My Top Films (20)

I don't have a favorite film...I have several. Here are twenty of my favorite films, in no particular order...always recommendable, and the way to my heart

[* means I own this film...if there is a link, I've reviewed it]

*1. Blazing Saddles (Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder)
Mel Brooks, 1974
"Not only is it authentic frontier jibberish, but it shows a courage little seen in this day and age."

*2. The Princess Bride (Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn)
Rob Reiner, 1987
"You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen."

*3. Notorious (Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant)
Alfred Hitchcock, 1946
"Wouldn't it be a little too much if we both grinned at her like idiots."

*4. McLintock (John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara)
Andrew V. McLaglen, 1963
"Hey MacLan, long time we no get drunk together"

*5. Alice in Wonderland (Kathryn Beaumont)
Disney animated, 1951
"I have an excellent idea, LETS CHANGE THE SUBJECT."

*6. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Spencer Tracy)
Stanley Kramer, 1963
"...exactly like your father: a big, stupid, muscle-headed moron!"

*7. The Magnificent Seven (Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen)
John Sturges (1960)
The old man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We always lose.

*8. Duck Soup (The Marx Brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo)
Leo McCarey, 1933
"Remember, you're fighting for this woman's honour, which is probably more than she ever did."

*9. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Howard Keel, Jane Powell)
Stanley Donen, 1954
"There wasn't an 'F' name in the Bible, so they named him Frankincense, because he smelled so sweet."

*10. Serenity (Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres)
Joss Whedon, 2005
"I am a leaf on the wind - watch how I soar."

*11. Big Fish (Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney)
Tim Burton, 2003
"A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal."

*12. Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman)
Michael Curtiz, 1942
"Might as well be frank, monsieur. It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca, and the Germans have outlawed miracles."

*13. Monty Python & the Holy Grail (Graham Chapman, John Cleese)
Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1975
"Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who."

*14. A Shot in the Dark (Peter Sellers, Elke Sommers)
Blake Edwards, 1964
"You fool! You have broken my pointing stick! Now I have nothing to point with!"

*15. Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor)
Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952
"What's wrong with the way I talk? What's the big idea? Am I dumb or something?"

*16. The Sound of Music (Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer)
Robert Wise, 1965
"I haven't had so much fun since the day we put glue on Fräulein Josephine's toothbrush."

*17. Little Miss Sunshine (Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear)
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006
"There are two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers."

*18. The Muppet Movie (Jim Henson, Frank Oz)
James Frawley, 1979
"Ahh, a bear in his natural habitat - a Studebaker."

19. Dumb & Dumber (Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels)
Peter Farrelly, 1994
"Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!"

20. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (George Clooney, John Turturro)
Joel Coen, 2000
"You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers."