Movies that have a personal connection?

For me it’s the Shawshank Redemption, the last movie I ever watched with my dad. He really liked it.

Midway. My mom took me. It was in Sensurround. Awesome!

I'll say the Sandlot

Buncha ratty A kids who could just play the game

Had 3 of that group go to college doing it,1 of those went to single A

I could eventually bring it mid to upper 80's but as a righty wasn't enough

And we had some rag tag gear too boot

Still love the game

Junglebook (cartoon version). 'Only movie I remember my dad taking me to, just him and me.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 'cause we had to walk out of the movie theater, in the middle of it, in Fredericksburg (yeah, it actually worked at one time) on account of we had my step-grandmother with us and there were two unmarried people in bed together in the movie.

Alien. 'Saw it opening night in Highland Park, so crowded my wife (at the time) and me couldn't sit together. That was some scary....the movie, not her, well, not then at least.

Ice age, only reason is I got to keep 19 month old granddaughter Friday, never watched it before but found it on tv, she was totally enthralled, until she fell asleep in my arms, precious moments for sure!

Forrest Gump

Both of us had daddy’s that runned off and our first loves were both….. well you know

Edward Scissor Hands Because They built the house from the movie in my hometown where they filmed it

Die Hard

Second Hand Lions. An old friend owned the house.

There Will Be Blood.

The kid that plays the part of young H.W. is a young man I used to work with.

Hondo, my introduction to John Wayne... I was about 10 or 12. Dad let me stay up late on a school night to watch with him on tv.

Gunfight at the OK Corral. 50s movie. .. Last movie on TV with my grandfather.

8 Seconds.. Last movie with my first wife before she passed.

Forest Gump. First movie with my present bride.

True Grit. First movie I ever saw and it was out of the back seat of our family station wagon at the drive-in. John Wayne became an instant hero in my eyes. Thought it was one of the best movies ever, and still do to a degree.

Bonnie and Clyde. A movie my Dad took me to see. My Dad grew up in that era. Also, had some distant relatives who were robbed by the real Bonnie and Clyde.

Raising Arizona. It was the first movie the man who would become my stepfather, took my mom and me to. He died 10 years ago and lost my mom this past November.

"The Deep." My parents were in Bermuda during the filming and had pictures of some of the sets, boats, and actors (Nick, Jacqueline, etc.).

Also, "Brothers at War." The only movie I've seen that captured the some of the true essence of our presence in Iraq.

Jaws

We had a friend named Robert who was surfing off Big Sur in California, a huge Great White knocked him off his board and then came back and bit off both of his legs at the hip.

We started calling him Bob after that

My wife would say it was Bonnie and Clyde. She grew up in North Louisiana, and her high school Home Ec teacher had been abducted by Clyde and Bonnie for a short time. And I’ll mention that the Bonnie and Clyde Museum, just off I20 in North Louisiana has some pictures of the two you have likely never seen - pictures of them while they are being embalmed. Not the greatest museum ever, but worth a visit once.

Varsity Blues

Not the best movie but I love it. Mox's girlfriends house belonged to my grandparents.
My grandmother passed away during filming. The film crew were so good my family throughout.

I watched Vanderbeek throw a football at a piece of plexiglass about 40 times before he hit it dead center to simulate breaking his dad's nose.
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The Rookie - Jim Morris was my assistant coach at one point.

We Were Soldiers, I have many of the survivors at our Company reunions.

That was a great movie, I thought I thought Mel Gibson played the part well.

It's The Hunt for Red October for me. Lived the life on a Fast Attack boat.

Midway here as well. It was the only movie my dad and I went to. Meant a lot to him as he fought in the Pacific during WWII.

Battle Cry (1955) . They used actual US Marines as "extras" and my Grandad was one of them; and although he said he wasn't happy about doing it for free, I think he was kinda proud to be part of it.

Gardens of stone. Great cast and story. It was filmed not long after I left “The Old Guard” for Germany….

Have several friends in the movie….

I'm at a loss why some here have not mentioned....

Debbie Does Dallas

Never seen it…..

the Sixth Sense, yes, a great movie, but as we were heading out the door to drive to theatre, wife's water broke and first kid was born the next morning. It was almost a decade later when we actually got to see it... on television.

Dazed and Confused.... but I forgot why

Natural Born Killers

Biloxi Blues. Old GF is an extra in it. We were dating when it filmed.

Valley Girl, went to high school with the female lead

There is a movie out there called "Up the Academy." It was filmed in Salina, Ks. I was a street cop there when it was filmed in late '79. We got pretty good money for being security there for the filming. There is (was, I dunno cuz I never watched it) a scene with a guy hanging on to the hood of a white cadillac as it was being driven wildly around a field with the intent of throwing him off. I was that guy.

Pretty cool. 'Can't believe you haven't watched it. I take it Salina is the film capital of Kansas?

Deborah Foreman, right? She was super cute...probably still is. I remember her being in one other movie about that time, Real Genius, and then she disappeared. Had forgotten about her, but she was my hearthrob girl at the time.

Last Picture Show

Blow.

My heroes have always been cowboys. Only movie my dad took me to see

City Slickers, my dad did not frequent movies in his later years, but he did see this one. He did enjoy it very much.

The Cowboys, Homer has the same last name as me.