Ah, A Christmas Story! Underappreciated and wonderful.
Also Braveheart,Branagh’s Hamlet, Usual Suspects, Wings of Desire, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Spanish Prisoner, The Truman Show, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Cold Comfort Farm (hilarious) and The Innocents – better than the novella, with the scariest ghosts in any movie ever. They couldn’t make The Innocents now (watch it and see why.)
I’m gonna post a billion times on this thread!
I think that was Anthony Edwards answering the phone. I saw that movie years ago but I remember the phone part :).
Speaking of…Pricciar, there was a movie with Cusack, Tim Robbins, and Anthony Edwards called “The Sure Thing.” Did you ever see that one? Cusack and Robbins are classic in that too. I’ll never forget Tim Robbins driving along looking like Ward Cleaver singing, “When the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars.” I’ll also never forget John Cusack’s rant when he gets into the pick-up truck as if he’d been hitchhiking-"…Aren’t you going to give me a riiiide?"
“Grand Canyon” with Kevin Kline, et al. While seeing it the first time, I found it so depressing I almost quit watching, so many awful things were happening. But I kept on and discovered all the wondrous things that happened directly because of all the awful things. It makes me appreciate the larger purpose behind everything, regardless of how events are first perceived.
“With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” - Rhett Butler
The Blues Brothers - you know, I hope!
Kelly’s Heros - WW II, funny though
The Dirty Dozen - since I’m thinking WWII
Cheech & Chong movies
Old B&W sci-fy/monster movies
Blazing Saddles
original uncut (not that Ted Turner watered down crap) Smokey and the Bandit
Oh yea, lets not forget Monty Python and the Holy Grail
My #1 favorite movie is * American Grafitti *. #2 is * What’s Eating Gilbert Grape *. #3 is * Good Will Hunting * There is a 100-way tie for fourth place however.
Jason R Remy
“No amount of legislation can solve America’s problems.”
– Jimmy Carter (1980)
Oh I didn’t even remember Tim Robbins being in the Sure Thing. I am gonna have to rent it again, its been ages.
But, that was directed by Rob Reiner.
who also did the previously mentioned Stand By Me. And the mockumentary, all mockumentaries will be compared to,
Spinal Tap.
“this goes up to 11.”
Oh, and reading around I am reminded of another great movie.
Harold and Maude.
Wow, thats one of the best movies I have ever seen, I saw it last week for the first time… Touching, funny, great music. fantastic.
oh and how could I forget, classic of classics.
The Muppet Movie.
The Great Muppet Caper
not quite as good as the first, but it does have the classic Sam the Eagle moment, “You are all weirdos”
Ohoh… I can’t believe I forgot two great movies from Wes Anderson
Bottlerocket
Rushmore.
Great stuff.
Oh yea, 6th Sense was great, as was 12 Monkeys. Two Bruce Willis movies set in Philadelphia, that hit big at the box office, maybe he will make Philadelphia a regular movie spot. haha
Hmm, well I will let this go now. But, I am sure I will add more again later. This is a great thread, love talking about our favorite movies, thinking about them, and then discussing more to think about others. haha.
pat
-Braveheart
-Beauty and the Beast
-Air Force One
-Clear and Present Danger
-heck, just about any movie with Harrison Ford
-The Dream Team
-Johnny Dangerously
-heck, again, just about any movie with Micheal Keaton
-Incredible Journey (the real one, not that Homeward Bound crap)
-Undercover Blues
-Field of Dreams
-The Mask of Zorro
-Lethal Weapons 1-4
-The Adventures of Robin Hood
-Miracle on 34th Street (original version)
-Mercury Rising
-Airplane
-Die Hard
I’ll add more later
Some of my faves that haven’t yet been mentioned:
Lost Boys with Coreys Haim and Feldman
The Hudsucker Proxy with Tim Robbins
Tron with, uh, lots of CGI 
ObCusack: Grosse Pointe Blank
I’m not a warlock. I’m a witch with a Y chromosome.
I’ll play, but I’ll forget a few:
A Clockwork Orange
Stranger Than Paradise
Pee Wee’s Big Adventire
Raising Arizona
fargo
Raging Bull
Animal House
Caddyshack
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Dr. Strangelove
Casablanca
It’s A Wondeful Life
You Can’t Take It With You
The Last Laugh
The Grateful Dead Movie
Repo Man
Brazil
Rear Window
North By Northwest
Young Frankenstein
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Goodfellas
Midnight Run
Ed Wood
Roxanne
I’m tired now (no, that’s not a title) …
I haven’t seen this one (my first-place choice) listed yet, but I was skimming fairly fast so I might have missed it.
(1) Ever After (A Cinderella Story)
(2) The Game
(3) A Family Thing
(4) Creator
(5) StateFair
(6) Contact
(7) A Man Named Horse
(8) StarGate
(9) 1776
(10) Mighty Joe Young
–Kalél
(The Original EnigmaOne)
Common ¢ for all ages.
-Any film that Terry Gilliam had anything to do with (ie Brazil, 12 Monkeys, any Monty Python)
-Any film that Jonathan Demme had anything to do with (ie Silence of the Lambs, Swimming to Cambodia, Stop Making Sense)
Two films I simply MUST watch every six months:
ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, aka THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER, (1939). For Walter Huston’s performance as Mr. Scratch, the Yankee Satan, and for Bernard Herrmann’s brilliant musical score. “Hessian gold…seems it was buried under your barn, Mister Stone.” “What’s a little pain, to a lucky man?”
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933). I love Charles Laughton, and he pulls out ALL the stops in the role of Dr. Moreau: mad scientist, creator of man/animals, master of the House of Pain. “What is the law? … Not to SPILL BLOOD, THAT is the law!..Are we not MEN?” “The natives are VERY restless tonight.” And Kathleen Burke as (gulp) the Panther Woman.
Uke
I’m so proud of myself! I actually picked two TALKIES!
Just call me Mr. Au Courant!
Good for you, Doug Bowe, the silent Ben Hur is SO much better than the talkie–ARG, rush out and rent it! Here’s some great oldies to look for on TCM or AMC, or to rent:
Three-hankie tearjerkers: Dark Victory, Now Voyager or Brief Encounter.
Great silents: Intolerance, It (hilarious!), The Wind.
Hysterical screwball comedies: Three-Cornered Moon, Midnight, The Palm Beach Story, Bombshell, Milion-Dollar Legs.
And the early John Waters films, especially Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble. “Acid does what Eterna-27 cannot!”
Flora, if you like MILLION DOLLAR LEGS, try INTERNATIONAL HOUSE…another great cast, similar sensibility, plus Cab Calloway’s band doing “Reefer Man.”
Uke
Oh, I love International House–how can you NOT love a movie with Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Gracie Allen AND Baby Rose Marie? The holy trinity . . .
A couple that I forgot:
The Little Princess and
–Kalél
(The Original EnigmaOne)
Common ¢ for all ages.
36 Hours
EverAfter
Lion in Winter
Beauty and the Beast (disney)
Any Muppet movie
Clay Pidgeons
Young Frankenstein
Godfather 1/2/3
Nate and Hayes ( a indy jones rip off film starring Tommy Lee Jones)
Miller’s Crossing
The Usual Suspects
Pride & Prejudice ( A& E version 1996)
Any Marx Brothers film
His Girl Friday (Cary Grant/Rosalind Russel)
Any Jimmy Cagney Film
High Spirits ( silly comedy set in Ireland)
The Waking of Ned Devine. (fabulous)
Unnecessary Roughness
Tommy Boy
A couple of Burt Lancaster films that were rip offs of Erol Flynn flicks. Their names escape me, but something like Sea Hawk.
I’m sure I will come up with more
Silverado
Hopscotch (great little unknown comedy with Walter Matthau)
Glengary GlenRoss
Betsy’s Wedding ( Only for watching the mobster part)