Movie Recommendations

Try and watch it with fresh eyes; this film speaks to our need both for dreams and the ability to live without them.

Though the Pythons have trouble ending their works, this epic sendup has numerous great moments throughout.

American John Wayne returns to the Irish village of his youth and falls for Maureen O’Hara—but he refuses to fight her domineering brother for her dowry.

When musicians Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis accidentally witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, the only way to get out of town alive is to join an all-women’s jazz band. Guess which one gets Marilyn Monroe.

Chilling account of one man’s search for his lover, who disappears at a highway rest stop. As usual, don’t bother with the remake—even though it’s by the same director. (subtitled)

The apotheosis of college-reunion movies, this Lawrence Kasdan film offers a terrific ensemble cast and a classy soundtrack.

Those with a dark sense of humor will appreciate this story of hitman John Cusack’s return home for his 10-year high school reunion.

Another Hitchcock take on the innocent man on the run, this time with the charm of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Sainte.

In Rob Reiner’s excellent film of a Stephen King short story, four young boys in the 1950s bond on a hiking trip of discovery.

Wonderfully realized political drama, with Broderick Crawford at the top of his game. Based on poet Robert Penn Warren’s novel, itself a barely disguised portrait of Louisiana senator Huey Kingfish Long.