Nicking this idea from my dear friend Eva, who last month or so posted her top-something Movies on her wonderful blog. For me, Movies and Series are the same thing. They're both Things You Watch. The same. The end. So here, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER OKAY, are my top forty movies. Okay, my real biggie favourites will be near the top of the list, but I'm not ranking them specifically because that would be a weepingly big task and I have a long list of To-Do-things today. No time for that jazz.
But voila. Enjoy the eye-candy. My favourite movies; my darling stories; I love these ALL. (And surprise, surprise, all forty of them happen to be costume dramas. Wow.) (Just saying: Brooklyn, Daniel Deronda, The Paradise, A Royal Night out, Mercy Street (picture above) and many others would be on this list had I actually watched them. :-P)
1. Pride and Prejudice 1995
2. Emma 2009
3. Downton Abbey
4. Sense and Sensibility 2008
5. Call the Midwife
6. Lark Rise to Candleford
7. Wives and Daughters
8. Little Dorrit
9. Miss Potter
10. The Young Victoria
11. Belle
12. Testament of Youth
13. Cranford
14. Sense and Sensibility 1995
15. The Kings Speech
16. Saving Mr Banks
17. The Book Thief
18. Anne of Green Gables
19. Sound of Music
20. Pollyanna 2003
21. North and South
22. Cinderella
23. Amazing Grace
24. Northanger Abbey
25. Goodbye Mr Chips
26. Berkerly Square
27. The Scarlet Pimpernel
28. Jeeves and Wooster
29. Chariots of Fire
30. Roman Holiday
31. War Horse
32. Martin Chuzzlewit
33. State Fair
34. Our Zoo
35. Little House on the Prairie
36. Fiddler on the Roof
37. The Railway Children
38. To Kill a Mockingbird
39. Gone with the Wind
40. Mary Poppins
Have you seen many of my favourites? (If you haven't... how you must be missing out!)
Haha, I saw this only minutes after you posted it. ;D I can't properly comment just now, as I've got to be doing some jobs, but I just wanted to point out something. You said twice that these were your top 30 at the beginning of your post, instead of 40. (I only mentioned that in case you wanted to change it. ;))
ReplyDelete~Miss Meg
Oh, THANKS. :-P (Yeah, I was going to do 30 first, but then I ended up with forty. :-) That's the explanation.)
DeleteOh we have a lot of movies in common. I've watched almost all of these and if I haven't watched it I've heard of it. There's actually an old black and white version of Goodbye Mr. Chips that I've seen that is very good. I didn't even know there was another version. And is that Julie Swahala I spy in Martin Chuzzelwit? I always knew I wanted to watch it but now I must!
ReplyDeleteYesss, Julia Sawalha is in Martin Chuzzlewit!! That's one of the main reasons why I like it, not going to lie. :-P
DeleteNew post about movies!! HOORAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
ReplyDeleteI've actually seen a lot of these! Be proud of me :-) OOOOHHHHHH AND YOU PUT S&S 08 UP AT THE TOP!!!!!! That is one of MY top favorite films--but yeah, you knew that already :-) (Brandon and Marianne--just sayin'.)
I haven't seen "Belle," "The Book Thief," and "Saving Mr. Banks"--but I really want to. Especially "The Book Thief." :-) (I'm trying to write a story about the Holocaust right now, so I think it would help inspire me, if ya know what I mean.)
Yes, I KNOW you like S&S08. :-P SO DO I. IT'S SWELL.
DeleteOhhh yes, The Book Thief is sooooo good. MUST SEE.
Which version of "The Railway Children" is on your list? :) I have read the book and want to see an adaptation of it sometime, but I'm not sure which one to watch. :P
ReplyDelete~Lydia~ <3
I've seen the version with Jenny Agutter as Bobby. It's really beautiful + I've seen in so many times I'm even a bit tired of it. :-P
Delete(There's also one with Jenny Agutter as the Mother, but I haven't seen it.)
Okay, so I actually counted. I have seen nearly half of these. 19 to be exact. Some of the ones I haven't watched are on my "need to watch this some day" list.
ReplyDeleteSarah
Well, you've seen a good bunch, and that's a good start. Which of the ones you haven't seen do you want to see the most?
DeleteI think the ones I will most likely watch the soonest are Sense and Sensibility 2008 and Gone With the Wind. My mom and I recently started watching Lark Rise to Candleford and are really enjoying it. We are most of the way through the first season.
DeleteSarah
Ah yes, S&S08 is BRILLIANT.
DeleteWhat marvelous, marvelous choices!
ReplyDeleteHOW CAN MARY POPPINS BE AT 40?!!!! Are you ranking 40 as the best?! ;) ;) I literally went through the whole list and was "uh huh. uh no. uh huh. uh huh...uhhhhnooo" ;) I think I haven't seen 4-5 out of the 40! :P
ReplyDeleteI love Mary Poppins, but I'm getting a little sick of it now I've seen it so much. But it DID make it on to this list, SOOO. :-P
DeleteWaaaait. You said, 'Uhhhnooo' a lot??? What movies are you insulting, dear? :-P
(I'm teasing of course.)
Hahaa, I guess I can see your point. I just absolutely LOVE Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke...and the MUSIC!!! gah. I love that aspect of it. ;)
DeleteI mean as in "uhhhhhh...noo..I haven't seen that one." LOL! As in, I wasn't sure or whatever. lol ;)
This is kinda scary.. I've seen so many of these! =D What a perfect post idea that i might just borrow...
ReplyDeleteSO MUCH YES! SO, SO MUCH. <3
ReplyDeleteOooh! I love this idea for a post! I might have to compile my own list sometime. ;)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed scrolling through all these lovely pictures! And, yes. I've seen quite a few of these movies. Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Saving Mr. Banks, Mary Poppins, Lark Rise to Candleford (aww...that picture of Alf and Laura makes me smile. I love Alf!), and there's more, too, of course, but it's going to take me too long to list all of them! So I'll just say, when it comes to movies, you have very good taste! ;)
Thanks for the fun post!!
Wow! Top 40! he he. Great choices. Thank you for including Railway Children and Jeeves and Wooster (as they often don't get mentioned much.) Also, I adore "Belle", truly one of my faves beside Jane Eyre. take care!
ReplyDeleteJeeves and Wooster is the best. :-)
DeleteOh man, I wrote a really nice comment yesterday morning and it seems blogger ate it. :-/ *shakes fist*
ReplyDeleteANYWAY! I do love your list. :-) Actually I've been thinking of making a list of my own, inspired by Eva's and Hamlette's. A lot of your favorites are my favorites too -- especially Amazing Grace, S&S, and Downton. Awwwww, and good old Martin Chuzzlewit!!!
I've seen eight of these . . . and several others I am just dying to watch, especially Belle. GAH IT LOOKS SO GOOD. I just wish it was at our library. Maybe I could request it for a birthday. Hmmm, that's actually a good idea :)
ReplyDeleteI've seen six of these and the rest I haven't seen (which to me is a bit of a shame) I need to start cracking down on the rest because they look so good!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous list! <3 I love all these favorite movie lists that've been cropping up ever since I did mine. :) I spot soooo many favorite on here (STATE FAIR AND ROMAN HOLIDAY!!!) but since I don't have time to go through and talk about each one, let me just say that you have fantastic taste, dear. ;)
ReplyDeleteSO MANY FAVORITES. This is a great list, Naomi! :)
ReplyDeleteYay! Lots of my favorites here as well. Cinderella, Anne, Emma, Mary Poppins,Roman Holiday--you are of the race that knows Joseph.;)
ReplyDelete~Rilla Blythe
I need to see more of these! But the ones I have seen are wonderful picks.
ReplyDeletePride and Prejudice, Downton Abbey(YESYESYES), Miss Potter, Sense and Sensibility '95, Anne of Green Gables, The Sound of Music, Cinderella, Amazing Grace, Chariots of Fire, Little House on the Prairie, Fiddler on the Roof, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Mary Poppins are all lovely.
So you prefer '08 Sense and Sensibility over '95? I just finished the book, and I'm on the hunt for good movie versions. :)
Finally! FINALLY. I'm here! (Ta-daaa!) I have an afternoon (or what's left of an afternoon) to catch up on the ridiculous amount of blog posts. This is the first one. :D Let's begin!
ReplyDeleteOH, you know Mercy Street too?!! I thought I was the only one. :P The only reason *I* know it, is because an actress I really like (AnnaSophia Robb, to be exact) is in it. Although I have no idea if I'll see it or not. (Depends if my library gets it.) ;)
Well, what a lovely, lovely list! (Little House on the Prairie gave me such a rush of nostalgia, looking at it. THEY'RE ALL SO LITTLE AND CUTE.)
I am very much familiar with all of these, through one way or another, but I haven't seen Downton Abbey, (my great Aunty was over today, and she asked me about that, actually - she thought I had. ;) She thought I'd like that sort of thing,) Call the Midwife, Testament of Youth, Cranford, Pollyanna 2003, Northanger Abbey, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Berkerly Square, Jeeves and Wooster, Chariots of Fire, Martin Chuzzlewit, Our Zoo, or To Kill a Mockinbird. (ACUTALLY ABOUT THAT I BOOKED THAT MOVIE IN FROM THE LIBRARY SHOULD BE READY NEXT WEEK AND I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT!!! GREGORY PECK!!! *siiigh* I saw a movie with him in it last night, actually! It was called "The Guns of Navarone". I thought it was quite interesting - especially since he was in it. ;P)
Also, I've only seen about 1/2 of The Young Victoria and War Horse. But I still count that. :P
Oh. AND STATE FAIR. I really want to watch that again. :D
~Miss Meg