09 September 2013

Nine Lists of Nine for 9/9

In honor of today being September 9 (9/9)  I present nine film lists of nine items each. In all cases I have been sure to include only films that I have seen and that bear my stamp of approval -- which means I think they're good. When I asked a German friend if he thought this was a good idea he said "nein, nein!" But I'm doing it anyway.

Nine Cary Grant Comedies
1. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
2. His Girl Friday (1940)
3. Holiday (1938)
4. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
5. I Was A Male War Bride (1949)
6. My Favorite Wife (1940)
7. Monkey Business (1952)
8. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
9. Topper (1937)

Nine Films With Important Meal Scenes
1. Big Night (1996)
2. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
3. Animal House (1978)
4. The Searchers (1956)
5. Pulp Fiction (1994)
6. Amarcord (1973)
7. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
8. Django Unchained (2012)
9. Modern Times (1936)

Nine Movies with the Name of a City in the Title
1. Midnight in Paris (2011)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. Tokyo Story (1953)
4. Shanghai Express (1932)
5. The Battle of Algiers (1966)
6. Rome, Open City (1945)
7. Fargo (1996)
8. Passage to Marsellies (1944)
9. In Bruges (2008)

Nine Movies With That Were Followed by Bad Sequels
1. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
2. Arthur (1981)
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
4. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
5. Batman (1989)
6. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
7. Jaws (1975)
8. Topper (1937)
9. Rocky (1976)


Nine Movies With a Color in the Title
1. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
2. Reds (1981)
3. The Blue Angel (1930)
4. Purple Noon (1960)
5. The White Sheik (1952)
6. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
7. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
8. Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
9. Jackie Brown (1997)

Nine Films With Drug or Alcohol Abusers
1. Half Nelson (2006)
2. Requiem For a Dream (2000)
3. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
4. The Lost Weekend (1945)
5. Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
6. The Man With the Golden Arm (1955)
7. Blue Jasmine (2013)
8. Stagecoach (1939)
9. Lenny (1974)


Nine Films With Train Scenes
1. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
2. The General (1926)
3. Europa (1991)
4. Dr. No (1962)
5. The Train (1964)
6. Shanghai Express (1932)
7. Twentieth Century (1934)
8. Some Like it Hot (1959)
9. The 39 Steps (1935)

Nine Great Silent Films
1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
2. Safety Last (1923)
3. The Gold Rush (1925)
4. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
5. Sunrise (1927)
6. The Big Parade (1925)
7. The General (1926)
8. The Lodger (1927)
9. What Price Glory (1926)


Nine Great Films Featuring Past or Future Sit Com Stars
1. To Be Or Not To Be (1942) Jack Benny
2. The Last Picture Show (1971) Cybill Sheperd
3. Stage Door (1937) Lucille Ball
4. 12 Angry Men  (1957) Jack Klugman
5. From Here to Eternity (1953) Ernest Borgnine
6. A Face in the Crowd  (1957) Andy Griffith
7. Aviator (2004) Alec Baldwin
8. The Hustler (1961) Jackie Gleason
9. Pulp Fiction (1994) John Travolta

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