Dated Jan 30th 2024.
I have asked a few good souls over the past weeks to look over the website, and have received some good comments on the list. Perhaps most poignant was the question of what movies specifically come to mind when I say that they affected me greatly, and how do I think they might have changed me? The question forced me to think more about the list. I am naming movies that were important to be seen and others That were profoundly memorable. Some movies I love, but educational impact might not be significant or exceptional. For these reasons it can be difficult to choose from the long list ahead of us, a top twenty.
If I were honest with myself, I would be listing mostly musicals and foreign films here, but I’m saving that for another time.
Of The following list, These first 20 probably would be the one’s I would have to choose.
TOP 20 Most Impactful Movies
1- A thousand Clowns- 1965 Directed by Fred Coe. With Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks -I loved the story and the location and
I Loved the father bellowing out an ally window to neighbors for an imagined volleyball game. Zany! but, it is the spirit with which I try to live each day.
It might be reasonable to give me a hard time about my first and some other choices.
Many may not play well now these days.
Some movies don’t hold up. Easy Rider was quite a movie but seems silly and contrived when re-seen through a more modern day lens. Still, for me it was it was impactful and the meaningful at the time. Other movies don’t share our current concepts and values anymore.but to continue:
2- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -1969- Paul Newman, Robert Redford
- not a particularly deep film but it was one of my favorites growing up.
3- Casablanca-1942- Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Ingrid Bergman-Max Steiner Composer and Writer —Classic
4- Rebel Without A Cause.-1955 James Dean- Every kid should watch this movie.
5- Giant-1956 Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean
* Stands above many for its Civil Rights treatment.
Man o’ man this is a wonderful film on every level and a must see.
6-The Best Years of Our Lives-1946 3 soldiers return home and try to survive the emotional and physical scars of war.
7- The grapes of Wrath. 1940-Henry Fonda, John Carradine
A Dust Belt story of America that is eternal
8- To Kill a Mockingbird- 1962 Gregory Peck- Robert Duval
Boo Radley played by Robert Duval, haunted me. My initial fear of him in the film brought to mind fears I often felt when I caught sight of the homeless and ill on the street of New York when I was quite young. It was a common site, and something west side kids dealt with.
9- Lillies of The field- 1962 Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams, and Dan Frazer Perhaps the most inspiring movie of all-
10- Its a wonderful Life- 1946 A more famous inspirational movie that might be considered a Holiday Film, but I do include it. Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed
11- Contact- 1997-Jodi Foster
I don’t care- The movie brought me back to Asimov, and Arthur C Clarkand I am very much a fan of the cast and the sentiment.
12- Ordinary People. 1980
I’ll never forget my sweet Mary Tyler Moore as she rips into Donald Sutherland with an icy stare, one wont soon forget
13- Sophies Choice- 1982-
A kick in the gut, over and over. When the impossible is asked of us. It makes the viewer feel like furniture in a room, unable to move in the presence of a relationship that is hard to turn away from and hard to bare. It’s a train wreck of sorts, I felt like Nick in the The Great Gatsby, only the pain threshold was so much higher.
14- Deer Hunter 1978 Robert De Nero, Christopher Walken, Merryl Streep
15- Purple Rose of Cairo- 1985- Woody Allan- Mia farrow, Danny Aiello
It’s a comedic romance that gave me great joy and hope over what is
and isn’t possible.
16- The Big Chill. 1983- At that time in my life- It had a vibe that I recognized in myself.
17- Passage To India- 1984-I loved this film- but it was an eye opener. Certainly, many previous movies portrayed well, Britain’s treatment of indigenous populations.
18- AI-2001 The movie is disturbing on multiple levels and although it is pretend fiction/fairy tale/sci fi, I still felt like a six year old being read Bambi for the first time and feeling the immense loss and tragedy. I still think of it from time to time
19- Dances With Wolves -1990 Kevin Costner
Mr. Costner’s narration may seem monotone but it worked well in the backset of this beautifully shot story based in part on the history of treatment of our Native Americans.
20 A River runs through it-1992- Brad Pitt
I found it to be emotionally confusing and that for me is a good thing. The young hero has so much to give us, and he throws it away like yesterdays lunch. It is mind blowing.
I am adding this note to offer my apologies. I’ve left out great and wonderful titles I’m sure. Some are omitted by accident, or worse for not having seen them. I have chosen not to look up or search for any films.
All the film choices are relying on my memory of films I saw and loved for one reason or another. I thought for fun I would avoid going on line and retrieving other people’s lists and so I will add on more as I go on.
This list contains films that have had a great impact on me.
It is not a list of the greatest films ever made. But I don’t believe there is a bad movie on the list
Rather, Movies I particularly enjoyed or I think are important to see..
Some ‘have to be seen’ even if they are difficult to watch. I Know, I know. Ive missed a hundred films more recent and again, mea culpa. There should be time to add more
Hollywood was great for reminding us who we were. It tugged at us to stay on course to be the kind of people we ought to be. The movies we're both escapism and a mirror to catch our own foolish behavior. It’s propaganda for better and for worse. I’m thankful to have grown up in the era that respected such great work
IMPORTANT:
I left out intentionally all:
1) Animated
2) Musicals
3) Holiday. with one or two exceptions
4) Foreign
5) Superhero
Because they are to be their own lists and just as important
I Look forward to additions and suggestions. There might be a few dups. I need to go through it more closely. Enjoy.
A star means it was particularly special to me
Of the More Classic Films:
Great Expectations 1946- John Mills and Valerie Hobson. The supporting cast included Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Jean Simmons, and Alec Guinness.
Treasure Island *1938 Wallace berry and Jackie Cooper version
Wuthering Heights * 1939 merle Oberon and Sir Lawrence Olivier and David Niven
Heathcliff’s love of Kathy would today be received so differently.
We all are nothing like these people, but in a way, we are.
High Noon * 1952 Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Lloyd Bridges, Harry Morgan, Lon Chaney Jr and Thomas Mitchell
The Scarlet Pimpernel * 1939 Leslie Howard- a story of extraordinary sacrifice and bravery during the French Revolution
Casablanca * 1942- Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains “ in all the Gin joints…” “You know Louie this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
The Quiet Man-John Wayne 1952
Picnic 1955 with Kim Novak and William Holden and Rosalind Russell
Gone With the Wind – 1939 Clark Gable Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Olivia de Haviland and George Reeves( who played Superman in the 1960’s)
Rebel Without a Cause * 1955 James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, Dennis Hopper, Jim Backus
The Best years of our Lives * 1948 Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy and Harold Russell as Homer *
Key Largo 1948 Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G Robinson.
Maltese Falcon 1947 Bogie again… “the stuff dreams are made of”
The Big Sleep- Bogart and Bacall- They married offset
Mr. Smith goes to Washington 1939 This bit of Frank Capra is some of my favorite stuff Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains
Born Yesterday-* 1950 Judy Holiday this movie was the oldest movie that I have seen that specifically refers to the abuse that women have experienced in their relationships. Judy is a joy.
Meet John Doe * 1941 Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwick
To Kill A Mockingbird * 1962 Gregory Peck, Robert Duval * How could one not adore Addicus’s tender responses to his daughter, Scout. A most precious film that rubbed our noses in the truth about prejudices.
12 Angry men Henry 1957 Henry Fond, and a great supporting cast. Another film that really forces us to look at ourselves and our tendency to prejudge.
Grapes of Wrath * 1940 JOHN FORD DIRECTS Henry Fonda, john Carradine set during the dust bowl circa 1930, this is a must see for historical understanding as well as incredible reckoning for the viewer
Treasure of Sierre Madre 1948 John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt- a great effort by all the cast and a story of greed and friendship that is unparalleled.
African Queen 1951 Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn
North By Northwest 1959* Cary Grant · Roger Thornhill ; Eva Marie Saint · Eve Kendall ; James Mason · Phillip Vandamm ; Jessie Royce Landis · Clara Thornhill ; Leo G. Carroll. “Mr. Thornberg calling mr, Thornberg”
Strangers on a train.* 1951 Robert Walker, Farly Granger, Leo G Carol The Uninvited Ray Miland- This movie scared me as a kid
The Importance of Being Ernest- 1952 -Michael Redgrave
In Cold Blood 1967 Truman capote masterpiece thriller, Robert Blake. Not for the weak hearted.
Mr. Roberts- 1955 Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack lemon
Captain Blood * 1935 Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill and Donald Meek. I ran around the house as a child pretending to be Captain Blood.
The Post man always rings twice. 1946 John Garfield, Lana Turner
The Black Board Jungle 1955 Glenn Ford, Sydney Poitier, Vic Morrow
King Kong 1933 * with Fay Raye ‘ It was Beauty, killed the beast.”
Citizen Kane 1941 One of the greatest movies of all time, some say. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Life Boat 1944 Tallulah Bankhead and William Bendix, alongside Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Heather Angel, Hume Cronyn and Canada Lee - The bad guy is so sly.
The Champ 1931- Wallace berry
Babes In Toyland 1934 Laurel and Hardy
City Lights Charlie Chaplan
The Gold Rush- Caharlie Chaplan
In Modern Times-Charlie Chaplan
Golden Boy- 1939 William Holden
They made Me A Criminal-1939 John Garfield
The Oxbow Incident * 1943.. Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dana Andrews, harry morgan. * I was very affected by the film. The certainty of our convictions is in question in this powerful story.
The Third man 1949- Orson Wells, Joseph Cotton
Petrified Forrest 1936. Humphrey Bogart, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis *
Bridge over the river Kwai 1957- Sir Alec Guinness, William Holden
Here Comes Mr.Jordon 1941- Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes
Cape fear 1962- Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, just as scary as De Nero’s version which came many years later.
Moby Dick-1956-Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart
Mildred Pierce 1945 Joan Crawford, Jack Carson
On the Waterfront 1954-Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Eva St Marie
Rebecca 1940- Sir Lawrence Olivier, Joan Fontaine- Hitchcock
Suspicion 1941- Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine
Notorious 1946 Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. director -Hitchcock
Birth of a Nation D W Griffith 1915— Silent and amazing
Whatever Happened to baby Jane 1962 Betty Davis and Joan Crawford- I don’t think they liked each other in real life either.
Now Voyager 1942 Bette Davis · Charlotte Vale ; Paul Henreid
The House on 92nd street- 1945 spy thriller
Night of the Hunter- 1955- Robert Mitchum- Mitchum is perfect for Joseph Conrad stories. He is dark and. a little scary.
Picnic 1955-Kim Novak and William Holden- To be honest the dance between them is worth the movie.
Night of the Iguana-1964- Richard Burton
Portrait of Jenny- 1948- Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton
All Quiet on The Western Front 1930-
From here to Eternity-1953- Burt Lancaster, frank Sinatra, Deborah Kerr-
Goodbye Mr. Chips 1939- Robert Dolan
Little Caesar 1931- Edward G Robinson “ Can this be the end of Ricco?”
The Pawn Broker 1964- Rod Steiger
Angels With Dirty Faces 1938- Humphrey Bogart, Pat Obrien, Anne Sheridan-
My Favorite Wife- 1940- Cary Grant, Irene Dunn, Randolph Scott
The Ten commandments 1956- Charlton Heston, Yul Brenner- a Cecil B. De Mille production- Let’s not forget Edward G Robinson with a New York accent and a snarl as Dathan. “ Where’s your messiah now, Moses?” The casting Director should have been flogged. Still it is a must see because the extravagance of this production by the Hollywood execs., matches the excess of Pharoah, himself.
Ben Hur 1959- Charlton Heston- The Tom Cruise the 1950’s and 60’s
The Snake Pit 1948- Olivia De Havilland
The Rain Maker-1956 Burt Lancaster, Katherine Hepburn. Burt Lancaster is always over acting, but here it works, perhaps as his greatest performance.
The Guns of Navarone- 1961-Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, David Niven
Harold and Maude 1971- Ruth Gordon
Wait until DarK 1967- Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, jack weston
The Searchers 1956- John Wayne
The Lady vanishes-1938- this a fun one.
Metropolis
Patterns 1956- Ed Begley, Van Heflin- a powerful boardroom drama
To Catch A Thief *1955 Cary Grant, Grace Kelly a Hitchcock production
Wait Until dark- Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin.
Rear Window * 1954 Hitchcock directs James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr
These Movies also impacted me:
Midnight Cowboy *1969 Dustin Hoffman and Jon VoightShane * 1953 Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin.
To Sir With Love * 1967 Sidney Poitier
Streetcar Named Desire 1951 directed by Elia Kazan, and stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, and Karl Malden
Never Cry Wolf 1983 drama film directed by Carroll Ballard
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’S Nest 1975 Jack Nicholson
Apocolypse Now 1979 Martin Sheen and Robert Duval
Jaws *1975 Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfus and Robert Shaw
Awakenings 1990 Penny Marshall Directs, Starring Robin Williams
The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola directs Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton.
Taxi. 1976 Martin Scorsese directs, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, and Albert Brooks
Raiders Of The Lost Ark *- 1981 Spielberg directs Harrison Ford and Karen Allen
The Color Purple 1985 Spielberg directs Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey
Stand By Me * 1986 Rob Reiner directs a story written by Stephen King, starring Will Wheaton and River Phoenix and Richard Dreyfus narrates
American Graffiti * 1973 Directed by George Lucus and produce by Coppola, stars Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Harrison Ford, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Bo Hopkins, and Wolfman Jack
Ai. 2001 Spielberg directs
Dances With Wolves * 1980 directed, and produced by Kevin Costner in his feature directorial debut
The Shawshank Redemption 1982 Tim Robbins and Morgan Firedman star in this Stephen King story
The Great Escape 1963 Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough and featuring James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson
Awakenings 1990 Penny Marshal directs Robin Williams and De Niro
Rain Man. 1988 Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman and directed by Barry Levinson
The Sixth Sense- 1999 directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bruce Willis
Rosemary’S Baby 1968 Roman Polanski directs Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, and Ruth Gordon
The Birdman Of Alkatraz 1962 Burt Lancaster
A River Runs Through It 1992 Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer · Norman Maclean
The Birds- *1963 ALFRED Hitchcock DIRECTS ROD TAYLOR Tippy Hedren,
The Magnificent Seven * 1960 Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson,Steve Mcqueen, Eli Wallach, James Coburn
Little Big Man 1970 DUstin Hoffman, Faye Dunnaway
Catch Me If You Can *- 2002 Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken
A League Of Their Own 1992 Tom Hanks, Gina Davis
Field Of Dreams * 1989 Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta,James Earl Jones and Burt Lancaster
Glory 1989 Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Mathew Broderick
Forrest Gump. * .1994 Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field
The Black Stallion. * 1979 kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney
The Unforgiven- * 1992 Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
The Untouchables * 1987 Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
Usual Suspects 1995 Kevin Spacey · Verbal ; Gabriel Byrne · Keaton ; Chazz Palminteri
Moonstruck Cher. 1987 Cher as Loretta Castorini ; Nicolas Cage as Ronny Cammareri ; Olympia Dukakis as Rose Castorini ; Vincent Gardenia as Cosmo Castorini ; Danny Aiello ..
City Lights. 1931 Charlie Chaplan as the Tramp
Mean Streets 1973 Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel
True Grit 1969 John wayne
True Grit 2010 Coen Brothers, Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross
The Big Chill.* 1983 Glenn Close, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, jeff Goldblum
Schindler’S List 1993 Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Good Will Hunting -1997 Robin Williams, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck
Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 Kathy Bates
The Others- 2001 Nicole Kidman
The Graduate- 1967 Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft
Bridge Over The River Kwai- 1957 Alec Guinness, William Holden
Titanic. 1997 Kate Winslow, Leonardo DiCaprio
Life Is Beautiful 1997- Roberto Benigni
The Color Of Money-1986- Paul Newman, Tom Cruise- remake of the Jackie Gleason film The Hustler with Paul Newman 1961
Tora Tora Tora- 1970- Pearl Harbor re-enactment from the Japanese perspective
Fallen- 1998-Denzel Washington, John Goodman
Cool Hand Luke-1967- Paul newman
The Sting.1973- Paul Newman and Robert Redford team up once again
The Rocketeer 1994
Annie Hall- 1977- Woody Allan catches New York over and over
Being There- 1979-Peter Sellers— Brilliant subtle commentary of our politics and more
Network-1976- “ I mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”
Dolores Claiborne-1995- Kathy Bates is wonderfully strong
Misery-1990 Kathy Bates is scary as——
The Crying Game—1992
As Good as it Gets Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt
The Last of The Mohegans- Daniel Day Lewis
The Right Stuff- 1983- Sam Shepard, Ed Harris
Apollo 13- 1995 Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinese
Dead Poets Society-1989 a special piece of work by Robin Williams
Raging Bull- 1980 Robert Di Nero, Kathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
about as intense as acting gets.
Fargo-1996 Personally one of my favorite murder movies.
American History X-1998 very violent mean film we have to see
The Natural-1984 Redford plays a most wonderful fantasy baseball hero
Regarding Henry-1991 a tender reminder of how precious we are- Harrison Ford
GlenGary Glen Ross-1992 incredible acting by Jack Lemon, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris
Clockwork Orange-1971 Malcolm McDowell, one very weird trip of a film
Serpico- 1973 Pacino’s Best in my op.
Saving Private Ryan-1998- Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, with Steven Spielberg directing,——- hits all the buttons
The Killing Fields-1984 A compelling story of the exit from Cambodia
Life Of Pi-2012
The Princess Bride. * 1987- Billy Crystal, Randy Patinkin
Good Fellas- 1990 Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta
No Country For Old Men 2007 Josh Brolin Coen Brothers production
Mr. Holland’S Opus 1995- Richard Dreyfus
Time Bandits- 19810 Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Shelly Duval and Sean Connery
Brave Heart-1995- Mel Gibson
The Dead Zone- 1983- Christpher Walken
The Untouchables- 1987- Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy garcia
Shenandoah 1965- Jimmy Stewart- a tale about the civil war
McCabe And Mrs. Miller 1971
Marathon Man- 1976-Sir Lawrence Olivier, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider—- “ Is it Safe?”
Duel. Spielberg- one of his earliest films I believe. Dennis Weaver
Summer Of 42— 1971-Jennifer O’neal
Tootsie- 1982-Dustin Hoffman
Amadeus- 1984-Tom Huce
Good Morning Vietnam-1987 Robin Williams plays Adrian Cronauer, a radio dj during the Vietnam war
Midnight Express 1978
Poltergeist 1982- Steven Spielberg
Pulp Fiction 1994- John travolta, Samuel Jackson, Uma Thurman and Harvey Keitel
Elephant Man 1980- Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt
What Dreams May Come- Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Night Of The Living Dead 1968
The Shining- 1980-Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duval
Bullitt-1968 Steve McQueen- One of the best car chases, along San Fransisco streets
The Game-1997- Michael Douglas, Sean Penn
Rounders-Matt 1998-Damon, Ed Norton, John Malkovich
Broadcast News- 1987-I liked this film very much- William Hurt and Holly Hunter
The Caine Mutiny-1954- Its been done a few times- each version has merit.
Run Silent Run Deep 1958- Burt Lancaster, Clark Gable
Gladiator.- 2000- Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
The Thing.1982 Kurt Russell
Kill Bill 1 And 2 2003-2004 Uma Thurman, David Carradine
Apocolypto- 2006-mel Gibson directs a powerful film
Wallstreet.-1987-Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen
Halloween.- 1978-Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence
Ocean’S Eleven- 2001 George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts
American Psycho 2000- Christian Bale
Die Hard- Bruce Willis- 1988 “ yippi cayo Kaye’ MF”
Armageddon-1998 Bruce Willis
Independence Day-1996- Bill pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith
Top Gun.- 1986 Tom Cruise
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory- 1971-Gene Wilder
Chinatown 1974- Jack Nicholson, Fay Dunaway
The Departed 2006- Jack Nicholson, Matt damen, Leonardo DiCaprio
White Heat 1949- James Cagney
Mash-1970- Elliot Gould- Donald Sutherland
Signs 2002- Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix
Rocky -1976- Sylvester Stallone
I Am Sam - 2001 Sean Penn- wonderful performance and Beatles music.
Platoon 1986- Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen
Full Metal Jacket- 1987- Mathew Modine
Back To The Future- 1985- Christopher Lloyd, Michael J Fox
Edward Scissor hands 1990- Johnny Depp, Winonona Ryder
Troy 2004 Brad Pitt
The Blob- 1958- Steve McQueen
Gremlins 1984
The Lost Boys 1987- Keifer Sutherland
28 Days Later 2002
Deliverence- Burt Reynolds, Christopher Walken
Taps 1981- Tome Cruise, George c Scott, Sean Penn
The Greatest Show on Earth -1952- Jimmy Stewart
Twelve Monkeys 1995- Brad Pitt
A passage To India *. 1984 Mrs. Moore! Mrs. Moore!!!!
About a Boy- 2002- Hugh Grant
China Syndrome-1979- Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon
Poppi- Alan Arkin
The Goodbye Girl- Richard dreyfus
Heidi- Shirley temple
Poseidon Adventure- Gene Hackman
Patriot Games- Harrison Ford
Penny Serenade- Cary Grant, Irene Dunn- sweet heart breaker of a story
Do The Right Thing- Spike Lee
Children of a Lesser God
Children of Paradise 1945
The Blue Angel- 1930 Marlene Dietrich
The Man Who Knew Too much- Peter Lorre
M- 1931. Peter Lorre
The Man In the Grey Flannel Suit- Gregory Peck
Breakfast At Tiffanys-1961 Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard
Sabrina- humphrey bogard, Audrey hepburn, William Holden
Spy Games- Robert Redford
From Russia With Love- Sean Connery
Twelve O’clock High- Clark Gable
Steel Magnolias-1989- What a cast- Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, Darryl Hanna, Olympia Dukakis, Sam Shepard
“ Weezi could never stay mad at me. She worships the quicksand I walk on.“
Cary—Sissy Spacek-John Travolta
Run Silent Run Deep
Brazil- Robert DeNiro-
Boys From Brazil
Day of the Dolphin
Jason and the Arganaughts- Great use of stop action photography
Hook- Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman
Dawn of The Dead
The Last Emperor
Brians Song
Sands of Iwo Jima-1949-John Wayne
The China Syndrome
Curse of the Spider Woman
The taking of Pelham 1,2 and 3.
Once upon a Time in America-music by Ennio Morricone
Seargent York- Gary Cooper 1941
As Good As It Gets- 1997 Jack Nicholson- Helen Hunt
Lion in Winter- 1968 Katherine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Anthony Hopkins
The Curious Case of Benjamin Britton- Brad Pitt
Men of Honor-2000 Cuba Gooden Jr., Robert Di Nero
Always-1989 Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus
COMEDY
Anything Marx Brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Lemmo, Gummo
Horse feathers,
The Cocoanuts 1929,
Duck Soup,
Animal Crackers,
Monkey Business,
A Night At The Opera
A day at the Races,
Room Service..
Roxanne Steve Martin
Splash. Tom Hanks
His Girl Friday 1940- Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
Arsenic and Old Lace -1944- Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson
Hold that Ghost An Abbott and Costello Joan Davis
Or Meets the Mummy
The Money Pit. Tom Hanks
Space Balls
Uncle Buck. *
Summer rental
Meatballs. *
Stripes—1981- Bill Murray, John Candy and Harold Ramis
Ghostbusters
A Spinal tap
Monty python and the Holy grail. **
Raising Arizona
What About Bob Bill Murray *
Ground Hog day. Murray
Zelig- directed by Woody Allan
Superbad
Radio days- Woody Allan
The Big Lebowski
Bullets over Broadway
Sleeper
Annie Hall
A fish Called Wanda
Blazing Saddles. Mel Brooks
Young Frankenstein Best of Mel
Groundhog Day. Bill Murray at his top
The Burbs
The Producers
My cousin Vinny
Something about Mary
Animal House
Take the Money and Run
Airplane
Defending Your Life Albert Brooks
School Of Rock
Road to Morocco
Animal House
Plains Trains and Automobiles
Stripes
The man who knew too little
Its a mad, mad, mad world
Mr. Mom -Michael Keaton, Terri Garr
Broadway Danny Rose
Play it again sam
Goodbye Charlie- Tony Curtis
Simon- 1980- Alan Arkin
Dr. Strangelove- 1964- Stanley Kubrick- Peter Sellers
Cat Ballou- 1965- Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin
The Great race- Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon
The Russians are coming-1966- Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner
The Time of their Lives- Abbott and Costello
Heaven can Wait
Midnight Run- Charles Grodin, Robert De Niro
Being There- Peter Sellers, Shirley Maclaine
A Shot in The Dark- Sellers
The Birdcage- Robin Williams
The-out-of-Towner’s- Jack Lemon and Sandy Dennis
A shot in the Dark- Peter Sellers
Whats so Bad About Feeling Good- Mary Tyler Moore
Murder He Says- Fred MacMurray The theme music for NPR's "All Things Considered" is identical to the melody of the nonsense song that is sung several times in this film
Caddy Shack
Bringing up Baby Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn
Sean of the Dead
The Bird Cage 1966- Robin Williams
Night Shift- Michael Keaton,
The Great Race
The Producers- Mel Brooks
What’s up Tiger Lily
The Prisoner of second Avenue-Neil Simon Jack Lemmon
The Sunshine Boys
Biloxi Blues- 1988- Mathew Broderick, directed by Neil Simon
The Man in The White Suit- Alec Guiness 1951
Throw Moma from the Train Billy Crustal, Danny Devito
Home Alone 1990
Clueless
House Party Kid and Play
Airplane Leslie Nielson
It Happened one Night- Clark Gable
Trading Places-
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
National Lampoon’s Vacation - 1983
When Harry Met Sally-1989- Billy Crystal , Meg Ryan
Forget about Paris- Billy Crystal, Deborah Winger
MASH-1970-
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Mathew Broderick
SCI FI
The Fly * Vincent price
The Invisible Man B/W
Westworld * Yul Brenner, Richard Benjamin
Total Recall Arnold
Alien - Sigourney Weaver— tough bad-ass
Aliens * Sigourney Weaver. very very rare to see the second film be as good as the first.
Planet of the Apes- Roddy McDowell, Charlton Heston
The Martian * matt damon. *
Inception
Jacob’s Ladder Tim Robbins— one of the more upsetting films
The Day the earth stood Still Original
The matrix
War of The Worlds
Source Code
War of the Worlds Tom Cruise
District 9 2009
Arrival
Ex Machina
Terminator 1 and 2
AI-2001- Spielberg
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
Logans Run
Soylent Green
Silent Running-
Blade Runner. Harrison Ford **
The Day of the Triffids
Forbidden Planet
Leslie Nielson and Robbie The Robot
Contact. 1997
Jodi Foster * Well you know where I placed this
Intersteller- 2014
2001 A space Odyssey- 1968
filmed amazingly , It feels slower and may not always be appreciated anymore, but how about that scene When Hal, wont open the door for David.. There were little things in this film that fortold a future we have today in some ways.
ET 1982
* Spielberg at his best. he always finds the innate kid in me, that I try as I grow old to protect from losing.
Close Encounters of The Third Kind- 1977
1977- I think stands at the top of any Sci Fi list.Richard Dreyfus,
François Truffaut and Terri Garr.
War Games-1983- Mathew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman
Mathew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood- This is a remake of other films in a way, but its a very exciting film non-the-less. Defintely, on of my favs
The Philadelphia Experiment 1984
Life 2017
Arrival- 2016
Films MORE RECENTLY SCENE- My Favorites
The Green Book- 2018 Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali,
The Help- 2011
Hidden Figures- 2016- Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner
First Reformed
Everything Everywhere All At once
Coherence
Source Code
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
The Revenant
Money Ball
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
True Grit
Black Swan
The Notebook-
Cabin In The Woods
Banshesse of Inisherin Colin Ferrell and Brendan Gleeson
Knives Out
Yesterday