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First, if you are seriously interested in movies, then there are at least 2 web sites that you will have bookmarked by now.

The first is www.imdb.com – the movie database. The amount of movie info and trivia contained in that database is astounding.

The second is www.metacritic.com – for movie, music etc., ratings summaries. Tired of just getting one reviewer’s take on a movie – go to this site and see what a whole lot of reviewers and ordinary people are saying about a particular movie.

I love these two sites and highly recommend them.

Here’s a list of movies I really enjoyed and would recommend at any time. They are not in any particular sequence and the list is not complete.

Pulp Fiction (1994)
Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Duane Whitaker

My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne

Being Julia (2004)
Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Shaun Evans

The White Countess (2005)
Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave

Tea With Mussolini (1999)
Baird Wallace, Charlie Lucas, Cher, Joan Plowright

Moonstruck (1987)
Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia, Olympia Dukakis

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Anna Massey, Charles Kay, Colin Firth, Edward Fox

 

French Kiss (1995)
Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno

 

A Good Year (2006)
Abbie Cornish, Albert Finney, Archie Panjabi, Freddie Highmore

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy

Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone, Judi Dench

Little Women (1994)
Christian Bale, Claire Danes, Donal Logue, Eric Stoltz

Cabaret (1972)
Ahmed Bdeer, Fathy Abdel Wahab, Fritz Wepper, Helmut Griem

Get Shorty (1995)
John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito

Pretty Woman (1990)
Julia Roberts, Laura San Giacomo, Richard Gere, Hector Elizondo

Chocolat (2000)
Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O’Conor, John Wood

 

Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Geraldine Pailhas

Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth

Stage Beauty (2004)
Ben Chaplin, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Claire Higgins

 

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Bill Pullman, Gaby Hoffmann, Meg Ryan, Rosie O’Donnell

You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey

 

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
Robert Downey Jr., Shannyn Sossamon, Val Kilmer, Corbin Bernsen

 

How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Adam Baldwin, Alfre Woodard, Anne Bancroft, Claire Danes

 

The Joy Luck Club (1993)
France Nuyen, Kieu Chinh, Lauren Tom, Lisa Lu

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig

The Fifth Element (1997)
Bruce Willis, Chris Tucker, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm

 

Practical Magic (1998)
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Goran Visnjic, Stockard Channing

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Cher, Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Jenkins

As Good As It Gets (1997)
Helen Hunt, Jack Nicholson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Greg Kinnear

The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges, Elie Raab 

Roman Holiday (1953)
Alfredo Rizzo, Audrey Hepburn, Claudio Ermelli, Eddie Albert

 

Sabrina (1954)
Audrey Hepburn, Ellen Corby, Francis X. Bushman, Humphrey Bogart#35

To Catch a Thief (1955)
Brigitte Auber, Cary Grant, Charles Vanel, Georgette An 

North by Northwest (1959)
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

Houseboat (1958)
Cary Grant, Charles Herbert, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Guardino

Rear Window (1954)
Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter

Unforgiven (1992)
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris

Pale Rider (1985)
Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Andie MacDowell, Anna Chancellor, Charlotte Coleman, Corin Redgrave

The Englishman Who Went up a Hill But Came Down A Mountain (1995)

Colm Meaney, Hugh Grant, Ian Hart, Ian McNeice

Snatch. (2001)

Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Dean Smith, Dennis Farina

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Ben Gazzara, Charles Keating, Denis Leary, Esther Canadas

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, John Kapelos

 

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby

Saving Grace (2000)

Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Denise Coffey, Donald Hewlett

Field of Dreams (1989)
Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann, Ray Liotta

A Walk in the Clouds (1995)
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Alejandra Flores, Angélica Aragón, Anthony Quinn

L.A. Confidential (1997)
Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell

Chinatown (1974)
Diane Ladd, Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, Perry Lopez

Mulholland Drive (2001)
Ann Miller, Naomi Watts, Brent Briscoe, Dan Hedaya

 

Fargo (1996)
Frances McDormand, Harve Presnell, John Carroll, John Carroll Lynn

Immortal Beloved (1994)
Gary Oldman, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbé, Johanna ter Steege

12 Angry Men (Twelve Angry Men) (1957)
Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J Cobb, E.G. Marshall

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, John Megna, Phillip Alford

Casablanca (1943)
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

Valmont (1989)
Aleta Mitchell, Annette Bening, Colin Firth, Fabia Drake

Bagdad Cafe (1988)
CCH Pounder, Christine Kaufmann, Darron Flagg, George Aguilar

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)
Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Lawford, Paul Rodriguez, Diane Ladd

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves

Only You (1994)
Billy Zane, Bonnie Hunt, Fisher Stevens, Joaquim de Almeida

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Angus Macfadyen, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, James Garner

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin