Mary Poppins (1964) "Let's go fly a kite!" sings formerly uptight father David Tomlinson at the end of this joyous musical. Though the source material is certainly Disneyfied, it serves as an appropriate first major film role for Julie Andrews.
Midnight Run (1988) Walsh (Robert De Niro) must track down and bring to L.A. a mob boss known as The Duke. It's part mobster flick, part comedy, part tale of unexpected friendship.
Modern Times (1936) Charlie Chaplin's last silent film (and his fifth listed here overall) details the Tramp's joyous battle against the minor evils in society.
My Neighbor Totoro (1988) A magical animated tale from Japan's Hayao Miyazaki which portrays a children's utopia, a place where you can become friends with giant, plump, cuddly creatures. As I've been told, they're 10 times as big in Japan as Mickey Mouse could dream of being here.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Homer's Odyssey is (considerably) reworked to take place in the American South in the thirties.
On Golden Pond (1981) Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda (who won an Oscar for this one, his last) play an elderly couple whose descendants come to visit for one summer, and they look back on the pros and cons of their lives.
Ordet (1955) This Danish film concerns a man convinced to be Jesus Christ, who is written off until he performs a string of miracles.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Iconically '80s Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Rubens' bicycle is stolen. So what to do other than reclaim it in a madcap cross-country hunt?
The Philadelphia Story (1940) Katharine Hepburn "Slipped and Fell … IN LOVE!" read the poster, so now she must choose between Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart.
Pinocchio (1940) A wooden puppet must prove himself in order to become a real boy. The evils of untruth (with some rather scary scenes) are explored in Disney's second animated feature, which is better-looking than its predecessor. A wonderful morality tale.
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