Movie Recommendations

Katharine Hepburn (in a role written for her), Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart—the delightful script is just an added bonus.

Great songs, dancing, and a truly funny story about the turmoil in Hollywood due to the advent of talkies. Dignity. Always dignity.

Robert Redford accidentally survives the execution of his entire office—an obscure government branch paid to read books. Now he must stay alive long enough to figure out what information is worth killing for.

Another one where comedy, drama, and romance interact with wit and heart. Jack Lemmon is the schmoe trying to be a mensch and win Shirley Maclaine.

Exquisite blend of suspense, romance, and comedy as Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, et al. seek her dead husband’s stolen fortune.

Monty Python alums John Cleese and Michael Palin join psychotic ex-CIA agent Kevin Kline and lover Jamie Lee Curtis in this jewel-robbery caper.

Peter O’Toole and Audrey Hepburn team up to steal a statue her father has forged.

The preeminent film noir. Bogart is hard-boiled sleuth Sam Spade, on the trail of a gem-encrusted statuette.

Any individual movie probably gets an M, but there are enough classic bits scattered throughout for the series to rate an F. The only ones worth watching are The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Srikes Again, and Revenge of the Pink Panther.

New babysitter Lynn Belvedere has one simple explanation for the household’s transformation: I am a genius.