The Fugitive
Deserved its Best Picture nomination.
The Brady Bunch Movie
70’s family in 90’s zeitgeist.
21 Jump Street
Obvious adults play teen narcs.
Movies based on banned books (reference)
Beloved
Former slave is sorrowful, haunted
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
High school can really suck
Sold
“Happiness House” is helluva misnomer
Next up:
Other films of Gillian Anderson
Johnny English
Mr. Bean is James Bond.
Moby Dick
Whale is metaphor for obsession.
The Last King of Scotland
Bored doctor befriends Idi Amin.
Movies not called Titanic that take place on a boat or a ship.
Captains Courageous
Spencer Tracy’s Portuguese accent rules!
Boat Trip
“Gay cruise? But I’m straight!”
The Ra Expeditions
Thor Hyerdahl’s papyrus boat trip.
Movies that take place on a submarine
Das Boot
Germans’ view of submarine warfare.
U-571
British ignored; Americans take credit.
Down Periscope
Grammer can’t stop being Frasier.
Next: Courtroom movies
Breaker Morant
Great war movie, courtroom drama
Liar Liar
Crooked lawyer finds humorous redemption
Runaway Jury
High-stakes case manipulated very adroitly
Next up:
Movies which disappointed you
The Matrix Reloaded
The first was so good…
The Dead
“Lived”(?) up to its billing
Ex Machina
Gratuitous, with no likeable characters
Next: Movies about machines
Demon Seed
Horror film: computer commits rape.
The Mangler
Demonic clothes-wringer demands human sacrifice.
Modern Times
Cranks and cogs not fun.
NEXT: Movies about AI before the term “AI” existed.
Metropolis
Maria, gynoid are key characters
The Day the Earth Stood Still
“Klaatu barada nikto,” he said
2001: A Space Odyssey
HAL won’t open pod-bay doors
Next up:
Movies that were well ahead of their time
The Handmaid’s Tale
Terrifyingly prescient even pre-Dobbs.
Cannibal Holocaust
Found footage three decades early.
The Truman Show
24/7 for-profit voyeurism’s human toll.
Movies that aged terribly.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Stale while still in can.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Racial impersonation, and ennui? Sheesh.
Johnny Belinda
Oh. My. Freaking. Gawd. Can’t…
NEXT: Movies that aged surprisingly well
Die Hard
Great movie to chill with
The Sting
Great movie with great leads
The Great Escape
McQueen on motorcycle: 'Nuff said
Next: Movies you find most entertaining
Star Wars
Space opera at its finest
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dr. Jones at his best
True Lies
Terrific Ahnuld spy comedy adventure
Next up:
Movies Ahnuld just shouldn’t have made
Junior
Ahnold went and fucked himself
Batman & Robin
Shove this under the ice
Terminator: Dark Fate
Should’ve been terminated long ago
Next: Movies featuring little people (not kids)
Cyrano (2021)
Dinklage swaps nose for achondroplasia
Under the Rainbow
Littles amok while filming WOZ.
Freaks
Don’t mess with little people.
NEXT: Films where a disabled character is played by an actor WITH that disability (the film does not have to be about the disability)
Children of a Lesser God
Hearing teacher loves Deaf janitor.
CODA
Deaf parents raise hearing daughter.
Champions
Goofy baseball comedy champions disabilities.
MORE Films where a disabled character is played by an actor WITH that disability
Elf
Dinklage plays talented, angry author
Lincoln
Actual amputees played wounded soldiers
The Best Years of Our Lives
Russell lost hands, acted, won Oscars
Next up:
Movies with a memorable color palette
Punch-Drunk Love
Director sets moods with colors
What Dreams May Come
Paintings appear as immersible scenery
The Wizard of Oz
B/W movie transitions to color
Next: Lazy heroes
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indy just shoots big swordsman
The Big Lebowski
The low-energy Dude abides, man
Buried
Jeez, Ryan Reynolds hardly moves!
Next up:
Good movies to watch for USA 250
Harry and Tonto
Carney and cat discover America.
National Lampoon’s Vacation
More “discover America”; but funnier.
Coming to America
African prince learns American ways.
Next: Your Favourite Movies Filmed in Black-and-White