A Writer's Tale

My 47 Favorite Non-Horror Films

I. ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN (about Ernest Hemingway)

2. BATTLE CRY

3. THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

4. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

5. BULLITT

6. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

7. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

8. DARBY’S RANGERS

9. DIE HARD

10. DR. NO

11. FARGO

12. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS

13. FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

14. THE FOUNTAINHEAD

15. FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE

16. THE GETAWAY

17. GONE WITH THE WIND

18. THE GREAT ESCAPE

19. THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY

20. HONDO

21. HUD

22. INSIDE DAISY CLOVER

23. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

24. LONELY ARE THE BRAVE

25. LONESOME DOVE (made for TV)

26. THE MAN FROM LARAMIE

27. THE MAN WHO KNEW Too MUCH (James Stewart version)

28. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

29. MEMPHIS BELLE

30. NEVADA SMITH

31. NORTHWEST PASSAGE

32. THE PARENT TRAP

33. PETER PAN

34. THE PETRIFIED FOREST

35. PULP FICTION

36. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

37. RESERVOIR DOGS

38. SOLDIER IN THE RAIN

39. THE SUMMER OF ‘42

40. STAND BY ME

41. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

42. A THOUSAND CLOWNS

43. To KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

44. TRUE GRIT

45. THE WILD BUNCH

46. THE WILD ONE

47. YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE