The Island Broad's 50 Best Movies

This is for my six (6) awesome partners for the "50 Best Movies" swap from swap-bot.com . I am putting a bit of a twist to it. Since I am a movie buff, my favorites vary w/ my mood, time of day/year and/or the lastest cause I am involved in. So I'm going to list the 50 best movies I like currently.

1. The Namesake

Staring: Kal Penn




2. Reservation Road


Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo, Ella Fanning





3. 12 Angry Men


Cast: Henry Fonda





4. Arsenic and Old Lace


Staring: Cary Grant





5. Gone with the Wind


Staring: Clark Gable





6. Waitress


Cast: Kerri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Shelly {RIP}





7. Failure to Launch


Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Bates, Terry Bradshaw, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper





8. Sex and the City: The Movie


Staring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Catrell, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon





9. Forrest Gump


Staring: Tom Hanks, Sally Fields, and Gary Sinise





10. Love & Basketball


Staring: Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps





11. Much Ado About Nothing


Cast: Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale and Michael Keeton





12. What's Eating Gilbert Grape


Staring: Johnny Depp, Leonardo Dicaprio and Juliet Lewis





13. Schindler's List


Staring: Liam Niesson





14. Disney's Beauty and the Beast







15. From Hell


Staring: Johnny Depp





16. Haven


Staring: Orlando Bloom, Bill Paxton





17. Holes


Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Shia LaBeouf, Henry Winkler, Patricia Arquette






18. Identity


Cast: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Alfred Molina





19. Jane Eyre (1996)


Cast: Anna Paquin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt





20. Misses Pettigrew Lives for a Day


Cast: Amy Adams, Frances McDormand, Lee Pace





21. My Big Fat Greek Wedding


Cast: Nia Vardalos, Joey Fatone, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Ian Gomez







22. P.S., I Love You


Cast: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Cathy Bates, Lisa Kudrow





23. Practical Magic


Cast: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest





24. High Fidelity


Cast: John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonnet






25. The Breakfast Club


Cast: Molly Ringwall, C. Patrick Harris, Amilo Estevaz, Alley Sheady






26. The Devil Wears Prada


Cast: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker







27. The Jane Austen Book Club


Cast: Hugh Dancy, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Jimmy Smits






28. The Slums of Beverly Hill


Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, David Krumholtz






29. The Sound of Music


Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer





30. The Wizard of Oz


Cast: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton





31. Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)


Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum






32. Transformers


Staring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson, Jon Voight, John Turturro







33. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire


Cast: Daniel Radcliff, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson





34. 300


Staring: Gerard Butler





35. Goodfellas


Staring: Ray Liotta, Robert Deniro, Joe Pesci,






36.Memento







37. American History X


Staring: Edward Norton, Edward Ferlong





38. Find Me Guilty


Staring: Vin Diesel





39. Casino


Staring: Robert Deniro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci





40. Crash








41. The Birdcage


Cast: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest





42. August Rush


Cast: Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrance Howard






43. Good Will Hunting


Cast: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck







44. The Holiday


Cast: Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law , Rufus Sewell and Shannyn Sossamon






45. 10 Things I Hate About You


Cast: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Krumholtz, and Gabrielle Union






46. How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer


Cast: America Ferrera and Elizabeth Peña






47. Slumdog Millionaire


Cast: Dev Patel, Irrfan Khan






48. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back








49. Little Miss Sunshine


Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Alan Arkin, Toni Collette,Steve Carell







50. Rob Roy


Cast: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, John Hurt





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