Damn Good Movie Memories

Macaulay Culkin is left alone yet again, but this time in NYC where he faces off against some familiar foes in Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.  Co-starring John Heard, Catherine O'Hara and Tim Curry.  Written by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus.

A timeless classic about a young screenwriter (William Holden) who becomes involved with a former film star from the silent era (Gloria Swanson) who delusionally believes she's ready for a career comeback. Co-starring Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson. Co-written and directed by Billy Wilder.

A satirical romantic comedy about a Los Angeles weatherman (Steve Martin) whose life changes when he starts receiving exclusive messages from an electronic freeway sign.  Co-starring Victoria Tennant, Sarah Jessica Parker and Marilu Henner.

Capitalizing on the success of Buck Privates, Universal Pictures wastes no time enlisting Abbott & Costello into the Navy!  The second of FOUR films starring the comedy duo in 1941 alone!  Co-starring Dick Powell and Claire Dodd.

The late '60s counterculture classic following two bikers (Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper) traveling cross-country to New Orleans for Mardi Gras after scoring big on a drug deal. Co-starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black and Toni Basil.  Directed by Dennis Hopper.

Bill Murray stars as a miserable Pittsburgh weatherman covering the annual Punxsutawney Phil event, over and over and over and...Co-starring Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott and Stephen Tobolowsky.  Written and directed by Harold Ramis.

The original heist classic starring Steve McQueen as a bored millionaire who robs banks for enjoyment and is caught in a cat-and-mouse game with an insurance investigator (Faye Dunaway) who is trying to recover the bank losses.  Directed by Norman Jewison.

A top-notch legal drama about a military lawyer (Tom Cruise) defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine. Co-starring Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Pollak. Directed by Rob Reiner.

The terrific story of an eccentric family who take creative people into their home that are looking to escape their unfulfilling jobs. Starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore and Edward Arnold.  Directed by Frank Capra.

The greatest musical comedy ever made!  Follow Jake & Elwood Blues (John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd) as they try to put back together their all-star blues band in order to save their local orphanage. Co-starring James Brown, Cab Calloway, John Candy, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher, Aretha Franklin, Kathleen Freeman, Henry Gibson, John Lee Hooker and Charles Napier.  Directed by John Landis.

James Cagney's return to gangster films after a 10-year hiatus, in arguably his finest role as the psychotic criminal Cody Jarrett. Co-starring Edmond O'Brien, Virginia Mayo and Margaret Wycherly. Directed by Raoul Walsh.

The animated Disney classic about the boy who never grew up and his adventures against his arch-nemesis Captain Hook.

One of the greatest sports movies ever made.  A modern fairy tale about a middle-aged rookie (Robert Redford) who's finally given a chance to fulfill his destiny as a major league baseball player. Co-starring Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Richard Farnsworth, Darren McGavin and Barbara Hershey.  Directed by Barry Levinson.  Musical score by Randy Newman.

A terrific film noir thriller starring Orson Welles (who also directed), as a Nazi war criminal living under a false identity in a small Connecticut town who is being tracked by a Nazi hunter (Edward G. Robinson).  Co-starring Loretta Young.

You know the drill by now.  So, it's time to add even more action stars to the mix!  Starring (get ready)...: Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, Victor Ortiz and Robert Davi.

The third Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the series is brought into modern times instead of the Victorian Era.  Holmes and Watson assist British intelligence to stop the Nazi's during WWII.

Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin star in dual roles as two sets of twins mixed at birth and stumble upon each other 40 years later during a trip to New York City.  Co-starring Fred Ward, Edward Herrmann and Seth Green.

Based on the popular radio program (and later a TV series), Eve Arden stars as a popular high school English teacher and her humorous interactions with the students and faculty.  Co-starring Gale Gordon, Don Porter, Robert Rockwell and Richard Crenna.

A modern screwball comedy about two morons (Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels) who take a road trip from Rhode Island to Colorado to return a briefcase to its owner (Lauren Holly).  Directed by the Farrelly Brothers.

A romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day who meet unexpectedly and try to figure out what type of relationship works best for both of them: casual or serious?  Co-starring Audrey Meadows, Gig Young and John Astin.

A great raunchy comedy following a single woman (Kristen Wiig) who is struggling to figure out her life after being picked as maid of honor for the wedding of her best friend (Maya Rudolph). Co-starring Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Chris O'Dowd, Jill Clayburgh and Rebel Wilson.  Directed by Paul Feig.

The fifth and final film for the Marx Brothers with Zeppo and Paramount Pictures.  Find out how Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) saves (?!) the country of Freedonia from a revolution.

Loosely based on the 1971 Lloyds Bank robbery. A group of low-level thieves are hired to steal a safety deposit box, but soon get in way over their heads. Starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows.

A movie filled with merry mixups like an extended episode of Three's Company, as a carefree bachelor (Dean Martin) attempts to help his best friend (Eli Wallach) with his marriage troubles.  Co-starring Stella Stevens and Anne Jackson. 

In order to get out of her contract with a sleazy manager, a popular country singer (Dolly Parton) must turn a New York City cabbie (Sylvester Stallone) into a decent singer for a one-time performance.  Co-starring Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman and Tim Thomerson.  Directed by Bob Clark.

A timeless film about the meaning of life and finding happiness, as a group of plane crash survivors find themselves deep within the Himalayan mountains which hides the mythical valley of Shangri-La. Starring Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt.  Directed by Frank Capra. 

Based on David Baldacci's novel, a master jewel thief (Clint Eastwood) finds himself caught in a murder conspiracy involving the President of the United States (Gene Hackman).  Co-starring Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, Judy Davis and E.G. Marshall.  Directed by Clint Eastwood.

A baseball fanatic (William Bendix) with an irrational hatred of umpires decides to become an umpire himself when he can't find a steady job. Co-starring Una Merkel and William Frawley.  Directed by Lloyd Bacon.

A lovable loser (Frank Whaley) finds himself locked in a Target store overnight with the girl of his dreams (Jennifer Connelly).  Screenplay written by John Hughes.

A disgraced ex-ballplayer (Lloyd Nolan) gets a chance at redemption when he's hired to manage and rebuild the struggling Brooklyn Dodgers. Co-starring Carole Landis, William Frawley and Robert Armstrong.

A Philadelphia detective (Harrison Ford) discovers a murder conspiracy within his department and hides out in Amish country in order protect his witness. Co-starring Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer and Danny Glover. 

An aging hit-man (Charles Bronson) decides to take on a younger protégé (Jan-Michael Vincent) in this action-thriller.  Directed by Michael Winner.

The first (and often forgotten) werewolf film produced by the Universal monster series.  Henry Hull stars as a botanist bitten by a creature while researching in Tibet and...yeah, you know the rest.  Co-starring Walter Oland and Valerie Hobson.

Cameron Crowe's love-letter back to the music he grew up on. A teenage journalist gets an opportunity to go on the road with an up-and-coming rock band in the early 1970s.  Starring Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin and Fairuza Balk. This is a cross-over episode with our friends from the Growin' Up Rock Podcast!  Check out their episode where we discuss the Almost Famous soundtrack track-by-track!

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star as best friends who crash weddings as their main hobby.  Co-starring Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour and Bradley Cooper.

An American crime reporter (Joel McCrea) is reassigned to Europe shortly before WWII and discovers a spy ring.  Co-starring Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders and Robert Benchley.  Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Kathleen Turner stars as a Chicago private investigator hired by a teenage girl (Angela Goethals) to find the person who killed her father. Co-starring Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning and Wayne Knight.

Ida Lupino stars in this film noir as a woman who discovers her new husband (Stephen McNally) married her only to take over the mill she inherited from her father.  Co-starring Howard Duff and Peggy Dow.

John Carpenter's groundbreaking reimagining of the 1951 sci-fi horror classic The Thing From Another World about a group of researchers in Antarctica who are terrorized by a shapeshifting beast. Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, T.K. Carter and Richard Masur.

In this sequel to The Absent Minded Professor, Fred MacMurray returns to create another life-changing substance called "Flubbergas", which can be used to manipulate the weather.  Co-starring Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames and Paul Lynde.

Nobody wants to go to summer school...until now! Mark Harmon stars as a high school teacher forced to teach summer school for a group of misfit teens at risk of flunking out. Co-starring Kirstie Alley, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Robin Thomas, Dean Cameron, Gary Riley, Kelly Jo Minter, Shawnee Smith and Richard Horvitz.  Directed by Carl Reiner.

The Disney animated version covering the classic Lewis Carroll story of a young girl who discovers a magical world filled with unusual characters like the Mad Hatter, Tweedledee & Tweedledum, Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts and others.  Featuring the voices of Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway, Richard Haydn, Jerry Colonna and Verna Felton.

One of the best sequels of all-time as Superman (Christopher Reeve) must fight off three super-villains from Krypton to save the world.  We cover both versions of the film directed by Richard Lester and Richard Donner.  Co-starring Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, and Marlon Brando (in Donner's version).

A young inventor (Wesley Eure) who works for a home-security company creates a robotic watchdog to curtail the crime wave in his city.  Co-starring Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Red Buttons, Chuck McCann and Jim Backus.  Produced by Hanna-Barbera.

A has-been 80s pop star (Hugh Grant) is tasked with writing a song for a popular new artist and finds help from an unexpected source (Drew Barrymore).  Co-starring Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston and Haley Bennett.

The film noir classic featuring the stunning Rita Hayworth as the title character and Glenn Ford as the small-time gambler who can't resist her. Co-starring George Macready and Joseph Calleia.

"Do it...do it." Based on the 1970s buddy cop TV series, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson assume the roles of the two detectives tasked with taking down a drug kingpin (Vince Vaughn).  Co-starring Snoop Dogg, Jason Bateman, Fred Williamson, Carmen Electra, Amy Smart and Chris Penn.

A film noir starring Alan Ladd as a U.S. postal inspector hired to investigate the murder of a fellow inspector.  Co-starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan of "Dragnet" fame and Phyllis Calvert.

Based on the classic character from novels, radio and TV - international thief Simon Templar (Val Kilmer) attempts to stop a Russian oil tycoon from obtaining a formula for cold fusion.  Co-starring Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija.

Doris Day and David Niven star as a married couple with four young sons who decide to buy a country home, while Niven attempts to keep working as a theater critic in New York City.  Co-starring Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, and Jack Weston.