I was talking to my friend the other day about movies we love and I never realized we liked pretty much the same movies. I'm talking about old movies from the 70s and 80s, so I decided to compile a list of movies that I love and perhaps someone else would discover them and love them as I do.
1.
Trading Places(1983) - Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy
A funny movie about two wealthy brothers who own a Wall Street firm doing a social experiment to see if they can turn a snobbish investor (Ackroyd) into a bum and a street bum (Murphy) into a respectable member of society. This movie is the main reason I got interested in investing.
2.
Coming to America(1988) - Eddie Murphy and James Earl Jones
Eddie Murphy plays a wealthy prince who wants to find this true love in America. There are some reference to Trading Places in this movie. Like when Eddie Murphy gave $25,000 to two old guys on the street. They're the two wealthy brothers in Trading Places.
3.
Brewster's Millions(1985) - Richard Pryor and John Candy
Montgomery Brewster, a minor league baseball player inherits $300 million from his rich uncle, but there's a catch. He has to waste $30 million in 30 days and not tell anyone about the deal or he gets nothing. A classic Richard Pryor movie.
4.
Top Secret!(1984) - Val Kilmer
An American Rock and Roll singer (Kilmer) becomes involved in a Resistance plot to rescue a scientist imprisoned in East Germany. A lot of subtle jokes and reference where you have to keep your eyes open or you'll miss the punchline.
5.
Weird Science(1985) - Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Bill Paxton and Robert Downey Jr.
Two words -- Kelly LeBrock. She plays every geek's dream girl. Someone they created in their computer that came to life.
6.
Real Genius(1985) - Val Kilmer and Gabriel Jarret
Another geek movie, Lots of scientific references which might turn you off but a brilliant movie if you're geeky enough.
7.
Groundhog Day(1993) - Bill Murray and Andy MacDowell
Bill Murray plays a weatherman who finds himself living the same day over and over. I have not seen anybody who've seen this movie that didn't like it.
8.
History of the World: Part I(1981) - Mel Brooks
9.
Young Frankenstein(1974) - Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle and Mel Brooks
10.
To Be or Not to Be(1983) - Mel Brooks
11.
Spaceballs(1987) - Mel Brooks
What can I say? Mel Brooks is probably one of the best comedy writer/director ever!
12.
Once Bitten(1985) - Jim Carrey, Lauren Hutton
A vampire countess(Hutton) needs to drink the blood of a virgin (Carrey) in order to keep her eternal beauty. This is the very first movie of Jim Carrey that I've seen. He wasn't popular at that time yet and I would say the movie is only average. But if you were a teenager when you first watched this movie on a lazy afternoon, it's kind of unforgetable.
As you can probably see, I love watching comedies. Feel free to add your to the list so I can check it out.
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