500-476 Great Films
500. LOST HORIZON (1937) U.S.
Director: Frank Capra
Beautifully told story of a hidden Shangra-La paradise in the Himalayas, contrasting Man’s greed with never aging or living in conflict. Oh, the choices we make!
499. FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950) U.S.
Director: Vincent Minnelli
A quintessential complicated comedy of the chaos in losing a daughter to marriage.
498. THE KID (1921) (Silent) U.S.
Director: Charles Chaplin
Chaplin’s breakthrough comedy masterpiece, with Jackie Cooper, setting the standard.
497. STAGECOACH (1939) U.S.
Director: John Ford
John Ford’s classic that established John Wayne as a star and the western as a genre.
496. BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984) (Ed.) U.S.
Director: Woody Allen
The bullets are flying amid helium gas leaks in one of the funniest scenes ever filmed.
495. ALEXANDER NEVSKY (1938) USSR
Director: Sergei Eisenstein / Dmitri Vaselyev
The montage of the battle scenes are second to none, especially the battle on the ice.
494. THE WOMEN (1939) U.S.
Director: George Cukor
The all-star female comedy of wit and the interaction of the women whose lives intermingle is amazingly funny and relevant.
493. SECONDS (1966) (Ed.) U.S.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Science fiction, heartbreaking, and astonishing. A bleak look into loneliness.
492. YOJIMBO (1961) Japan
Director: Akira Kurosawa’s
Kurosawa’s epic warlord tale of mistaken identity.
491. LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (2007) (Ed.) U.S.
Director: Greg Gillespie
Perhaps the best comedy about delusional love since Harvey.
490. THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) U.S.
Director: James Whale
The classic Frankenstein tale just as riveting as the original.
489. INVICTUS (2009) (BST) U.S.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Inspiring South African rugby championship to help bring an end to Apartheid.
488. LITTLE WOMEN (1994) U.S.
Director: Gillian Armstrong Beautifully crafted and acted as one of the best versions of this Louisa May Alcott story of a family pulling together.
487. THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) U.S.
Director: George Stevens
Hilarious and sophisticated, where can someone stay when all accommodations are full.
486. OUR HOSPITALITY (Silent) (1923) U.S.
Director: Buster Keaton / John G. Blystone
A different take on the Hatfield and McCoy feud, with hilarious stunts.
485. The CURIOUS CASE of BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008) (Ed) U.S.
Director: David Fincher
A Fascinating story and study with a modern twist, of the perils of aging backwards
484. The WATERHORSE - LEGEND of the DEEP (2007) U.S. / U.K.
Director: Jay Russell
Beautiful told family fantasy and story taking place during World War II.
483. THE BLIND SIDE (2009) (BST) U.S.
Director: John Lee Hancock
One of the best true stories about a homeless social outcast, and his ultimate triumph.
482. KAGEMUSHA (1980) Japan
Director: Akira Kurosawa
What happens when a warlord insists on hiding his death for three years after a battle?
481. INHERIT THE WIND (1960) U.S.
Director: Stanley Kramer
Great drama about Scopes “monkey trial” in 1927 with religion vs. evolution.
480. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (!939) U.S.
Director: George Marshall
Hands down, one of the funniest non-violent westerns ever made.
479. SUPERMAN (1978) U.S.
Director: Richard Donner
One of the modern must-see sci-fi fantasies spawning a new spate of superhero films
478. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) U.S.
Director: John Sturges
The updated modern twist of The Seven Samurai in the American / Mexican west.
477. THE IMITATION GAME (2014) (Ed) (BST] (Bio) U.S. / U.K.
Director: Phil Lord / Christopher Miller
Fascinating character study of breaking the Nazi codes in WWII.
476. GOOD MORNING, VIET NAM (1987) (Ed) (Bio) U.S.
Director: Barry Levinson
Comedy over the airwaves during the horrible backdrop of the Viet Nam war..
