For me,  picking 10 favorite movies out of a countless number of films out there is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child.

It’s not quite “Sophie’s Choice”, but it’s difficult for me. There are so many great movies out there. I thought I’d make up a list of my favorites, and see what makes the cut. I just couldn’t pick 10. Not possible. So I picked 13. So I picked some of them based on my favorites of a certain categorie. Like my favorite Disney, my favorite Hitchcock etc…

So here they are. So far. In no particular order….

1. The Goodbye Girl (1979) (This is my favorite movie, hands down. It’s smart, funny and it didn’t need sex, violence or cursing to pull it off. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against all that stuff. Pulp Fiction and Big Lebowski wouldn’t work as well without the “F” word  and guns, and how provocative would The Reader have been if all they’d done was kiss and hold hands.)

2. Beauty And The Beast (It’s my favorite Disney movie, but still one of my favorites.

3. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (My favorite Newman film. He was so beautiful and tortured. And Elizabeth Taylor. Whew! Incredible. )

4. All About Eve

5. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. (So original, this movie was refreshing.)

6. American Beauty

7. Seven (Morgan Freeman. Kevin Spacey. Need I say more?)

8. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (These movies made me love fantasy.)

9. The Green Mile (Favorite King movie. It was hard to pick it over Shawshank, but the Mile made me cry twice reading it, and every time I watch it. And I’m not a movie crier.)

10. Singing In The Rain (Favorite musical, and favorite Gene Kelly)

11. The Sixth Sense (Back when “a twist ending” meant the ending was surprising. Now it’s used as a marketing ploy to get people to watch their movies).

12. Vertigo (Favorite Hitchcock)

13. Edward Scissorhands (Favorite Tim Burton Flick)

So there they are. I mourn the ones I had to omit. Like Fight Club and American History X (basically anything that involves Ed Norton with no shirt….)

For a few weeks, in lieu of posting boring updates on my facebook profile, I’d been posting some of my favorite movie quotes from the ‘AFI top 100 of all time’.

Here are some of my own personal favorite movie quotes from some of my favorite movies. Some are really more than quotes. I have a full paragraph speech in here.

WARNING: Some of these aren’t clean. I don’t just watch Disney movies, so if you get offended by the “F” word, and I don’t mean food, then you probably shouldn’t read this.

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND:
-(Clementine) I’m just a fucked up girl looking for her own peace of mind. Don’t assign me yours.

BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY:
-(Mark Darcy)I like you very much, just as you are

SAY ANYTHING:
-(Lloyd) I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen.

THE GOODBYE GIRL:
-(Eliott) I’m not crazy about the rules
(Paula) You’re not?
(Eliott) Definitely not. I am paying the rent; I will make-a-da rules. I like to take showers every morning and I don’t like the panties drying on the rod. I like to cook so I will use the kitchen whenever I damn well please and I am very particular about my condiments so, keep your salt and pepper to yourself. I also play the guitar in the middle of the night whenever I cannot sleep and I meditate every morning complete with chanting and burning incense so if you’ve got to walk around I’d appreciate a little tip-toeing. Also, I sleep in the nude. Au buffo. Winter and summer rain or snow with the window open and because I may have to go to the potty or to the fridge in the middle of the night and because I don’t want to put on jammies which I do not own in the first place… unless you’re looking for a quick thrill or your daughter an advanced education I would keep my door closed. Thems my rules and regulations how does that grab you?

-(Eliott) Do me the courtesy of hearing me out. Please? You are not the only one who can scream rape, you know?

-(Eliott) You really ought to try some of this, you know? It’s got whole bran in it. My feeling is that your whole problem stems from irregularity.

-(Eliott) Miss McFadden, this morning I start rehearsals for my very first New York play. Probably the most important day of my life. Am I nervous? No, I am not nervous. Because I have meditated I am relaxed, I am calm, I am confident. You, on the other hand, have not meditated. Therefore you are a pain in the ass.

AMERICAN BEAUTY:
-(Lester) Her husband. We’ve met before, but something tells me you’re going to remember me this time.

-(Lester) This isn’t life, it’s just stuff. And it’s become more important to you than living. Well, honey, that’s just nuts.

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