Movies, oh how I love you.

I love movies.

Yes I do.

Probably more than I should.

But who wouldn't love the idea of escaping for just those short 2-3 hours and being part of a whole other world?

I love all kinds of movies.

Romance

Action

Thriller

Drama

They're all so great.

I love it when a movie makes me cry, because that movie did more for me than just entertain for a short time. It moved me. It made me feel something more.

Extreme happiness.

Sadness

Perhaps it brought back memories of a situation I've been in.

Maybe it inspired me.

Movies like this are always put close to the top, if not at the top, of my list of favorites. Movies such as

Braveheart (my all time favorite)

Gladiator

The Last Samurai

La Vita É Bella

La Vie En Rose

The Secret Life of Bees

Hotel Rwanda

And then there are those films that just make you want to fall in love and smile or just get up and dance. Movies such as

Pride and Prejudice

The Notebook

Return to Me

Singin' in the Rain

Calamity Jane

And then there are those that you may not cry in, or you may not get that warm fuzzy feeling, but they are just plain great. Such as

Forrest Gump

Charlotte Gray

Man From Snowy River

V for Vendetta

Blood Diamond

Get Smart

My Fair Lady

In honor of all the great movies out there (because there are so many more than just those that I have listed) I have written this post. And with it (because I think that a huge reason that movies can be so great is because of the music in them), have found songs and quotes from as many great movies as I could find.

The Magic of Movies.

Let's hope they stay magic, inspiring, uplifting, and just plain awesome, and hope they don't sink along with the values of those that tend to make them! :)

My Movie Greats Playlist that you are now hearing:

1. "The Braveheart Theme"

2. The Freedom Speech from Braveheart

3. "Now We are Free" from Gladiator

4. Music from the "Honor Him" scene in Gladiator (I cry every time...)

5. "My name is Gladiator" from Gladiator

6. "Main Title" from The Notebook

7. "I'll Be Seeing You" by Billie Holiday. From the road dancing scene in The Notebook

8. "Top of the World" from Pride and Prejudice

9. "Darcy's Letter" from Pride and Prejudice

10. "Mrs. Darcy" from Pride and Prejudice

11. The theme song of La Vita É Bella

12. Music from The Last Samurai

13. "Singin' in the Rain" by Gene Kelly

14. "Secret Love" by Doris Day in Calamity Jane

15. "Black Hills of Dakota" from Calamity Jane

16. "The Power of Ideas" quote from V for Vendetta

17. "Jessica's Theme" from Man From Snowy River

18. "Non, Je ne Regrette Rien" from La Vie en Rose

19. "Forrest Gump Theme"