11. Bringing Up Baby (1938) “In this screwball comedy, heiress Susan is determined to catch a stuffy zoologist and uses her pet leopard, Baby, to help get his attention. The elements of this farce include a yappy terrier who steals and buries an irreplaceable fossilized bone, a pompous big game hunter, a rich old aunt, a jealous fiancee, and a case of mistaken identity involving a second, and vicious, leopard.” Fun with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant.
12. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) You’re probably wondering how this veryseventies movie made the list. Chalk it up to nostalgia. I saw this movie when I was in high school and loved it so much I had to learn how to play the theme song on my flute. It’s sort of a hippie. flower child movie, but the cinematography is beautiful. And it’s a good story.
13. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as the famous outlaws. This one is probably dated, too, but who cares? “Raindrops are falling on my head . . .”
14. Camelot (1967) “In short, there’s simply not / a more congenial spot / for happily ever aftering than here in Camelot.” I simply refuse to think that this movie has anything to with JFK; King Arthur is much more interesting than the Kennedys.
15. Casablanca (1942) So it’s on everybody’s list. I like it, too. “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”
16. Charade (1963) You have to imagine Audrey Hepbrn and Cary Grant doing this dialog. I’m not sure anyone else could pull it off–even if my kids do say that Grant is old in this movie.
Regina Lampert: I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn’t possibly meet anyone else.
Peter Joshua: Well, if anyone goes on the critical list, let me know.

Peter Joshua: So you think *I’m* the murderer? What do I have to do to convince you that I’m not, be the next victim?
Regina Lampert: Well that would be a start.
17. Chariots of Fire (1981) Chariots is absolutely the most inspiring movie about standing firm for what one believes that I’ve ever seen.
Eric Liddell: I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure
18. A Christmas Carol (1984) With George C. Scott. I like this version best. Gearge C. makes a very concvincing Scrooge, and my children call the Ghost of Christmas To Come “Mr. Nice Guy” in an attempt to make him seem less scary;.
19. Cinderella (1950, Disney) Beter than Sleeping Beauty or Snow White. Cinderella is the classic girls’ fairy story, and every girl should believe that “someday my prince will come.”
20. Dead Poets’ Society (1989) Carpe diem! I think this film has “issues’ as Second Daughter would say. The professor in the movie does have a bad influence on the boys, leading at least one of them to make a disastrous decision when he can’t handle the consequences of that decision. But the offspring like it, and I like Robin Williams–and Nwanda.