50 Films—Sarah, with notes

(As originally send via e-mail on 8 March, 2002, and subsequently published in Vol. I, No. 3 of “The 50 Films Club Newsletter,” May, of that year…)

50 films Sarah would gladly watch again are…

The African Queen
All About Eve
—“B. Davis vehicle”
All About My Mother
Almost Famous
American Graffiti
Animal House
Annie Hall
—“token W. Allen”
Apocalypse Now
A Beautiful Mind
Beauty and the Beast
—“Cocteau/not animated”
Before Night Falls
Belle du Jour
— “saw Catherine Deneuve in NYC once. Beautiful”
Blazing Saddles
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Bridget Jones’ Diary
Caddyshack
Camille
—“See what Garbo was all about”
Casablanca
A Christmas Story
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Empire of the Sun
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Forrest Gump
—“the times of my life”
Gone With the Wind
The Graduate
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
—“first ‘new’ musical, blows away ‘Moulin Rouge’”
Indochine
—“Catherine Deneuve, still beautiful, damn it!”
It’s a Wonderful Life
The King and I
—“Yul Brynner version”
A Man and a Woman
Mulholland Drive
—“my pick for best picture of [2002]”
The Manchurian Candidate
Mississippi Masala
—“made me look forward to ‘Monsoon Wedding’”
Mildred Pierce
—“J. Crawford vehicle”
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Vegas Vacation
Ninotchka
—“Garbo as funny girl”
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Raise the Red Lantern
Rebel Without a Cause
—“James Dean, what a loss”
The Red Shoes
Seven Samurai
—“Akira Kurasawa — do yourself a favor”
Singing in the Rain
Smoke Signals
—“this film is embarrass-yourself funny while still addressing serious issues on a Native American reservation in Cour d’Alene, Idaho.”
Splendor in the Grass
—“12-hanky movie”
The Tango Lesson
—“In, count ‘em, three languages. Be patient in the beginning. You have to separate the two plot lines. You’ll crave more tango. A Sally Potter film –she also stars.”
Thelma and Louise
— “If you have to die, why not drive a convertible off a cliff?”
Topkai
The Way We Were
—“only Streisand movie I can stomach”
The Wizard of Oz