These are my top 5, not really blockbusters like Titanic or Pearl Harbor, but I enjoy watching these over and over again (although occasionally I move one out of the top 5 and replace it with another one).

#1 - Funny Farm - Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith. We watch this as a family every Christmas. A classic! This has been in the #1 spot for several years.

#2 - The Bridges of Madison County - Meryl and Clint - What a combo!

#3 - Ghost - Whoopi, Patrick Swayze, and Demi Moore - Fun mixed with suspense.

#4 - The Sixth Sense - Every time I watch this, I see something I missed the time before.

#5 - TIE (I'm cheating here!) - Groundhog Day, Moonstruck, Chocolat, The Ten Commandments.

What about yours??

Toni

Wow Tonetta, this is a REALLY tough question. I am an old movie junkie! Here goes:

#1 - AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER - No matter how many times I watch this, I always cry at the end. Sleepless in Seattle was a good remake with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks replacing Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.

#2 - IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - We always watch this one at Christmas along with A Christmas Story.

#3 - GASLIGHT - I think it is one of Ingrid Bergman's best movies.

#4 - GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER - A great movie about tolerance. The last movie with Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn was one of their best.

#5 - OVERBOARD - Not as old as the others, but Goldie Hawn is great in this movie.

Also, if you get a chance to watch any of the movies that were made between 1929-1934 you would be amazed. This was before the Hayes Act that started censoring movie content to save the morals of the country. A lot of the same things that happen now were happening then, they just didn't want to talk about it after 1934!

Karen

What a fun post!!!

In no particular order:

#1 - It's a wonderful life (my family's christmas tradition)
#2 - A Christmas story (another christmas tradition)
#3 - Gone in 60 Seconds (just a fun car movie)
#4 - The Green Mile (very amazing movie)
#5 - Saving Private Ryan (very educational yet also a deep story)
#6 - The Lion King (a fun movie yet a tear jerker at times)
#7 - Christmas Vacation (those darn Griswolds)

Ok, so I have more than 5 Nothin wrong with that

I didn't count the Christmas movies. My top 5 Christmas faves are:

#1 - Funny Farm
#2 - It's Wonderful Life
#3 - Emmett Otter's Junk-Band Christmas
#4 - A Christmas Carol (we have 3 versions, 1938 with Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart, 1951 with Alastair Sim, and 1984 with George C. Scott).
#5 - TIE (cheating again!) - Miracle on 34th Street, Frosty the Snowman, The Santa Clause with Tim Allen, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

We have a couple of family video nights during the holidays just to wind down and enjoy each other's company. It's one of my favorite times of year, and I usually really go hog wild with everything. I want to "make memories" for my kids and grandkids.

Have a great day!
Toni

Toni

Christmas just wouldn't be the same without having the little ones around, would it! My favorite is when my 3-year-old great nephew opened a present last year to find a shirt and pair of pants. He became so excited about it saying "I got clothes! Oh my gosh, I got clothes". That little guy would not opened any more presents until he stripped down and put them on! This video will become a favorite!

Karen

That sounds so cute!!! I love watching home movies from when I was little on Christmas...I got excited over the littlest things. Which is how it should be...kids these days only want whats new, big, and expensive. Not all kids, but a lot. It is good to hear of a child getting excited over clothes. Very rare

Hmm, that is tough. I would have to say:
1. Wizard of Oz.
2. Gone With the Wind.
3. Schindler's List
4. Anything with Scooby Doo in it
5. Anything Abbott and Costello.

Good list jencan. I agree!

My favs are:
1. Its a Wonderful Life (I watch it all year round)
2. Christmas Vacation...My dad says my family reminds him of the Grizwalds.
3. I Remember Mama....I'm a fan of old black&white films
4. Steel Magnolias
5. Armageddon

OK, I have to put my two cents in. Here goes:

1. The original 1930 James Whale-directed version of Frankenstein. Two big thumbs-up!

2. Yet another James Whale effort; The Bride of Frankenstein, the 1931 sequel to the original movie. Elsa Lanchester's brief appearance as The Monster's bride is worth all the buildup before we get to see her. Also, rave review for the actor who played Dr Pretorius!!!! What ever happened to this guy.

3. Cabaret (with Liza Minelli and Joel Gray), always a great viewing experience no matter how many times viewed.

4. Apocalypse Now. An incredible Francis Ford Coppola film with Martin Sheen and Brando the Great!

5. In Cold Blood. I believe this film was made in the 1960s; of course based on the Truman Capote book of the same name. A really stellar performance by a very young Robert Blake as one of the perpetrators of a heinous crime; a true story and very riveting.

OK, please do not get an impression of my personality from my fav movie list here. I really am not a serial killer or some other terrible thing.

If I have to add one more as a sixth choice, I would include "Natural Born Killers," with Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis, a Quentin Tarantino flick. It is wonderful, if one likes this type of viewing experience. OK, enuff from me.