My Christmas DVD Wish List

Rather than bring you another Christmas film review today, I thought I'd give you something a little different. As my avid readers will know, I have a rather extensive DVD collection - I believe the current total stands at 272 films - that I love and cherish much more than I probably should. However, I am always adding to my collection, so as you can imagine, there are a number of films that I don't happen to own. So here's what I've done: I've gone through all of my film lists and have chosen the twenty-five movies I'd most like to add to my current collection. Due to time constraints, I am not able to write all that much about each particular film; however, I have given the basic information about each movie on this list. Also, they are not listed in order of preference; rather, I've listed them chronologically, from the earliest film to the most recent. So without any further delay, here's my Christmas DVD Wish List!

The Wizard of Oz
1939
Directed by
Victor Fleming
Starring
Judy Garland / Frank Morgan / Margaret Hamilton / Ray Bolger / Bert Lahr / Jack Haley / Billie Burke

*****

Pinocchio
1940
Directed by
Ben Sharpsteen / Hamilton Luske
Starring
Dickie Jones / Cliff Edwards / Christian Rub / Charles Judels

*****

Casablanca
1942
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Starring
Humphrey Bogart / Ingrid Bergman / Claude Rains / Conrad Veidt /
Paul Henreid

*****

It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Directed by
Frank Capra
Starring
James Stewart / Donna Reed / Lionel Barrymore / Thomas Mitchell /
Henry Travers / Beulah Bondi

*****

Singin' in the Rain
1952
Directed by
Gene Kelly / Stanley Donen
Starring
Gene Kelly / Donald O'Connor / Debbie Reynolds / Jean Hagen /
Millard Mitchell

*****

The 400 Blows
1959
Directed by
François Truffaut
Starring
Jean-Pierre Léaud / Claire Maurier / Albert Rémy / Guy Decomble

*****

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964
Directed by
Kizo Nagashima / Larry Roemer

Starring
Burl Ives / Billie Mae Richards / Paul Soles / Larry D. Mann / Stan Francis

*****

Night of the Living Dead
1968
Directed by
George A. Romero
Starring
Duane Jones / Judith O'Dea / Karl Hardman / Marilyn Eastman

*****

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
1971
Directed by
Mel Stuart
Starring
Gene Wilder / Jack Albertson / Peter Ostrum

*****

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Starring
Henry Thomas / Dee Wallace / Drew Barrymore / Robert MacNaughton

*****

A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
Directed by
Wes Craven
Starring
Robert Englund / Heather Langenkamp / Johnny Depp / Ronee Blakley / John Saxon

*****

Little Shop of Horrors
1986
Directed by
Frank Oz
Starring
Rick Moranis / Ellen Greene / Vincent Gardenia / Steve Martin / Bill Murray / Levi Stubbs

*****

The Land Before Time
1988
Directed by
Don Bluth
Starring
Gabriel Damon / Candace Huston / Judith Barsi / Will Ryan / Helen Shaver

*****

The Little Mermaid
1989
Directed by
John Musker / Ron Clements
Starring
Jodi Benson / Pat Carroll / Kenneth Mars / Samuel E. Wright / Jason Marin /
Christopher Daniel Barnes

*****

Natural Born Killers
1994
Directed by
Oliver Stone
Starring
Woody Harrelson / Juliette Lewis / Robert Downey Jr. / Tom Sizemore / Tommy Lee Jones

*****

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
Directed by
Steve Oedekerk
Starring
Jim Carrey / Ian McNeice / Simon Callow / Sophie Okonedo / Bob Gunton

*****

Happiness
1998
Directed by
Todd Solondz
Starring
Dylan Baker / Philip Seymour Hoffman / Cynthia Stevenson / Jane Adams / Lara Flynn Boyle / Jared Harris

*****

Saving Private Ryan
1998
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Starring
Tom Hanks /Tom Sizemore / Barry Pepper / Matt Damon / Paul Giamatti

*****

Finding Nemo
2003
Directed by
Andrew Stanton / Lee Unkrich
Starring
Albert Brooks / Ellen DeGeneres / Alexander Gould / Willem Dafoe / Geoffrey Rush

*****

Mysterious Skin
2005
Directed by
Gregg Araki
Starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Brady Corbet / Michelle Trachtenberg

*****

The Bridge
2006
Directed by
Eric Steel


*****

ThanksKilling
2009
Directed by
Jordan Downey
Starring
Lindsey Anderson / Lance Predmore / Aaron Ringhiser-Carlson /
Ryan E. Francis / Natasha Cordova

*****

Up
2009
Directed by
Bob Peterson / Pete Docter
Starring
Ed Asner / Jordan Nagai / Christopher Plummer / Bob Peterson

*****

Cropsey
2010
Directed by
Barbara Brancaccio / Joshua Zeman


*****

Super 8
2011
Directed by
J.J. Abrams
Starring
Joel Courtney / Elle Fanning / Riley Griffiths / Kyle Chandler /
Noah Emmerich