Red Dawn (1984)
Paratroopers dropped from commercial airliners
Jumping Jacks
From nightclub entertainer to soldier
A Bridge Too Far
Perhaps best epic war movie
Next: A.I. gone wild
The Terminator
Skynet is one bad motherf…
Eagle Eye
Shia, Michelle confront national supercomputer
The Matrix
You say it’s already 2199?!?
Next up:
Movies with good or helpful A.I.
Bicentennial Man
Williams as lovable robot companion
Short Circuit
Robot Johnny 5 is alive!
AI
Android can’t replace real kid
Next: Movies Starring a Child in the Lead Role
The Bad Seed
But she looks so sweet!
The Good Son
A rotten Macauley Culkin stars
Annie
Plucky kid waits for tomorrow
Next: Family-friendly musicals
The Music Man
Kids all over the place.
Lost Horizon (1973)
Lousy movie, but ultimately inoffensive.
The Sound of Music
Family friendly? It’s about family.
Next:
Musicals that may not be family-friendly
Cabaret
Nazis are not very family-friendly.
Hair
Pot; nudity; plus, what’s Vietnam?
Rent
Maybe too hard to follow.
NEXT: Movies with kids that are not for kids
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Humanity depends on one child
City of God
Where is your god now?
Kids
Is definitely NOT for kids
Next: Stand up comedians who bombed in movies
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
The Diceman cometh and goeth
The Bee Movie
But it succeeded as meme
Leonard Part 6
Cosby shoulda stuck to TV
Next: Successful Movies Starring TV Actors/Actresses
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Clooney at his very best?
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Perhaps Shatner’s finest Kirk work
Dead Poets Society
Williams as inspiring, noble teacher
Next up:
Movies that proved a TV star had no future on the big screen
Jade
Does anyone remember David Caruso?
The Beautician and the Beast
Fran Drescher was the beast
Speed Racer (2008)
Matthew Fox was completely lost
Next: Movies with birds
Rio
Predictable but pretty kid’s cartoon.
The Birds
What had Hitchcock been smoking?
The Maltese Falcon
More fun than seems possible.
Next: Movies with Mice
Stuart Little
Can a mouse be cool?
Anchors Aweigh
Gene Kelly dances with Jerry
Mouse Hunt
Brothers can’t stop a mouse
Next: Tear-jerkers with dogs
Tear-jerkers with dogs
Where the Red Fern Grows
Coonhounds die, red fern grows
Ol’ Yeller
Kid shoots his rabid dog
Turner and Hooch
Buddy cop comedy turns sad
Next: Tear-jerkers Where a Pet Other Than a Dog Dies
King Kong (2005)
It’s sad when Kong dies
Dances With Wolves
Two Socks tugged our heartstrings
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)
Hedwig dies protecting his master
Next: Movies about flowers or plants
The Day of the Triffids
Ugh, no fun being blind
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Ents kick Saruman’s ass
Fantasia
“Nutcracker” sequence has many flowers
Next up:
Movies with very big cats
Movies with very big cats
Roar
Tippi Hedren lives with lions
The Jungle Book
Tiger Shere Khan fears fire
The Ghost and the Darkness
Man-eating lions terrorize construction workers
Next: Animated Movies Not From Disney
This makes me think of “Big Electric Cat”
In play: Animated Movies Not From Disney
Flow
Cat hops boat, sees world
Wizards
For kids? I think not
Heavy Metal
Ripped from the graphic mag
Next: Movies that rely heavily on 80s pop music
Movies that rely heavily on 80s pop music
Moulin Rouge
Nicole Kidman’s anachronistic jukebox musical
Pretty In Pink
Soundtrack perfectly matches teen angst
Purple Rain
Prince’s movie and musical breakthrough
Next: Anti-war War Movies
All Quiet on the Western Front
Trench warfare definitely no fun
Catch-22
Featuring Major Major Major Major!
Platoon
A Vietnam War morality play
Next up:
Quiet but not silent movies
A Quiet Place
It’s quiet, until it’s not
Cast Away
Hanks is mostly by himself
2001: A Space Odyssey
Big movie with little exposition
Next: Movies about food