Which movies bring back your best memories?
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I love a good movie. Actually, that’s entirely untrue. I love a whole bunch of horrendous movies. The “good” part is how they make me feel. The same way that smells bring back memories, movies that I’ve watched obsessively during specific periods of my life make me feel that age again. It’s completely uncanny. (I guess they’re called “feel-good” movies for a reason, right?) The “Ghostbusters” movies remind me of being a little kid-pretending (with my baby brother) that we were wearing proton packs, busting ghosts, and wisecracking. Even now, we can’t resist the urge to say the lines along with the movie, or answer the question, “Who ya gonna call?”
“Grease” takes me back to middle school: sleepovers and singalongs with my friends and eating enough pizza that-in retrospect-my parents should have invested in Pizza Hut stock. It really highlights all the best parts (and feelings) of being a tween, without any of the unpleasantness that goes with the beginnings of adolescence. Both “Grease” and “Batman Forever” cause a crazy regression that leads me into uncontrollable fits of giggles-the trademark teenage-girl experience.
Our family has “tradition” movies-movies we watch to get in the holiday spirit. Halloween isn’t Halloween without a showing of “Hocus Pocus,” and Christmas Eve wouldn’t be the same without “The Muppet Christmas Carol.” We like to gather together, queue up the movie and-once everyone has gotten comfortable-enjoy the fun all over again.
A few months back, my brother and I were cleaning out our parents’ garage. We cleared out what felt like a million VHS tapes. I made a mental note to pick up some of these family classics the next time I was out buying DVDs. Because I occasionally forget my own whims, my brother has given me our favorite childhood-and-adolescence movies on DVD for the last dozen gift-giving occasions. We rip open the (often annoyingly secure) cellophane wrap and turn back the hands of time for a few hours.
Which movies stir up your nostalgic side?
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The best feel good film for me was seeing ‘school of rock’ at my best friends 14th birthday party – we kept playing the same bits over until we knew the words and then try and re-enacted the entire thing later on – good times!!
i agree with the hocus pocus comment! not halloween without it. that being said, it wouldn’t be christmas for me without home alone 1 and 2. Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory has a special place in my heart (the original). Dirty Dancing and Ghost are also up there!
best movie that bring back good old memories to me is ( The Christmas Story) good movie for all ages
I agree. I love the original Goodbye Mr. Chips.
It just stirs my soul…. I also enjoy Random Harvest, Pride and Prejudice, True Grit, even Young Frankenstein. There are a lot of Betty Davis movies I enjoy as well, Now Voyager for one. These movies incorporate humor and a light hearted way to interpret life which I’m all for. I just really enjoy them and never tire of them.
Thanks for the post.
Sophia d’ Loren, 1953, Dr. Zchivago!
2/. Inn of the Sixth Happiness.
3/. Bridge o’er t’ River Quai.
Rose Red. This is a good movie. I enjoy it
i remember when e.t. came out……the length of time that it ran at our theater was determined by the number of viewers it had in each week…..that theater stayed packed for 16 straight weeks and i was at every friday night viewing…..i recently saw e.t. again a week or so ago and cried in all the same places, laughed in all the same places and cheered in all the same places….this movie will be forever in my heart
I love the movie Goonies. It takes me back to my childhood where adventure was around every corner and the thought of going on a treasure hunt was exciting. I asked myself why adults never went on treasure hunts.
the nightmare before christmas – cant not sing along with it takes me back to when it first came out my cousin was like 4 and we’d watch it every day hed always wanna watch the “puntin tin”
grease….cant help but start singing along to that one lol i dont think anybody can reminds me of when i first seen it and watched it like 500 times lol
The monster squad – me and my brother watched it so many times that we litterally broke two vhs’s and then we rented it so much that the manager of blockbuster told us to just keep it
Mine has to be The Goonies. I know it’s cheeseball, but I would always watch that movie as a child and want to go on neat adventures like that.
Love Jones when they pick up the phone at the same time…
Love and Basketbal… when they play for it all in the end
pee wee’s big adventure and yogi the easter bear =)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a traditional Christmas movie. The cartoon one that they play on TV (though less and less). And, of course, all the puppet ones.
I like the Goonies as well. Other movies such as the Labyrinth, Stand by Me, The Sandlot, The natural, and so on.
beauty and the beast and Pocahontas, they reminde me of my child hood.
Either a few days before or after Christmas I went to the cinema with my soon to be auntie, uncle and Mum to see I Am Legend. I’m not 15 and it was the first 15 I was tried to get into. In the movie my auntie kept grabbing my hand and screaming at bits.
Mine would have to include The Sound of Music, The Lion King, and Mary Poppins, and they’re my pick me up films to this day, with the addition of another quirky Julie Andrews musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie.
My fondness of movies from my childhood that i used to love were those Christmas clay-mation movies that they play ed on t.v. like the rudolph and abonimable snowman.and the one with mister freeze
The movie 1941 always brings a few smiles. It was the first movie my family watched on VHS tape, Start of a new era.
I start bawling at the opening credits of Forrest Gump and I don’t stop till the ending ones. I just remember watching that movie with my parents and enjoying it so much, especially when my mother was alive… It just reminds me of a stable point in my life where I didn’t have a worry in the world, or at least any that truly mattered. I guess you realize that as life goes on…
My little brother just bought me Monster Squad on DVD a few days ago and it made my night. I haven’t seen that movie in years but i was obsessed with it when I was a kid. Now that my brothers and I are all in our 20′s, when we watch it is so much fun and full of 80′s nostalgia, and monsters
Anastasia by 20th Century Fox brings me so many memories from when I was 3 that it came out in 1997.
The music is wonderful also.
It is a magical movie and one of my favorites!
When I tryed out for thr golf team, i played like Happy Gilmore . The Best mmovie ever
Last Picture Show, a mature movie about high schoolers graduating from a small Texas town during the Korean War brought back memories because I went to school with people like most of the characters. I did not even have to change some of the names to recognize my friends. Pat Garret and Billy the Kid is my favorite Western, with Wild Bunch a close second. Blade Runner, a science fiction movie about a man who meets his maker and kills him is great, and Last Man on Earth and the remake, Omega Man are sci-fi films with strong religious undertones that are entertaining and stimulating. Got to mention the original Frankenstein/Dracula/Wolfman movies simply because they are terrifying without the gore. Finally, Escape From New York is an okay movie, but reminds me of the girl I took to it thirty years ago. Wonder what she thinks of when she sees it.
it has to be ferris bueler’s day off…no doubt
Miricle because i played at that same rink when i was younger
FINDING NEMO! Ugh, just so many great memories there! In fact, we just watched it in 3rd period the other day for our end of quarter party, lol! (they can only show g-rated movies in our school district)
For me, I’d say Titanic. My family and I went an saw it on Christmas Eve when it came out in theaters. It just brings back memories of when times were much more simple.
And for child hood memories, I’d say the Labyrinth with Sarah Connelly and David Bowie. “Dance magic, dance!”
Grease, A Christmas Story, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wizard of Oz, Sixteen Candles, Ghostbusters, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, National Lampoon’s Vacation, National Lampoon’s Class Reunion, Oliver, Doctor Dolittle (the original from the 60′s), The Tammy movies: Tammy Tell Me True, Tammy and the Bachelor, Tammy and the Doctor, Tammy and the Millionaire, Rocky Horror Picture Show.
This goes the same for me, I wouldn’t like to go on with Christmas without watching ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ in which every line still stays as funny as the first time you saw it. Or ‘A Christmas Story’ a total classic that makes me want to have grown up in the forties.
I can’t forget the movies that me and my brother used to watch constantly as kids like ‘Death Becomes Her’, watching it not too long ago, I was surprised to see that I could recite most lines in sync with the movie.
Rudolph Red nose reindeer ,Winter Warlock, Heat Miser made my childhood so happy. I was thrilled to watch them every year. Thanks Rankin and Bass
My favorite comedy was The Blues Brothers
Of course Christmas movies have been watched dozens of times. We have a ritual. As the holidays season begins we watch movies associated with the day. Thanksgiving, we watch “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” as well as “Home for the Holidays” where Christmas brings up a marathon with “Scrooged”, Nightmare Before Christmas”, “It’s A Wonderful Life”, “A Christmas Story” (Personal Favorite),”Trapped in Paradise and a few others.
I also like watching movies that my brother and I watched as kids, like “The Man Whos Shot Liberty Valance”, Mr. Roberts”, “Blazing Saddles” or those that he turned me on to, liked “Fear of a Black Hat” and “Near Dark”.
If the movie is not nostalgic in content, I do tend to remember who I was with the first time I saw it and it really does bring back memories.
Hi, OH! So many! It’s not Christmas without a Christmas Story. The Poltergiest was my childhood obession. Gremlins, Goonies, and of course the Lion King is probably 1st place in a trip down memory lane. I lived for that movie!
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i <3 all the Saw movies
i <3 V for Vendetta
i <3 any Steven King movie
but as for heart warming…
does any Batman movie count?
Cheesy as hell but still really funny, I remember watching “Airplane” when I was five and it brings back lots of good memories!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!!!!!! I watched it growing up and now my nephews watch it and i still love it. i see my nephews trying to do karate just like i did when i was lil
I just absolutely love all the little animated movies such as; Monsters Inc, The Lion King, Shrek, Bee Movie etc…
Around the holidays, I love watching all the flicks affiliated with that time of year ~ kind of gets you into that holiday mode…
Bugsy Malone! What a beaut
Wow haven’t thought about this one… Well there’s a whole bunch but i’ll name a few.
Dirty Dancing, The Nightmare before Christmas, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, SLC Punk, The lion king, Aladdin, A Christmas Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, Practical Magic… like I said a whole bunch more!
this was a fun question – i can tell everyone’s age by the movies that they love.
#1 movie ever…GREASE! i watched it EVERY day at one point.
annie, wizard of oz, labyrinth and the never-ending story were also some of my most worn-out vhs tapes.
geez, i hate dvds
I would have to say Thing Called Love, not a very well known movie to most people but i remember watching it almost everyday when I was little. River Phoenix was so dreamy and I loved all the songs.
13 ghosts brings back my best memories because it’s the last movie I watched with my mom. ^^
The Rose…went to go see it with my bestie at the time in Santa Barbera…cried like a baby at the end..could barely leave the theatre.!♥♥!♥♥♥
A Christmas Story is THE movie that brings back memories. I can watch that movie any time of the year. I swear that movie was copied directly from my childhood.
Definately movies like The Layrinth, The Neverending Story, Stand By Me, Edward Scissorhands, The Dark Crystal etc Those 80s kids films kicked ass.
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. Willow. Willy Wonka & Chocolate Factory. Rocky. Rudy. Those remind me of the good ole days.
I love Family Movies. Family Affair, Good Times, The Jefferson’s, That’s My Mama, The Waltons, Little House On The Prairee, to name a few.
The movie with the most memories for me is the 1999 remake of “The Haunting.” It brings back warm fuzzy memories of Christmas. You’re probably thinking what most people think when I say that: “WHAT?” No, I’m not just that bizarre. The story is, I was living on my own for the first time, had my first apartment, and I was getting ready to celebrate my first Christmas in my own place. It was very exciting. I was out shopping the day before I followed the family tradition of decorating and eating Mom’s homemade cookies, and stopped by the video store. I decided to get myself an early Christmas present of a new movie. “The Haunting” had come out recently and I missed it in theatres, so I wound up watching it while decorating my little tree in the new apartment. So, for me “The Haunting” will always be associated with Christmas, independence, and a ‘coming of age.’
I always love The Goonies, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Labyrinth, Titanic, The Sandlot, Huck Finn, Lucas, Heathers, Gleaming the Cube, Kuffs (which round out three good Christian Slater movies…) of course Clueless, ALL of the Back to the Future movies, The Wedding Singer, Empire Records, Dumb and Dumber, Angus, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Schindler’s List, Edward Sissorhands, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure AND Bogus Journey, Groundhog Day, Toy Story… I could go on. I think that if you are reading this list I have and haven’t seen all the movies you NEED to get to the rental store and put them on your must watch list!
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My best memories aren’t associated with movies. That would be pretty sad, even for people in the movie industry.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – I was all about the ninja turtles growing up.
Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of many. It brings back memories of going to the midnight showing in college w/ my best friend and doing the Time Warp in the aisles.
I have so many feel good movies. The greatest obssession of my childhood is “The Sound of Music” and”James Bond Films of Sean Connery”. After those, I fell in love too with, Sleepless in Seattle, Nothing Hill, You’ve got mail, While you were sleeping, the Mask of Zorro and so many others. I love to watch them still from to time, they make me feel good and make me laugh too. These are very relaxing movies, sometimes you may want to watch it too.
Favourite Film: Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon with his brothers Sam Hung and Jackie Chan. A classic martial arts film the best ever. Such grace in flying kicks and round houses.
Being a child of the 80′s, I beleive the best movies were made in this era with the likes of Back To The Future, E.T, The Goonies, Edward Scissorhands, The Neverending Story, etc.
Theres a distinct feeling of euphoria when I remember watching them as a child, but too bad those feelings don’t reciprocate if I watch them today since modern-day television has advanced in leaps to a point where those old movies seem low-budget. However, the memories will always be in my head..
The movies that bring back the most memories are “The Little Mermaid” because I used to be obsessed with that film when I was little, and “Home Alone” because it sort of gets me in the holiday mood.
the best movies EVER!!!!!!!
Forrest Gump, Cast Away
Back to the future
Fight Club/ Se7en
Pulp fiction
City of God
the notebook.
I feel that movie is exaclily my life.
‘Close encounters of the third kind’. My first ‘big people’s’ movie. Went to see it in the big city with my -then- best friend and his parents. Unforgettable !
This internet movie reminds me of two of my favorite things: Monkeys and Las Vegas:
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I love Dirty Dancing …I’ve seen it probly a thousand times and I will watch it an watch it over an over again…. The Wizard Of OZ brings back great childhood memories… as well as Miracle on 34th Street… I used to stay up every Christmas eve and watch that with my mom and dad n brothers… thats a movie that reminds me what it was like being 5 or 6yrs old.
I love 6 days 7 nights. My sister and I can be talking on the phone and we start doing a scene from that Movie. I also enjoy Speed Zone. It has an all star cast (brooke shields, the smothers brothers, Peter Boyle, John Schneider, and John Candy to name a few.) it’s so cheezy but it starts out with a lamborgini skipping over a pond like a rock. It’s so ridiculous but funny. good times
Yes! Goonies, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Flight of the Navigator, and A Christmas Story are all right up there at the top of my feel-good list.
Some of them bring back memories of being huddled under the blankets in the back seat of the car at the drive-in with a big paper sack of homemade popcorn and a thermos of hot cocoa that my grandmother made, and trying to stay awake for the R-rated second feature without getting caught.
I’ve also got some new feel-good favorites like Carnival of Souls (the original), Prince of Space (a truly cheesy splice of a bunch of Japanese adventure clips from the 50s), and The Brain that Wouldn’t Die. Basically, these are all late-Saturday-night not-so-classics that my husband and I watch with a big bowl of homemade popcorn. Guess I’m still staying up for the second feature
for me i guess it would be the never ending story
Thats SO true!
i still have my VCR =]
halloween for me is the ABC Family’s 13 nights of halloween with hocus pocus and the scariest places on earth and christmas would be their christmas special of all the old playdough looking characters
my most favorite movies are on VHS they are all still in my room all those home videos
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Wargames, Sleuth (the originals, of course) and actually, too many to name, but different memories.
Grease; Breakfast Club; Sixteen Candles; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (the older version); Wizard of Oz (my favorite); Nightmare Before Christmas; Toy Story; Monsters, Inc; The Christmas Story; Finding Nemo; Ghostbusters; Rocky Horror Picture Show; and many more
I remember seeing Independence Day at a DRIVE IN theater. Perfect.
I have to say the video release of Cats. Or Fools Rush In.
the craft
A movie that brings back memories… well Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder is always a great one. Makes me think of my childhoob and spending time with friends watching that movie. Another one is Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. And Kung Pow Enter the Fist. That movie is so dumb its funny. It makes me think of the times working at the EMS station with friends on those long 24 hour shifts and watching movies to help kill the time between calls.
I will never forget how “Imitation of Life” made me feel. This was a black and white movie made during an era when black people were often forgotton about in movie roles, other than maids, servants and waiters. It was such an important role that the lead character was not even black, but had to play a part in which she had to dig deep into her soul to know what it must have felt like to be a product of mixed parentage. This story had so much depth and truth and stereotype, but it was real to me. I also remember movies that featured the late actress Barbara Stanwick…westerns – she was the best. Last, but not least, I loved “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”, and any movie that featured Olivia DeHavilland, Bette Davis and many of the actresses from the black and white era. Those to me were the best movies of all.
I like many movies such as the Wizard of Oz, Gone with The Wind, Meet Me In St. Louis, Jaws, M.A.S.H., Ordinary People, Night of the Living Dead, Ground Hog Day, Terminator, Star Wars (all the movies), Star Trek (movies and show), Lion King, Finding Nemo, Shrek, Independence Day, Sargeant York, It’s a Wonderful Life, Mask, The Deer Hunter, Rocky (all the movies), Independence Day, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Flash Dance, Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Titanic, The Omega Man, Planet of the Apes (70s movies and show), and so much more
My family always watched It’s A Wonderful Life (which is by far the best movie out) and Miracle on 34th Street. Happy times with family on Christmas Eve.
oh-em-gee,
bambii,fox and the hound, parent trap(older one) home alone deff 1 & 2 , it takes two, toy story, lion king, black cauldron, land before time, the labyrinth , sandlot deff, dont tell mom the babysitters dead, adventures in babysitting, matilda, harriet the spy, magic in the water, aristocats, 101 dalmations, never ending story, oliver and company, one fine day
i’m a sci fi fan so any of the first star trek movies i can sit and watch even if it’s in the middle of the movie. my heart leapt when i saw the enterprise go to warp speed for the first time! Any of the Alien movies, “jaws”, “close encounters” and then there are any of the old hollywood musicals like “the king and i” that i love and watch every year – “sound of music”, “south pacific” etc. the wizard of oz of course!
ET still makes me smile. Not only am I a sucker for the movie, but it reminds me of my older cousin taking his time to spend the day with an annoying kid at the theater.
Also, though it’s cliche, I am still touched by “It’s a Wonderful Life” at Christmas. And for different reasons, the Exorcist at Halloween.
yes the truffle shuffle from the goonies will forever be embedded into my heart, my sister and i watched this movie at least 30 times. Also grease 2 even thogh we liked grease, grease 2 had the cool songs with pfeifer just brings back the good memories and there isnt a time that i see these movies in the video store that i dont want to rent them but i do not anymore. As for some of our other favs we laughed till the cows came home when young clark kent was racing the train and jumped over the tracks just missing getting hit in the origional superman movie.
THe Toy with richard pryor was another of our favs. Brewsters millions, eddie and the cruisers, the thing, and jaws cant forget that 1. theres just soo many and i might have to rent some tonight now that im getting into this. they just dont make them like they used to. or maybe everyone feels that way.
I would have to say that my feel good movie is ‘You’ve Got Mail’ with Tom Hanks, and Meg Ryan. That movie is just absolutely wonderful. And having visited NYC for the first time this month, it renewed my love for it
I love Stand By Me, Goonies, Ghost, Edward Scissorhands, Grease, and The Stand. They all have a important reason for me loving them.
It’s definately “Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind”. I’ ve seen it with my Godmother (aunt) down to the former Hoyt’s Cinema Center in Waterville, Maine. That’s what inspired me in my love & fascination to almost EVERY Sci-Fi film in the past 30 years. Even some classic ones are just as good. In fact, it also gave me interests to the mysterious UFO Phenomenom & some real close encounters of beings from other worlds. THE BEST FILM EVER!!!!
Dumb & Dumber
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Big Trouble In Little China
Spike Lee’s Crooklyn does it for me. No movie, and I’ve seen many in my 41 years, brought me closer to the nostalgia of my childhood on Stanhope Street & Knickerbocker Ave.
It’s not exactly a movie, but watching reruns of the original Star Trek series brings back those happy feelings… my siblings and I are all adults, but when we get together we still like to all get on the couch with a big bowl of popcorn and put in some Star Trek.
Plus, we always watched the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving thing on videotape on Halloween to start off the ‘holiday’ season, then after thanksgiving dinner we’d kick off Christmas season by watching the Charlie Brown Christmas thing.
Movies bring you back to a time in your lfe and the feeling you had associated at that time, sort of like music. I love Wizard of Oz, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Nat’l Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Miracle on 24th St (the original), Scrooge (Alistair Sims), It’s a Wonderful Life, etc., Coming to America, 50 1ST Dates, Rat Race are just some of them. It’s all nostalgic and we all want to return to those warm, fuzzy times.
“She’s out of control” – It was great watching it when I was little, really believing that a makeover can change your life! It’s fun to watch now and remember the good times.
Top Gun. At the time I thought I wanted to join the Navy or be a pilot and the movie came out at just the right time. Plus Tom Cruise was young and normal back then. The humor was great as was the romance. Remember the bar scene? And the ending? Just perfect – it all turned out right in the end. When it came out on videotape I must have watched it everyday once a day for a month straight!
“Hollywood Knights” tops my list. It was my time. It brings back those uncaring days before Vietnam. Everytime I see a leather jacket or a ’57 Chevy lovingly restored, I get nostalgic. I had a lot of concerns back then, but I had hope also. I could glimpse a light at the end of the tunnel even if it did flicker a lot. The lightheartedness of the flick reminds me of the innocent fun we had back then.
“Goonies” was a joy to me. It held out the promise that if you just make the most of your time, treasure maybe just around the bend and more than you expect.
ferris bueller’s day off
Here is a really weird feel-good movie: “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.”
Watch the prequels and you’ll see why this action flick is actually a cool family movie, barring some questionable dialogue.
There are two movies my cousins taped off of the Disney channel years ago and we always watched them almost everytime I went over there, Heavy Weights and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.
Also Hocus Pocus, Rookie of the Year, The Memphis Belle, Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music and The Lion King were all movies my family watched when I was younger, I’m almost seventeen now and I miss being so little and carefree.
the color purple
any Disney film. those always bring back good ol’ memories. my family and i used to watch those together.
My family must watch “Christmas Vacation” with Chevy Chase every year! And what would Christmas be without Rudlph, Frosty, and Year without a Santa Clause. These bring back wonderful memories of my childhood, when you only had the opportunity to watch these moveis once a year! My family would all snuggle together, eat popcorn and drink warm cider together, what memories!
All of the Disney “Haley Mills” movies I just loved them as a kid.
POKEMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like The Godfather 1,2 and 3.
I like the Karate Kid 1,2,3
The Professional.
One of the first movie memories I have is going to see Bambi with Dad and my sister, but there are many other movies that I have seen since then that bring forth warm thoughts or special feelings.
Some of my faves are Peter Pan (love it), Goonies, Grease (and Grease 2 even though alot of people don’t admit to liking it too), Pretty In Pink, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Sabrina (with Audrey Hepburn), Miracle on 34th Street and Splendor in the Grass (with Natalie Wood)Labyrinth (love Ludo), Dirty Dancing (because I was a blossoming teen at the time I saw it and “Nobody puts Baby in a corner”), Nightmare Before Christmas, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Breakfast Club, St Elmo’s Fire, Short Circuit (“Number 5 alive!”) and that is just to name a few.
Buckaroo Banzai, Across the 8th Dimension.
This movie came at a time when I was deciding what I wanted to do with my life… which was everything. Who can tell me now jack of all trades is master of none? Buckaroo could do it all, don’t tell me we need to specialize.
My all time favorite movie is “The Christmas Story”. Nothing mades the day better than seeing Ralphie in his pink bunnie pajamas
sandlot!!!
monster squad!!!!
The Land Before Time and The Secret of NIMH
What about “Surviving the Game”,Storm of the Century”,The Perfect Storm”,Apocalypto”,The Passion of Crist”, i like this movies and i can watch them over and over,lol
The old Pippi Longstocking movies made in the ’70s in Sweden and then later dubbed in English are what do it for me. They’re SOOOOOO horrible, but my sister and I loved them when we were young, and I continue to be hooked. I rented a couple of them recently and almost couldn’t stand how bad one of them was. Maybe I have outgrown them after all…better not watch them anymore, I don’t want a cherished childhood memory to be ruined by my critical adult eye!
I could watch Disney’s Alice in Wonderland and never get tired of it.
Porkies
Detroit Rock City and Thirteen.
my favourite film of all time has to be ‘The Elephant Man.’ Not only is it a tear jerker but an amazing film to watch on a rainy day with someone to cuddle
The movie that brings back the most memories is 16 candles. but lets not forget the wizard of oz.
Finding Nemo!!!
all thoses disney movies bring back tons of memories
Dirty Dancing, 16 candles, The Breakfast Club
I have a few.
Star Wars II because when my little brother Andrew was a baby I was the first person to watch Star Wars with him and this was the one we watched.
Star Wars III because when my youngest brother Timothy was a baby a friend of mine gave me a pirated copy of Revenge of the Sith and I was the first person to introduce Timothy to Star Wars. I taught him the names of all the best characters, even now when I watch Epi. 3 I can hear him saying R2 and An-a-keeeen in his little voice.
Stealth- This is the last movie I watched with two of my best friends before they moved to TX. I love the movie but I’ve only watched it that one time because I don’t want to replace the memories I have of that night.
I totally know what you mean. I watch hocus pocus every halloween, too. We watch casper and the swan princess alot, too, my sis and i loved them. Oh and snow white, which was my princess, and sleeping beauty, which was my sisters.
the movies that bring back memories are the disneys movies like the little mermaid, beauty and the beast, lady in the tramp and so more.
The 1900 legend..
For me, Christmas isn’t Christmas without watching The Nightmare Before Christmas. Preferably watched on Christmas Eve but there’s not usually time between wrapping presents and doing family stuff! It’s a must watch in the few days leading up to it though, just as things are starting to feel really Christmasy!
i really love “my sassy girl” the movie!
my would have to be THE WIZARD OF OZ ( the original with judy garland) i have no idea why i love it soo much but everytime i watch it its like im 10 again…. my childhood wasnt the greatest (not saying that i was abused or something its just that i never felt like a kid for some reason, didnt have an imagination) but this movie makes me remember the fun, happy things when i was growing up… im 16 now and all my friends make fun of me for loving the movie so much but i dont
FYI i went as dorothy this halloween
oops i meant to say “but i dont care” in the line before the last
Grease!! I grew up in the 60′s and 70′s so this movie really did it for me. After all; what’s life for a young man without fast cars and pretty girls?
I love watching “Now & Then” to be taken back to my childhood days. As a young girl I had those close friends who got me into alot of trouble. Any girl blossoming into adulthood can relate to this movie and as for the boys I’m sure “The Sandlot” brings up some good memories as well. I can watch them over and over again.
i would have to say ( RISKY BUSINESS) HAHA. that girl is so freekin fine. damn. kinda makes you realize in life not everything in life is as it seems. a woman can make you or break you. but i think every guy would have liked to have been with her. to doit on a train haha. sounds like fun to me.:))) at midnight.
wow all i can say is damn you people must be fat and spent alot of time sitting at home watching tv. haha. who’s crying now, your crazy, vendetta — over played, scareface,the godfather, the goodfellas,risky business, i mean who doesn’t know all the movies. sorry i accually had to rent these to see them. my sat nights were spent partying. haha. your mad, your crying, or just jealous and envious. i am sorry, don’t expect me to be doing that. i am home CAUSE IT IS MINE AND I LIKE IT. hahahaha.
The films that dominated my childhood were ALL the Disney movies especialy the Lion King, Jungle Book, and Pinocchio . Also I’m glad to see Nightmare before Christmas getting some love. Theres also the original Star Wars trilogy, JAWS, the Wizard of Oz, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(starting to realize I like the older films? I’m only 20) E.T., Jurassic Park, Back to the Future(all) Indiana Jones(first three). And these are just my childhood favs and i still watch all of them.
Films that realy inspired me were: Hoosiers, Rudy, Remember the Titans, Rocky. Im an avid sports fan and played ten years of Basketball so i have a soft spot for sports films. but there is also Forrest Gump, the Bucket List and the Diary of Anne Frank.
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I’m glad someone mentioned the Pippi movies of the 1970′s. There is also some of the original TV series (some of the movies were made from) dubbed in England… which means I love that even more! (Odd because I always dreamed there was more, a recurring dream.)
Movies:
Sailor Moon S (2nd one)
Same Time, Next Year
Ever After
All Marx Brothers movies
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Clue
Clueless
The Cat Returns
Whispers Of The Heart
Star Trek 1-6 (and Insurrection)
Beetlejuice
Indiana Jones stuff (even 4 but I skip a scene)
84 Charing Cross Road
Kamikaze Girls
My Man Godfrey
Emma
Harold & Maude
TV:
Connections
All Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
Buster & Me (local SF bay area show)
Road To Avonlea (some)
First two Anne Of Green Gables (NOT 3 or 4)
Gumby stuff
Once Upon A Hamster (Hammy Hamster)
Daria
Wind In The Willows (1980′s stop motion)
Pride & Prejudice (mini-series)
MST3K (With Joel) especially shorts
I’ve got alot of favorite Hollywood movies like Rocky, ET, Indiana Jones, etc. but these days I’m a Hallyuwood film addict and I love watching films from Hallyuwood like Hello Ghost, A Tale of Two Sisters and Taegukgi! ^^