Damn Good Movie Memories

Cary Grant plays a popular physician and college lecturer, but his unique ways of practicing medicine along with his questionable past could potentially ruin his career. Co-starring Jeanne Crain, Walter Slezak, Hume Cronyn and Finlay Currie.  Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz.

Steve Martin's film debut and still one of his funniest and finest comedies. Co-starring Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Jackie Mason and M. Emmet Walsh.  Directed by Carl Reiner.

A terrific film noir starring Robert Mitchum who can't escape his past life when a racketeer (Kirk Douglas) tracks him down.  Co-starring Jane Greer.  Remade in 1984 as "Against All Odds."

Will Ferrell takes over coaching duties for his son's terrible youth soccer team and must compete against his overbearing father's team. Co-starring Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka, and Kate Walsh.

Doris Day and James Garner star in this remake of the 1940 comedy "My Favorite Wife," about a woman believed to be dead, but found alive after being lost at sea for over five years and discovering her husband is now remarried!  Co-starring Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Chuck Connors, Fred Clark, Don Knotts, and John Astin.

Two lower-rung government employees (Chevy Chase & Dan Aykroyd) are selected by the CIA to be part of a secret espionage program, unaware they are the decoy squad! Co-starring Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest, Bernie Casey, Bruce Davison and William Prince. Directed by John Landis.

Burt Lancaster stars in this film noir about an armored car driver who decides to be part of a mob heist in order to hide an affair with the head mobster's wife.  Co-starring Yvonne De Carlo and Dan Duryea.

Quentin Tarantino's tribute to the great blaxploitation films of the 1970s. Starring Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, and Robert De Niro.  Based on Elmore Leonard's novel "Rum Punch."

A film noir starring John Garfield as a returning WWII veteran and former con man looking to get back into the rackets.  His mark: A rich, young widow (Geraldine Fitzgerald).  Co-starring Walter Brennan and Faye Emerson

One of the best neo-noir films you've likely never seen, centered around a group of con-men and a renowned psychiatrist drawn to the art of the con.  Starring Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna.  Written and directed by David Mamet.

Based on the famous Raymond Chandler character Phillip Marlowe. James Garner stars as the tough, wisecracking private investigator tasked with finding a missing person, only to get roped into a underworld of murder, blackmail, and gangsters. Co-starring Rita Moreno, Carroll O'Connor, Gayle Hunnicutt, and Bruce Lee in his American film debut.

The film that made Macaulay Culkin a star, as he's left home alone (duh!) during the Christmas holiday and outsmarts two thieves. (Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern)  Co-starring Catherine O'Hara, John Heard and John Candy.  Written by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus.

The Universal Pictures original (and best!) film adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic novel. Starring Claude Rains as a mad scientist who discovers the power of invisibility and its devastating consequences.

Tom Selleck stars as a best-selling mystery novelist.  To combat his writer's block, he takes custody of a Romanian murder suspect (Paulina Porizkova) as inspiration for his next book, but will he live to even write it?  Co-starring William Daniels.

A groundbreaking classic in the gangster genre which influenced countless future films and character portrayals.  Starring Edward G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

A successful dentist (Dane Cook) has a curse placed on him as a teenager where any woman he sleeps with ends up finding their true love (never him) immediately after. Co-starring Jessica Alba and Dan Fogler.

One of the best films of the 1970s, starring Gene Hackman in his breakout role as a gritty New York detective looking to take down a big-time French drug dealer. Co-starring Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey.  Directed by William Friedkin.  

Denzel Washington stars as former CIA operative attempting to live a quiet life but forced back into action when he takes on the Russian mob.  Co-starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Marton Csokas, Melissa Leo, Bill Pullman, and David Harbour.  Directed by Antoine Fuqua.

A rural family who lives strictly on the barter system faces total ruin when they are audited by the IRS for never paying income taxes.  Starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, and Paul Douglas.

Kevin Costner stars as the GM of the Cleveland Browns trying to rebuild his broken franchise through the NFL Draft, while also attempting to keep his brand new head coach (Denis Leary), team owner (Frank Langella) and disgruntled fan-base happy.  Co-starring Jennifer Garner, Chadwick Boseman, and Ellen Burstyn.  Directed by Ivan Reitman.

The first of six films based on the popular radio mystery program Inner Sanctum. Lon Chaney Jr. stars as a neurologist attempting to solve the murder of his cheating wife. Co-starring Patricia Morison and J. Carrol Naish.

In order to save their small gym from being taken over by a local rival, a group of ragtag misfits participate in a national dodgeball tournament in order to win enough money to keep their gym.  Starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Rip Torn, Justin Long, Stephen Root, Alan Tudyk, Joel David Moore, Gary Cole, and Jason Bateman.

Based on the Dashiell Hammett novel, a powerful political racketeer (Brian Donlevy) falls in love with the daughter (Veronica Lake) of the candidate he's backing. However, his best friend (Alan Ladd) must protect him from opposing forces looking to bring down his career.  Co-starring William Bendix, Joseph Calleia, and Bonita Granville.

Lifelong buddies (Norm Macdonald & Artie Lange) decide to open a revenge-for-hire business in order to pay for a surgery for Artie's father (Jack Warden).  Co-starring Chris Farley, Chevy Chase, Traylor Howard, Christopher McDonald and TONS of great cameos.  Directed by Bob Saget.

An early British Alfred Hitchcock crime thriller about a wrongly accused murder suspect (Derrick de Marney) who attempts to discover key evidence with help from the Chief Constable's daughter (Nova Pilbeam) to capture the real killer.