acting, funnier and smarter storyline than When Harry Met Sally. TreeFrogJohn

Y Tu Mamá También

No other film captures so perfectly the exuberance and cluelessness of adolescence. It might be a little too sexy for the prudish but its comedy (and its social commentary) are first rate. MJMKeating

Cinema Paradiso

For me, an absolute work of art that never fails to move me. Innocence, nostalgia with an underlying thread of loss and loneliness, makes this my beautiful, majestic go-to movie when life’s chips are in descent. Aubrey26

How to Steal a Million

Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole at their romcom best. Crazy fashions, daft plot, fun lines: “Let’s give Givenchy a night off.” And great supporting cast including Eli Wallach, Hugh Griffith and many more. ThinkingAoud

The Big Lebowski

The soundtrack is brilliant, the dialogue is endlessly quotable, the performances are flawless from everyone. Aside from being deeply funny, it’s full of endearingly odd characters, rich with silly detail and, barring a little violence and sadness towards the end, it’s overall a relaxed and fuzzy tale of nothing in particular. Am I wrong?! thealmightycraig

It has a supremely silly plot but has a pin-sharp script that is marvelously acted. It makes me laugh from start to finish. And having watched it several times, I’m almost word perfect with the script. rewilder

Moonstruck

I’ve seen it at least 20 times and it never fails to make my day. Every character, big or small, gets a golden line. No throwaways. The grandfather is worth the price all by himself: “Why do you make me wait! Howl.” Love it. Fintan28

Pride

I went to see it one dull afternoon without knowing anything about it but came out of the cinema filled with joy. The soundtrack is amazing. The story is educational and truly uplifting. Cardykid

The Daytrippers

A bickering family from Long Island navigating the city to help Hope Davis find the elusive Sandy, someone her husband may be having an affair with. The cast is phenomenal! Anne Meara, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber and more. Marcia Gay Harden is hilarious. VColarusso

My Man Godfrey

William Powell and Carole Lombard are perfect and the supporting cast has no weak player. Jean Dixon and Gail Patrick were never better. It’s witty, charming, and has real heart. As a bonus, the cinematography is stunning. JDAretired

Some Kind of Wonderful

All of the characters feel authentic, no one is a bitter caricature of a human being. As a result, all of the decisions feel real and right. Especially, the end, proof that sometimes if you are prepared to let something go, it might just come back to you. Splutterer

Six Degrees of Separation

When Stockard Channing declares her independence and strides out on Donald Sutherland at the film’s end, it’s a resolution of every grain of tension in the story and a demonstration of how life’s connected threads can pull us but also show us the way. It’s a brilliant, satisfying ending and I get a thrill each time I’m lucky enough to see it. cbpm72

Charade

Wonderful chemistry between Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, characterful support from James Coburn and Walter Matthau, glamorous Parisian setting and a witty script. The perfect romantic comedy thriller. FrogCDE

The Inbetweeners

What’s so clever about it, and its equally wonderful sequel, is that beneath the laddish humour, it’s really quite sweet. Four misfits just trying to be “normal”, and kind of achieving what they perceive as normality by sharing life’s experiences with one another. 11LFO11

Ed Wood

It has a great script and wonderful performances, but most of all it’s just an amazingly heart-warming film. It doesn’t really matter that Ed is dreadful at making movies because he just loves what he’s doing. Moreover, it’s a story about compassion, friendship and the value of just opening your heart to the world. Ed’s crew are people who are marginalised or rejected or washed up, but he doesn’t care – he’s just happy to have them around and to work with them. In return he finds someone who will love him without judging him. ThornDavis

This Is Spinal Tap

I know it’s coming, I’ve seen it a thousand times, but when Stonehenge appears, I’m a giggling wreck. Every single time. DarenB

The Nice Guys

Is it a masterpiece? No. Is it the funniest film I’ve seen? No. But I love it. It’s a wonderful blend of 70s noir pastiche, buddy-cop comedy and detective drama with a hell of a cast, and probably the best comedic performances to date by [Ryan] Gosling and [Ruseell] Crowe (Gosling in particular is effortlessly brilliant). Because it doesn’t take itself or its story too seriously, I don’t have to be switched on totally to watch it, so it works for me regardless of mood or energy level going in. jcs100

North by Northwest

Perfect combination of drama, romance, comedy, thriller, looks beautiful, cracking dialogue, fabulous performances, great set-piece sequences … Everything so perfectly judged, no matter how brief or insignificant a moment (see, for example, the brief scene where Thornhill escapes the hospital through a young woman’s room!). And Hitchcock’s hilarious, not remotely subtle, dick joke in the final shot of the film will always leave a smile. natjim