Favourite Movies of All Time

The other day when we were driving home from the cottage we stopped in this tiny, retro diner and they were playing the original, vintage Peter Pan on the TVs and it made my heart so happy. It honestly brought back so many nostalgic memories of joy. 

So as I was sitting here trying to decide what my blog post would be for today, I thought it would be fun to share my favourite movies of all time. Now to be honest this list was kinda hard to narrow down.  I tried to do a top 10 list but I ended up with 13 - whoops. There are just so many good ones - where does a girl start. I guess I'll start with the oldest first. 

 

Casablanca

• Year: 1942
• Genre: Drama, Romance, War
• Description: The story of Rick Blaine, a cynical world-weary ex-patriate who runs a nightclub in Casablanca, Morocco during the early stages of WWII. Despite the pressure he constantly receives from the local authorities, Rick's cafe has become a kind of haven for refugees seeking to obtain illicit letters that will help them escape to America. But when Ilsa, a former lover of Rick's, and her husband, show up to his cafe one day, Rick faces a tough challenge which will bring up unforeseen complications, heartbreak and ultimately an excruciating decision to make.
• Favourite Quote: "Here's looking at you kid." - Rick

Peter Pan

• Year: 1953
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
• Description: An adaptation of J. M. Barrie's story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Land, where an ongoing war between Peter's gang of rag-tag runaways and the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.
• Favourite Quote: "Second star to the right and straight on til morning." - Peter Pan 

Marry Poppins

• Year: 1964
• Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
• Description: When Jane and Michael, the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents. 
• Favourite Quote: "Winds in the east, mist coming in, like something is brewing and about to begin." - Mary Poppins

The Sound of Music

• Year: 1965
• Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
• Description: In 1930's Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The Captain's wife is dead, and he is often away, and runs the household as strictly as he does the ships he sails on. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that their father keeps hiring, and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws them to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives -- including the Captain's. Eventually, he and Maria find themselves falling in love, even though Georg is already engaged to a Baroness and Maria is still a postulant. The romance makes them both start questioning the decisions they have made. Their personal conflicts soon become ...
• Favourite Quote: 
• "When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window." - Maria
• "When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favourite things, and then I don't feel so bad." - Maria

Princess Bride

• Year: 1987
• Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
• Description: An elderly man reads the book "The Princess Bride" to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson, the reading of the book which has been passed down within the family for generations. The grandson is sure he won't like the story, with a romance at its core, he preferring something with lots of action and "no kissing". But the grandson is powerless to stop his grandfather, whose feelings he doesn't want to hurt. The story centers on Buttercup, a former farm girl who has been chosen as the princess bride to Prince Humperdinck of Florian. Buttercup does not love him, she who still laments the death of her one true love, Westley, five years ago. Westley was a hired hand on the farm, his stock answer of "as you wish" to any request she made of him which she came to understand was his way of saying that he loved her. But Westley went away to sea, only to be killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts. On a horse ride to clear her mind of her upcoming predicament of marriage, Buttercup...
• Favourite Quote: "As you wish." - Westley

A Little Princess

• Year: 1995
• Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy
• Description: When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth. Sara's belief that "every girl's a princess" is tested to the limit, however, when word comes that her father was killed in action and his estate has been seized by the British government.
• Favourite Quote: "I am a princess. All girls are.  Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young.  They're still princesses." - Sara Crewe

Matilda

• Year: 1996
• Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
• Description: Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, Matilda is misunderstood by her family because she is very different from their ways of life. As time passes, Matilda finally starts school that has a kindly teacher, loyal friends and a sadistic principal. As she gets fed up with the constant cruelty, Matilda begins to realize that she has a gift of telekinetic powers. After some days of practice, Matilda suddenly turns the tables to stand up to her parents and outwit the principal. 
• Favourite Quote:
• "So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message; you are not alone." - Roald Dahl

Lord of the Rings

• Year: 2001
• Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
• Description: An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!
• Favourite Quote: "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandalf

Moulin Rouge

• Year: 2001
• Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
• Description: The year is 1899, and Christian, a young English writer, has come to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution taking hold of the city's drug and prostitute infested underworld. And nowhere is the thrill of the underworld more alive than at the Moulin Rouge, a nightclub where the rich and poor men alike come to be entertained by the dancers, but things take a wicked turn for Christian as he starts a deadly love affair with the star courtesan of the club, Satine. But her affections are also covered by the club's patron: the Duke. A dangerous love triangle ensues as Satine and Christian attempt to fight all odds to stay together but a force that not even love can conquer is taking its toll on Satine...
• Favourite Quote: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." - Christian

A Walk to Remember

• Year: 2002
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Description: In North Carolina especially in Beaufort a prank on a guy goes wrong and puts the student in the clinic. Carter, a famous student with no plans for the future, is held responsible and forced to join in after-school community service activities as consequence, which include starring as the lead in the play. And participating in these activities is Jamie Sullivan, the reverend's daughter who has great ambitions and nothing in common with Landon. When Landon decides he wants to take his activities seriously, he asks Jamie for help and begins to spend most of his time with her. But he starts to like her, that he did not expect to do. They relationship, much to the chagrin of Landon's old popular friends and Jamie's strict reverend father. But when a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test, it is then that Landon and Jamie realize the true meaning of love and fate.
• Favourite Quote: "Jamie saved my life.  She taught me everything. About life, hope and the long journey ahead. I'll always miss her.  But our live is like the wind. I can't see it, but I can feel it." - Landon

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

• Year: 2007
• Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
• Description: Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243-year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium.
• Favourite Quotes: 
• "When King Lear dies in Act V, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He's written, "He dies." That's all, nothing more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential work of dramatic literature is "He dies." It takes Shakespeare, a genius, to come up with "He dies." And yet every time I read those two words, I find myself overwhelmed with dysphoria. And I know it's only natural to be sad, but not because of the words "He dies." but because of the life we saw prior to the words.  I've lived all five of my acts, Mahoney, and I am not asking you to be happy that I must go. I'm only asking that you turn the page, continue reading... and let the next story begin. And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died." Your life is an occasion. Rise to it." - Mr. Magorium
• "We breath. We pulse. We regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime." - Mr. Magorium
• "We must face tomorrow, whatever it may hold, with determination, joy and bravery." - Mr. Magorium

UP

• Year: 2009
• Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy 
• Description: Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
• Favourite Quote: "Adventure is Out there." - Charles Muntz

 Can you narrow your favourites down to ten? What are your favourites?

xoxo

Tori

*Information and descriptions come from http://www.imdb.com/