Top ten movies of all time. (original) (raw)

A man whose business is failing meets a dead geezer and hallucinates his way to happiness.

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Dirty old rich man dumps wife and family for young, blonde filly with a speech impediment, who drinks herself silly and ends up gone.
Answer: Citizen Kane (1941)

WW II draft dodging, gin-swilling, Fedora-wearing dude flees U.S., is spurned by a sentimental Parisian woman who's really from Sweden, dumps her, then vanishes into the night with another man.
Answer: Casablanca (1942)

Intimidating New York control freak with hanging jowels helps his friends by utilizing guns, lawyers and long-distance animal abuse.
Answer: The Godfather (1972)

Dixie buttercup achieves riches and finds love by flaunting her beauty, betraying friends, and smacking servants upside they haids, while others lose their lives in her behalf.
Answer: Gone With the Wind (1939)

British Officer becomes enchanted fighting for freedom in foreign land, sucks up to royalty, and becomes famous for wearing a dress.
Answer: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

College boy wants girl, compromises by dating her mother until a yellow bus carries him off to a future of probable poverty with vascillating trophy girl bride.
Answer: The Graduate (1967)

Two brothers start out together in life but arrive at separate destinations, one smashed up yet victorious, the other just hanging out.
Answer: On The Waterfront (1954)

A greedy and vain Slav factory owner decides he'd rather be loved than rich and is given posthumous worldwide recognition as a hero by a Hollywood producer.
Answer: Schindler's List (1993)

A dripping man does a one-footed stomp in a gutter while his silly friend runs into a brick wall and the female love interest earns a living by talking.
Answer: Singin' in the Rain (1952)

A man whose business is failing meets a dead geezer and hallucinates his way to happiness.
Answer: It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

These are the top ten pictures of all time, as voted by the American Film Institute, in addition to The Wizard of Oz which came in at #6.

Copyright Maggie Van Ostrand
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