New Day Australia Best Movies of All Time

Listeners to New Day Australia were asked to nominate their favourite movie which resulted in the following list:

Some links are provided to the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) which is the premier resource on the net for movie information. This site will also resolve some of those on-air disputes about casts.

  1. Imitation of Life. The 1959 version of this movie was favoured however there is also a 1934 version.
  2. Elephant Walk. 1954 movie starring Elizabeth Taylor.
  3. Waterloo Bridge. Most references were to the 1940 version, but there is also an earlier 1931 original.

Other movies also nominated (in no particular order):

  • Jaws
  • The Crow
  • Reach For The Sky
  • St Elmo's Fire
  • Sing You Went Away
  • To Kill A Mockingbird
  • The Passion of Christ
  • The Enchanted Cottage
  • Gandhi
  • Stella Dallas
  • Smiley (Australian with Chips Rafferty)
  • Calamity Jane
  • Blues Brothers
  • Casablanca
  • Tale of Two Cities
  • The Searchers
  • American History X
  • How Green Was My Valley
  • The Sound of Music
  • Dancing Years

Many of us have not had the chance to catch up with the older movies featured in this list (including the top three), but if you are keen you can see your local video shop, or Amazon is worth a visit to find out if the film was ever released on DVD or video.

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