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Good Fun Movies

by DJ McAdam

Big Trouble in Little China After I finished making up my list of 100 Greatest Movies, I realized that there are a lot of good movies, and certainly fun movies, that I really like, that will probably never make any list of films, for the simple reason that no movie critic would dare admit to liking them.

Fortunately, I'm not a movie critic.

Thus, the movies listed below are simply movies I like. Of course, I like the films on the "greatest movies" list, too, but there's nothing remarkable in that. I hope you get some good ideas from this list for choosing movies you might want to watch. Since ranking is unimportant, the list is more or less in alphabetical order.

The Beastmaster (1982)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Conan the Barbarian (1981)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Constantine (2005)
Dragonslayer (1981 - was 1981 a good year for movies, or what?)
Escape from New York (1981)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Ghost Rider (2007)
The Golden Child (1986)
Highlander (1986)
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Ladyhawke (1985)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black II (2002)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
National Treasure (2004)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Night at the Museum (2006)
The Scorpion King (2002)
Tomb Raider (2001)
Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Underworld (2003)
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
Van Helsing (2004)
Willow (1988)

As mentioned on our list of the 100 Greatest Country Songs, if you want to comment, please feel free to do so, and if I'm in town and have time, I'll make every effort to read any e-mails I get. My address is djmcadam@gmail.com

There are other pages on our website about movies as well, notably one related to Christmas Movies.