Steel Magnolias (1989)

Steel Magnolias (1989)

[8] The film adaptation of Robert Harling's play is unabashedly melodramatic, nostalgic, and sentimental. Some of those qualities usually annoy the hell out of me, but the ensemble of great actresses and the slew of memorable one-liners make Steel Magnolias…
Swingers (1996)

Swingers (1996)

[2] Swingers is the reason we cannot let college students with broken hearts have movie cameras. If I had to say something nice about the movie, which somehow launched the careers of director Doug Liman and writer Jon Favreau, it's…
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

[6] In order to make The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson and company first had to make the financiers a sequel to their successful Muppet Movie. And so The Great Muppet Caper was born. It's not as epic or inspirational as…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

[6] Director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) takes us once more to the Marigold well, reuniting all the original cast members and throwing Richard Gere into the mix. Gere plays a mysterious American who may or may not be a…
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)

[7] John Madden, the director of Shakespeare in Love, serves up an adaptation of Debora Moggach's novel about an eclectic group of aging Brits who manage to turn their lives around for the better at a rundown hotel in India.…
Nebraska (2013)

Nebraska (2013)

[6] Alexander Payne (Election, About Schmidt) directs from a script by Bob Nelson this father/son road trip story about a senile old man who mistakenly thinks he's won a Publisher's Sweepstakes and insists on getting to Lincoln, Nebraska, to pick…
Splash (1984)

Splash (1984)

[6] Splash is a sweet-enough fantasy rom-com from Ron Howard (his second feature). Tom Hanks stars as a man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who just happens to be a mermaid. Darryl Hannah plays the fish; John…
Behind the Candleabra (2013)

Behind the Candleabra (2013)

[7] Michael Douglas plays Liberace for director Steven Soderbergh in this fast-paced tragi-romantic-dark comedy about the famed pianist's five-year relationship with a man forty years his senior. Matt Damon plays young Scott Thorson, the naive pretty boy who falls under…
Screwballs (1983)

Screwballs (1983)

[7] Screwballs and others of its ilk were one of few ways a teenager could hope to 'sneak a peek' in the pre-internet days. Today, boobs are just a mouse click away, and you don't have to be coy about…
A Boy and His Dog (1975)

A Boy and His Dog (1975)

[7] A horny teenager and his dog communicate telepathically while wandering a post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of food and women in this adaptation of Harlan Ellison's novella. The heart of the movie is the antagonistic but loving relationship between its…