I woke up this morning with my head swimming with movies I forgot to mention…fantastic movies that are crying out to be here, and again, I’m sure I could keep going and going… these dozen represent high water marks of talent and performance in my mind.
- Amadeus (Tom Hulce and of course F. Murray Abraham are amazing)
- Breaking the Waves (what an amazing performance by Emily Watson!)
- Marathon Man (Dustin Hoffman and Sir Lawrence Olivier, could you ask for more?)
- The Boys from Brazil (Gregory Peck is haunting)
- The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (the ORIGINAL with Walter Matthau thank you very much)
- Ocean’s 11 (not the original with Frank Sinatra, the new one with George, Brad, Matt and co. Okay, okay – lots of hunky guys who are easy on the eyes)
- Little Big Man (another incredible performance by Dustin Hoffman)
- Bound (Gina Gershon knocks it out of the park)
- The Big Chill (what a cast!)
- The Apartment (Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine are delish)
- Gandhi (Ben Kingsley won the Oscar for this one, as he should have)
- Less Than Zero (Robert Downey Jr. is devastating in this, and it foreshadows aspects of his struggles with drugs in his own life…)
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