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Brianna and her boyfriend, David, came for dinner Sunday and conversation turned, as it often does, to movies — what we’ve seen, what we can’t wait to see, movies we’ve loved, movies we were scared by. Because David is a relative newcomer to the family, our movie mania probably made it seem like we all do nothing but watch movies. We do other things … occasionally … but movies are a large part of who we are.
Since that dinner conversation, I’ve been thinking about how movies really are a big part of my life, have often helped form the person I am.
In that vein, I’ve come up with a list of movies that have had great impact on my life … so far:
12 Pivotal Films
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella
(1965) – Not a theatrical release but a made-for-television production that aired each Thanksgiving for many years so, to me, it signalled the beginning of the holiday season. It’s the first show I remember being my escape from the turmoil we called family, especially as it reached fever pitch during the holidays. It also may be responsible for my obsession with chairs; I’ve collected lots and lots of chairs in my house in search of THE one to go with the lyrics “in my own little corner in my own little chair …”.
The Birds
(1963) – Scared the hell out of me as a child and set the bar for my lifelong taste in scary movies: lots of suspense with minimal gore.
Doctor Zhivago
(1965) — Omar Shariff … need I say more? Except that this one set the bar for my taste in romance films: heartbreak, heartbreak and more heartbreak.
A Star is Born
(1976) — The first movie I wanted to see again and again and again. It also was the first movie to which I bought the soundtrack … and was deeply disappointed upon learning that movie soundtracks didn’t include the dialogue. I loved (loved!) the songs, but had hoped to relive the film again and again as if listening to a radio production.
The Elephant Man
(1980) — I saw this film as part of a psychology class field trip. The teacher, Mr. Marr, was the man I admired most in the whole entire world at that point. After the movie, Mr. Marr cried in front of the class as he lamented the horrors endured by John Merrick, most of which were inflicted by society. Mr. Marr’s tears were my first lesson in what true empathy looks like.
Christianne F. [Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo] (1981) — It was my turn to pick the movie for girls’ night out and I picked a gloomy foreign flick about a teen drug addict living in Berlin. My first subtitled movie … and the last time I got to pick the movie for girls’ night out. I still enjoy offbeat foreign films.
The Big Chill
(1983) – I was recently married and scared and disillusioned about being a grown up. This film made it clear that everyone is scared and disillusioned about being a grown up … and that it all works out okay if you’ve got the right soundtrack.
Terms of Endearment
(1983) – Shirley MacLaine begging for pain meds for Debra Winger … Debra Winger saying goodbye to her sons … . Oh. My. Gosh! Motherhood at its most heart wrenching.
The English Patient
(1996) – Affected me much like Doctor Zhivago, only this time I was an adult — and still a fan of heartbreak, heartbreak, and more heartbreak. Plus, Ralph Fiennes … need I say more?
Boys Don’t Cry
(1999) – This absolutely broke my heart, so much so that I was impelled to make my girls watch it. They really probably weren’t old enough for its graphic violence and theme but I wanted them to see what sheer hate can do in hopes of warning them against ever associating with anyone carrying — and acting upon — such hate.
Amelie
(2001) — Brought the realization that foreign films aren’t just gloom and doom but can be light and lovely. Also, the first subtitled film I made the girls watch … and they adored it (which redeemed me a bit for the forced viewing of “Boys Don’t Cry”).
Moulin Rouge
(2001) – The only movie that, as an adult, I watched again and again … in a row … in one weekend. Four times in one weekend, to be exact. I thought I was a much more seasoned film-goer than that. But with heartbreak, heartbreak, and more heartbreak plus song and dance, how could I possibly resist?
Today’s question:
What are some of your pivotal films?
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p.s. I dropped your name on Gina's post, Barb. ;)
thank you so much Lisa, that helps a lot. I know he tried to blame me for so much stuff, but like I told all of his family and mine none of that added up to a divorce. I do realize it's his needs, it just hurts so bad to think how many years he's
My Favorite Year, When Harry met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, The Princess Bride, Enchanted, Dr. Zhivago…I could go on and on!
I loved Dr. Zhivago so much, I named my daughter after it…………Tonya
and my other daughter after Gone with the Wind………….Tara
The Big Chill is my all-time favorite movie. I often feel like I did not finish the things I set out to do, the ideas that were once important to me that I sometimes feel I walked away from. I, too, hate to think that those lofty goals were just a fad.
Citizen Kane. I saw it as a college student, in a film history class that I adored. It made me view movies in a completely different way; as compelling works of art, rather than entertainment. I recently got to see Citizen in a real movie theater, an old 1920s movie house here in Florida. Mind blowing in a way 3D never will be.
More current: I think “Schindler’s List” will stand as the best movie made among Spielberg’s accomplished generation (Scorese, Coppola, Lucas, etc). I watch it at least once a year and its the only film I ever returned to a theater, on the following night, to see again immediately.
But in case you think I only like b&w: I also love Moulin Rouge. Say what you want about Baz Luhrman, he’s an original (although I wasn’t too crazy about “Australia,” despite Hugh Jackman’s chest).
Looking forward to what others will say! As you can probably tell, I love movies. It makes me sad that so many of them no longer get seen on the big screen, which is a completely different experience.
The Ballad of Narayama is an obscure Japanese film with subtitles that has stayed with me for 27 years since I first saw it. It is about the cycle of life and life on the edge in a desperately poor mountain town in Japan. It is also about accepting aging and death, topics I find quite timely these days.
Wings of Desire (the only movie my son had seen often enough to write a report on it in second grade – I don’t think anyone else chose a subtitled German movie with three languages), American Beauty, Fight Club, Mirrormask, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and I definitely second Amelie.
You hit on most of them with the exception of the subtitled ones. But I LOVE Now Voyager, Laura, and of course the sentimental favorate Gone With The Wind. More reciently is The Usual Suspects. Between the unbelievable cast, the ending is to die for. Very “Hitchcocken”
OMG – I loved The Usual Suspects so much that I named my two male cats “Kaizer” and Soze (Soze may he R.I.P.) in respect of the character KaizerSoze. Also, Thelma and Louise was a big fav and I am ashamed to say that their middle names make them Kaizer Thelma and Soze Louise. What? When will they ever complain? LOL
Heartburn! I don’t really know why this movie affects me so strongly–but the part where she gets on the plane with her daughters makes me feel triumphant and bittersweet all at once
So many…I was just a kid but my older brother took me to see The Planet of the Apes on my 10th b-day..To Kill a Mockingbird all time fav.., Love Story,Life is Beutiful, Sense and Sensiblility and The Namesake..oh,, lets not forget the huge impact the Exorcist was in the 70′s..
I think the movie that most impacted me during my life was Gandhi. Need I say more?
Casablanca, Love Story, Dr. Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Forget Paris, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Signin In The Rain, The King and I etc, etc.,
I love knee slapping silly comedy like George of the Jungle, Clueless, White Chicks.
I love The Emperor’s Club with Kevin Kline about an inspiring story about a revered teaccher and the students whose lives he changes forever. It makes you want to stand up and say you tell him. Also the Judgment At Nuremberg with Spencer Tracy as American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurist. also costaring Burt Lancaster and Judy Garland(1961) is outstanding movie where the lines between right and wrong are drawn. I love the movie Mr. Holland’s opus with Richard Dreyfuss. It explains how it feels when you’ve pu your whole life into something you thought was important and think nobody seems to care after all the years you’ve put into it. Like a job or maybe your family. All of these films have wonderful morals. They make you want to be a better person.
1. Casablanca – Humphrey Bogart is my all time favorite male character – he is not really handsome just utterly cool and highly intelligent. It is a perfect movie – war on the rise, France in the middle, exotic Morocco, and a love story that is complicated and heart wrenching, with a friendship between men that gives one hope for mankind.
2. The Big Sleep - Humphrey Bogart as a detective, with two beautiful wealthy sisters and an aging dad trying to clean up a bit of blackmail. I defy you to follow all the characters and the craziness the first time around. Took me 5 viewings to get it but it keeps you on your seat. HB the coolest of the cool.
3. Now Voyager – Bette Davis as a tormented yet wealthy daughter to an aging matriarch. This is a story for any woman who thinks she cannot rise again and find her own special power – like the Phoenix from the ashes. With the right kind of help we all can heal. Can you say motivating?
4. The Letter - Bette Davis – is it her brilliance and pathology that make this good or the sweet innocence of her suffering husband? A murder story with a twist.
5. Maltese Falcon – Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorie, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet (many of these characters were in Casablanca also) A mystery, some murder, a bad woman, a good secretary, lots of cigarettes…
5.5. To Kill a Mockingbird – Gregory Peck sets the standard for what it means to be a great father and a great man.
6. thru 10. would have to include more recent films such as: English Patient (an amazing movie), Dr. Zhivago, Schindler’s List, High Fidelity (top 5 hilarious), Big Chill
I am so happy to see someone selected “Now Voyager”! I remember seeing it first on T.V. as a teen, and loving the idea of an ugly duckling becoming the beautiful, desirable woman that Bette Davis’s character did. And not only that but she defied her tyrannical mother and stood up for herself. Heady stuff for a teen!
Also, at age 11, my parents took me to see “Gone With the Wind” in a re-release. I was totally taken with the whole Old South thing, the clothes, etc. But I loved the character of Scarlett. I didn’t see her as self-centered and manipulative, I saw her as courageous and strong. I’ve seen the movie now about 20 times, and as I have aged, so has my perspective on it all.
How to make an American Quilt with Wynona Ryder, the story of a group of women making a quilt as they flash back on their lives. Shaw Shank Redemption, another great movie with Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, Fried Green Tomatoes, An Affrair to Remember, great Love story. Double Jeopardy is an excellent movie about a woman accussed of murdering her husband twice. There’s Something About Mary, funny!! While You Were Sleeping. It’s Complicated, etc, etc.
I love, love, love How to Make an American Quilt!! It’s definitely one of my favorites. My ex-husband was the construction coordinator on Fried Green Tomatoes… my 2 youngest kids have “featured extra” parts in the movie. if you’re ever watching it again, look for the scene when the girls are throwing food off the train to the poor folks. My son is the little sad looking blond kid in overalls (the crew gave him a standing ovation when he finished his scene) and my daughter is the little blond girl in a green dress holding onto someone’s hand off screen (my hand – she was too shy to do it alone – she was only 3 yrs old).
I show movies of all kinds to groups in order to stimulate discussion … and here’s a partial list of my personal favorites:
Porgy & Bess
Harold & Maude
South Pacific
To Kill a Mockingbird
Departures (Japanese, won much-deserved Oscar for best foreign film)
Love Actually
Grandpapa et moi (French subtitles) story of a little Jewish boy adopted by a French family during WW2)
Precious
The Golden Compass
Mr. Bean’s Vacation
etc ….
Doctor Zhivago, The Big Chill, American Dreamer, Greece, Jumpin Jack Flash, Beaches, Halloween, and White Christmas.These for me are the ones i watch on the couch with a blanket and popcorn . My safety zone. The movies for “the world needs to go away for awhile”
oh yes, and “Billy Elliot” and “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar”
Yes Billy Elliot that was a great movie!
I LOVE To Wong Foo! I could watch it over and over again and I have. I also love The Bird Cage with Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Hank Azaria. I think it is touching and hysterical at the same time. Hank Azaria almost steals the movie as the houseboy. Gene Hackman and Diane Wiest were great in it too. Anything Nathan Lane does I love.
Ahhh…pivotal films. what a great topic.
1. A Star is Born — but not the same version. I HATED what Barbra Streisand did to a film I love. Seeing the 1954 Judy Garland version literally changed my life. I became a Garland fanatic, and remained so.
2. An Affair to Remember (1957), for a good romance
3. Dave (1953), for how I believe government COULD be.
4. The Birds — can you ever look at a large gathering of birds without feeling just ever so slightly uncomfortable aain?
5. A very obscure Loretta Young movie, “Paula”(1952) about an auto accident that changes the life of a woman and a little boy (a very young Tommy Rettig, who went on to do the Lassie TV series)
6. Bambi (1942) – who can ever forget poor little Bambi crying “Mother! Mother!” after his mother is killed.
7. The Seventh Veil (1945) – James Mason and Ann Todd. Set my lifelong fascinating with distant, tortured men and the women who love them.
8. Showboat (1951) – the first movie I remember seeing.
9. The Blue Veil (1951) – starring Jane Wyman it tells the story of a woman whose husband’s death precipitates a premature birth. The baby dies and she is unable to have children so she makes her living, throughout her life as a nanny. Very corny, formulaic movie, but the ending, when all of her children, now adults, come to visit her is imbedded in my memory banks.
10. The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933), a W.C. Fields short which has provided so much laughter throughout our lives, to say nothing of a lot of our vocabulary!
In no particular order (excepting that Out of Africa remains my all-time favorite and Amadeus my all-time favorite message) edfor personal reasons) movies I have and will watch at any opportunity: City of Angels, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, A Walk in the Clouds, Amedeus, The Patriot, Legends of the Fall, Braveheart, The Philadelphia Story (or most any Tracy/Hepburn movie, Thin Man, or Cary Grant), Planet of the Apes (all of them), Pretty Woman, Sense and Sensibilities, Pride and Prejudice, Lawrence of Arabia, Prince of Tides, Gone with the Wind, The Sound of Music - and then there are the classic mini-series, Winds of War, Shogun, The Thornbirds, Roots.
For those of you who don’t know Amadeus (the story of Molierie and his young upstart rival Motzart), the movie isn’t all that great, but the idea that God gave genius to a few and the ability to recognize but not achieve same also to a few, is a powerful concept that profoundly changed how I see myself. Alas, I am one of those legions who are schooled in the arts and technically proficient, but am saddlied with the absolute knowledge of the difference between proficiency and real creative talent. Falls under the “ignorance is bliss” category, because before Amadeus, I thought I was creative.
I don’t think “talent” is an absolute either/or. We are all creative to different degrees, and the arts enrich the lives of all of us, even if we can’t become professionals.
I was unhappy in my marriage and wanted out but was too afraid (or something) to do it. I was watching Shawshank Redemption and there is a line in that movie “get on with the business of living or get on with the business of dying”. I decided to get on with the business of living and got a divorce.
Amen Sister….
My favorite movies are I Want To Live with Susan Hayward, The Color Purple, Love Story, An Affair to Remember with Deborah Kerr, Blind Terror (See No Evil) with Mia Farrow, Dreamgirls, Gone With the Wind, Sister Act and Sister Act II, and the old House of Wax with Vincent Price. Oh yes, also Ghost.
On the Beach (1959) changed my life. It propelled me right into the peace movement (it’s about the world after a nuclear disaster) and I spent the next dozen years organizing peace marches with the American Friends Service Committee and Women for Peace. Quilts in Women’s Lives was my first date (1980, at the Oakland Museum) with the woman who has been my partner ever since. Would things have been different if we’d seen something else? Probably not, but it is a perfect date movie for two women.
Here’s my favorites list but I wouldn’t say any of them were pivotal: Born Yesterday, Hard Day’s Night, My Dinner with Andre, Lone Star, Fargo, The Sting, Chicago, Harold and Maude, Roman Holiday, Bagdad Cafe, The Iron Giant, Babe, African Queen, Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
Out of Africa (probably my favorite of all), Fargo, Burn After Reading, The Princess Bride, Legends of the Fall, Blind Side, To Kill A Mockingbird, Mary Poppins, The Exorcist & When A Stranger Calls (for scaring me to near death), Thelma & Louise, Hannah & Her Sisters, The French Leutenants Woman, Wall E…
Out of Africa makes me cry every time – I love it so. The cinematography is amazing and they won an Oscar for it (deservedly so). So far, I haven’t seen anyone mention “The Notebook.” My Grandaughters told me that it was amazing and I think it took me a year to see it – then boy howdy what storyline!!!
While my memory resonates to many of the movies named (i.e. The Princess Bride), I decided to name some of my own favourites that haven’t come up:
1. Star Wars (1977) – the original one. I’m a lifelong sci fi enthusiast. I still remember how I felt sitting in a theatre with my husband and watching the words, “A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away….” scroll up the screen for the first time. For me, it was the first movie to offer the same thrill that I got from reading my beloved sci fi books. I loved all of the original trilogy – I stood in line for The Empire Strikes Back just days before my daughter was born – but nothing quite captured the same wonder as the first (or Episode 4 according to Lucas).
2. To Have and To Have Not (1944) – I grew up watching old black & white classics on the “late movie.” This one has always stuck in my memory (especially after I found out it was the movie that introduced Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall). It’s amazing to watch it and realize that this was Bacall’s FIRST movie… she was just a teenager! It’s also the source of all those comments about “all you have to do is whistle,” even though that’s NOT exactly what she said.
3. Back to the Future (1985) – I love the concept, I love the DeLorean, but, most of all, I love the energy of Michael J. Fox
4. Ladyhawke (1985) – the hawk and the wolf at sunrise and sunset – almost touching – hero, heroine, villain, a happy ending after much trauma… what more could you ask for in a love story?
5. The Presidio (1988) – This one features a seasoned Sean Connery (who has aged better than any actor I can think of), along with a young Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan, in a detective story set in San Francisco’s Presidio.
6. Die Hard (1988) – I almost didn’t go to this movie when it came out… I didn’t particularly LIKE Bruce Willis… and I HATE heights so I’d been turned off by the previews. A buddy dragged me to a showing in one of the “cheap” theatres (it had been out for a while) and, within 30 seconds, I was sitting on the edge of my seat, where I stayed until the LAST moment. Talk about STRESSFUL!
7. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) – the combination of action and humor, the setting, the theme song by Bryan Adams. I’ve read the critics… but I still LOVE this movie! “Worth dying for…” indeed!
8. Tombstone (1993) – I’m a long time Western fan… I’ve described myself more than once as having been raised on Zane Grey books and John Wayne movies… and I’ve always been fascinated by the unlikely friendship between lawman Wyatt Earp and gunslinger Doc Holliday. I couldn’t miss going to see both this movie with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer in 1993 and Wyatt Earp with Kevin Costner and Dennis Quaid in 1994. In my opinion, this is the best one. I’ve discussed it with my son, the movie buff in the family, and we agree that it’s because Russell’s version zeros in on the core of the tale instead of trying to cover too much.
9. Gladiator (2000) – I admit I like just about everything that Russell Crowe has done, but this one is special because, to me, the characters dramatically portray what does, and does not, make a leader.
10. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) – It may not be everyone’s cup of tea… but I just REALLY enjoy watching a “girl” kick butt!
I, too, could go on and on… but 10 does seems to be a good place to end! L2
love all your movie choices, we could watch the same movies again and again; I would add Solent Green; Pitch Black; Horizon.
I remember so clearly the first time I saw Solent Green and the moment it hits you (same moment Charleton Heston realizes it) just what properties that all important, life sustaining food source is composed of … wow! very good flick!!
I agree with everyone’s movie choices – all great movies. On your #8 Tombstone – that was my favourite western until American Outlaws came along and I think that has now become my favourite western.
One movie that is not mentioned yet is “Wizard of Oz”. I grew up with this movie and the message if you stay on the yellow brick road you will eventually reach your goal, however, if you stray off the road you will meet all kinds of different dangerous situations. (I have strayed off the road but always managed to find my way back). The path of least resistance seems to be the way the universe directs us.
I love discussing movies. In my family we actually are knownfor having conversations using lines from movies. We enjoy it, but it seems to irritate everyone else . . too bad. My favorites all seem to be epics. The movie that started my love for them was THE VIKINGS, all through my childhood I would hum the themesong from that movie to comfort myself, ( plus I have viking heritage). Then came The Ten Commandments, wow, in it’s day, those effects were so impressive, now they’re somewhat cartoonish, but who can resist Yul Brenner without a shirt, and I liked the religious factor. Gladiator; awesome. Even the old pirate movies, way back when The Black Swan . . loved it. Disaster films, I know them all. I’m not going to continue just because I could go on for days:)
I have to add to this, The Notebook, I was never into sappy love stories. But that one . .wow . . it gave me hope that love continues and endures all.
I went to see the Notebook, alone, a month after my husband was diagnopsed with terminal cancer. I came out of the theater bawling and determined I wanted him to be the first of us to die, as I didn’t want to subject him to being left a widower. So beautiful how Jim Garner answered his wife’s last wish…
The Notebook was a lovely movie. Another movie that is wonderful is Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood. I quote lines from that movie all the time. It really touches my heart. The book was excellent too. Also, Dancing at Lughnasa with Meryl Streep. It is a story about five sisters living in rural Ireland in 1936; so poignant. And another great movie set in Ireland is Waking Ned Devine … this is Irish humor at its best.
So many great titles here, hard to pick which had the biggest impact! Harold and Maude is right up there for several reasons, and like Colleen, I’ve watched it a gazillion times.
I think the Sound of Music is still the quitessential and all around best family movie.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter spoke to me in ways that awoke my empathic and humanitarian side. Splendor in the Grass and Gypsy helped me to understand how judgmentalism shuts down possibility.
My mind is reeling (no pun intended!) right now, so I’ll leave at the ones that popped into my head first.
I was wondering when someone would mention Sound of Music. That is such a feel-good movie with beautiful cinematography, acting and singing and a great ending (all true). And Christopher Plummer. mmmmm! Thelma and Louise is another one that I could watch over and over. It’s the quintessential girl buddies movie in my mind, and so well acted. One of my friends got upset cuz I raved about it and she went to see it and was furious because she didn’t like the ending. But it fit. The Ballad of Cat Ballou was my all time favorite for years and I still get a kick out of it. A Fish Called Wanda is totally funny–Kevin Kline and John Cleese really make the movie. Can’t think of others right now.
Thanks for your post & list! I LOVE movies… always have.. I am going to try to come up with a list off the top of my head on ONE cup of coffee.. Herre goes:
1) Harold & Maude… first movie I bought on DVD and I love the coundtrack and I have watched it close to a hundred times… It is the ONLY movie that I can visualize every scene in it..Maude’s philosophy on life reaffirmed my ideas at an impressionable age and when I watch it now, I still agree with her..except maybe the stealing of the cars..:-)
2) Planes, Trains and Automobiles.. I know, a silly comedy… but it makes me cry too.. The scene between Steve Martin & John Candy…when John confronts Steve’s character.. I can watch it over and over..
3) For romance, hmmm… Sleepless in Seattle,
4) Yo’ve Got Mail
5) Carrie (the ending is different from thr book!!)
6) The original Hills Have Eyes scared me more than any other movie I had ever seen up to that point
7) To Kill a Mockingbird
8) Whats Eating Gilbert Grape?
9) A Night to Remember
10) The Point!!!!! with either Dustin Hoffman or Ringo Starr’s voice.. either one is good..
Lilies of the Field is my absolute favorite movie. For me, it shows how people from very different backgrounds can learn from each other and join together to build community. And then there is Sidney Poitier at his hunky best. If I could only have one film, this would be it.
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is one of my favorite love stories. I particularly like the diachotomy of the happy ending being when she dies and can join him.
Marty is also a favorite. The supposedly unloveable find each other and stand up to the conventions that others wanted to lay on them.
Brigadoon. Not because it is a great movie, although Gene Kelly is always quite something. But because the idea of a place such as that is very appealing.
Lost Horizons, for the same reason.
The Love Letter which was a Hallmark movie. Again with the impossible love, this time across time. I seem to have a theme going here. lol.
Gandhi. For all the obvious reasons.
Hope Floats. Again, not because it is a great movie, but because it struck a chord with things in my own experience.
To Sir, with Love. I am always profoundly touched at the change in the students and the love they then return to the teacher. Also, it’s Sidney Poitier.
The Princess Bride. I have enjoyed it over and over again, with vast quantities of it memorized. And, if you can believe it, the book is even funnier.
Mrs Doubtfire with Robin Williams. It was funny and heartwrenching. I also loved Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Steve Martin, made me laugh and cry. Reba McIntyre was good in Tremors.
Robin really showed off his wonderful Knack for dialects in Mrs. Doubtfire. He truly is a gifted artist. He was wonderful in Good Morning Viet Nam and exceptional in Moscow on the Hudson. He learned to speak Russian for that movie. Planes, Trains and Automobiles was such a terrific movie. I also love Midnight Run with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. I still laugh so hard I cry when I watch this film. Also love the National Lampoon Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase.