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you've got mail - naturally, same reasons as yours

devil wears prada

the holiday - however, i tend to only watch this around Christmas and new year's eve

notting hill - i'm sure you forgot about this one

clueless

mary poppins - this works out well considering roscoe wants to watch it daily

serendipity

i could probably go on and on really, but these really do it for me.

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notting hill and clueless definitely should be on my list. sorry about that.

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C'mon!, dont base your love of a movie on the fact that it is set in NY.
need to branch out a bit. Dont get me wrong....I like some of these too, I just like them for the different reasons.

I have developed this love of ALL movies. I try to find the greatness in all of them.
Yes, I do have my favorites, but there are far TOO many to start listing here.

in the meantime, check out catchaflick.blogspot.com

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You've Got Mail (all of the reasons you listed)
Serendipity (John Cusack)
Breakfast Club
Notting Hill (Hugh Grant)
Oceans' 11, 12 (Amsterdam), and 13 (music and cast)
Bourne's
Sixteen Candles (John Cusack)
High Fidelity (John Cusack and Jack Black)
I'm beginning to love Music and Lyrics
of course I have a separate Christmas list

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come on, get with it.
1. North By Northwest - Cary Grant, sorry no one has yet to measure up
2. Rear Window - Jimmy Stewart, next best of all time
3. The Godfather & The Godfather II
4. Old School - only recent movie on my list
5. Tie: Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder movie)
5. Tie: Darby O'Gill & The Little People (admin use to watch this one)
6. All Bond movies , yeah the older ones are goofy, but they weren't back then.

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agree with Rear Window

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So, Here are some in no particular order:
- The Goonies
- Stand By Me
- Star Wars (Ep 4-6)
- Back to the Future
- Indiana Jones trilogy
- Jaws
- ET
- The Usual Suspects
- High Fidelity (got agree with you there Britt)
- Not All the Bond movies for me (just the Sean Connery ones.....and I think Goldfinger is my favorite)
- Alien & Aliens (the rest can leave forever)
- Terminator (original only)
- Predator (also original only for me)
- Frequency (James Caviezel & Dennis Quaid)
- Tombstone

......this is just a start. just wait til COX sees this post. As he sees this opp., I can see his wheels turning in his head, and a little voice will say, "Ohh, its on................like Donkey Kong!"

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good post:

- cable guy

- the natural

- karate kid

- i agree on the serendipity

- ernest movies (all of them)

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if i go off of admin's criteria, then the movie for me is...

THE SANDLOT!

others would be:

stand by me

braveheart

forest gump

the godfather I and II

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the cable guy and the sandlot are great choices!

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by the way sammyb, i do find greatness in a lot of other movies. i was simply listing the movies that matched the criteria i put forth.

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shawshank redemption

tombstone

river runs thru it

gladiator

caddyshack

finding forrester

godfather

(oceans, bournes & italian job) all fun

(loved cormac mccarthy inspired...all the pretty horses...no country for old men)

unforgiven

that's what came to mind...my typers are delayed by a cranium freeze so i'll stop...

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based on the criteria...

Empire Strikes Back
Kill Bill
There Will Be Blood
Dazed and Confused
Switchblade Sisters
Goodfellas
Young Frankenstien
Tombstone
... i could go on and on, but i thought covering almost every genre is good enough.

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BTW... my favorite horror movie right now is The Mist.

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ooooohhh C,

i can't believe i forgot about dazed and confused!!

good one!

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i can't believe i forgot dazed and confused and young frankenstein!!!!

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i can't believe you're getting so much participation...

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A lot of people forgot:

Step up

Pw's big adventure

Dumb & dumber? Not my fav but pretty classic

The notebook

Christmas vacation

The jerk

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big top pee-wee

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aw,
why would you go ruin a good conversation with a comment like that???

you're killin' me smalls!!

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I do love the Jerk.
"He hates these cans" Get away from the cans!"

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Agree with You've Got Mail and Serendipity.

Also:

The Holiday.
The Princess Bride.
That Thing You Do.
Pride and Prejudice.
Stranger Than Fiction.

This list makes me look young.

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Oh, and Ocean's 11 and O Brother.

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Agree with You've Got Mail and Serendipity.

Also:

The Holiday.
The Princess Bride.
That Thing You Do.
Pride and Prejudice.
Stranger Than Fiction.

This list makes me look young.

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Missy> you are telling me.
COX and I have a blog dedicated to this, and WE cant get this much participation.
I am amazed!

Ryan> didnt mean to insult. not my purpose. hope you didnt take it that way. I know you love ole NYC. I guess I just dont hold the same love. I feel like I am alone on this one, as most everyone loves NY. oh well, to each their own, right?

and here's a few more of mine:
- Top Gun (saw it at Midnight tonight @ The Palace, and oh was it sweet!)
- Good Will Hunting
- Hot Fuzz
- Memento
- Lucas
- Napoleon Dynamite
- The Lost Boys
- Superman II
- Ghostbusters
- The Outsiders
- My Cousin Vinny

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good will hunting, good one sam! also, did you forget you love office space? maybe you purposely left it off. i don't think ryan was at all insulted - no worries

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Office Space is classic!
good one.

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-So I Married an Axe Murderer
-Grease(come on)
-Father of the Bride 1& 2
-Can't Hardly Wait
-Win A Date With Tad Hamilton( Sam liked this one)
-Amelie
-Three Amigos
-Young Frankenstein
-Sister Act 2(Missy)
-Funny Face(my favorite really any Fred Astaire movie)
-Waitress(Love it)
-Babes in Toyland(the on with Annette Funicello)
-Flight of the Navigator
-Christmas Story
-Pale Face and Son of Pale Face
-Any of the Road to......(Morrocco,Rio,ect..)
-I couldn't leave of all the Harry Potter's( I am probably the only fan)
My list could probably still go on. Britt and Ryan I am surprised some of these movies were not on your list.

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it's funny that dazed and confused was mentioned. i actually rented it last week during spring break and watched probably 3 times...classic!

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Nat, agree with the old ones. I kind of forgot of the ones we watched EVERY day growing up.