Favorite Films
Note: These aren't necessarily the "best" films of all time, but they're just some that I have enjoyed when watching them. Methinks that you might, too. And feel free to share with me the lists of films that you enjoy or just send me an email after you've seen something that you really liked.
COMEDY:
ABOUT A BOY
AMERICAN PRESIDENT
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
BIG
THE BIG SICK
THE CAMPAIGN
CROSSING DELANCEY
BRIDESMAIDS
DAVE
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
FRED CLAUS
GROUNDHOG DAY
THE INTOUCHABLES
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
KISSING JESSICA STEIN
LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MODERN TIMES
MURPHY'S ROMANCE
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
OFFICE SPACE
OUTSOURCED
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
TODAY'S SPECIAL
DOCUMENTARY:
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
ALIVE INSIDE: A STORY OF MUSIC & MEMORY
THE ARISTOCRATS (unrated; language and/or topic may be offensive)
BUCK
HARRY NILSSON (AND WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKIN' ABOUT HIM)?
HOOP DREAMS
PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE
SICKO
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
SUPER SIZE ME
THIN BLUE LINE
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT
DRAMA:
61*
ABOUT TIME
ADAM
ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
ALL THE WAY (2016 film about Lyndon B. Johnson)
AND YOUR NAME IS JONAH
ANTOWNE FISHER
ANY DAY NOW
ARGO
AWAKENINGS
ARLINGTON ROAD
BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
BIG EYES
BILLY ELLIOTT
BLIND SIDE
BOYHOOD
BROOKLYN
BULL DURHAM
CHANGING LANES
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
THE CHORUS
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
CITY LIGHTS
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
COME SEE THE PARADISE
THE DOCTOR
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944 version)
DRIVING MISS DAISY
ERIN BROKOVICH
THE FIGHTER
FINDING NEVERLAND
FORREST GUMP
FROST/NIXON
GOOD WILL HUNTING
GRAN TORINO
THE GREAT BUCK HENRY
GREY GARDENS (2009 version)
HARMONY (HARMONI)
THE HELP
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
I AM SAM
THE IDOLMAKER
THE IMITATION GAME
IN THE BEDROOM
THE INEVITALBE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE
THE INTOUCHABLES
JEAN DE FLORETTE/MANON OF THE SPRING
JERRY MAGUIRE
THE KING'S SPEECH
KRAMER VS. KRAMER
LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER
LEGENDS OF THE FAL (1935 version)
LITTLE BOY
LOVE ACTUALLY
MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
MARILYN HOTCHKISS'S BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL
MEET JOE BLACK
MERRY CHRISTMAS (aka JOYEUX NOEL)
MILDRED PIERCE (HBO version)
THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962 version)
MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
MY GIRL
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED
MUSIC OF THE HEART
MY NAME IS KHAN
NORMAL
NORMA RAE
NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER
NUTS
OCTOBER SKY
OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
ONCE AROUND
ONE FLEW OVE THE CUCKOO'S NEST
PHILADELPHIA
PLACES IN THE HEART
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946 version)
PRAYERS FOR BOBBY
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
THE RAILWAY MAN
THE RAINMAKER (1997 version based on the John Grisham novel)
RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961 & 2008 versions are both excellent)
RANDOM HARVEST
REGARDING HENRY
ROCKY
ROOM
RORY O'SHEA WAS HERE
RUNNING IN EMPTY
A SEPARATION
THE SEA INSIDE
SELENA
SHALL WE DANCE? (2004 American version)
SHORT TERM 12
SLIDING DOORS
SLING BLADE
SONGCATCHER
SOUL FOOD
STARMAN
A STREET CAT NAMED BOB
TEMPLE GRANDIN
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
A TIME TO KILL
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
UNFAITHFUL
UNFINISHED SONG
THE VERDICT
A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
WALK ON THE MOON
WHAT MAISE KNEW
WITHOUT A TRACE
WITNESS
MUSICALS:
ANNIE (1982 version)
BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
CAROUSEL
CHICAGO
DAMN YANKEES
FOOTLOOSE
HAIRSPRAY
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
THE JAZZ SINGER (1980 version with Neil Diamond)
JERSEY BOYS
THE JOLSON STORY
KISS ME KATE
LA BAMBA
LA LA LAND
THE MUPPETS
ONCE
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
YENTL
COMEDY:
ABOUT A BOY
AMERICAN PRESIDENT
AS GOOD AS IT GETS
BIG
THE BIG SICK
THE CAMPAIGN
CROSSING DELANCEY
BRIDESMAIDS
DAVE
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
500 DAYS OF SUMMER
FRED CLAUS
GROUNDHOG DAY
THE INTOUCHABLES
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
KISSING JESSICA STEIN
LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MODERN TIMES
MURPHY'S ROMANCE
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING
OFFICE SPACE
OUTSOURCED
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
TODAY'S SPECIAL
DOCUMENTARY:
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
ALIVE INSIDE: A STORY OF MUSIC & MEMORY
THE ARISTOCRATS (unrated; language and/or topic may be offensive)
BUCK
HARRY NILSSON (AND WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKIN' ABOUT HIM)?
HOOP DREAMS
PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE
SICKO
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN
SUPER SIZE ME
THIN BLUE LINE
WHERE TO INVADE NEXT
DRAMA:
61*
ABOUT TIME
ADAM
ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
AKEELAH AND THE BEE
ALL THE WAY (2016 film about Lyndon B. Johnson)
AND YOUR NAME IS JONAH
ANTOWNE FISHER
ANY DAY NOW
ARGO
AWAKENINGS
ARLINGTON ROAD
BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
BIG EYES
BILLY ELLIOTT
BLIND SIDE
BOYHOOD
BROOKLYN
BULL DURHAM
CHANGING LANES
CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
THE CHORUS
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
CITY LIGHTS
COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER
COME SEE THE PARADISE
THE DOCTOR
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944 version)
DRIVING MISS DAISY
ERIN BROKOVICH
THE FIGHTER
FINDING NEVERLAND
FORREST GUMP
FROST/NIXON
GOOD WILL HUNTING
GRAN TORINO
THE GREAT BUCK HENRY
GREY GARDENS (2009 version)
HARMONY (HARMONI)
THE HELP
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
I AM SAM
THE IDOLMAKER
THE IMITATION GAME
IN THE BEDROOM
THE INEVITALBE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE
THE INTOUCHABLES
JEAN DE FLORETTE/MANON OF THE SPRING
JERRY MAGUIRE
THE KING'S SPEECH
KRAMER VS. KRAMER
LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER
LEGENDS OF THE FAL (1935 version)
LITTLE BOY
LOVE ACTUALLY
MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW
MARILYN HOTCHKISS'S BALLROOM DANCING AND CHARM SCHOOL
MEET JOE BLACK
MERRY CHRISTMAS (aka JOYEUX NOEL)
MILDRED PIERCE (HBO version)
THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962 version)
MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
MY GIRL
THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED
MUSIC OF THE HEART
MY NAME IS KHAN
NORMAL
NORMA RAE
NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER
NUTS
OCTOBER SKY
OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
ONCE AROUND
ONE FLEW OVE THE CUCKOO'S NEST
PHILADELPHIA
PLACES IN THE HEART
POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946 version)
PRAYERS FOR BOBBY
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
THE RAILWAY MAN
THE RAINMAKER (1997 version based on the John Grisham novel)
RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961 & 2008 versions are both excellent)
RANDOM HARVEST
REGARDING HENRY
ROCKY
ROOM
RORY O'SHEA WAS HERE
RUNNING IN EMPTY
A SEPARATION
THE SEA INSIDE
SELENA
SHALL WE DANCE? (2004 American version)
SHORT TERM 12
SLIDING DOORS
SLING BLADE
SONGCATCHER
SOUL FOOD
STARMAN
A STREET CAT NAMED BOB
TEMPLE GRANDIN
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
A TIME TO KILL
TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE
UNFAITHFUL
UNFINISHED SONG
THE VERDICT
A WALK IN THE CLOUDS
WALK ON THE MOON
WHAT MAISE KNEW
WITHOUT A TRACE
WITNESS
MUSICALS:
ANNIE (1982 version)
BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
CAROUSEL
CHICAGO
DAMN YANKEES
FOOTLOOSE
HAIRSPRAY
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
THE JAZZ SINGER (1980 version with Neil Diamond)
JERSEY BOYS
THE JOLSON STORY
KISS ME KATE
LA BAMBA
LA LA LAND
THE MUPPETS
ONCE
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN
YENTL