List my 100 favorite movies (movies you'd watch over and over again) (read all 10 entries…)
After some thought... 5 months ago

51. Happy Gilmore. A ludicrous film, but then what are we to expect from Mr. Sandler? Highly entertaining, and just silly enough to be a big favourite.

52. The Wedding Singer. Another favourite of mine starring Adam Sandler, and Drew Barrymore. Always makes me feel better.

53. Click. A film that I especially enjoy for it’s message ‘family comes first’. It’s very easy to become wrapped up in trying to make our lives better in the future, when you should really be living for the moment. Planning is good, but sadly life is unpredictable.

54. My Best Friend’s Wedding. A romantic comedy with impromptu singing in restaurants, girl fights, and crazy chases. It’s obviously a winner!

55. Notting Hill. A feel good movie about your every day bookshop owner falling for the most famous actress in Hollywood, with many problems along the way.

56. The Man with One Red Shoe. A rather seldom heard of Tom Hanks film. He is mistaken for an undercover agent, spied on, and his music (for he plays the violin) decoded, thinking he is relaying messages to his allies. Rather crazy, but fun to watch, just the same.

57. Big. A firm favourite as a kid, and still so now. A brilliant film which sees a teenager wish to be ‘big’, and the very next day, gets his wish. But as we all know, you should be careful what you wish for, and this one leads to way more problems that the boy ever would’ve imagined.

58. Forrest Gump. Can’t believe I hadn’t added this one already, it’s a great film, and I believe most people know what it’s about, so I shall leave out the explanation.

59. Cast Away (can you tell I was thinking through actors to remember my favourites?). Interesting film about a guy who becomes stranded on a desert island and has to fend for himself. You’ll find no polar bears or ‘others’ in this film, however :)

60. The Terminal. This film is about a guy wanting to visit America, but at the time he arrives, his country has just gone to war, and he cannot be allowed entrance, and can’t go home, so he is stranded in the airport.

61. Good Morning Vietnam. Another one I’m surprised I hadn’t added yet. Brilliant!

62. The Fisher King. “A radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a horrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was a victim of it.” – IMDb. It’s a Gilliam film, which is both entertaining and brutally sad to watch. Still, life is like that.

63. The Birdcage. A really silly film about a couple who get engaged, only the daughter’s father is a US Senator, and the son’s father is a gay nightclub owner, so a show has to be put on for the Senator, to make his future son in law’s family look as normal as possible. Quite a feat! :)

64. Good Will Hunting. “Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics which is discovered, and a psychologist tries to help him with his gift and the rest of his life.” – IMDb.

65. What Dreams May Come. Is a rather sad film, really, but it’s beautiful, and has a lovely idea about second chances.

66. Bicentennial Man. About a robot who has feelings, and dreams. The film covers the span of his ‘life’.

67. While You Were Sleeping. A train station ticket officer daydreams about a good looking businessman she sees every day. One day he is mugged, and falls onto the tracks, so she saves him. He falls into a coma, and when his family arrive, believe the lady to be his fiancé. Of course, she has trouble correcting them, and the story unfolds from there.

68. Overnight Delivery. Two college students in love decide to wait to have sex, but when it seems the girl is cheating, the guy (prompted by a girl friend of his) decides to send her a break-up note, complete with (fake) artefacts of his recent affairs. On then finding out his information was false, it’s a race against time to stop the letter from reaching it’s recipient. Fun, silly and romantic.

69. The Big Lebowski. It has all the ingredients of a good film, a knock out cast, a thrilling plot, and bowling :)

70. Edward Scissorhands. A childhood favourite (although Vincent Price always freaked me out), and it’s still a pretty good film to watch when there’s nothing good on. One of Tim Burton’s best.



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