So many films have meant a lot to me, either making me cry with laughter or tears, or scaring me witless....

But I think 'Soldier Blue'  is the film that most affected me and stuck in my mind.

The Tenant.

Genius.

And Once Upon A Time in The West.

Leone's masterpiece.

Best photography Sergio.

Lovely Bones.

Harrowing for fiction, especially having a daughter.

 Rosie. I know just what you mean. When I had my (nearly fatal) heart attack I thought just that! 

It was because of that I think that "It's a wonderful life" is the film that means the most. Because each and every day I am amazed and happy that I have woken up and that I have got to the age that I am.

West Side Story.....I went with my first *serious* boyfriend

  xx

Not a well known film but My life without me 

 Sezit, thats a lovely film, it must mean all the more to you too xx

Any reason why Syd? 

I don't know that one Pengy, when did it come out?

2003 Rosie  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314412/

Beaches.  It just brings back memories of me and my elder sister who I didn't get along with as a kid....it was one of the only times we'd sit together and watch something and get along for a bit.  She's now one of my best friends though

Thank you Pengy  

We share the same favourite book, Wuthering Heights, so I will check out that film xx

Because I was brought up in the time of American "Cowboys and Indians" and this was the first American film that had the guts to show it as it really was.......made me really cry ......

Probably Blade Runner. It was released the year that I moved to London, which seemed like a Blade Runner city compared to the quiet city I had grown up in, particularly when viewed from the tenth floor at night!

Schindlers List

Used to watch old b&w movies on a Saturday afternoon with my mum & nan.

Now, Voyager: "Oh Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon - we have the stars"

Fatal..! I fair blubbed.  Turned me into a hopeless romantic.

And then I met Raging Bull.

Felt like I was in some Psycho movie.

Ended up quoting Rhett "Frankly my dear...."

Made a Great Escape

Did a Garbo for a while. 

Finally met my leading man   He "had me at 'hello'"

So in answer to the original question - Bette Davis. 

I blame her for everything

Yep that really affected me too although the film that had me absolutely stunned into silence at the end was One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

Also Awakenings especially as it was a true story - so sad.

I've never been able to watch Kramer vs Kramer.

And I lasted all of 15 mins with Sophie's Choice.

Just reading/knowing the plotlines made me feel bad.

   I love that Cosi ... makes me all smiley   

My mum loved Bette Davis but my dad was a Bing Crosby fan.Going My Way and The Bell of St Marys are two films I remember.Then you had the great Hitchcock with fabulous actors like James Mason ,James Stewart, Michael Redgrave, Robert Donat .I  don't think I have ever watched Psycho the whole way through and I just about managed Birds. The strange thing about the film Birds is that there is no music in the film . 

When I was a kid - Old Yeller and The Incredible Journey.

I don't think I ever got over that... 

I got a bit carried away there!

Donat in Goodbye Mr Chips.  Lovely film.  Then he lost his Kathy

Hitchcock used to freak me out though; I think it was because I was too young when I tried to watch his films and that automatically made me spooked forever more.

One film that still gets me is To Kill A Mockingbird.

Atticus is my hero.

American Beauty - i adore it, utterly

Its achingly beautiful, desperatley tragic

After i first saw it i sed, "Wow"

The end sequence is ... well i've rewound and watched it over and over

Mesmerising

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGiI-MuTWf0

Turn this up to max - its very quiet

'The Full Monty'

Cosmo, Now Voyager is a brilliant movie, I love how Bette Davis goes from frump to vamp . Oh, and the music *swoons*

Its a great movie, and Kevin Spacey is incredible in it. I found it painful though Renton 

Amelie: The story of a young Parisian waitress who decides to change the lives of those around her, for the better....

I loved it. Her human kindness is heart warming. 

And, believe it or not, Trains Planes and Automobiles. Steve Martin and John Candy. 

A blackish comedy but a lesson in - never judge a book by it`s cover.

I`ve lost count of the number of times I`ve watched it.  

Ahhhh Scotty, that's my all time favourite film (Amelie).  I adore it, I love the way its filmed, the feel of it, just everything about it.

I have films I like, but I dont think any of them have meant a great deal to me for any sentimental reason, but I do have favourites. Moulin Rouge would be a close second to Amelie and Romeo and Juliet.

Oh and Watermelon Man. 

The story of a bigoted white insurance salesman who wakes up one morning to find that he is black. 

It`s a fascinating story of how his life changes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Man_(film)

Yes, it`s a beautiful film Gyps. Everything about it, the colours, the style, the soundtrack, the quirkiness. All the oddball neighbours, just fabulous. 

Edit to say: I loved the way she dressed - did you Gyps? 

Yes I do, she is like a modern day Audrey Hepburn I think, Really elegant but cute.