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Dirty Dancing

First saw this film when I was 15 years old - 20 years later and I still love it.

Dirty Dancing on DVD (1987)
Starring: Wayne Knight, Max Cantor, Wayne
Director: Emile Ardolino
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Decade-defining box office smash starring Patrick Swayze in one of his most famous roles. Frances 'Baby' Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a teenage girl on holiday with her family at a resort in the Catskill Mountains. Stumbling upon an off-limits employees-only party, she witnesses the staff getting ..read more »
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Beaches

The tear ducts get a good work-out !!!!

Beaches on DVD (1988)
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Lainie Kazan, John Heard
Director: Garry Marshall
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Modern weepie which traces the ups and downs of unlikely friends C.C. (Bette Midler), a brash singer, and Hillary (Barbara Hershey), a conservative rich girl. Meeting as children on a beach in Atlantic City, the two swear lifelong friendship, but don't meet up again until they are in their twenties...read more »
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Gone with the Wind

Frankly my dear - I do give a damn ... which is why it's on my list. Can't help but feel sorry for poor old Scarlet.

Gone with the Wind on DVD (1939)
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
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Epic romantic drama based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning novel set during the American Civil War. Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) often uses men to get what she wants, but is unable to get the one man she truly desires, Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). She soon meets her match ..read more »
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Serendipity

I just love this film - is it fate that Jonathan and Sarah get together .... watch it to find out.

Serendipity on DVD (2000)
Starring: Molly Shannon, Bridget Moynahan, Jeremy Piven
Director: Peter Chelsom
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On a bustling shopping day in the winter of 1990, Jonathon Trager meets Sara Thomas. Two strangers amid the masses in NYC, their paths collide in the mad holiday rush as they fall victim to a mutual attraction. Despite the fact that each is involved in another relationship, Jonathon and Sara spend ..read more »
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The Notebook

Beautiful nostalgic film - get your hankies out for the ending.

The Notebook (2004)
Starring: James Garner, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams
Director: Nick Cassavetes
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Sweeping romance directed by Nick Cassavetes, set in a small coastal town in the American South - partly in the 1940s, and partly in the present day. In the present day scenes, an elderly man (James Garner) reads from a faded notebook to an old woman (Gena Rowlands) whom he regularly visits at her ..read more »
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The English Patient

A true classic beautiful film. You really feel the pain of the character played by Ralph Fiennes.

The English Patient on DVD (1996)
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Director: Anthony Minghella
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Anthony Minghella wrote and directed this award-winning adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel about a doomed and tragic romance set against the backdrop of World War II. In a field hospital in Italy, Hana (Juliette Binoche), a nurse from Canada, is caring for a pilot who was horribly burned in a ..read more »
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Armageddon

The character played by Bruce Willis has so much love for his daughter that he is willing to sacrifice his life for her. Moves me to tears every time.

Armageddon on DVD (1998)
Starring: Charles Stewart, Bruce Willis, Michael Clarke Duncan
Director: Michael Bay
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Blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer ups the disaster movie ante by envisaging the destruction of the entire earth by an asteroid the size of Texas. NASA's attempt to avert global catastrophe involves sending a motley crew of oil drillers, led by Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis), into space, where ..read more »
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Pearl Harbour

Romantic tri-angle that pulls at the heart strings so much.

Pearl Harbour on DVD
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The infamous Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii was one of the most significant events of World War II. Did British intelligance know about the plans to attack in advance? Or did the Americans ignore the warning signs?
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Memoirs of a Geisha

Beautiful film - very touching.

Memoirs of a Geisha on DVD (2005)
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Suzuka Ohgo, Ziyi Zhang
Director: Rob Marshall
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Drama based on the novel by Arthur Golden. Set in a mysterious and exotic world which still casts a potent spell today, the story begins in the years before World War II, when a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a servant in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who ..read more »
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The Family Stone

This film really surprised me - it was very touching. Kleenex at the ready !

The Family Stone (2005)
Starring: Tyrone Giordano, Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker
Director: Bezucha Thomas
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Comedy from the producer of 'Sideways' (2005), this is a story about an annual holiday gathering of an unconventional New England family. Before the holidays are done, relationships will unravel while new ones are formed, secrets will be revealed and the Stone family will come together through its ..read more »
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