I am a BIG movie lover. Always have been. Movies have always been an escape from day-to-day life that has brought much pleasure over the years. I am also a HUGE Reality TV junkie. I have compiled a list of my favorite binge-worthy movies in this blog and in the next blog I will list my favorite binge-worthy shows to get you through your downtime.
First of all, nobody can seem to come up with a new storyline! Scriptwriters have turned to reinventing old movies from 20-30 years ago (or old enough that the target audience has never heard of it) and releasing them. In most cases, the new versions of the original movies are NEVER as good as the original, but that is not to say there aren’t good original storylines in modern movies. So, here is a list of some of my favorite movies in no particular order. There is something for everyone. Caution: Some of these are real tearjerkers and some are real spine-tinglers!
DRAMA GENRE:
A Dog’s Purpose (2017)
Ghost (1990)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Slingblade (1996)
The Mule (2018)
Traffic (2000)
GodFather (1972) and Godfather 2 (1974)
Goodfellas (1990)
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Cast Away (2000)
Forest Gump (1994)
Harry Potter (all movies) (2001-2011)
ROMANCE:
The Notebook (2004)
The Way We Were (1973)
A Star is Born (2018)
Titanic (1997)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Casablanca (1942)
Carlito’s Way (1993)
Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
COMEDY:
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Bowfinger (1999)
Big (1988)
American Pie (1999)
Beetlejuice (1988)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Napolean Dynamite (2004)
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Risky Business (1983)
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
The Hangover (2009)
Austin Powers (1997)
The Princess Bride (1987)
FAMILY:
Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019)
Toy Story (1995)/Toy Story 2 (1999)/Toy Story 3 (2010)/Toy Story 4 (2019)
Monsters Inc (2001)
Finding Nemo (2003)
UP (2009)
ET (1982)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Shrek (2001) and Shrek 2 (2004)
All the Disney Princess movies
HORROR GENRE:
JAWS (1975) and JAWS 2 (1978)
Chernobyl Diaries (2012)
You’re Next (2011)
Get Out (2017)
US (2019)
Invisible Man (2020)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Pyscho (1960)
The Birds (1963)
Carrie (1976)
Midsommar (2019)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Shining (1980)
Gerald’s Game (2017)
Wrong Turn (2003)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Descent (2006)
The Purge (2013)/The Purge Anarchy (2014)/The Purge: Election Year (2016)/The Purge: First Purge (2018)
Birdbox (2018)
SCI-FI:
Aliens (1986)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Shape of Water (2017)
Passengers (2016)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Her (2013)
Avatar (2009)
Westworld (1973) and Futureworld (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
