These are the movies I love – for all the reasons we watch movies. You’ll probably notice that they don’t fit any category. It would take too long to explain the particulars.

Gunga Din – Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks (1937)

Bringing Up Baby – Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant (1939)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House – Cary Grant and Myrna Loy (1947)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir – Jean Tierney and Rex Harrison (1946)

The Searchers – John Wayne and the John Ford regulars (1951)

Ben Hur – Charleton Heston (1958)

Lawrence of Arabia – Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif (1960)

Becket – Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton (1964)

Joe versus the Volcano – Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks ( 1984)

Out of Africa – Meryl Streep and Robert Redford (1984)

Meet Joe Black - Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt (1999)

You’ve Got Mail – Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks (2000)

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – too many names (2001-2004)