Charlie's Favorite Movies

Key
  = Love Story
  = For Kids
  = May Be More Objectionable Than Usual**

= Tear Jerker
 
  * Charlie's Personal Favorites
  *+ Charlie's All Time Favorites on this List (minus such greats as Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Airplane, and others)
  ** Choices based on erotic/comic nudity, excessive violence, excessive foul language, religious attacks.  Other movies, however, may contain some foul language, violence or other material which some would still find insulting or offensive.

Movie Categories

Elizabethan/Victorian/
Manners		 Shakespeare Adaptations Comedy
Foreign Films Christian Themes/
Bible Movies		 Action/Violence
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Drama/Dramatic History Romance

 

Elizabethan/Victorian/Manners

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Little Women*    
Sense and Sensibility*      
Shakespeare In Love    
Elizabeth      
Mrs. Brown    
The Madness of King George      
Jane Eyre      
Emma      
The Remains of the Day      
Howard's End      
The Age of Innocence      
Becoming Jane        
Pride & Prejudice    
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Shakespeare Adaptations

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Much Ado About Nothing*    
Romeo and Juliet*    
Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead*        
Twelfth Night      
A Midsummer Night's Dream      
Hamlet      
Henry V      
Othello    
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Comedy

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Raising Arizona*+      
Benny and Joon*      
The Hudsucker Proxy*        
The Milagro Beanfield War*        
War of the Buttons    
Joe Versus the Volcano      
A Walk in the Clouds    
The Gods Must Be Crazy        
Babe      
The Sandlot      
Creator    
Disney's The Kid    
O, Brother, Where Art Thou?      
Cable Guy      
Tortilla Soup      
Napoleon Dynamite        
Waking Ned Devine      
Lars and the Real Girl      
Stranger Than Fiction    
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Foreign Films

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Babette's Feast*        
II Postina (The Postman)      
Kaigamusha      
Ran      
Life Is Beautiful    
Pan's Labyrinth      
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon      
Hero      
Curse Of The Golden Flower      
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Christian Themes/Bible Movies

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Jesus of Nazareth*+        
The Mission*+    
Shadowlands*+      
Mosquito Coast*        
Leap of Faith      
Les Miserables      
The Apostle      
The Sins of Rachel Cade        
A River Runs Through It    
Chariots of Fire        
The Song of Bernadette        
Dead Man Walking    
Sergeant York        
The Bible        
Bruce Almighty      
Luther        
The Passion of the Christ    
To End All Wars    
Ben-Hur        
Evan Almighty      
One Night With The King    
The Last Sin Eater      
Amazing Grace        
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose      
(Old 50's Adaptations: The Robe,
10 Commandments, etc.)		        
Henry Poole is Here      
Soul Surfer        
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Action/Violence

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Unforgiven      
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade        
National Treasure      
Hero      
Man on Fire      
U-571      
Last Castle    
(See Sci-Fi/Fantasy for more action movies)        
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Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Star Wars Cycle*+        
Batman*      
Blade Runner*      
Field of Dreams*        
The Fifth Element*      
The Matrix*      
The Princess Bride*        
Star Trek II*        
The Fountain*      
Deep Impact      
The Truman Show        
Something Wicked This Way Comes      
Baron Munchausen      
Last Action Hero      
Edward Scissorhands      
The Never Ending Story      
Contact      
L.A. Story    
Toys        
Willow      
The Abyss      
The Odyssey      
The Dark Crystal      
Labyrinth      
Hook      
Unbreakable      
Donnie Darko      
Equilibrium      
Hellboy      
Peter Pan      
Signs      
Spiderman 1-3      
War of the Worlds      
X-Men 2        
Batman Begins      
The Sixth Sense      
Gattaca      
The Island      
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind      
Big Fish        
Lord of the Rings Trilogy      
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe		      
Frequency        
Spy Kids      
The Hulk      
Minority Report      
Mirrormask    
Never Was    
Book of Eli      
Moon        
Sunshine      
Devil      
Avatar        
The Adjustment Bureau        
Lady in the Water        
Battle: Los Angeles      
Captain America      
Pirates of the Caribbean 4        
Super 8        
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Drama/Dramatic History

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Braveheart*+    
The Spitfire Grill*+        
Dead Poet's Society*      
The Fisher King*  
Gandhi*      
The Natural*        
Schindler's List*    
Simon Birch    
The Rainmaker    
What's Eating Gilbert Grape      
12 Angry Men        
Amadeus      
How to Make an American Quilt    
Fried Green Tomatoes      
The Purple Rose of Cairo        
Glory      
The Great Gatsby        
Anna and the King      
Castaway      
Lawrence of Arabia        
To Kill a Mockingbird        
Forrest Gump      
Amistad    
The Elephant Man    
It's a Wonderful Life        
Mr. Smith goes to Washington        
Citizen Kane        
Saving Private Ryan    
Good Will Hunting    
Gettysburg      
Apollo 13        
Always      
Grand Canyon      
Fly Away Home      
Steel Magnolias      
The African Queen        
Driving Miss Daisy      
Instinct      
The Village      
Master & Commander      
Memento      
The Emperor's Club      
Wag the Dog      
Spanglish    
The Machinist      
Remember The Titans    
Crash      
The Frontier      
Everything Is Illuminated      
Seven Pounds    
21 Grams    
The Soloist        
Tree of Life        
Secretariat        
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Romance

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Green Card      
City of Angels  
Nell  
The Notebook  
Dan In Real Life        
A Good Year    
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This site was last updated 05/04/06