Our Top Ten Movies
Braveheart
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Les Miserables
The Lord of the Rings
October Sky
Roman Holiday
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Here's some of our favorite movies along with a few quotes.
Apollo 13
Directed by Ron Howard (Universal, 1995)
"With all due respect, sir, I believe this will be our finest hour."
Band of Brothers
Directed by Tom Hanks and others (HBO Home Video, 2001)
They depended on each other. And the world depended on them.
There was a time when the world asked ordinary men to do extraordinary things.
Braveheart
Directed by Mel Gibson (Paramount, 1995)
"I see a whole army of my country men, here, in defiance of tyranny. You've come to fight as free men, and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom? Will you fight?"
From the Earth to the Moon
Directed by Tom Hanks and others (HBO Home Video, 1998)
"Our God-given curiosity will force us to go there ourselves, because in the final analysis, only Man can evaluate the Moon in terms understandable to other men."
"Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed."
Gladiator
Directed by Ridley Scott (Universal, 2000)
The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an empire.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Directed by Chris Columbus (Warner Brothers, 2001)
"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."
The Last of the Mohicans
Directed by Michael Mann (Twentieth Century Fox, 1992)
"...one day there will be no more frontier. And men like you will go too, like the Mohicans. And new people will come, work, struggle. Some will make their life. But once, we were here."
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Directed by Robert Redford (Dreamworks, 2000)
"Inside each and every one of us is our one, true authentic swing. Something we was born with. Something that's ours and ours alone. Something that can't be learned...something that's got to be remembered."
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Directed by Brad Silberling (Paramount, 2004)
"At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events, may, in fact be the first steps of a journey.... It fills us with pride to know that no matter what happens in this life, that you three will take care of each other with kindness, and bravery, and selflessness as you always have. And remember one thing my darlings and never forget it - that no matter where we are, know that as long as you have each other, you have your family, and you are home."
Les Miserables
Directed by Bille August (Columbia TriStar, 1998)
"Jean Valjean my brother you no longer belong to evil. With this silver, I have bought your soul. I've ransomed you from fear and hatred, and now I give you back to God."
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Directed by Peter Jackson (New Line)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001)
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
"This is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance."
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
"A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why...folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something...there's some good in this world...and it's worth fighting for."
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
"Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"
October Sky
Directed by Joe Johnston (Universal, 1999)
"You know, it won't fly unless somebody pushes the button. It's yours, if you want it."
The Patriot
Directed by Roland Emmerich (Columbia/Tristar, 2000)
Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heros. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.
The Polar Express
Directed by Robert Zemeckis (Warner Brothers, 2004)
"Sometimes seeing is believing and sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see."
"This bell is a wonderful symbol of the spirit of Christmas as am I. Just remember the true spirit of Christmas lies in your heart."
Roman Holiday
Directed by William Wyler (Paramount, 1953)
"Oh, you can't imagine. I'd do just whatever I liked the whole day long."
Saving Private Ryan
Directed by Steven Spielberg (Dreamworks, 1998)
In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving...One.
Schindler's List
Directed by Steven Spielberg (Universal ,1993)
Secondhand Lions
Directed by Tim McCanlies (New Line, 2003)
"...the things a man needs to believe in the most...that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love - true love - never dies. You remember that, boy, you remember that.... You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in."
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
Directed by George Lucas (Twentieth Century Fox, 1980)
"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..."
To Kill a Mockingbird
Directed by Robert Mulligan (Universal, 1962)
"If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."