Mister D: Yes, EW has done it again. They seem to have a bad habit of dissing Bette, but with this new list of theirs they have gone too far…everyone knows that of all the weepies and chick flicks, this is the list where Bette should at least reside somewhere….whether a critic likes the movie or not, they usually will insist this is a tearjerking, female grabbing weepie….so what’s up EW? Can’t give an inch for Bette? Should we write you a letter? Why, of course we should:-)
1. ”Terms of Endearment,” Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger (1983)
2. ”Bambi,” (1942)
3. ”Sophie’s Choice,” Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline (1982)
4. ”An Affair to Remember,” Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr (1957)
5. ”It’s a Wonderful Life,” James Stewart, Donna Reed (1946)
6. ”Longtime Companion,” Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott (1990)
7. ”Brian’s Song,” James Caan, Billy Dee Williams (1971)
8. ”E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore (1982)
9. ”Ghost,” Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore (1990)
10. ”Field of Dreams,” Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones (1987)
11. ”Old Yeller,” Dorothy McGuire, Tommy Kirk (1957)
12. ”Brief Encounter,” Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard (1945)
13. ”Kramer vs. Kramer,” Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep (1979)
14. ”Life Is Beautiful,” Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi (1998)
15. ”Titanic,” Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet (1997)
16. ”Glory,” Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington (1989)
17. ”Love Story,” Ryan O’Neal, Ali MacGraw (1970)
18. ”Ordinary People,” Mary Tyler Moore, Timothy Hutton (1980)
19. ”Stella Dallas,” Barbara Stanwyck, Anne Shirley (1937)
20. ”Steel Magnolias,” Sally Field, Julia Roberts (1989)
21. ”Gallipoli,” Mel Gibson, Mark Lee (1981)
22. ”The Joy Luck Club,” Kieu Chinh, Ming-Na Wen (1993)
23. ”Charly,” Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom (1968)
24. ”Goodbye, Mr. Chips,” Robert Donat, Greer Garson (1939)
25. ”The Great Santini,” Robert Duvall, Michael O’Keefe (1979)
26. ”The Deer Hunter,” Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken (1978)
27. ”To Kill a Mockingbird,” Gregory Peck, Mary Badham (1962)
28. ”The Way We Were,” Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand (1973)
29. ”Cocoon,” Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy (1985)
30. ”Romeo and Juliet,” Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey (1968)
31. ”West Side Story,” Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer (1961)
32. ”Imitation of Life,” Lana Turner, Juanita Moore (1959)
33. ”Philadelphia,” Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington (1993)
34. ”Jerry Maguire,” Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger (1996)
35. ”The Wizard of Oz,” Judy Garland, Ray Bolger (1939)
36. ”The Yearling,” Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman (1946)
37. ”The Iron Giant,” (1999)
38. ”The Champ,” Jon Voight, Ricky Schroder (1979)
39. ”Umberto D.,” Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio (1952)
40. ”Little Women,” Katharine Hepburn; Winona Ryder (1933/1994)
41. ”Now, Voyager,” Bette Davis, Paul Henreid (1942)
42. ”Sounder,” Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks (1972)
43. ”Dead Poets Society,” Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke (1989)
44. ”Truly Madly Deeply,” Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman (1991)
45. ”Sense and Sensibility,” Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet (1995)
46. ”The Sixth Sense,” Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis (1999)
47. ”Moulin Rouge,” Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor (2001)
48. ”Cinema Paradiso,” Jacques Perrin, Philippe Noiret (1989)
49. ”Parenthood,” Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest (1989)
50. ”Rudy,” Sean Astin, Charles S. Dutton (1993)
