The Top 30 (+1) Films Of All Time.  Hey, if any bonehead can make a list (AFI Top 100), so can I, right?

1. North By Northwest / 1959
Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint.  "You're the smartest girl I ever spent the night with on a train."  If Eva Marie still rode the rails, Amtrak wouldn't be going out of business. 

2. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence / 1962
John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart.  "He was the bravest of them all."  Or, was he?  Stewart trades in a little idealism for power, fortune, and Vera Miles.  Wayne trades in a little pragmatism for...obscurity.

3. Casablanca / 1942
Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman.  If you have a war to wait out, do it at Rick's gin joint.  At Ingrid's table.  Near Dooley Wilson's piano.

4. Some Like It Hot / 1959
Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis.  Hey look, nobody's perfect.  But do you still think Marilyn can't act?  Big joke.

5. His Girl Friday / 1940
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell.  Snappiest patter this side of "The Cherry Poppin' Daddies," much of it improvised.  Grant describes Ralph Bellamy's character as resembling: Ralph Bellamy.

6. Breakfast at Tiffany's / 1961
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard.  I do believe love found Andy Hardy.  But she's in a cage--she built it herself.  As I recall, we both kind of liked this movie.

7. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / 1969
Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens.  Who can find a virtuous woman?  For her price is far above rubies.  Well, she ain't here.

8. Local Hero / 1983
Peter Reigert, Burt Lancaster.  Hey, Mac, you can't eat scenery.  But you could sell it for a few million dollars.

9. Miracle of Morgan's Creek / 1944
Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton.  Ignatz Ratzkywatzky.  The spots.  The Miracle.

10. The Searchers / 1956
John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter.  That'll be the day.  The Duke shows off a little wild-eyed frothing at the mouth.  Hunter shows off a little wild-eyed overacting.

11. Without Reservations / 1946
Claudette Colbert, John Wayne.  I guess I just like travel movies, and sidekick characters named "Dink" (Hmm, especially in Goldfinger)  Several cool cameos throughout, including Jack Benny and Cary Grant.

12. Field of Dreams / 1989
Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan.  This movie respects the inner passions of baseball so fully that a non-fan has a hard time grasping its depth.  You could look it up: "Moonlight Graham, NY Giants, 1905".

13. The Philadelphia Story / 1940
Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart.  My, this movie is yar.  Oh to be rich and carefree and rich and spoiled and rich and in love with...well, somebody new every day.

14. It Happened One Night / 1934
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert.  Believe you me, you can learn a lot about life from this flick: donut-dunking, hitch-hiking, gold-digging...

15. The Seven Year Itch / 1955
Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Ewell.  What would you prescribe for the seventh year of an average marriage?  Martinis, an air conditioned apartment, and Norma Jean?

16. The Bridge On the River Kwai / 1957
William Holden, Alec Guinness.  If you build it, they will come.  If you blow it, they will go.

17. Roman Holiday / 1953
Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck.  As a reporter, I wonder when a story of this magnitude will fall into my lap.  Or into what's laughingly referred to as my apartment.

18. Patton / 1970
George C. Scott, Karl Malden.  Want an unflinching yet riveting look at the horror of war without Spielbergian heads exploding?  Try Patton or Paths of Glory.  Choose wisely because fame is indeed fleeting.

19. Excalibur / 1981
Nicol Williamson, Nigel Terry.  Would any man here be a knight, follow a king?  For a couple of hours, you may be inspired to believe in a once and future king.

20. High Noon / 1952
Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly.  A movie so precise you could keep time by it.  I keep thinking Eastwood is going to show up and paint this town red.

21. To Sir, With Love / 1967
Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson.  He's a toff.  But he's not.  And these kids will break him, damn quick.  Unless they learn something about themselves first.

22. The Manchurian Candidate / 1962
Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey.  Eerily prescient film predicts rise of Hillary Clinton: The Manhattan Candidate.

23. Beauty And The Beast / 1991
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson.  No one persecutes harmless crackpots like Gaston.  And with such savoir faire.

24. From Here To Eternity / 1953
Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift.  History revealed: The Japanese sneak attack succeeded because American GI's were too busy: 1) sleeping around, 2) getting plastered, and 3) knifing one another.  Honorably.

25. On The Waterfront / 1954
Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint.  He coulda been a contenda, Charlie.  Yeah, right; so could the Detroit Lions.

26. Hoosiers / 1986
Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey.  Innocence...purity...integrity...redemption...slow-motion basketball ballet...and a stinking, falling-down drunk named Shooter.

27. American Graffiti / 1973
Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss.  You can't be 17 forever.  Are they getting out of this turkey town or not?  Tonight they'll find out.

28. Ben-Hur / 1959
Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd.  Epic drama, big in every way.  Terrific tale, fictional characters thoughtfully interwoven into the Gospel story.

29. To Kill A Mockingbird / 1962
Gregory Peck, Mary Badham.  Maycomb, 1933 is the childhood hometown of our collective consciousness.  Waitaminute...I just had a Boo Radley moment.

30. The Big Sleep / 1946
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall.  Baby defines "steamy."  Bogey defines "cool."  The plotline defies definition.  The entertainment defies logic.

31.  Meatballs / 1979
Bill Murray, Kate Lynch.  Because its stupid.  This one is for Leonard Maltin... because it just doesn't matter...
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