Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) Two products of dumbed-down modern America kidnap historical figures to help them with their history projects.
Bottle Rocket (1996) Wes Anderson remakes his 1994 short subject, again with good friend Owen Wilson and his brother Luke. It's about two brothers who go on the road pulling off heists for a living.
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) Jean Renoir's satire concerns a reversal of fortune for a wealthy man and a pauper he saves from drowning.
Bringing Up Baby (1938) Cary Grant is a paleontologist, Katharine Hepburn his girlfriend. Together they rase a young leopard named Baby. Cinema's 2nd most acclaimed romantic comedy.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Yes, the first of two pairings of Paul Newman and Robert Redford ends unhappily, but everything up to then is pure buddy-movie fun.
Central Station (1998) Walter Salles' instigator of the Latin American Renaissance of film has a gruff cynic helping an orphaned boy find his father - a life-changing experience for both.
A Christmas Carol (1951) Any list like this needs an adaptation of this most famous novel of Charles Dickens - this time with Alistair Sim as Scrooge. Sadly, most modern audiences refer to the original work as entertaining rather than uplifting and enlightening.
Cinema Paradiso (1988) Reflected memories of going to the movies in Italy. For anyone (like me) who feels the experience has gotten too commercial, this might be a blast from the past.
City Lights (1931) Charlie Chaplin falls in love with a blind flower girl, providing room for lots of pathos and bittersweet adventures. This is often (if not usually) considered the Tramp's finest work.
The Court Jester (1956) That bundle of joy Danny Kaye is at it again as a court jester in the Middle Ages. Filled with madcap jokes and a rousing feel à la Flynn's thief of Nottingham.
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