Movie: Good Will Hunting Release Date: December 5, 1997 Director: Gus Van Sant Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgard, Minnie Driver. Tag Lines: “Some people can never believe in themselves, until someone believes in them.” “Wildly charismatic. Impossibly brilliant. Totally rebellious. For the first 20 years of his life, Will Hunting has…
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49. Field of Dreams
Movie: Field of Dreams Release Date: May 5, 1989 Director: Phil Alden Robinson Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster. Tag Lines: “All his life, Ray Kinsella was searching for his dreams. Then one day, his dreams came looking for him.” “If you believe the impossible, the incredible can come…
50. Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
Movie: Pee-wee’s Big Adventure Release Date: August 9, 1985 Director: Tim Burton Starring: Paul Reubens, E. G. Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen. Tag Lines: “You will believe a man can ride a bike.” “The story of a rebel and his bike.” Relevance: I remember watching and loving “The Pee-wee Herman Show” on HBO…
51. Chicago
Movie: Chicago Release Date: December 27, 2002 Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C, Reilly, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Colm Feore, Christine Beranski. Tag Lines: “With the right song and dance, you can get away with murder.” “In a city where everyone loves a legend, there’s only room…
52. Jurassic Park
Movie: Jurassic Park Release Date: June 11, 1993 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, BD Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards. Tag Lines: “Life finds a way.” “Welcome to…” “Unleash the Beasts.” “Caution! Alive Inside.” “The Park is open.” “An adventure…
53. Beaches
Movie: Beaches Release Date: December 21, 1988 Director: Garry Marshall Starring: Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey. Tag Lines: “The Friendship You’ll Always Remember… In The Film You’ll Never Forget.” “Some Friendships Last Forever.” “Friends come and go but there’s always one you’re stuck with for life.” Relevance: My mom was a huge Bette Midler fan, thus…
54. Grease 2
Movie: Grease 2 Release Date: June 11, 1982 Director: Patricia Birch Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, Adrian Zmed, Lorna Luft, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Tab Hunter, Connie Stevens. Tag Lines: “Grease is still the word!” “The Music and Feeling go on Forever.” Relevance: As already reported on this blog, in the…
55. The Breakfast Club
Movie: The Breakfast Club Release Date: February 15, 1985 Director: John Hughes Starring: Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy. Tag Lines: “They only met once, but it changed their lives forever.” “They were five total strangers, with nothing in common, meeting for the first time. A brain, a…
56. Purple Rain
Movie: Purple Rain Release Date: July 27, 1984 Director: Albert Magnoli Starring: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Clarence Williams III. Tag Lines: “This is what it sounds like when doves cry.” Relevance: Sometime in early 1983, I saw a video on MTV for a song called “1999.” I was instantly hooked. Soon after…
57. The Princess Bride
Movie: The Princess Bride Release Date: September 25, 1987 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, Robin Wright, Peter Falk, Billy Crystal. Tag Lines: “The story of a man and a woman who lived happily ever after. Even though the courtship almost killed them.” “Scaling…
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