My Personal Top 12 Favorite Films
My favorite films....not the best films I have seen, but the ones I can watch over and over and never tire of....in no particular order.
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- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry BergmanThe Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.Can you ever top a classic? Do I need to explain a classic?
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsJerry LewisStella StevensDel MooreA timid chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome womanizer.Jerry Lewis' best film about a nerd becoming someone else and eventually discovering he was pretty great all along. Clean comedy at its greatest and silliest.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavinIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.This movie is so much more than Christmas. A typical family- a dad seeking excitement, a boy wanting so badly to be a grown-up, a pesky little brother and a mother holding everything together in secret.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsCary ElwesMandy PatinkinRobin WrightA bedridden boy's grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love.Kid friendly fantasy and romance- such a great movie about good defeating evil. Who doesn't love a tale about love conquering all and a giant that comes in handy when storming a castle. The minor characters are more loveable than the two main leads...great film.
- DirectorFrank OzStarsBill MurrayRichard DreyfussJulie HagertyA successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.A favorite of my father. We would watch this on 'family movie night' and quote it for the rest of the week. Fantastic family fun and perfect example that everyone needs a little crazy in their lives--
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.Dinosaurs.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsChris FarleyDavid SpadeBrian DennehyAfter his auto-parts tycoon father dies, the overweight, underachieving son teams up with a snide accountant to try and save the family business.Family isn't always blood and things are not as always as they seem- that is 'Tommy Boy' in a nutshell- plus some comedy.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.I will never forget the first time I saw this film- such a roller-coaster of a film that challenged what I thought about film and shaped the standard for which I would forever measure action films on. The slow motion cameras...the music....the costumes- untouchable.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.So many ideas and philosophies that altered my perception of the world around me- and turned me into a punk seventeen year old kid (parents words not mine). This is not a film- its a ideological mind trip that makes you wake up and want to talk about fight club...to everyone.
- DirectorJoel ZwickStarsNia VardalosJohn CorbettMichael ConstantineA young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.You can't chose the family you are born into- but sometimes the one you marry into is just so crazy that you cannot help but fall in love with them.
- DirectorAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander GouldAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.A Pixar masterpiece.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyMatthew MacfadyenBrenda BlethynSparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?Cause...you....know....Mr. Darcy.