I have always loved movies, and it would be very difficult to make any kind of list of so-called favorites. So I'll just give a list of some of the movies that tend to wind up on my DVD player again and again.

<strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-155" src="http://mikerappaport.net/onevoice/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/animal-169x300.jpg" alt="" width="169" height="300" />COMEDIES -- </strong>There's no more wonderful thing to do at a movie than laugh, and my love of comedies range from slob comedies to rom-coms. If I had to pick a favorite, it would definitely be <strong>Animal House (1978).</strong> I've probably seen it 20 times and I still laugh out loud every time I watch it. "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son." Another film from that general time in the same genre is <strong>"Used Cars" (1980),</strong> probably the best performance Kurt Russell ever gave. And remember, "50 dollars never killed anybody."

Two of my other favorite comedies were both released the year I graduated from high school. <strong>"The Graduate" (1967)</strong> is remembered as an iconic film of my generation, while the original version of <strong>"Bedazzled" (1967),</strong> starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, matches up very well with anything Monty Python ever did.

Two more favorites came out six years later.<strong> "American Graffiti" (1973)</strong> pretty much created the entire '50s nostalgia movement, and despite his success in science fiction, was probably the best film George Lucas ever made. "Blume in Love" (1973) is my favorite of all of Paul Mazursky's films, the story of a man who lost his wife because