What is/was your mom's favorite movie?

Olivier’s “Henry V.”

Terms of Endearment

Wuthering Heights. My mother loved Lawrence Olivier.

I don't think it was her favorite (I'd lose respect for her if it was), but she loved the "theme from a Summer Place" and did see the movie.

Cumsloppy Buttholes.

Imitation Of Life. She breaks down whenever she talks about the funeral scene.

Most likely Student Prince or Great Caruso, she had a think for a Mario Lanza.

The Color Purple. She’s white.

Giant. She loved Liz and Rock.

Anything with Gary Cooper.

"Raintree County"

Both The Godfather and Part II.

The original King Kong. It was the first movie she took me to see when it was re-released in theaters many years later. I was 3.

Sound of Music. She was Catholic.

Reds

after my parents divorced, my mom was in a terrible funk for months, years.....i always remember her saying that siting through The Goodbye Girl ('77 with richard dreyfuss) was the first time she was able o get out of herself and laugh, and briefly return to the person she had been. the power of movies.

Dunno but Dad (still kickin) loves treasure of Sierra Madre

The 10 Commandments

Cabaret. My mom loved Liza! She brought our entire family to see it when it came out. I was ten.

The Sound of Music

Twice in a Lifetime is actually a really good film, OP. Nothing frau-y about it.

The acting by Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margaret and Amy Madigan (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress) is excellent.

Steel magnolias. I don't I watch that damn movie.

The Sound of Music. Her father was from Austria.

My Mom's favorite was 'Foul Play'.

Anything with Tyrone Power.

Gone With the Wind.

The only things I remember about 'Foul Play' was a fake Pope and Barry Manilow singing through the opening credits.

I'm glad my mumsy isn't as stereotypically frauish as yours were because one of her favorite films is Incendies.

Casablanca and the Olivier Pride and Predjudice

'Somewhere In Time" and my Mom so wanted to visit Mackinac Island where it was filmed but she did get to meet Christopher Reeve and tell him how much she loved it. He was so gracious to her. I think he was very proud of it too.

The Godfather Part II and, of all things, The Deer Hunter. She was a tough broad, my mom.

The Graduate.

After my mother got a VCR, I asked her what was her favorite movie. She said "Now, Voyager". She was a fan of a lot of movies from the 1940s.

It always surprises me when Italians say their favorite movie(s) is the Godfather series when these movies actually demonstrate (fictitiously) the dark side of an Italian heritage.

Mildred Pierce. She loved the scene where Vida and Mildred have it out after Vida gets the settlement check from the unfortunate, young rich boy.

Anything with Rock Hudson or Marlon Brando. Anything.

Most of these are awful. I mean "The Goodbye Girl" is basically a sitcom dragged out to feature length. She could have saved time and random;y picked a sitcom then in reruns and had the same laughs in less time.

Another one for Sound of Music.

My mom had a thing for The Enchanted Cottage, even though it was before her time.

I don't know if this was her favorite, but I know she really enjoyed Doris Day in Pillow Talk.

My mom's also a big fan of The Sound of Music and got me and my sister hooked on that film too. We even visited Salzburg and took one of those annoying TSOM bus tours that take you around the filming locations.

Who the fuck knows?

Never asked, never told.

I wouldn't say Godfather was fictionalized exactly but it was romanticized otherwise it would hardly be anyone's favorite movie.

[quote]The only things I remember about 'Foul Play' was a fake Pope and Barry Manilow singing through the opening credits.

Because they were the only memorable things about it.

Dudley Moore trying to be funny.

[quote]Who the fuck knows? Never asked, never told.

& who the fuck cares? I don't.

She watches so many I have no idea. She does have a thing for Bette Davis though. Loving her and hating her depending on the film.

A Man and a Woman

She played the movie soundtrack incessantly during my youth.

[quote]A Man and a Woman. She played the movie soundtrack incessantly during my youth.

So did everyone, gurl.

Either The Best years of our Lives or Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. She had eclectic tastes.

Jaws.

She has a thing for sharks. I told her I will scatter her ashes amongst the great whites so she can spend eternity with them. She loved it.

[quote]It always surprises me when Italians say their favorite movie(s) is the Godfather series when these movies actually demonstrate (fictitiously) the dark side of an Italian heritage.

Maybe this article will help.

Key quote: "The film [italic]The Godfather[/italic] dealt with the mafia, but ultimately it was about the family."

My mom loves Dirty Dancing. Personally, I hate that movie...a lot.