Desert Island Movies
by AConradG | created - 11 Aug 2011 | updated - 22 Oct 2011 | PublicIf you were forever exiled to a desert island that - inexplicably - had all the necessary A/V equipment, what five movies would you choose to bring, and watch for the rest of your life?
Of course most people have more than five favorite movies, but forcing you to choose is an interesting exercise: you can get at what really matters to you.
My five:
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1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 719,370 | Gross: $56.95M
So complex you can watch it over and over again, notice new wrinkles, and draw new conclusions.
2. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 73,833
I never get tired of watching it.
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley
Votes: 1,210,228 | Gross: $305.41M
My guilty pleasure, I guess. It has the normal Disney flaws, but it's so well written and mostly well-acted that it makes up for it ten-fold.
4. The Graduate (1967)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels
Votes: 288,379 | Gross: $104.95M
Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft make me laugh no matter how many times I've seen it.
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
R | 154 min | Crime, Drama
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis
Votes: 2,219,716 | Gross: $107.93M
So many unforgettable scenes.
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