Top 10 Movies You Haven’t Seen

Today, teh interwebs are all about the movies. So, in the interest of giving Greg some choices to ponder and Mme. Piggy a list to carry her into the winter, here are my favorite movies that you probably haven’t seen.

1. A Song Is Born: a bunch of jazz greats in a very silly movie with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo.

2. Streets of Fire: Michael Pare, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Willem Dafoe, Robert Townsend, a sledgehammer duel and one of the two best soundtracks of the eighties.

3. Black Widow: Debra Winger and Theresa Russell in the kind of cat and mouse movie that’s usually reserved for male leads.

4. The Women: the 1939 version. See why the remake was doomed from the start to live in the shadow of the original.

5. Born Yesterday: also the original, because Melanie Griffith is no Judy Holiday. Wide-eyed patriotism at its finest and funniest.

6. Strictly Ballroom: good luck sitting still–and not gaping at the surrealism.

7. Down by Law: Roberto Begnini, Tom Waits, Jim Jarmusch, ice cream, bunnies and jailbreak.

8. Deathtrap: twists, turns, reversals and one of the first big-name gay smooches in the movies.

9. What a Way to Go!: the costumes! The cast! The deaths!

10. Keeping Mum: sweet black comedy as only the British can do it. With Maggie Smith. Rowan Atkinson is the straight man.

So, what overlooked gems have I missed?

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12 thoughts on “Top 10 Movies You Haven’t Seen

  1. 1

    Black Widow. Yes, had I thought of it I would have put it on my list. Strictly Ballroom: Saw it but don’t remember it. You and I both overlooked The Producer. Not The Producers. The Producer. In fact, I’d take The Producers off to put the Producer on.

  2. 5

    That would be mostly meanness in the sense of things being done for petty stakes. I just didn’t care about anything that happened. If I had to add an Altman (which I’d be happy to do), I’d make it Gosford Park. I will never be able to look at drawing room mysteries the same way again, which is good.

  3. 9

    Okay, since everyone who is commenting has seen Strictly Ballroom, maybe I should change that one to I Love You to Death: a study in infidelity and ineptitude–and Keanu Reeves’ most believable role.Dr. J, I have the soundtrack too. Love it, although I prefer Cake’s version of “Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps.”As host, I think I’m going to have to make a ruling in favor of “Netflixing.” We just don’t use enough Xs.

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    Hi, Betül. No, I haven’t seen Oldboy. I’ll have to keep an eye out for it.Mme. Piggy, Clue is indeed excellent. However, if I had to pick a silly mystery to include on my list, it would have to be Murder by Death.

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