Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Top Ten: Family Edition

I got these lists the day I posted mine, but it's taken me this long to post them! I hope you enjoy...

My wife's:
1. Merry Christmas, Mister Lawrence (Oshima, 1983)
2. One True Thing (Franklin, 1998)
3. Rabbit Proof Fence (Moyce, 2002)
4. Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
5. My Neighbor Totoro (Miyazaki, 1988)
6. Moonrise Kingdom (Anderson, 2012)
7. Whale Rider (Caro, 2002)
8. O Brother Where Art Thou (Coens, 2000)
9. The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1987)
10. Scrooge (Hurst, 1951)

Honorable Mention: Waking Ned Devine (Jones, 1998), Fried Green Tomatoes (Avnet, 1991)

My son's (age 14):
1. O Brother Where Art Thou (Coens, 2000)
2. Hot Rod (Schaffer, 2007)
3. The Princess Bride (Reiner, 1987)
4. The Hidden Fortress (Kurosawa, 1958)
5. Make Way for Tomorrow (McCarey, 1937)
[ed. note-I must admit I was really surprised this made his list]
6. Billy Madison (Davis, 1995)
7. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012)
8. Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki, 1997)
9. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Miyazaki, 1984)
10. Napoleon Dynamite (Hess, 2004)



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