Now that the weather is changing to have excuses to grab that ol’ Snuggie, comfort goodies and get cozy on the couch with good flicks, I wanted to incorporate my favorite top ten most favorite movies for my Top Ten Tuesday. Hopefully this will either remind you of a good flick or introduce you to one. I have a list that should appease most everyone from romantic comedy to action packed, including a couple must see movies during the holidays! I included the trailers to maximize the relive or introduction moment! Enjoy!
10.) Love Actually – Ok, so it is number 10, but it is a must see and one of the best love-happy movies I have ever seen. I watch this while decorating my Christmas Tree each year! Even the hubs likes this movie!
9.) Planes, Trains, and Automobiles – I can relate to this movie more than you know and I may be reenacting the “F—ing scene” this Turkey Day while I am at the Alamo car rental kiosk when visiting Colorado based family.
8.) Tommy Boy – I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie. There is not a scene that I don’t think is hilarious and is a movie that makes me miss Chris Farley very much.
7.) Pride and Prejudice/Juno (they have to share because they rate exactly the same and tied for this spot) – Let’s start with Pride and Prejudice– I know some of you would think it is a yawn, but I just love it. Elizabeth Bennett reminds me of how I think I would have been during that time period. I also love the family dynamic and the father, played by Donald Sutherland, is just a warm and hilarious character that I adore This is the ONLY Jane Austen movie I like.
Juno- Seriously, this movie rocks. I love the lines, the story of how this screenplay came about and most of all the family dynamic. I love how everyone handled this “garbage dump of a situation”. I hope that if I am ever faced with this type of problem with my girls I will use this movie as an inspiration.
6.) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – OK, this is my life to a T during the holidays. We must watch this at lest three times during the holidays. I have many of these lines memorized and actually use during the season!
5.) Fargo – I love a good “dark” movie. Yes, it is a bit disturbing because it is based on a true story, but it is an amazing flick!
4.) Christmas Story – If you don’t like this movie, something is very wrong with you and we can’t be in the same social circle. I look forward to the holidays for this specific movie. I have no idea how many times I see this every holiday season since we leave it on in the background starting Christmas Eve and all day Christmas Day via TBS’s 24- hours of a Christmas Story.
3.) Pulp Fiction – This made the top three. It is a bit on the raw violence side, but it is an amazing movie. The “bring out the gimp” scene s a bit distrubing to me, but that is what the FF button is for. The one thing I noticed, is that this movie does not have a specific score behind the scenes. You know that this is a movie that has legs when you don’t have to have a score for scenes!
2.) Steel Magnolias – I know, a total chick flick, but anytime I see this on, I stop what I am doing and watch it . . . and yes cry like a baby each and every time. Shirley Maclain and Olympia Dukakis are my favorite characters in this movie. I actually love the quote by Olympia Dukakis said to Dolly Parton, “You know what they say, If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, come sit by me!” That is usually how I open each “gossip girl’s night out”.
1.) Shawshank Redemption – I can’t tell you how much I love this movie. This movie speaks for itself and that is why it is number 1!
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