Movies Watched in 2015/3 [March]
by GypsyNights | created - 02 Mar 2015 | updated - 31 Mar 2015 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.
Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal
Votes: 22,377 | Gross: $41.25M
Totally ridiculous premise. Very loosely based off of a French film from the 1950's of the same name. It's very watchable. Bridges' character is a bit tedious and it's hard to accept his neurotic persona as authentic. Streisand is herself, as always. The real underrated comic genius of the film, however, is Lauren Bacall, who is hilarious. Not a great film, but good watching for those who like this genre.
2. Tuff Turf (1985)
R | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The new kid in school must battle a gang of street toughs after stealing the gang leader's girl.
Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: James Spader, Kim Richards, Paul Mones, Matt Clark
Votes: 5,920 | Gross: $9.40M
Campy goodness! An extremely cliche film, that I still manage to enjoy. Best part about the film is James Spader's sex appeal. Other than that, this film doesn't have much to offer other than some insight into 1980's youths' romanticizing of the blue-collar. The music is also fun. Can't find that Marianne Faithful song anywhere ("Love Hurts")!
3. Reckless (1984)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A motorbike riding loner rebel on the high school football team wins a date with a cute, rich cheerleader. At the high school dance, her boyfriend's behavior leads to a breakup - opening doors.
Director: James Foley | Stars: Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan, Cliff De Young
Votes: 2,360 | Gross: $8.29M
Aiden Quinn's first major role and the lead protagonist. In his role as Johnny Rourke he is extremely compelling and has magnetic charisma. Also, the choice to shoot on location in an East Coast industrial town really made the movie better than it otherwise would have been; the town itself is like its own character and really serves well to set the claustrophobic tone for the entire movie.
4. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum
Votes: 26,019 | Gross: $27.40M
A very charming--albeit dated--film from the mid-1980s. Aiden Quinn is smoking hot and irresistible on screen. Altogether this film is held together by a well-written and very funny screenplay. This film is full of great minor touches that really make it work. It's not Citizen Kane, but it totally succeeds at being a great 1980s comedy!
5. Practical Magic (1998)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.
Director: Griffin Dunne | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 92,963 | Gross: $46.68M
One of those "power of the sisterhood" movies from the 1990s. I don't understand why this movie is so popular; maybe it played a lot on TV? I know my sister had the VHS tape. Also, why were witches such a reoccurring theme in movies and television during the 1990s and early 2000s? Anyway, I only really watched this movie because I knew Aiden Quinn was in it.
6. The Prince of Tides (1991)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.
Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan
Votes: 19,702 | Gross: $74.79M
God, I thought this movie would never end!! Sure did drag on for way too long. A melodrama that manages to simultaneously avoid and embrace various cliches. Nolte and Streisand don't have much screen chemistry either, which makes the movie all the more irredeemable. Also, Streisand's fingernails were terrifying--I'm pretty sure that was not a classy style during the early 90s (or ever) (Am I wrong about this??).
7. One Fine Day (1996)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives of two strangers and their young children unexpectedly intersect on one hectic, stressful day in New York City.
Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz
Votes: 48,495 | Gross: $46.15M
The concept for this film's plot is great, however, the constant foils created by the two children in the film make the film extremely annoying to watch. All I kept thinking was how absurd--and unfunny--the constant "accidents" were. I just wanted to strangle those kids--kids which could have been entertaining and charming on screen, but were instead tiny, unrealistic demons. I basically just wanted to give them a whoopin' every minute they were in frame. Clooney and Pfeiffer have really great charisma and chemistry on screen and are a joy to watch, but don't quite manage to redeem the film as a whole.
8. La Cage aux Folles (1978)
R | 97 min | Comedy
The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent
Votes: 11,898 | Gross: $20.42M
Hilarious. My second time watching this. As an adult the humor made a lot more sense... Great film that has stood the test of time; it's still funny and still deeply relevant.
9. Lady Killer (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay, Leslie Fenton
Votes: 1,880
10. Seinfeld (1989–1998)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander
Votes: 350,907
11. Jane Eyre (2011)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot
Votes: 92,974 | Gross: $11.24M
Second time watching. Better than I remember it being. I think the mini-series with Toby Stephens is the best adaptation so far. But Fassbender does a good job in this. Wasikowska was also better than I remember liking her upon my initial viewing.
12. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 330,226 | Gross: $38.41M
Visually stunning (an earthy palette), a beautiful original score, and not terrible performances. However, the script is atrocious. Dumbs down the story and dialogue for what the script writers must have thought were a bunch of dodos! People don't need to have things "made more simple/consumable" for them. This is why the 1995 mini-series adaptation will remain the best and unrivaled of all P&P adaptations--because it is retains the complexity of Austen's original and is faithful to the characters (whom we all love dearly).
13. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
TV-PG | 55 min | Drama, Romance
While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
Stars: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 92,187
I watch this every year at least once, and I swear it helps me to be a good person. Everyone should watch this adaptation (the best and unrivaled) and read the novel. One of my favorite pieces of film-making.
14. Duck Soup (1933)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Musical
Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 62,711
15. Notting Hill (1999)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans
Votes: 341,905 | Gross: $116.09M
16. Two Night Stand (2014)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
A snowstorm forces two people who made an online connection to unwillingly extend their one-night stand as the blizzard goes through the night.
Director: Max Nichols | Stars: Miles Teller, Lio Tipton, Jessica Szohr, Kid Cudi
Votes: 73,823 | Gross: $0.02M
17. No Strings Attached (I) (2011)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes
Votes: 243,888 | Gross: $70.66M
18. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell
Votes: 215,216 | Gross: $184.93M
19. Mulan (1998)
G | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
To save her father from death in the army, a young maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.
Directors: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook | Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 316,062 | Gross: $120.62M
20. Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Romance
The Brothers Grimm arrive at the home of a wealthy Grande Dame who speaks of the many legends surrounding the fable of the cinder girl before telling the "true" story of her ancestor.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey
Votes: 81,654 | Gross: $65.71M
21. Jane Eyre (1983)
TV-PG | 28 min | Drama, Romance
A young governess falls in love with her mysterious employer, but a terrible secret puts their happiness at risk.
Stars: Zelah Clarke, Timothy Dalton, Carol Gillies, James Marcus
Votes: 3,685
22. Jane Eyre (2006)
TV-PG | 58 min | Drama, Romance
A young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever.
Stars: Ruth Wilson, Toby Stephens, Lorraine Ashbourne, Aidan McArdle
Votes: 22,353
23. Beauty and the Beast: A Latter-Day Tale (2007)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Romance
A modern Christian-themed retelling of the classic fairy tale 'Beauty and the Beast'.
Directors: B.J. Alexander, Brian Brough | Stars: Summer Naomi Smart, Matthew Reese, Everest Bishop, Lindsay Nielson
Votes: 736
24. The Main Event (1979)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring - an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo
Votes: 3,278 | Gross: $42.80M
25. The Beast (1975)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
In order to inherit a fortune a young woman agrees to marry a young man. She soon discovers that his family harbours a dark past involving a monstrous beast.
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Sirpa Lane, Lisbeth Hummel, Elisabeth Kaza, Pierre Benedetti
Votes: 5,338
26. Young Lady Chatterley (1977)
R | 100 min | Drama
Cynthia Chatterley is a young and beautiful, and a bit naïve. She is about to embark on an incredible odyssey of sexual discovery.
Director: Alan Roberts | Stars: Harlee McBride, Peter Ratray, William Beckley, Ann Michelle
Votes: 1,260
27. 9 Songs (2004)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, Music, Romance
In London, intense sexual encounters take place between an American college student, named Lisa, and an English scientist, named Matt, between attending rock concerts.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Robert Levon Been, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Votes: 23,973 | Gross: $0.05M
28. 28 Days (2000)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins
Votes: 54,386 | Gross: $37.17M
29. Taken (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser
Votes: 633,997 | Gross: $145.00M
30. Boys and Girls (2000)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A friendship is put to the ultimate test when two best friends wind up in bed together.
Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, Brendon Ryan Barrett, Gay Thomas Wilson
Votes: 17,593 | Gross: $20.63M
31. Immoral Tales (1973)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
An erotic collection of short stories, an anthology comprised of tantalizing tales about sexual desire and its diverse manifestations.
Director: Walerian Borowczyk | Stars: Lise Danvers, Fabrice Luchini, Charlotte Alexandra, Paloma Picasso
Votes: 5,444
32. Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old San Francisco writer, gets a divorce that leaves her with terminal writer's block and depression. Later, she decides to buy a house in Tuscany in order to change her life.
Director: Audrey Wells | Stars: Diane Lane, Raoul Bova, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan
Votes: 59,437 | Gross: $43.61M
33. The Glass Slipper (1955)
Unrated | 93 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
Tomboyish outcast "Cinder" Ella and the duke's charming son Charles fall in love in this comedic rendition of the classic fairy tale.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Leslie Caron, Michael Wilding, Keenan Wynn, Estelle Winwood
Votes: 1,588 | Gross: $2.97M
34. Dance with a Stranger (1985)
R | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Matthew Carroll
Votes: 2,970 | Gross: $2.17M
One of those movies about horrible people. A romance a la "Wuthering Heights," without any of the charisma. Stellar acting, however, all around.
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