Bonnie and Clyde
This movie is now 50.
The Towering Inferno
Luxury hotel is great disaster.
Mommie Dearest
2 children deny it happened.
Next: films where someone gets drunk.
Casablanca
Rick drinks, tries to forget
Star Trek: First Contact
Cochrane, Troi both get snockered
Groundhog Day
Phil: “Too early for flapjacks?”
Next: Other movies with a character named Phil
The Hangover (Phil Wenneck)
Vegas bachelor party goes wrong.
Date Night (Phil Foster)
Carrell, Fey mistaken for mobsters.
Despicable Me (Phil the Minion)
Fun animated feature–with Minions!
Next: Films that spawned three or more sequels.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Not much happens. Cool music.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Killer stalks teens in dreams.
Dirty Harry
Cop with a gun, squinting.
Next: Films with scenes set in shopping malls
Terminator: Judgment Day
Ahnuld saves John near arcade
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Kids love to congregate there
Jackie Brown
Heroine goes to food court
Next: Films with a memorable meal scene
Animal House
Lunch starts normally, ends hilariously.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Nothing goes right at dinner.
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Scent of a Woman*
Thanksgiving dinner with hostile relatives.
Next: Films that take place on college campuses.
The Freshman
Harold Lloyd goes to college.
Breaking Away
Filmed at my Alma Mater.
Black Christmas
Serial killer stalks sorority house.
Next: films about children that are meant for an adult or “general” audience.
Films about children that are meant for an adult or “general” audience.
It
Killer clown stalks nine kids.
Kids
They sure fuck a lot.
Paper Moon
Cutest little con-artist ever.
Next: Films in which someone scuba-dives
*The Creature from the Black Lagoon *
In 3D, no less! 
Jaws
Shark eats cage for snack.
Open Water
Diving couple is left behind.
Next: movie where the characters play a game. The game doesn’t have to be the plot of the movie-- it can, but there can just be a scene where the characters play Monopoly.
The Sting
Con starts with poker game.
Happy Gilmore
Sandler becomes a pro golfer.
21
Blackjack experts take on Vegas.
Next: Movies where kids play sports.
The Bad News Bears
Schlumpy coach inspires baseball team
The Mighty Ducks
Juvenile hockey players are stars
Meatballs
Nerd wins footrace, surprising himself
Next: Movies with unpleasant kids
Heathers
A surreal, Gen-Xer’s Mean Girls.
A Christmas Story
Ralphie takes on his bully.
Escape to Witch Mountain
Telekenesis used to fight bullies.
Next: movies with sickeningly sweet kids.
The Brady Bunch Movie
Brady hallmark: sickeningly sweet kids.
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Murtaugh kids are too perfect.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Jeremy, Jemima: overdose of sweetness.
Next: Films about family vacations.
Bon Voyage!
Disney, Buena Vista, yadda, yadda.
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Griswolds, road trip, Walley World.
Home Alone
Way to ruin a vacation.
Next: movies based on a true crime.
Catch Me If You Can
Master conman Frank Abagnale’s story.
In Cold Blood
The Clutter family murders; chilling.
Karla
Bernardo and Homolka’s serial killings.
Next: Golden Raspberry Award (Razzie) winners.
Can’t Stop the Music
The first winner, in 1980
Battlefield Earth
Legendarily stinky Travolta sf film
Jack and Jill
Adam Sandler in drag? Oy!
Next: Other movies with men in drag
Some Like It Hot
Two guys join girls’ band.
Hairspray
Divine truly is, well, divine!
Nuns on the Run
Idle, Coltrane as holy sisters.
Next: movies with women as men (or boys). Voice-overs don’t count-- must be live-action.
Victor/Victoria
Julie Andrews in gender bender
Liquid Sky
Punk androgyny sf movie *sucked
I’m Not There*
Blanchett channels young Bob Dylan
Next: Movies about musicians
La Bamba
About Richie Valens’ brief career.
Great Balls of Fire
Biopic of Jerry Lee Lewis.
Ray
Foxx portrays Ray Charles excellently.
Next: Movies about inventors.
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Stars Paul Muni; won Oscars.
The Social Network
Mark Zuckerberg claims was “hurtful.”
Edison, the Man
Imaginative, to put it kindly.
Next: films about people who who led social movements.