Is there a movie that you have seen only once yet has remained unforgettable.I've been inspired (if thats the word)to start this thread because of one such film.The film I saw was "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" an adaptation of a novelby Carson McCullers,staring Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke.I won't divulge the plot other than theres a tragic ending.Despite that it was an inspirational movie and I still remeber it fondly.
The only researvation I have is were I too see this film again would I now regard it as complete hookum.Arkin and Locke received Oscar nominations so it can't have been that bad.
So whats your film?The only limits I'll set are,you must have only seen it once and its a lesser known film (everybodys seen the Shawshank Redemption etc)
Why do you remember the film?Was it uplifting ,depressing,scary?If you saw it again say after a good few years would react differently?
Looking forward to your replies.

The movie "The Yearling", with Gregory Peck (from the book by Marjorie Rawlings), made me appreciate what I had, at an early age. I saw it on a Sunday afternoon when I was about 12. The boy went through so much. The little he had, a friend and a pet, he lost. Still he managed to go on.
Thank you, Boris, for the topic and reminding me about this great movie. Just Googled it and it's available on DVD. I think I'll get it for my kids to watch with me, this is a great Family Night choice.

Hi Joni,Thanks for replying.I think I've seen "The Yearling" and from what I can remeber of it I can understand how it could have left an impression.I'm pleased that its available on DVD.Gregory Peck is one of my favourite actors,brillant as Cpt Ahab in "Moby Dick".

One unforgettable movie for me was "Random Harvest" starred by Ronald Colman and Greer Garson. I saw it when I was about 10 or 11, and don't know exactly what is it that got glued to my mind; it was probably all about the lost memory issue.

I never watched it again, and I think that I wouldn't enjoy that much, because I grew up not to like this type of weepy movies. I keep good memories of it, though.

Hi susan,According to the internet movie database "Random Harvest" was one of the best movies of 1942 and has inspired storylines in lots of network dramas.I've probably seen it though like you I'm not a fan of tearjerkers.
Reading this thread again reminded me of another movie that is "glued to my mind"."The Tingler" was a horror movie I saw when I was about 9 or 10 years old with my cousins late one Saturday night.It starred Vincent Price although the real star was the lobster-like monster of the title.From what I can remember the the tingler slithered from behind (don't they always) and attacked its victims by attaching itself to their spines (pretty terrifying at 10 years old).Since we decided to watch the movie with the lights out,most of the time was spent peeking at the telly from behind the sofa.
Nowadays I can't think why the tinglers victims didn't just put their foot on the darned thing, since it moved at a snails pace and was alwyas accompanied by the customary "tingling" music.
I've never seen "The tingler" again but I'll keep looking over my shoulder just in case.

Oh, I just remembered "The Dark Crystal", an animated movie directed by Frank Oz and Jim Henson. I just to fantasize a lot when I was a child, and this movie simply fascinated me. It's one of those stories that carries you to a land of mysteries, fantasy and fairies, and frees your imagination to wander through unknown places. I used to like "The Neverending Story" too, but "The Dark Crystal" was always my favorite. I keep the fondest of memories of this movie, and this is one I'd certainly love to see again.

I have "The Dark Crystal" but it's not animated, it's with Muppets.

One movie I remember vividly from my childhood was "The Gate" although I wouldn't classify it as a "good" movie or otherwise recommend it for other people to watch. It was simply that it was a movie my mom and dad were watching in a motel room whilst my brother and I were supposed to be asleep. For 13 years I couldn't remember anything about the movie, except that a young boy cut his hand digging a hole in his backyard, and later on in the movie he had an eyeball in his hand (this was a cheesey '80s horror movie, by the way). Then last week I was getting some movies to have a horror night, and I happened to be browsing through the "G" section... as my hand hovered over "The Gate" I got an odd feeling, that it was the movie I had been looking for, even though I had never known the title of it. Weird...

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I have "The Dark Crystal" but it's not animated, it's with Muppets.

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Yes, you're very right, Lady Catriona, it's with Muppets. I watched it many years ago and didn't remember it very well.

There's another movie that I will always keep good memories of from my childhood: "Romancing the Stone", an interesting adventures movie starred by Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. It has nothing to do with the movie actually, but with the circumstances surrounding it.

I must have been about four or five when me and a group of my friends from school won a prize in a local competition (we had to create a "newspaper" for Mother's Day). The prize was a portable radio (lol), some cash and tickets for us and our families to watch the movie preview in one of our local theaters. I remember this made me feel real "grown-up" because I was first allowed to watch a PG-rated movie and I had a great time watching it.

I had to name this one, because I remember it quite vividly and I've always been very proud of the anecdote. Ah, the good old days!

When I was about 10, the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" made a TV version of the Secret Garden. This was in 1987, a good six years before the silver screen release most people my age remember. This TV version was sweet, well cast and even had a younger Colin Firth (of Bridget Jones' Diary and Love Actually fame) as an older Colin Craven. And boy did I think he was good lookin' back then! Anyway, I only saw it once because it wasn't readily available on video, but it caused me to read the book, and I've enjoyed the story ever since. And the one line that always stuck in my brain was Ben Weatherstaff, played by the man who did the voice of Narrator Watson in the Young Sherlock Holmes, another of my childhood favorites, telling Mary Lennox that "Pride goeth before the fall." That was the first time I'd ever heard someone say that, and I thought it was brilliant!

Another movie that stuck with me after the first time I saw it was The Last Unicorn. I loved animated fantasy when I was a child. I had read the book quite young, and the movie struck me as beautiful. I've seen it more than once now, it has become one of my favorite animated movies, but it was MANY years before I saw it the second time. It ranks right up there with the animated version of The Hobbit and The Secret of NIMH.