Here is our list of Must-Watch Movies. Some of these films are family viewing, some are not. A lot of these movies are quite different from each other. The only thing they all have in common is that we like them!
Many thanks to the Internet Movie Database, or imdb.com!
A Fish Called Wanda 1988 – Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, John Cleese
Writer: John Cleese “A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood.”
A Fish Called Wanda [DVD]
The Addams Family 1991 – Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christine Ricci “It's not the same old Thing.”
The Addams Family [DVD]
Adaptation 2002 – Nicolas Cage & Meryl Streep
Written by Charlie Kaufman “One story... Four Lives... A million ways it can end.”
Adaptation. [DVD]
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle 2000 – Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Robert de Niro, Randy Quaid “It’s not the same old bull.”
The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle [DVD]
Agatha 1979 – Vanessa Redgrave & Dustin Hoffman
Based on surmises about the unaccounted-for two weeks that famous mystery author Agatha Christie disappeared after her abandoned, running car was found under suspicious circumstances.
Agatha [VHS], from Amazon.ca
Amadeus 1984 –Tom Hulce Won 8 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 13 nominations
“The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture..”
Amadeus [DVD]
Annie 1982 – Carol Burnett, Albert Finning, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, Aileen Quinn “The movie of 'Tomorrow'”
Annie [DVD]
The Aristocats – Walt Disney 1970 Phil Harris, Eva Gabor
DIG THESE CATS...and all that JAZZ!
The Aristocats [VHS], from Amazon.ca
Babe 1995 – James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski
Based on book by Dick King Smith. “A little pig goes a long way.”
Babe [DVD]
Batman Begins 2005 – Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes
“The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman.”
Batman Begins [DVD]
The Big Easy 1987 – Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty, John Goodman
“Between them lies the fate of the state of New Orleans.”
The Big Easy [DVD]
Bird On A Wire 1990 – Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn
Bird On A Wire [DVD]
Bugsy Malone 1976 – Jodie Foster & Scott Baio
“Every year brings a great movie. Every decade a great movie musical!”
Bugsy Malone, from Amazon.ca
Casper 1995 – Bill Pullman, Christine Ricci, Eric Idleman
“Get An Afterlife”
Casper [DVD]
The Cheap Detective 1978 (Neil Simon) – Peter Falk, Madeline Kahn, Marsha Mason, Sid Ceasar, Ann-Margaret, Stockard Channing “He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.”
The Cheap Detective [DVD]
Chicago 2002 – Rene Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Richard Gere
“With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder.”
Chicago [DVD]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 – Dick Van Dyke
Written by Ian Flemming (who also wrote the James Bond books)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [DVD]
The Crow 1994 – Brandon Lee
Goth movie “Believe in angels.”
The Crow [DVD]
The Court Jester 1956 – Danny Kaye & Angela Lansbury , Glynnis Johns, Basil Rathbone A comedy classic. “A jester unemployed is nobody’s fool.” – “Get it? Got it. Good.”
The Court Jester [DVD]
Dangerous Liaisons 1988 – Michelle Pfeiffer, John Malcovich, Glenn Close, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman
“Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The Game As You've Never Seen It Played Before.”
Dangerous Liaisons [DVD]
Death On The Nile 1978 – Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Maggie Smith, David Niven, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury
Based on a book by Agatha Christie
Death On The Nile [DVD]
Death to Smoochy 2002 – Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener
Directed by Danny De Vito. Hilarious dark comedy
Death To Smoochy [DVD]
Dinotopia 2002 – Tyron Leitso, David Thewlis, Wentworth Miller
Fantastical adventure that is most watchable!!!
Dinotopia [DVD]
Disclosure 1994 – Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland
“sex is power”
Disclosure [DVD]
Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999 – Kirsten Dunst, Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin
“The battle between the good and the bad is bound to get ugly.”
Drop Dead Gorgeous [DVD]
Dudley Do-Right 1999 – Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Molina, Eric Idle. "Good Family Fun"
Dudley Do-Right [DVD]
The Eiger Sanction 1975 – Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jack Cassidy
“Revenge atop a Swiss Mountain... one of his team is a killer, but who?”
The Eiger Sanction [DVD]
Enter the Dragon, Director’s Cut 1973 – Bruce Lee, John Saxon
“The first American produced martial arts spectacular!”
Enter The Dragon (Special Edition) [DVD]
The First Great Train Robbery 1979 – Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland
Written and Directed by Michael Crichton “In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.”
The Great Train Robbery [DVD]
The Flintstones 1994– John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Halle Berry, Elizabeth Perkins “Yabba-Dabba-Doo!”
The Flintstones [DVD]
Frequency 2000 – Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel
“What If?”
Frequency [DVD]
The Getaway – 1994 – Kim Basinger, Alex Baldwin, James Woods
“Choosing between love and money is one thing. Getting away with both is something else”
The Getaway [DVD]
Gosford Park 2001 – Michael Gambon, Clive Owen, Maggie Smith, Kirsten Scott Thomas. A Robert Altman Movie “Tea At Four. Dinner At Eight. Murder At Midnight.”
Gosford Park [DVD]
Gulliver’s Travels 1996 – Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox
Based on the book by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels [DVD]
Hamlet 1991 – Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Allan Bates, Helena Bonham Carter
Hamlet [DVD]
Hamlet 1996 – Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet
William Shakespeare – “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.”
Indiana Jones 1981, 1984, 1989 – Harrison Ford
All of them!
The Adventures Of Indiana Jones--The Complete DVD Movie Collection (Widescreen Version) [DVD]
Jumping Jack Flash 1986 – Whoopee Goldburg, Stephen Collins
“Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source..”
Jumpin' Jack Flash [DVD]
LA Confidential 1997- Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny De Vito, Guy Pearce “Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush...”
L.A. Confidential [DVD]
Lady In the Lake 1946 – Robert Montegomery
Based on the book by Raymond Chandler. A standard plotline rocketed to a classic movie by the great dialogue, a subjective camera and the acting of Audrey Totter.
Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 3 [DVD]
Little Shop of Horrors 1986 – Rick Moranis, Ellen Green, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, “A Singing Plant. A Daring Hero. A Sweet Girl. A Demented Dentist.”
Little Shop Of Horrors [DVD]
The Magnificent Seven 1970 – Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen
“They were seven - And they fought like seven hundred!”
The Magnificent Seven (Collector's Edition) [DVD]
The Maltese Falcon 1941– Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
“A story as explosive as his blazing automatics!” Based on the book by Dashiell Hammet
The Maltese Falcon (Three-Disc Special Edition) [DVD]
Magnolia 1999 – Tom Cruise, Juliana Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Riley
“Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.”
Magnolia [DVD]
Matilda 1996 – Danny DeVito, Mara Wilson, Rhea Perlman
Based on Roald Dahl’s book “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.”
Matilda [DVD]
The Matrix 1999 – Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss
“The Fight for the Future Begins”
The Matrix [DVD]
Men In Black 1997 – Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith
“Protecting the earth from the scum of the universe”
Men In Black [DVD]
Merlin 1998 – Sam Neil, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Short
A medieval tale of deceit, murder and betrayal “The most magical adventure of all time.”
Merlin [DVD]
Much Ado About Nothing 1993 – Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Denzel Washington
Truly Wonderful! A great movie!
Much Ado About Nothing [DVD]
Mulholland Drive 2001 – Naomi Watts, Laura Harling
“A Love Story In The City Of Dreams”
Mulholland Dr. [DVD]
The Mummy 1999 – Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz
“The sands will rise. The heavens will part. The power will be unleashed.”
The Mummy (Special Edition) [DVD]
Murder Most Foul 1964 - Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody
“Adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Mrs. McGinty's Dead".
The Agatha Christie Miss Marple Movie Collection [DVD]
Murder On The Orient Express 1974 – Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Sean Connery, Marten Balsam, Ingrid Bergman
Based on a book by Agatha Christie. “The Who's Who in the Whodunnit!”
Murder On The Orient Express [DVD]
Nothing To Lose 1997 – Tim Robbins & Martin Lawrence
“When the odds are against you, sometimes the only bet is yourself.”
Nothing To Lose [DVD]
O Brother, Where Art Thou 2000: George Clooney, Tim Nelson Blake, John Turturro, John Goodman, Holly Hunter “They have a plan, but not a clue.”
The Odyssey done Cohen Brothers style.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? [DVD]
Oliver Twist 1968 – Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Jack Wild “Much Much More Than a Musical!”
Peter Pan 2003 – Jason Issacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lynn Redgrave “Let the fight begin”
Peter Pan [DVD]
The Princess Bride 1987 – Cary Elwis, Robyn Penn Wright, Billy Crystal
“Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, Battling Rodents of Unusual Size, Facing torture in the Pit of Despair - True love has never been a snap.” Based William Goldman’s book of the same name.
The Princess Bride [DVD]
River of No Return 1954 – Marilyn Monroe & Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig Spectacular, with an amusing amount of political incorrectness. “Sometimes it's peaceful, sometimes wild”
River Of No Return [DVD]
Robin & Marion 1976 – Sean Connery & Audrey Hepburn, Richard Harris
“Love is the greatest adventure of all.” The story of outlaw Robin Hood & Maid Marion
Robin And Marian [DVD]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947 – Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff “A daydreaming comic book writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine himself as a hero experiencing great adventures.” Classic Danny Kaye!
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty [DVD], from Amazon.ca
Sneakers 1992 - Robert Redford & Mary McDonnell, Sidney Poiter, Dan Ackroyd, River Phoenix “We could tell you what it's about. But then, of course, we'd have to kill you.” Light-hearted thriller and computers.
Sneakers [DVD]
Snow White, The Fairest of Them All 2002 – Miranda Richardson, Kristen Kreuk “Deception never looked so sweet.” Produced by Hallmark
Snow White [DVD]
Terminator 2 – Judgment Day 1991 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton "Ten years ago, the machines who rule the future sent an unstoppable Terminator to assassinate the as yet unborn John Connor. They failed. In 1991, the machines try again."
Terminator 2: Judgment Day [DVD]
They Might Be Giants 1971 – George C. Scott, Joanna Woodwards as Sherlock Holmes and Watson. “When they reach out for each other... they touch every heart... with warmth, charm and laughter!”
Without A Clue 1988 – Michael Caine & Ben Kingsley
“An outrageous comedy about the world's greatest detective and his bumbling partner...Sherlock Holmes.”
Without A Clue [DVD]
Witness for the Prosecution 1947 – Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich
“Once in 50 years comes suspense like this!”
Witness For The Prosecution [DVD]
The Usual Suspects 1995 – Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollack “Five Criminals. One Line Up. No Coincidence.”
The Usual Suspects [DVD]
The Zero Effect 1998– Bill Pulman & Ben Stiller
“The World’s Most Private Detective”
Zero Effect [DVD]
Zoolander – 2001 - Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson
“3% Body Fat. 1% Brain Activity. At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.”
Zoolander [DVD]
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