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The Right Stuff
The Apartment
Band of Brothers- all ten episodes
The In-Laws... original
Caddyshack
The Great Santini
Stripes
October Sky
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Shane
They Were Expendable
Air Force
The Caine Mutiny
Sahara-1943
Field of Dreams
 
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Hoosiers (yep, I cheer every time I see Jimmy Chitwood hit the game winner)

Planes,Trains & Automobiles (get that F 'ing smile off of your face)

Something About Mary

Witness

Tommy Boy

National Lampoon Vacation (Chevy Chase)
 

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Agree with most of the above but surprised at the under-representation of stupid comedies, for which I am a total sucker. Superbad and Talladega Nights are two that immediately come to mind for me.
 
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Agree with most of the above but surprised at the under-representation of stupid comedies, for which I am a total sucker. Superbad and Talladega Nights are two that immediately come to mind for me.
My favorite goofball comedy is Bachelor Party.

 
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More, more, more! (How do you like it?)

The Truman Show
True Lies
Terminator 2
Most any Pixar
Tombstone
Inception
Nolan's Batmans
The Bourne movies
Good Will Hunting

For 8893, usually comedies don't get me to stick and stay too often, but there are some.

40 Year Old Virgin
Hot Fuzz
Step Brothers
Groundhog Day
Office Space
Mean Girls (if the wife is watching it)
 
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Great call. I always stop on that.

My wife's favorite Bill Murray movies are probably Groundhog Day and Ed Wood. If they are on, we will watch them, both are excellent films.
 

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Is rewatching Groundhog Day the meta answer to the OP?
 
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The Count of Monte Cristo. So underrated. One of my all time favorites.
 
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My wife's favorite Bill Murray movies are probably Groundhog Day and Ed Wood. If they are on, we will watch them, both are excellent films.

I don’t know why but we’ve watched Caddyshack a half dozen times this summer.
 
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I don’t know why but we’ve watched Caddyshack a half dozen times this summer.
Love that movie, great cast, writing and directing (Harold Ramis). The guy that plays the caddy master is Bill Murray's brother, Brian Doyle Murray. Caddyshack and Stripes are my two of my favorite comedies.
 
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"Atlantic City"-Louis Malle-1980

The film opens with a shot of a massive building being blown up; This was the Traymore Hotel, but it was actually blown up in 1972. There is a scene in a bathroom where the attendant, an old friend of Lou's (Burt Lancaster), retells a story about being sent to purchase a hundred boxes of rubbers. This is a tale associated with Nucky Johnson fictionalized in "Boardwalk Empire" as Nucky Thompson. Susan Sarandon was involved with Malle during the filming. She suggested John Gare to write the script. Malle was under time pressure to finish the film by the end of 1979 or his funding would be lost.

Burt Lancaster was not the first choice to play Lou, but it is hard to believe that anyone could have done better.
If you have seen "The Leopard", you know what I mean. Lou has dignity despite the fact that he is hanging by a thread. He is a kept man and a low level numbers runner. He inflates his past accomplishments. He watches his neighbor Sally (Susan Sarandon) as she removes her blouse and applies lemon juice to her skin to cover up the smell of sea food from her job in an oyster bar. Lou still tries to maintain appearances, we see him ironing his tie before he goes downstairs to see his employer Grace (Kate Reid). Grace came to Atlantic City as a Betty Grable look alike; she ended up marrying a major player in Atlantic City. 35 years later she is living in a once proud hotel scheduled for demolition.

The meat of the story begins when Sally's husband, Dave (Robert Jay) arrives with Sally's very pregnant sister Chrissie (Hollister Lauren). He is carrying a sizable quantity of uncut heroin. He enlists Lou's help in marketing.
Dave has ruined Sally's life before, and he ruins her hopes of becoming a dealer in a casino again.

The film ends on a note of triste; this French word implies sadness, but with with a sense of memory of better times. There is perhaps a soupcon of hope. Sally drives away with a good bit of money, and Grace and Lou walk the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. They are survivors.

The film was nominated for the big five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor,and Best Actress. There were no victories. This is a personal favorite; not a shot is wasted, and we come to know these characters, but even when we think we know them; they can surprise us. Few films marry plot and character development as well. I think it is a great film; I hadn't seen it in at least five years, but this viewing gave me a sense of quiet satisfaction. It was better than I remembered.
 
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Sorry, I did it again. Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa. This belongs in Films Worth Viewing.
 

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Agree with most of the above but surprised at the under-representation of stupid comedies, for which I am a total sucker. Superbad and Talladega Nights are two that immediately come to mind for me.

Love rewatching comedies. Especially love the the screwball 80's comedies like Airplane I & II, Bachelor Party, Top Secret, Police Academy, Fletch, Better off Dead, One Crazy Summer, etc..

 

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