Movie Recommendations

Deft Ernst Lubitsch story of the clash between a coldly efficient Soviet inspector and Gay Paris in the 1930s. Garbo laughs!

The archetypal stranger who rides in, stands up for the farmers, and rides on. Jack Palance is the spookiest hired gun on film.

Holly Martin (Joseph Cotten) arrives in postwar Vienna only to learn that his best friend has been killed. How, and why? And who was the third man at the scene? Unforgettable zither score by Anton Karas.

I might just give Aliens (1986) an A for an excellent job raising the stakes while injecting some tension-breaking humor. Both deliver nail-biting human vs. monster battles. I didn’t like Alien3 and skipped Alien Resurrection entirely.

Errol Flynn in fine swashbuckling form as wrongly imprisoned Dr. Peter Blood, who commands his fellow convicts when they take over their galley ship.

It’s nearly impossible to resist the charms of this story of intergalactic friendship. Just enjoy.

Fun-loving Cary Grant is engaged to a business-minded heiress, but begins to suspect that black-sheep-sister Katharine Hepburn might be the better catch.

When a police crackdown fails to nab a serial childkiller, the criminal element begins its own search. Years ahead of its time, M raises questions of responsibility and justice that remain unanswered today. (subtitled)

Ryan O’Neal is a traveling con man saddled with a young girl (Tatum O’Neal) who may or may not be his daughter.

Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan are bickering co-workers and anonymous pen pals looking for love.