When you’ve seen as many movies as I have, sometimes you have to kind of make a game of it. It’s Saturday and there’s nothing to do but watch movies, but you can’t decide which ones.

A few years ago Chris and I were bored one day and we decided to watch all the “Alien” movies back to back. All 4, all day. It was fun. So I decided the next time we wanted to watch a bunch of movies in a row, we should make it a theme. So I wrote a bunch of them down, and movies to go with each theme, and now I’m going to share them with you. I keep coming up with new ones, so I’ll add them as they come to mind. Have fun!

Foodie Flicks
Big Night, Chocolat, Ratatouille, Julie and Julia, Waitress

Summer Break
Dirty Dancing, My Girl, Jaws, The Notebook, One Crazy Summer, Stand By Me, My Girl

Life’s A Drag (Show)
The Birdcage, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar

Coming Of Age (Growing up is hard to do…)
Almost Famous, Superbad, Stand By Me, The Goonies, Dead Poet’s Society

Anti-love Story
Closer, War Of The Roses, Kramer Vs Kramer, American Beauty, Dangerous Liaison

Paying For Love
Pretty Woman, Mysterious Skin, Wedding Date, American Gigolo, Butterfield 8

Bank Robbers
Dog Day Afternoon, Inside Man, Bandits, Bonnie and Clyde, Public Enemy

Paris, In The Movies
An American In Paris, Amelie, Paris Je T’aime, Last Tango In Paris, French Kiss

Cheesy Horrors
Black Sheep, Day of the Dead, Saw 3-5, Shawn of the Dead, Leprechaun, Jack-O

Surfing
Point Break, Blue Crush, Surf’s Up, North Shore

80’s High School
Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High

90’s High School
10 Things I Hate About You, Clueless, She’s All That, American Pie, Cruel Intentions

Let’s Dance
Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, Center Stage, Save The Last Dance, Strictly Ballroom

Brat Pack
The Breakfast Club, St Elmo’s Fire, Pretty In Pink, Weird Science

Stephen King (The Good Ones)
Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Stand By Me, Misery, Shining, Carrie

Time Travel
Back To The Future, Terminator, 12 Monkeys, Planet Of The Apes, Time Machine

Space Travel
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Pitch Black, 2001 Space Odyssey, Zathura, Appolo 13, Star Trek

Puppets/Muppets
Labyrinth, Team American, Dark Crystal, The Muppet Movie

Pick an actor
Like Kate Winslet movies or John Cusack movies.

Hello God, it’s…
Dogma, The Ten Commandments, Stigmata, The Exorcist, The Da Vinci Code

Historical/Ancient times
Gladiator, Troy, Braveheart, Elizabeth, Ben Hur, Sparticus

Corsets, Carriages,
Gone With The Wind, Jane Eyre, Age of Innocence, Phantom Of The Opera (2004), Stardust

Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park

Book Adaptations
Princess Bride, Lord Of The Rings, Silence Of The Lambs, War Of The Worlds

Sports
Jerry Maguire, Breaking Away, Field Of Dreams, Hoosiers, Any Given Sunday

Video Game Adaptation
Resident Evil, Doom, Lara Croft, Mortal Kombat, Silent Hill

The Truth Is Out There…..
E.T, Alien, Cocoon, Galaxy Quest, Men In Black, Predator, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Signs

Vampires ( The ones who suck blood)
Dracula, Interview With A Vampire, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Lost Boys, From Dusk Til Dawn, Salem’s Lot

When One Movie Isn’t Enough….
Indiana Jones movies, Terminator movies, Matrix movies, Die Hard movies, Planet Of The Apes movies

Classics
Casablanca, All About Eve, Roman Holiday, Philadelphia Story, It’s A Wonderful Life,

Miyazaki Anime
Princess Mononoke, Castle In The Sky, Ponyo, Spirited Away, How’s Moving Castle,

Animated
Beauty And The Beast, Alladin, Fern Gully, Little Mermaid, Bambi

Pixar/New Animation
Toy Story, Ice Age, Shrek, Finding Nemo, Monsters INC, A Bug’s Life, WAll-E

Comic Book/Graphic Novel Adaptations
Spiderman, Punisher, Hellboy, X-men, Sin City, 300, The Watchmen

Live action with Animation
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cool World, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins, Avatar

College
Good Will Hunting, Rules Of Attraction, Animal House, PCU, Higher Learning

Disasters, Natural and Otherwise
Armageddon, Day After Tomorrow, Twister, Volcano, Outbreak, Deep Impact

Hitmen/Assassins
The Professional, The Jackal, Gross Point Blank, Ronin, La Femme Nikita

In Prison
Shawshank Redemption, Cool Hand Luke,American History X, Chicago, Papillon

Gangsters
The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Departed, Snatch, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction

Shakespeare
Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Othello, Merchant Of Venice

Post Apocalyptic/Dark Future
I Am Legend, Soylent Green, Blade Runner, Escape From New-York, Logan’s Run, The Road

Chick Flicks (That don’t suck)
When Harry Met Sally, Sabrina ’54, Thelma And Louise, Bridget Jones Diary, Titanic

Treasure Hunts
Goonies, Sahara, Romancing The Stones, Indiana Jones, National Treasure

Pick a Director
Like Tim Burton movies, or Alfred Hitchcock movies.

“Geek” movies
War games, Pirates Of Silicon Valley, The Matrix, Hackers, Antitrust, Swordfish

Fight/Martial Arts
Fight Club, Kill Bill 1&2, Kung Fu Hustle, Enter The Dragon, Rocky

Musicals
Sound Of Music, Singin’ In The Rain, My Fair Lady, Hairspray (2008), Chicago, West Side Story

Remakes/Reinventions
Planet Of The Apes, Psycho, Scarface, Cape Fear, The Fly, Ocean’s Eleven

Remakes/Reinventions plus the Originals
Dangerous Liaison(1988) + Cruel Intentions(1999), Shop Around The Corner(1940) + You’ve Got Mail(1998), Willy Wonka(1971)+ Charlie And The Chocolate Factory(2005)

T.V. Adaptations
Sex And The City, X-files, Charlie’s Angels, Mission Impossible, Get Smart

Music/Band movies
That Thing You Do, Walk The Line, The Commitments, Once, This Is Spinal Tap

Order In The Court
A Few Good Men, 12 Angry Men, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Verdict, Cry In The Dark

Witches And Wizards
Practical Magic, The Craft, Witches, Hocus Pocus, Witches Of Eastwick, Harry Potter movies

Robots/Androids
Terminator, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Star Wars, Short Circuit, Transformers, Robocop

Animals
Jaws, Turner And Hooch, March Of The Penguins, Free Willy, Homeward Bound

Based on True Stories (The Hollywood version of them anyway..)
Zodiac, Monster, Erin Brochovich, The Insider, October Sky, What’s Love Got To Do With It

Padded Walls
The Jacket, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Girl Interrupted, Quills, Manic

Talking Animals
Animal Farm, Howard The Duck, Cats And Dogs, Racing Stripes, Dr. Dolittle

It’s Big, blue, full of fish…
The Abyss, Hunt For Red October, Master And Commander, Pirates Of The Caribbean

I do. Maybe.
Wedding Date, My Best Friend’s Wedding, In and Out, My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Psychiatrist movies
What About Bob, Analyze This, Instinct, Donnie Darko, Stay, Three Faces Of Eve

U.K.
Trainspotting, Love Actually, Fish Called Wanda, Layer Cake, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Foreign/Subtitles
Amelie, Run Lola Run, Wings Of Desire, Life Is Beautiful, Seven Samurai

6 Degrees (each movie has an actor from the previous one watched)

For Example:

1. American Beauty (Kevin Spacey)
2. Seven (Kevin Spacey and Brad Pitt)
3. Fight Club (Brad Pitt and Edward Norton)
4. American History X (Edward Norton)