Great movies for a rainy day, or any day.

I grew up in a "film family" and so many of my best memories are of being on a location shoot, watching actors act, designers design, and directors guiding the ensemble process.

Anyway, here are some of my all time favorites, many of these are for adults, some for teens, and some for kids:

Scarecrow (Gene Hackman and Al Pacino)/Adult

The Conversation (Gene Hackman, again)/Adult

Shawshank Redemption/Adult

Babe

What About Bob?/Late teen-Adult

Forrest Gump/Family

Back to the Future/family

Vision Quest/Late teen

The Sting/Family

Million Dollar Baby/Adult

The Last Waltz/Teen -- Last concert of The Band

Apollo 13/Family

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid/Late teen and adult

Rear Window/Late teen and adult

American beauty/adult

Fargo/adult

Man on Fire/Adult

Alien/late teen and adult

To Live and Die in LA/Late teen and adult

The Departed/Adult

To Kill a Mockingbird (My father directed this film)

Heat/Late teen and adult

Manhunter/Adult

True Romance/Adult

Kingpin/Adult

Full Metal Jacket/late teen and adult

Rudy/family

Spaceballs/family

Sea Biscuit/family

Rain Man/teen

40 Year Old Virgin/Late teen and adult

A Fish Called Wanda/Late teen and adult

Galaxy Quest/family

Thief/adult

Unforgiven/adult

Michael Clayton/adult

Blackhawk Down/late teen and adult

Butch Cassidy/early teen and adult

Three Kings/Teen and adult

Domino/adult

Gladiator/teen and adult

Napoleon Dynomite/family

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