Queen of My World started this with My 10 Favorite Cheesy Movies. Her criteria are "the movies you secretly love, but are too ashamed to admit to anyone that you even watch, let alone enjoy." She's got some wonderfully cheesy movies on her list and so do others.
Most of my list goes farther back in time than the 80's and 90's. Just as cheesy, just as funny, just as Kleenex-worthy. I've got a few newer ones that I've learned to hide too. Alphabetical List:
1. An Affair to Remember... this Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr version, NO other will do. I can recite almost every line and I still cry at the end.
2. Beaches... oh, shut up.
3. Compromising Positions... Susan Sarandan is a crime-solving housewife together with her horny best friend. Yes, there are whips, chains, leather and porn aplenty.
4. Dirty Dancing... oh please, like you don't watch it too, any time it's on cable.
5. Hollywood Knights... predates Porky's, same genre, funnier. You won't believe the number of today's stars you'll see and whose movie debut is made. Watch for the Talent Contest at the Pep Rally scene.
6. Steel Magnolias... I've never understood why this makes so many "Worst" lists. Watch it, you'll see. You'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll become a part of you. It was a huge hit on broadway and translates beautifully to the screen.
7. Remember The Titans... true story of the forced integration of a southern VA high school and its football team, an inspirational saga of triumph over bigotry, lessons in teamwork, friendship, individual courage, heartbreak and genuine grace. Disney-schmisney, this is a perfectly executed reminder of what real character and leadership look like.
8. The Sound of Music... from the first time I saw this movie to every time along the way, I start to cry when that glorious scenery spins onto the screen and Julie Andrews starts to sing.
9. The Ten Commandments... God speaks and throws fire in this overblown, hystrionically over-acted depiction of the beginning of religion as we know it. Very cool special effects for its day. (It means well, it's not blasphemous, it gets things wrong, but still, it also gets things right).
10. Where the Boys Are... OMG, you have to see this movie! The first recorded "chick flick," back in the days when there were still "good" girls and sluts.
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You....you...are...going to Watts...at...three...in...the...morning!?!?!
Robert Wuhl has never been funnier.
And I am the FIRST to admit, I would absolutely HATE this film if it were coming out right now, so yeah. I'm a hypocrite.
Queen, did you watch the WTBA trailer above? SATC of 1960.
Dorella, you haven't lived til you've seen Billy Crystal's imitation of Yul Brynner stamping around chewing the scenery.
Just saw "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" finally which was a bit cheesy, but more charming and fun. Basically it's the same movie as Comp Pos: woman striving for independance, dead guy... well maybe not exactly the same. But, Rex Harrison is 6 feet of awesome.
Craig, who wouldn't enjoy Comp Positions? Raol Julia, yum. Plus, Judith Ivy was hysterical as the slow-talkin, trash-talkin best friend, "Remind me not to eat her cole slaw." Trivia: Susan Sarandan was preggers while making the movie, always shown in sweats and big sweaters.
Ghost and Mrs Muir was a TV show too, I don't remember who played the ghost, but he was almost as striking.
Sally, "West Side Story" is one of my all-time favorites. I know that the Y chromosome is supposed to make me immune to the charm of musicals, but I really like that one (and others).
My wife loves "Dirty Dancing" and doesn't care who knows it.
My own favorite cheese is provided by just about any Charlie Chan movie you care to name.
The Sound of Music was born the same year I was. That makes it not cheesy alone. :-D But it's a great story about music triumphing over all obstacles.
RATED
Great list.
Baby's going back to his corner now.
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Rob, I agree about Remember the Titans, I mostly put in on here because I couldn't leave it off any movie list. I have it on my iPod and have plugged it into my laptop to watch on long flights. The scene on the Gettysburg battlefield is one of the most powerful in movies, period. Good for you for being such a smart Dad.