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Becky's 100 Favorite Movies

(not actual) Reader Question: May I just say for the record that I'm not sure how this blog has never posted a list of favorite movies?  I mean, you've posted favorite books and bands and even songs but not movies?  What the hey?


(actual) Blogger Response:  You're exactly right, fictional reader!  It's gonna be a task for sure....not just the listing, but the ranking.  Sheesh.  I better get started right now!


(not actual) Reader Response: You're the best, mysterious lady blogger!  Can't wait to see the list!


100) Titanic
99) Sideways
98) Look Who's Talking
97) Clue
96) Real Genius
94) Rocky
93) The Full Monty
92) Forest Gump
91) Forget Paris
90) Sex and the City
89) The Witches of Eastwick
88) Rudy
87) Shakespeare in Love
86) Castaway
85) Housesitter
84) Ray
83) The Godfather
82) Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
81) Barefoot in the Park
80) Terms of Endearment
79) Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
78) 200 Cigarettes
77) Fargo
76) Good Will Hunting
75) How to Marry a Millionaire
74) The Best Man
73) La Bamba
72) Copland
71) E.T.
70) The Empire Strikes Back
69) Mean Girls
68) Courage Under Fire
67) Cousins
66) The Karate Kid
65) Edward Scissorhands
64) Walk the Line
63) The Godfather II
62) Four Weddings and a Funeral
61) Clueless
60) Gone With the Wind
59) Erin Brockovich
58) The Way We Were
57) Norma Rae
56) The Muppets Take Manhattan
55) The Color Purple
54) You've Got Mail
53) Good Fellas
52) Jerry Maguire
51) Dirty Dancing
50) Rear Window
49) Steel Magnolias
48) Sixteen Candles
47) Coal Miner's Daughter
46) Brokeback Mountain
45) The Runaway Bride
44) Back to the Future
43) Gosford Park
42) Before Sunrise
41) Whip It
40) Dangerous Liasons
39) Weekend at Bernie's (see above for subtle "Friends" reference)
38) Bridget Jones' Diary
37) Sweet Dreams
36) The Notebook
35) Half-Baked
34) Dead Poet's Society
33) Breakfast at Tiffany's
32) The Outsiders
31) Better Off Dead
30) The Hunger Games       
29) Ghost
28) Don Juan DeMarco                           
27) Ghostbusters
26) Stand by Me
25) It's a Wonderful Life                   
24) Crimes of the Heart
23) Dr. Zhivago                                  
22) American Gangster
21) My Big Fat Greek Wedding
20) Running on Empty                          
19) The Princess Bride
18) Boyz n the Hood
17) Love Actually                       
16) High Fidelity                              
15) Amelie
14) Office Space
13) P.C.U.
12) Almost Famous                        
11) Dazed and Confused
10) The Baxter
9) Crossing Delancey
8) Say Anything
7) The Age of Innocence
6) Singles
5) Juno
4) Moonstruck
3) The Last of the Mohicans
2) Reality Bites
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