Nothing fancy, just list some movies where a character narrates a portion of it:
Off the top of my head:
The Right Stuff
Goodfellas
A Christmas Story
Stand By Me
I thought of this over the weekend when The Untouchables came on and there was some script at the beginning. I had a hard time reading it and thought it would be better if it were narrated, then bingo: “Straight Dope Topic”
Since I’ve just recently seen them:
Kind Hearts and Coronets.
The Lavender Hill Mob.
How about taken and LOTR’s.
A Christmas Story
Sunset Boulevard
The Naked City
The Princess Bride (though the narrator does appear onscreen)
I guess we could throw in here Olivier’s Richard III, the film that first sparked my interest in Shakespeare when I was a little nipper.
Didn’t The Road Warrior have some narration by one of the characters?
I thought Carlito’s way made good use of narration, to get an idea of what Carlito was thinking.
Searching for Bobby Fisher
Casino*
Road to Perdition (I think)
Hearts of Atlantis (which I loved)
Hearts in Atlantis, rather.
The original (i.e. pre-director’s cut) version of Blade Runner had the Harrison Ford narration (which, incidentally, I prefer to the non-narrated version).
Fight Club, Heavenly Creatures, Memento
Double Indemnity
And for that matter, a whole buncha hard-boiled, noir-ish detective stories.
It’s a Wonderful Life
A.I.
And then it’s quite a surprise when you find out who the narrator actually is.
Life is Beautiful - Probably one of the best movies I have ever seen. IIRC, its narrated in English, and there are Italian subtitles.
The Shawshank Redemtion.
Life is Beautiful? When I saw it yesterday it was all in Italian except for a few parts in German and that brief moment in English when the American in the tank talks to Giosue.
Perhaps you have a different version.
A question related to the OP. What about movies narrated by several of the characters in the film? I’m sure there are some, but I can’t think of any off hand.
An obvious one so far missed – Forrest Gump
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Just saw this one, it is most excellent:
Personal Velocity
Has anyone mentioned The Usual Suspects? (Granted, the narrator probably wasn’t all that reliable.)