GREASE, 1978

Director: Randal Kleiser 
Writers: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey 
Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing 
Plot: A musical about teens in love in the 50's! It's California, 1959 and greaser Danny Zuko and Australian Sandy Olsson are in love. They spend time at the beach, but when they go back to school, what either of them don't know is that they both now attend Rydell High. Danny's the leader of the T-Birds, a group of black-jacket greasers while Sandy hangs with the Pink Ladies, a group of pink-wearing girls led by Rizzo. When they clash at Rydell's first pep rally, Danny isn't the same Danny at the beach. They try to be like each other so they can be together. 
Grease trailer

 

Recommendations: Another musical of John Travolta is Hairspray, 2007

CASABLANCA, 1942

Director: Michael Curtiz   
Writers: Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein 
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid   
Plot: In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan....  
Casablanca trailer

 Recommendations: Here you have another films of the actor Humphrey Bogart, The Harder They Fall, 1956 and The African Queen, 1951.  

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, 1977

Director: Steven Spielberg 
Writers: Steven Spielberg 
Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François and Teri Garr 
Plot: Roy Neary sets out to investigate a power outage when his truck stalls and he is bathed in light from above. After this, strange visions and five musical notes keep running through his mind. Will he find the meaning of the visions, and who - or what - placed them in his mind?

Close Encounters of the Third Kind trailer 

 Recommendations: You should also see another films of the awesome Steve Spielberg, like Saving Private Ryan, 1988

STAGECOACH, 1939

Director: John Ford 
Writers: Ernest Haycox and Dudley Nichols  
Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor and Andy Devine 
Plot: A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.  
Stagecoach trailer 

Recommendations: Today I'm not going to talk about the film I'm going to talk about John Ford, probably you have seen some  of John's films. For a lot of people he is the most important director of history, he have made amazing films like The Searchers, 1956 and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962.

SABRINA, 1954

Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Samuel A. Taylor and Billy Wilder  
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden 
Plot: Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work -- busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play -- technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who has been infatuated with David all her life, but David hardly notices her -- "doesn't even know I exist" -- until she goes away to Paris for two years, and returns an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful woman. Suddenly, she finds that she has captured David's attention, but just as she does so, she finds herself falling in love with Linus, and she finds that Linus is also falling in love with her.
Sabrina trailer 

Recommendations: Audrey Hepburn is my favourite actress and if you like the way she acts I will recomend you my two favourite films Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961 and Charada, 1963.

THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, 1985

Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
Stars: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels and Danny Aiello  
Plot: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo." After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into her life. There's only one problem..Tom isn't real. Meanwhile Hollywood is up in arms when they dicover that other Tom Baxters are trying to leave the screen in other theatres. Will Tom ever return and finish the film or will he decide to stay in the real world?

The purple rose of cairo trailer

Recommendations: This film is was directed by the amazing director Woody Allen, you shoul film other Allen's films like Annie Hall, 1977.

THE CHINA SYNDROME, 1979

Director: James Bridges Writers: Mike Gray and T.S. Cook
Stars: Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas.
Plot: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicise the incident but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
The china syndrome trailer
 

  

Recommendations: You should also see Fatal Attraction, 1987 and Disclosure, 1994.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, 1993

Director: Kenneth Branagh 
Writers: Wiliam Shakespeare and Kenneth Branagh 
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson and Keanu Reeves 
Plot: Young lovers Hero and Claudio are to be married in one week. To pass the time, they conspire with Don Pedro to set a "lover's trap" for Benedick, an arrogant confirmed bachelor, and Beatrice, his favorite sparring partner. Meanwhile, the evil Don Jon conspires to break up the wedding by accusing Hero of infidelity. In the end, though, it all turns out to be "much ado about nothing."

Much ado about nothing trailer 

Recommendations: If you liked this film you should see some other films of Shakespeare like Romeo and Juliet, 1996, Hamlet, 1996 and As You Like It, 2006.

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, 1952

Director: Stranley Donen and Gene Kelly 
Writers: Adolph Green and Betty Comden 
Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds 
Plot: In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance for real love. Don has worked hard to get where he is today, with his former partner Cosmo. When Don and Lina's latest film is transformed into a musical, Don has the perfect voice for the songs. But Lina - well, even with the best efforts of a diction coach, they still decide to dub over her voice. Kathy Selden is brought in, an aspiring actress, and while she is working on the movie, Don falls in love with her. Will Kathy continue to "aspire", or will she get the break she deserves?

Singin' in the rain trailer 

Recommendations: Here you have some other musicals: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954, All That Jazz, 1979 and West Side Story, 1961.
Singin' in the rain is probably the best musical of ever.

HAIRSPRAY, 2007

Director: Adam Shankman 
Writers: Leslie Dixon and John Waters 
Stars: John Travolta, Queen Latifah and Nikki Blonsky 
Plot: Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager with all the right moves, is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show. Every day after school, she and her best friend Penny run home to watch the show and drool over the hot Link Larkin, much to Tracy's mother Edna's dismay. After one of the stars of the show leaves, Corny Collins holds auditions to see who will be the next person on the Corny Collins show. With all of the help of her friend Seaweed, Tracy makes it on the show, angering the evil dance queen Amber Von Tussle and her mother Velma. Tracy then decides that it's not fair that the black kids can only dance on the Corny Collins Show once a month, and with the help of Seaweed, Link, Penny, Motormouth Maybelle, her father and Edna, she's going to integrate the show.....without denting her 'do!  

Hairspray trailer 

Recommendations: Here you have some other good musicals: Moulin Rouge, 2001, Grease, 1978, Chicago, 2002 and Cabaret, 1972.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, 1946

Director: Frank Capra 
Writers: Francesc Goodrich and Albert Hackett. 
Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore 
Plot: George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George's modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George's Uncle Billy loses the business's $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, their young children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in a gentle angel named Clarence coming to earth to help George.

It's a wonderful life trailer 

Recommendations: If you liked this film, you should see La vita è bella, 1997, one of the best films ever.

WAR GAMES, 1983

Director: John Badham 

Writers: Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes 
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy and John Wood 
Plot: A young computer whizz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3. Can he convince the computer he wanted to play a game and not the real thing? 

War games trailer 

 

Recommendations: Primer, 2004 is another good flim about computers.

TOTAL RECALL, 1990

Director: Paul Verhoeven 
Writers: Philip K. Dick and Ronald Shusett 
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside 
Plot: Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie.

Total recall tailer 

Recommendations: Minority Repor, 2002 is as amazing as Total Recall.

NORTH BY NORTWEST, 1959

Director: Alfred Hitchcock 
Writer: Ernest Lehman 
Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason 
Plot: Middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill is mistaken for a government agent by a gang of spies. He gets involved in a series of misadventures and is pursued across the States by both the spies and the government whilst being helped by a beautiful blonde.

North by northwest trailer 

Recommendations: Other awesome films by Alfred Hitchock: Rear Window, 1954, Psycho, 1960 and Vertigo, 1958.

SOME LIKE IT HOT, 1959

Director: Billy Wilder 
Writer: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond 
Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon 
Plot: Two struggling musicians witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and try to find a way out of the city before they are found and killed by the mob. The only job that will pay their way is an all girl band so the two dress up as women. In addition to hiding, each has his own problems; One falls for another band member but can't tell her his gender, and the other has a rich suitor who will not take "No," for an answer. 

Some like it hot trailer 



















Recommendations: I hope you enjoy this other film like Some like it hot. One, two, three (1961)

FRONT PAGE, 1974

Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Stars: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Susan Sarandon
Plot: Hildy Johnson is the top reporter on a Chicago newspaper during the 1920s. Tired of the whole game he's determined to quit his job to get married. His scheming editor, Walter Burns, has other plans though. It's the day before guilty (but insane) murderer, Earl Williams, is due to go to the gallows and Burns tempts Johnson to stay and write the story.

Front Page Trailer

Recommendations: There are three versions of this film, this one is the third.
The Front Page, 1931 and His Girl Friday, 1940 are the others.

MONSOON WEDDING, 2001

Director: Mira Nair
Writer: Sabrina Dhawan  
Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey and Shefali Shetty 
Plot: A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends the affair with a married TV producer. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lots of music and even a new romance for the wedding planner Dubey with the housemaid Alice.

Trailer Monsoon Wedding

Recommendations: If you liked this film, you will like Bend It Like Beckham, 2002.

CRASH, 2004

Director: Paul Haggis.
Writers: Paul Haggis
Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock and Thandie Newton.
Plot: The movie consists of several stories that interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a black police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the distracted district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful black Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more.
Trailer Crash

Recommendations: Magnolia (1999), is another film that involve connections of people during a short time.