My Favorite Movies: Sixty-six years of theater going

began in 1956, Burtonwood, England, on an US Air Force Base. The movie theater was right across a large grass field from our quarters. I was six and a show cost a quarter (.25). Mostly, my older brother and I would watch movies starring Elvis Presley. He was my first hero.

So with this list, I’ll start there. However from there, in no particular order. This post was inspired by my good friend, Jersey Mike. Who, by the way, is half my age and recently shared with me his top twenty-five of all time. In order! I can’t do that.

The Experience

of ‘going to the movies’ has sure changed since the mid-fifties. As have many things. But what hasn’t changed is the elements of a good story. The experience of the hero’s journey. I love it! Because it usually has adventure, danger, and romance. Moreover, it resembles real life because sometimes the hero loses.

Without further ado, The List:

1. Girls, Girls, Girls
2. Pretty Woman
3. Body Heat
4. Wild
5. Molly’s Game
6. Sniper: Reloaded
7. Top Gun
8. A Few Good Men
9. Legends of the Fall
10. Proof of Life
11. The Edge
12. Gladiator
13. A Fistful of Dollars
14. Tombstone
15. Rio Lobo
16. Kodachrome
17. On Golden Pond
18. The Misfits
19. A River Runs Through It
20. Heat
21. Sometimes A Great Notion
22. Downhill Racer
23. Casablanca
24. The Color of Money
25. Urban Cowboy
26. Pulp Fiction
27. The Legend of Tarzan

Themes

and heroes probably say something about a person’s preferences. Which in turn likely reveals aspects of one’s personality.

What do you think?

The Call of the Wild

is my calling, no doubt. Be it The Jungle, The Wild Blue Yonder, The Wild West, The Arena, The Casino, The Great Outdoors, or the War Zone.