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I saw a discussion on Twitter between friends Rob Hahn (@RobHahn) & Maya Paveza (@MayaREGuru) about their 20 favorite movies of all-time. I’ve been obsessed with the subject ever since (this is pretty serious … it’s been at least 8 hours … and I guess I did sleep in there somewhere and have some coffee and breakfast. But still. I’m obsessed!)

But I digress.

This is hard! Coming up with a list of my Top FIVE favorites would be pretty easy, I think (or not), but twenty … that’s another story.

Now, this list is subject to change … my lists of favorites are more kinetic than static. Any arguments set forth that this is because I’m a female can be shelved at this point. That’s balderdash. Poppycock, even. I’ve just seen far too many movies and I’m liable to forget something. Oh, and as my dear friend Julie has pointed out, this is a list of my favorites, not necessarily the movies I think are the best.

Let’s do this.

1. Monty Python & The Holy Grail
   “Let me go back in there and face the peril.”
2. The Princess Bride
   “I find that Thibault cancels out Capa Ferro. Don’t you?”
3. The Shawshank Redemption
   “I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.”
4. Pulp Fiction
   “I don’t need you to tell me how fucking good my coffee is, okay? I’m the one who buys it. I know how good it is.”
5. Star Wars (A New Hope)
   “I’m Luke Skywalker. I’m here to rescue you.”
6. The Godfather, Part 1
   “Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.”
7. A Fish Called Wanda
   “Aristotle was not Belgian!”
8. Braveheart
   “I love you. Always have.”
9. Sixteen Candles
   “I’ve had other men love me before, but not for six months in a row.”
10. Love, Actually
    “Let’s go get the shit kicked out of us by love.”
11. The Matrix
    “There is no spoon.”
12. The Usual Suspects
    “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist.”
13. Airplane!
    “Listen, Betty … don’t start in with your white zone shit again.”
14. So, I Married An Axe Murderer
    “Now, this is something the other tour guides won’t tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a “bitch”. And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or “shiv”, and cut out the bitch’s eyes. And as if this wasn’t enough retribution for Kelly, the next day he and four other inmates took turns pissing into the bitch’s ocular cavities. This way to the cafeteria!”
15. When Harry Met Sally
    “There is too much pepper in my paprikash.”
16. Steel Magnolias
    “This is football. All the people wanna hear about are touchdowns and injuries. They don’t give a damn ‘bout that grape shit.”
17. There’s Something About Mary
    “It’s like you’re dreamin’ about Gorgonzola cheese when it’s clearly Brie time, baby.”
18. Four Weddings & A Funeral
    “Excuse me. I think I had better be where other people are not.”
19. Reservoir Dogs
    Even if the rest of the movie was horrible, the “Like A Virgin” scene would make this a classic.
20. My Cousin Vinny
    “A split second before the torque wrench was applied to the faucet handle, it had been calibrated by top members of the state AND federal Department of Weights and Measures … to be dead on balls accurate!”

Honorable Mentions

1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Groundhog Day
3. Caddyshack
4. Swingers
5. Blazing Saddles
6. Real Genius
7. Weird Science
8. Clerks
9. Dogma
10. Dead Poet’s Society

This was NOT easy. And they could be reordered at any time. Crikey.