This is a very personal list. This is not “the greatest classic movies of all time” or anything like that. These are just old films that captured me, sometimes in just some small way – like Walter Brennan’s “You ever been stung by a dead bee?” in To Have and Have Not, or the incredible, masterpiece images of the passion of Christ in the the first minutes of Barabbas. I’m sure you’ll find yourself saying things like “Why To Catch a Thief and not Vertigo or Rear Window?” (because there have never been two more beautiful people in a more beautiful place than Grace Kelly and Cary Grant on the French Riviera), but if you haven’t seen any of these, you should take a look. Maybe you’ll find something to like, too.

I wonder what my top 10 movies were when I was nine. More live action I think – I seem to remember Herbie the Love Bug, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, even The Ugly Dachshund. But my favorites were mostly animated movies then, too – Lady and the Tramp, The Aristocats, The Jungle Book. Sweet Pea is only nine, and she already has a list of Desert Island Movies. I’ll keep watching and see how her list evolves.

At least I’ve seen all of these films, too, except for Como Ague Para Chocolate. They didn’t make my Desert Island Movies, but I guess if I got stuck on an island with these films I’d be okay with that.

Here is Mark’s top 10 films of the decade with 10 runners-up (cheater). Some of his choices seem perfectly reasonable, and others are completely baffling; pretty much his reaction to my list.

Ten spots are not nearly enough so here are my 10 runners-up:

Some of my favorite films from the first decade of the 21st century are already on my original Desert Island Movies – Man on Fire, Stranger Than Fiction, Big Fish & The Royal Tenenbaums – so I did not include them on this list. Sort of wish it was more than a top ten. There were several films I wanted to include, but couldn’t find a place for on my list. Maybe there will be a place for them on yours.

Some of these nearly made my list, too.

There was no ranking with these, so let’s guess this is Punkin’s top ten in no particular order.