#66 Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981
Director: Stephen Spielberg
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott

This movie seriously never gets old. I wasn't sure exactly when it was coming up on my list, so when it was on tv a few weeks ago, I watched it. And then just a couple weeks later, I saw that it was next on my list, and had no trouble watching it again.  It has one of the greatest opening scenes, and one of the best (almost) last scenes (the one with the warehouse.) I have nothing bad to say about this movie!!

Up Next: The African Queen

#67 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal

I get why Elizabeth Taylor won an Academy Award for her portrayal of a housewife gone crazy... but she was the only good point about this movie for me. I didn't find it all that interesting, or exciting. There was a moment about half way through that I thought it would pick up, but I was disappointed!

#68 Unforgiven

Director: Clint Eastwood

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman

Finally! A western I liked! I guess you really can't go wrong with this cast!

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#69 Tootsie

1982
Director: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Bill Murray

I liked this movie more than I thought I would.  Hoffman plays an actor who can't get work as a man, so decides to try out for a part as a woman, and gets it.  He struggles with who to tell, and who not to, and of course falls in love with his co-star, who thinks he's a woman. Pretty funny!

Up next: Unforgiven

#71 Saving Private Ryan

1998
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Ed Burns, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi

ALSO in this movie: Vin Diesel, Jeremy Davies, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti

I forgot how real this movie looks and feels.  I haven't watched this one in a few years, and it was just as good as I remember.  I love all of the actors, and guest actors.
And I loved Barry Pepper in this movie!

Up Next: Tootsie

#72 The Shawshank Redemption

1994
Directed by: Frank Darabont
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman

One of my favorites, I think I've seen this movie a hundred times.  It's so simple, and so detailed at the same time. Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are perfect in their roles.  There's nothing bad I can say about this movie.  And who didn't want to go to Zihuatanejo after seeing it!

Funny trivia- Kevin Costner turned down the role of Andy, and the part of Tommy (the young guy who comes in and tries to prove Andy is innocent) was originally intended for Brad Pitt.

Up next: Saving Private Ryan

#73 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969
Directed by: George Roy Hill
Starring: Robert Redford, Paul Newman


"Who are these guys?" These guys are Paul Newman and Robert Redford (and that was my favorite quote they kept repeating in the movie when being tracked and chased.)
I saw this movie when I was a teenager, and didn't really like it the first time around.  This time, I loved it.
The two main characters are "the bad guys," bank robbers, so it feels wrong hoping they'll make it out! But you almost have to...

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