The Best Ever Movies

As I am in my third week of pneumonia and bronchitis, my mind does funny things. A couple of days ago, I made a list of the best movies I've seen during my life. There are about 100. Be warned that I think that older movies are better than 99% of what comes out these days. If any one is familiar with all of these movies, I'd like to hear from you. We have a kinship. If some decide to watch some of these, please don't neglect the silents on the list. They are amazing and often copied. If you think "Star Wars" was an original effort, watch "The Searchers." Lucas says it was a major influence on "Star Wars." The theme of a young man trying to find his way as he searches for his sister is powerful in both.

My list is roughly in order of preference although that could change when I get well! If you haven't seen many of these, try the top one or two from each category. You are in for a treat.

Blessings!

Movies

The very best:

Lawrence of Arabia

How Green Was My Valley

The Third Man

The Bridge on the River Kwai

To Kill a Mockingbird

Red River

A Man for All Seasons

Casablanca

Ben Hur

The Ten Commandments

Westerns:

Red River

The Searchers

High Noon

My Darlin' Clementine

Stagecoach

Will Penney

The Stalking Moon

The Westerner

Winchester 73

Shane

True Grit (John Wayne)

Lonesome Dove

Action/adventure:

Gunga Din

The Guns of Navarone

North by Northwest

The African Queen

The Sea Hawk

Master and Commander

Captain Horatio Hornblower (Gregory Peck)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Indiana Jones

Comedy:

A Night at the Opera

The Gold Rush (silent)

Bringing Up Baby

The Odd Couple

The General (silent)

Mr. Roberts

Some Like It Hot

Napoleon Dynamite

Romance:

Casablanca

The Quiet Man

Dr. Zhivago

The Shop Around the Corner

Roman Holiday

Ninotchka

An Affair to Remember

Love in the Afternoon

Sleepless in Seattle

Musicals:

Fiddler on the Roof

My Fair Lady

The Sound of Music

Oklahoma

South Pacific

Carousel

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Oliver

Mary Poppins

Phantom of the Opera

An American in Paris

Singing in the Rain

War:

Wings (silent)

Pork Chop Hill

The Winds of War

Battleground

Gettysburg

The Great Escape

Drama:

A Man for All Seasons

Double Indemnity

The Maltese Falcon

Key Largo

The Grand Illusion

The Elephant Man

The Apartment

The Days of Wine and Roses

Laura

Bad Day at Black Rock

Science Fiction:

2001

Star Wars

Them!

Animated:

Snow White

Fantasia

Pinoccio

Bambi

Up

Cars

Toy Story 1&2

Pixar Shorts

Actors/actresses:

Cary Grant

Gregory Peck

Audrey Hepburn

Kathryn Hepburn

James Stewart

Ingrid Bergman

Peter O'Toole

Humphrey Bogart

William Powell

Greer Garson

Walter Brennan

Harrison Ford

Best Movie Music:

The Sea Hawk

Red River

Lawrence of Arabia

Dr. Zhivago

How Green Was My Valley

The Alamo