Thursday, December 25, 2008

A Holiday Movie List

Hey Folks-

Briana's boyfriend, Drew, posted his movie Top 5 lists on a different website, and it seemed like a fun type thing to do, so I'm gonna post my own.

So in any case, Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah or whatever you do or don't celebrate.

Oh...and Thanks Drew for giving me a fun thing I write on a lazy day. (The categories are his...mostly.)

Top 5 Comedies:

1. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
2. Wedding Crashers
3. Anchorman: the Legend Of Ron Burgundy
4. Bowfinger
5. Groundhog Day

Top 5 Drama's:

1. Unforgiven
2. Children of Men
3. American Beauty
4. Goodfellas
5. Road to Perdition

Top 5 Horror:

1. The Shining
2. The Exorcist
3. Dimensia 13
4. Halloween (original)
5. Scream

Top 5 Sci-Fi:

1. Back to the Future
2. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Unbreakable
4. Dark City
5. A Clockwork Orange

Top 5 Disney ( I can't help but think Drew put this in here JUST to get me to respond):

1. Peter Pan
2. The Lion King
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Hercules
5. Fantasia

Top 5 Foreign:

1. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2. The Seven Samurai
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. 8 1/2
5. Ran

Top 5 Romance (chick flicks, but without the bad connotations):

1. Almost Famous
2. The Notebook
3. Sleepless in Seattle
4. Jerry McGuire
5. Pretty Woman

Top 5 Documentaries:

1. American Movie
2. The Thin Blue Line
3. Grizzly Man
4. When We Were Kings
5. Hoop Dreams

Top 5 Action (New Category)
1. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
2. Pirates of the Caribbean
3. The Dark Knight
4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Kill Bill vol. 1

Top 5 Fantasy (New Category)
1. The Lord of the Rings; The Two Towers
2. Ghostbusters
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. The Princess Bride
5. The Lord of the Rings, Return of the King

Top 5 War Movies (New Category)
1. Braveheart
2. Full Metal Jacket
3. Apocalypse Now
4. Saving Private Ryan
5. Tropic Thunder

Top 5 Sports Movies (new Category)
1. Cool Runnings
2. Rudy
3. Hoosiers
4. Rocky IV
5. Seabiscuit

Top 5 Steve Martin Movies: (Kinda random, Drew)

1. Bowfinger
2. Three Amigos
3. The Spanish Prisoner
4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
5. L.A. Story

Top 5 Directors:

1. Kubrick
2. Scorsese
3. Coen Brothers
4. Wes Anderson
5. Spielberg

Top 5 Christmas Movies

1) Christmas Vacation
2) The Family Stone
3) A Christmas Story
4) Miracle on 34th Street
5) It's a Wonderful Life

Top 5 All Time Favorites (This is really impossible. Seriously)

1. Peter Pan
2. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
3. Unforgiven
4. Unbreakable
5. The Lion King

Merry Christmas Everybody!

2 comments:

djphob said...

The Jerk? Where's The Jerk? Where, Dan? WHERE?

And also... While I do enjoy viewing The Family Stone--its #2?

Oh. Rachel McAdams, I bet.

Beefy Muchacho said...

Rachel McAdams indeed. She's... she's awesome.

And while I like The Jerk, I could only pick 5 and to be honest... it's probably #6 for me.