Favorite Movies

Visiting my friend at the Warner Brothers lot, a group of his fellow employees started discussing their favorite movies. I really started to think about my favorite movies. If anyone asks what my all-time, favorite movie is, I automatically respond Breakfast at Tiffany’s. It is hands down my favorite movie, but what is my second favorite? I drew a blank. I want to be in the movie business. Why can’t I think of my other favorite movies? When I read scripts, I gravitate to in depth, unique plots and developed characters with true emotions. I started thinking about movies that I can literally watch over and over without getting bored. Other than Breakfast at Tiffany’s a slew of other Audrey Hepburn movies come to mind: Sabrina, Roman Holiday, Charade, Wait Until Dark. All fantastic! If you haven’t seen them, do it- now! It’s a shame Audrey only won an Oscar for Roman Holiday because her performance in each of these movies is breathtaking. She is able to fully encompass each character however different the characters are from one another.

What about modern day movies? This year I loved The King’s Speech, Black Swan and Midnight in Paris. Last year I loved An Education. What about my all time modern day favorites? I would have to go with Pride and Prejudice. My friend Emma and I probably watched this movie at least 30 times our freshmen year, and I still love it. Jane Austen is an absolute genius, but then again I am going back to the old writers even if the movie was made recently. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to break it down my favorites by genres.

Drama is up first. Inception. How can you not like Inception?! Christopher Nolan is an absolutely brilliant. The more times I watch Inception, the more I like it. The characters blend flawlessly into the completely unique plot that literally blows my mind. Okay onto the rest of the list: Across the Universe, Atonement, Blow and the Harry Potter series.

Next genre- romantic comedies. There is nothing necessarily profound about rom-coms. They tend to be very stereotypical and fall into a cookie cutter formula where the main characters fall in love in the end. The best ones are able to steer clear of the clichés (for the most part). Newly topping my list is (500) Days of Summer. Next to Garden State, this movie is able to capture all the best feel good feelings of a rom-com without being overly cheesy. Others on my list include: Garden State, You’ve Got Mail and Love Actually.  

Now onto a genre that isn’t exactly known for its cinematic genius- cartoons. A lot of cartoons have little to no plot, but Disney and Pixar have been able to mix a heartfelt plot with comical characters. My favorite cartoon from my childhood will always be The Lion King. Let’s not even discuss it. It is amazing! In my second grade yearbook picture, I actually wore a Nala t-shirt. That is a little embarrassing to admit, but I just wanted you to realize how far back my love for The Lion King goes. Others making the list: Lady and the Tramp, Finding Nemo, Monster’s Inc and Toy Story 1 & 3.

For my last two genres, I only have one movie in each. It isn’t that I don’t like comedies and science fiction; I do but for some reason none really shine. For comedies, I love Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. This could possibly be considered a drama, but it is just so darn funny. Maybe I am more inclined to it because I have a little thing for Robert Downey Jr. Finally my final genre- science fiction. There is one series of movies that standouts from the rest. The Twilight Series. Ha- no I am totally kidding! Star Wars. No, I am not kidding. I love Star Wars. My roommate makes fun of the fact I will always watch it when it is on TV. It doesn’t matter if it is the original three or the new three. I like them all.

What are your favorite movies? I have probably left off about a hundred classics, but I am always looking for good movies to watch and would love suggestions!