Here is a list of movies that I like. It is not a complete list by any means. And, as I think of more movies, I will add them. I was motivated to compile this list after seeing someone on Facebook ask what the reader’s favorite three movies were. I have always found questions like that to be too narrow. There are so many movies. Each one is a work of art in its own right. Like all art, each piece affects each viewer differently. There may be works of art that speak to us at a particular point in our lives; or that speaks to us differently at various points in our lives. Not every one likes every thing. All art is for all people, but not all people find that a particular artist, or a particular work of art, speaks to them in the same way. Some works of art disturb us. Some works of art make us laugh. Some works of art make us feel good. Some works of art reveal truths about ourselves that make us uncomfortable. Some works of art we love seeing over and over again. Other works of art are best seen only once.
So here is my short list. It is bound to get added to, or even deleted from, after more thought. It is my intention to add little blurbs of thought about each movie as I am moved to do so. Perhaps one or two may even turn into a blog post of their own.

9 to 5

A Man For All Seasons (Paul Schofield)

Aladdin (Live action)

An Affair to Remember

An American in Paris

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Auntie Mame

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Big Business

Billy Elliot

Bringing up Baby

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (documentary)

Clue

Coco

Connie and Carla

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Dead Poet’s Society

Disney’s Billy Eliot

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Fantasia

Fantasia 2000

Frozen

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Guess Who is Coming To Dinner

Hamlet (Mel Gibson)

Harry Potter Series

Haunted Honeymoon

Hello Dolly

Henry V (Kenneth Brannagh)

Hocus Pocus

Howel’s Moving Castle

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

King Lear (Paul Schofield 1971)

Kubo

Ladies in Lavender

Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies

Mary Poppins

Moana

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

Mr. Magorium’s Magic Emporium

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Mulan

Murder by Death

My Fair Lady

Pride (2014)

Prince of Egypt

Private Romeo

Quartet

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Ratatouille

Richard III (Sir Ian McKellan)

Saving Mr. Banks

Seven Samurai (1954)

Sleeping Beauty

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Spirited Away

Star Trek Movies (old and newer)

Star Wars (Original Trilogy)

Rouge One: A Star Wars Story

Steel Magnolias (1989)

Tea with Mussolini

Tea with the Dames (documentary)

The African Queen

The Bucket List

The Dark Crystal

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

The Great Muppet Caper

The King and I (Debora Kerr)

The Last Samurai

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

The Mission

The Mummy (1932)

The Muppet Movie

The Muppets Take Manhattan

The Music Man

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Queen

The Reluctant Dragon (Animated Short)

The Sound of Music

The Sword in the Stone (Disney 1963)

The Tempest  (Dame Helen Mirren)

The Thin Man (series)

The Two Popes

The Wizard of Oz

The Women (Rosalind Russell)

Thoroughly Modern Millie

To Wong Fu, Thanks for the Memories, Julie Newmar

Topper (series)

Trick

Tron: Legacy

Up

White Christmas (1954)

Young Frankenstein