Friday, August 15, 2014

My Ultimate List of Favorite Movies (Plus my Dad's)

After making my top five list of movies for Five Friday Favorites I was accosted by all that I had forgotten this that and the other movies. Needless to say a more complete list is needed of my my favorite movies. My Dad, who is a movie expert (in his opinion and I suppose in mine as well) insisted on giving his top list too. Our lists are pretty similar but we differ on some points. However both of our lists  are similar in that the 1995 miniseries of Pride and Prejudice is our favorite movie. Besides that though, accept for Casablanca definitely being my Dad's second favorite movie, the movies are in no particular order.

These are movies that I would recommend pretty much without reserve. The only movies that I can think of with anything questionable sex wise in them are Groundhog Day, The Gods Must be Crazy and Serenity, and those would also be questionable language wise as well as Signs and Conspiracy Theory, and for violence Serenity, Conspiracy Theory, and Signs, but I would always recommend that you look at the content advisory on IMDB before watching a movie as everyones standards are different. As you can see, modern movies tend to more questionable. :) So here are the ultimate lists of my father and I. :)

My Top Twenty


  1. Pride and Prejudice (1995 Miniseries) 
  2. Mclintock
  3. Charade
  4. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  5. Singing in the Rain
  6. National Treasure
  7. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
  8. The Court Jester
  9. My Man Godfrey
  10. Star Wars: A New Hope
  11. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  12. Arsenic and Old Lace
  13. The Major and the Minor
  14. You Can't Take it With You
  15. The Princess Bride
  16. The Incredibles
  17. Casablanca
  18. The Gods Must be Crazy
  19. The Shop Around the Corner
  20. Life with Father


My Dad's Top Twenty

  1. Pride and Prejudice (1995 Miniseries)
  2. Casablanca
  3. Rear Window
  4. Charade
  5. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by the Royal Shakespeare Theater
  6. The Incredibles
  7. To Kill a Mockingbird
  8. The Court Jester
  9. It Happened One Night
  10. Stalag 17
  11. The Quiet Man
  12. The Gods Must be Crazy
  13. Life with Father
  14. The Mark of Zorro
  15. Mary Poppins
  16. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  17. My Man Godfrey
  18. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
  19. All About Eve
  20. Sense and Sensibility (1995) 

My Honorable Mentions

Bringing up Baby
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Rear Window
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby by the Royal Shakespeare Theater
To Kill a Mockingbird
Stalag 17
The Quiet Man
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Avengers
The Mark of Zorro
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
All About Eve
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
A Night at the Opera
Witness for the Prosecution
Up
My Fair Lady
Groundhog Day
Anne of Greengables (1985)
On Moonlight Bay
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Laura
The Parent Trap (1961)
That Darn Cat
The Lady Vanishes
Signs
Rachel and the Stranger
Temple Grandin
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Gunga Din
Dial M for Murder
Ivanhoe
It's a Wonderful Life
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Little Dorrit (2008)
Wait Until Dark

My Dad's Honorable Mentions

Bringing up Baby
A Night at the Opera
You Can't Take it With You
Witness for the Prosection
The Shop Around the Corner
Singing in the Rain
Up
Searching for Bobby Fisher
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
On Moonlight Bay
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
My Fair Lady
Mclintock 
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Ivanhoe (1982)
It's a Wonderful Life
Gold Rush
City Lights
David Copperfield (1935) 
The Lady Vanishes
Anne of Green Gables (1985) 
Groundhog Day
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
The Princess Bride
Signs
The Man Who Came to Dinner
I Remember Mama
Conspiracy Theory
The General (1927) 
The Fiddler on the Roof
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Dial M for Murder
Beau Geste
Gunga Din
Serenity
Rachel and the Stranger
Zulu
Star Wars: A New Hope
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Avengers
Arsenic and Old Lace
Temple Grandin

Needless to say making these lists inspired a longing in both my Dad and I to watch these movies and my Dad has now declared that he is going to have a movie watching marathon now. :) If you want a more complete list with ratings and a quick synopsis my Dad actually has a master list so contact me if you're interested. :) For right now... just watch these movies! 

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4 comments:

  1. Ahhhh!! This list is awesome!!!
    I have several of the same favorite movies as you!!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by! I love your blog. :)

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  2. Such great lists! I see some favorites- Casablanca, The Incredibles, Ivanhoe, sense & Sensibility... even That Darn Cat (loved that as a kid). And of course Star Wars and The Avengers... you and your dad have some great picks here! Fun post.

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    1. Thanks! I can't get enough of those movies! :)

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