166. Back to the Future

Movie: Back to the Future Release Date: July 3, 1985 Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover. Tag Lines: “He’s the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born. “ “He was never in time for his classes . . .Then one day he wasn’t in…

193. Caddyshack

Movie: Caddyshack Release Date: July 25, 1980 Director: Harold Ramis Starring: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O’Keefe, Bill Murray. Tag Lines: “At last, a comedy that bites!” “Some People Just Don’t Belong.” “The Snobs Against The Slobs!” “Playing A Round Of Golf At The Bushwood Club Isn’t Just Confined To The Golf Course!”…

194. Friday the 13th

Movie: Friday the 13th Release Date: May 9, 1990 Director: Sean S. Cunningham Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bertram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, Kevin Bacon. Tag Lines: “On Friday The 13th, They Began To Die Horribly, One……By One” “Lucky 13? I think not.” “If you think it means bad luck…YOU…

205. History of the World: Part I

Movie: History of the World: Part I Release Date: June 12, 1981 Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman. Tag Lines: “IN MEL WE TRVST!” “Ten million years in the making. The truth, the whole truth, and everything, but the truth!” “…a little something to offend everyone…” Relevance:…

206. Blazing Saddles

Movie: Blazing Saddles Release Date: February 7, 1974 Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks, Alex Karras. Tag Lines: “Mel Brooks and the West! Together for the last time!” “From the people who gave you ‘The Jazz Singer!’” “Never give a saga an even break!” Relevance:…

211. Superman

Movie: Superman Release Date: December 15, 1978 Director: Richard Donner Starring: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glen Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York. Tag Lines: “You’ll believe a man can fly.” “The movie that makes a legend come to life.” Relevance:…

214. On Golden Pond

Movie: On Golden Pond Release Date: December 4, 1981 Director: Mark Rydell Starring: Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau. Tag Lines: “When life is at its finest…when love is at its fullest…” Relevance: ‘On Golden Pond’ was one of those movies that I saw so many times I can’t…

216. Some Like It Hot

Movie: Some Like It Hot Release Date: March 29, 1959 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O’Brien. Tag Lines: “Not since SCARFACE, so much action. Not since the Marx Brothers, so much comedy. Not since THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, so much Marilyn.” “The MOST comedy…

225. Groundhog Day

Movie: Groundhog Day Release Date: February 12, 1993 Director: Harold Ramis Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott. Tag Lines: “He’s having the worst day of his life…over and over…” “He’s having the day of his life…over and over again.” Relevance: In February of 1993, I was starting my final semester of undergrad college. I…

232. Mary Poppins

Movie: Mary Poppins Release Date: August 27, 1964 Director: Robert Stevenson Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher. Reginald Owen, Ed Wynn. Tag Lines: “It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” Relevance: Julie Andrews was one of my mother’s favorite human beings in the world. She thought…