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  1. Kate
    December 23, 2019 @ 11:47 am

    An oldie called “Dear Heart” with Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page.
    Lars and the Real Girl with Ryan Gosling.
    Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson.
    Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth.
    In Harm’s Way with John Wayne and Patricia Neal.

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    • Brandy Powell
      December 23, 2019 @ 6:32 pm

      I LOVE LOVE the old movie Seven Brides For Seven Brothers!! Also love the first Momma Mia movie

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      • Penny
        December 24, 2019 @ 4:06 am

        Im with you on both movies – great ones‼️

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    • Lisa
      December 23, 2019 @ 6:57 pm

      Love Dear Heart!

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    • wilma brennan
      December 31, 2019 @ 10:08 pm

      In no order, Bette Davis in Dark Victory, Now Voyager, and Jezebel

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  2. Lisa D.
    December 23, 2019 @ 11:51 am

    LOVE your giant pine cones. Two of my favorites are “It’s a Wonderful Life”, (I know – it’s the one everyone thinks of, but it’s still a terrific movie), and “Little Women” – the one with Winona Ryder as Jo, and Susan Sarandon as Marmie. I’ve yet to see the new one that has just been released, with Meryl Streep as Marmie, and Soirse Ronan as Jo.

    Hope you and Paul have a very merry Christmas, Victoria, and I look forward to more of your delightful posts in 2020.

    P.S. My cats, William & Harry, look forward to your posts too!

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    • Lisa A.
      December 23, 2019 @ 12:02 pm

      William and Harry!! OMG – how cute…..

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    • Heather B.
      December 23, 2019 @ 2:15 pm

      I love both of those as well!

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  3. Bethany Otto
    December 23, 2019 @ 11:52 am

    Meet Joe Black with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins. Most beautiful to look at and to listen to–Oh Anthony’s voice is the sexiest thing around, even when he’s 65. And all the feels. ALL. THE. FEELS.

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    • Suzanne
      December 23, 2019 @ 2:06 pm

      I love Meet Joe Black….have watched it a million times. A Will Smith movie, Seven Pounds is so good too.

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    • Sherry Staton.
      December 23, 2019 @ 10:21 pm

      Moonstruck with Nicholas Cage and Cher..I LOVE this movie!! All of the actors are just spot on!! …so good!!
      also anything with Will Smith, even Hancock…s

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      • Kristin
        December 25, 2019 @ 8:33 pm

        I ADORE Moonstruck. To pieces. Holy moly, how did I forget that movie?!?

        Speaking of Cher (and what the heck, why not Sam Elliot, bc WHY NOT), Mask. I can’t even think about it without crying tbh. I also like Erin Brockovich a lot, bc strong women.

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      • Shelley Henley
        December 30, 2019 @ 8:21 am

        Moonstruck is wonderful … it is my All time favourite ‘modern‘ movie.
        It happened one night
        Philadelphia Story
        High Society
        ?The movie where Cher has two kids and keeps shifting towns, And meets Bob Hoskins and her youngest daughter almost drowns and she sings the shop snoop song?
        Mama Mia
        The perfect specimen With Errol Flynn and Joan Blondell
        To catch a Thief Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
        Every single Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie esp the Gay Divorcee
        Bachelor mother Ginger Rogers and David Niven
        I’d rather be rich (I think it’s the title) Robert Goulet and Sandra Dee
        Kid Creole
        Crouching tiger Hidden Dragon
        House of Flying Daggers
        Etc etc etc

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    • Share Smithwick
      December 26, 2019 @ 8:17 am

      Definitely a movie I just love watching over and over along side “Sabrina” with Ford and Ormond; “Practical Magic” with Bullock and Kidman, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, ….more recently “The Age of Adline” with Ford. There are so many good movies I’ve seen and one or two that I’ve intentionally stayed away from…one is “Braveheart” ….lol. Afraid I won’t be able to return to present day and time….lol!

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  4. Christine Connelly
    December 23, 2019 @ 11:53 am

    You are the bravest woman ever to watch Wolf of Wallstreet with family!! Watched with my 23 year old daughter. Not sure who was most embarrassed at opening scenes.

    The Family Fang
    Die Hard (it IS a Christmas movie)
    Moonstruck
    Old family movies, wedding, childbirth of twins (not graphic), family vacations…..

    If we have had a few cocktails, Words with Friends never, ever fails to entertain. Merry, merry!

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  5. Ellen
    December 23, 2019 @ 11:54 am

    The Birdcage
    Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
    Meet Me in St Louis
    Me Blandings Builds his Dreamhouse

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    • Rhonda Payton
      December 24, 2019 @ 12:46 am

      But still, not to suggest any other color but white.😂 Love Mr. Blandings!

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  6. jsj
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:01 pm

    In no particular order:
    Guardians of the Galaxy 2 — b/c Baby Groot dancing!
    Midnight in Paris
    Juno — the music, and also she’s on a hamburger phone!
    Zombieland — the ultimate quest movie
    Pride
    Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    Almost Famous
    Notting Hill — Looks closely. That’s the Earl of Grantham!
    My Favorite Year
    Disney — nuf said!

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    • Sherry Staton.
      December 23, 2019 @ 10:22 pm

      yes but Guardians of the Galaxy 1 the first one had the best ever music!!

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  7. Judy
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:01 pm

    Shawshank Redemption, When Harry Met Sally, Love Actually, The Holiday, the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley. All are chick flicks, except Shawshank. Really amazing movie. P.s. Love love love The Family Man.

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  8. Kristen
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:06 pm

    About A Boy, The Holiday, You Got Mail, Crazy Stupid Love, The Usual Suspects, the Sound of Music, Joy Luck Club, The Way We Were. I also really like The Family Man.

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  9. Kymberly
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:06 pm

    Christmas in Connecticut – original 1940s Barbara Stanwyck version. It is perfection. I still want the house too.

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  10. Ross
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:08 pm

    FAV HOLIDAY MOVIE:

    The Bishop’s Wife with Cary Grant.

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    • Kristin
      December 25, 2019 @ 8:34 pm

      Thank you!!! Why does everyone overlook this movie?? It’s an utter joy.

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  11. melissa
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:09 pm

    Back to the Future (except for when Biff assaults mom) & Goonies are the only ones I can think of and I haven’t seen Ocean’s 8, but I need to because I too love a good heist and this one has a bunch of strong women in it.

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  12. Lisa A.
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:09 pm

    The Birdcage – you must watch if you have not…..Nathan Lane is genius….and yes, Casino with Sharon Stone’s wardrobe I could watch over and over….
    Merry Christmas to you and Paul –

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  13. Katherine
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:14 pm

    Ok, someone said Moonstruck and I’m so on board! I need to add my new Christmas favorite, though. Daddy’s Home 2 is a Christmas movie and it’s laugh out loud funny! I’ve been telling everyone.
    On the darker side I need to warn people about a Christmas cartoon short called The Small One. It’s a Disney movie produced and directed by Don Bluth (later famous for The Secret of NIHM, An American Tail and The Land Before Time.) I had a strong positive memory of this movie as a child so I bought it on Amazon. There is an absolutely antisemitic song in it! Ruins a sweet story.

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  14. Pat Coletta
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:17 pm

    I just watched The Two Popes on Netflix and loved it. It’s relevant to most people and I learned (or was reminded) of what happened in Argentina in the 70s.

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  15. Mary
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:20 pm

    Chocolat with Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche and Judy Dench. Beautiful music and quite enchanting from beginning to end.

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    • Patricia
      December 23, 2019 @ 1:42 pm

      Oh yes! A great and underrated movie! 💕

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    • Lisa Alison
      March 6, 2020 @ 7:22 pm

      Thank you so much for this title! What a great movie. I’ve watched it too many times to admit since your suggestion. What a great movie!

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  16. B Statser
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:20 pm

    I love Charade with Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant and music by Henri Mancini. Murder, mystery, coquetry, and set in Paris. What’s not to love? This was their only movie together, BTW.

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    • Kathryn Peltier
      December 23, 2019 @ 9:58 pm

      Me, too!

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  17. Hilary
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:21 pm

    Many of your choices are mine too! I’ve seen Urban Cowboy at least 10 times. Travolta’s dancing 🕺 is amazing.
    Here’s a few more I love: (be warned, some are chick flicks).

    Pride and Prejudice-Keira Knightly version
    Love is a Many Splendored Thing
    The Quiet Man
    Blade Runner (men love this one)
    Pat and Mike
    Tin Cup
    Sense and Sensibility-Emma Thompson version
    Sideways
    Tombstone (ties with Magnificent Seven for best western of all time)
    The Magnificent Seven
    The Day the Earth Stood Still (from childhood to now still wish this could happen)
    The Bishop’s Wife (fave Christmas movie)
    Harry Potter (all of them)
    Somethings Gotta Give
    When Harry Met Sally
    Best in Show
    Casablanca
    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir -Rex Garruson
    Quigley Down Under
    Get Shorty
    Young Frankenstein
    The Godfather
    Amelie
    Emma-Gweneth Paltrow version
    This is Spinal Tap

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  18. Robin Howington
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:24 pm

    If Kiss Me Kate made the list then Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would be a good follow up. Lots of dancing and there’s snow -so Christmas also Howard Keel and a very young Yvonee DiCarlo. Family Stone kills me everytime. Every Time.

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  19. Kathy
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:25 pm

    The Long Kiss Goodnight, great Christmas movie, on Netflix, good|bad girl being bad. Prancer, Sam Elliot, nuff said, Amazon Prime.

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  20. Sheila
    December 23, 2019 @ 12:26 pm

    YOU MUST WATCH MOONRISE KINGDOM IMMEDIATELY You’re welcome. It’s so beautifully weird.

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    • Sheila
      December 23, 2019 @ 12:32 pm

      OH! And Brother Where Art Thou, which is also deliciously awkward and great. The music alone. George Clooney. Holly Hunter (my spirit animal).

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      • Share Smithwick
        December 26, 2019 @ 8:28 am

        Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel, OMG in the movie “The Piano” . Watched it with my sister and son….all of us were sitting toward the front edge of the sofa. The acting is superb. Took days for me to put it aside, a serious, intense movie.

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    • Sandy B
      December 25, 2019 @ 3:20 pm

      Moonrise Kingdom – brilliant!!! Have rewatched and was compelled to screen grab scene by scene to understand the visual narrative. And I want Suzy Bishop fishing lure earrings.

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