Stories by @teeyutes

Elmer Gantry (1980)

A confidence man and a female evangelist sell religion to small-town America.

Welcome to Mooseport (1954)

In order to maintain custody of his vacation home in Mooseport, Maine, a former American president with an approval rating of 85% runs for mayor after the death of the previous mayor. But there’s one problem: he is running against something that is rarely seen in politics: a genuinely honest man. Rest in peace, Gene Hackman.

The Bucket List (1967)

Two terminally ill men escape from their hospital bed and travel the world with intent to do all the things they want to do before they kick the bucket.

Something’s Gotta Give (1983)

Nancy Meyers

You Can’t Take It With You (1948)

Stenographer Alice Sycamore is in love with her boss Tony Kirby, who is the vice-president of the powerful company owned by his greedy father Anthony P. Kirby. Kirby Sr. is dealing a monopoly in the trade of weapons, and needs to buy one last house in a 12-block area owned by Alice's grandfather, Martin Vanderhof. However, Martin is the patriarch of an anarchic and eccentric family whose members care not about money but about making friends and having fun. When Tony proposes to Alice, she states that it would be mandatory to introduce her family to the snobbish Kirbys, and Tony decides to visit Alice with his parents one day before the scheduled get-together. There is an inevitable clash of classes and lifestyles: the Kirbys spurn the Sycamores and Alice breaks with Tony, changing the lives of the Kirby family. —Paraphrased from Claudio Carvalho on IMDb

Stagecoach (1949)

In the old west, nine eclectic people ride on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory.

Hatari! (2002)

Romantic comedy in the jungle.

Secondhand Lions (1993)

An introverted young boy is sent to live with his eccentric great uncles on a farm in Texas.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1997)

My favorite movie about racism.

As Good As It Gets (1967)

New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon Bishop is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. Additionally, Carol Connelly, the only waitress willing to put up with Melvin at the only restaurant at which he is willing to eat, must leave work to care for her ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast. —Paraphrased from Jon Reeves on IMDb

Grand Hotel (1952)

Five guests struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache at the Grand Hotel of Berlin in the 1920s.

The Grapes of Wrath (1970)

The story of the Joads, an Oklahoma family of sharecroppers, who, after losing their farm to increased mechanization during the Great Depression in the 1930s, become migrant workers, and eventually end up in California.

We're No Angels (1975)

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1895.

Going My Way (1964)

Catholicism

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1957)

In New York the clumsy Walter Mitty is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce. He lives with his overbearing mother and neither his fiancée Gertrude Griswold and her mother nor his best friend Tubby Wadsworth respects him. Walter is an escapist and daydreams several times every day. One day, while Walter is commuting, he stumbles in the train with the gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn, who uses Walter to escape from her pursuer. Walter unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous ring of spies that are seeking a black book with notes about a hidden treasure. —Paraphrased from Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Terms Of Endearment (1963)

The relationship between a mother and daughter who march to different drummers.

Forrest Gump (1964)

Look it up.

Notting Hill (1969)

A divorced, middle-class owner of a travel book store in Notting Hill, England has a romantic encounter with a famous American movie star.

The Bucket List (1977)

Two terminally ill men escape from their hospital bed and travel the world with intent to do all the things they want to do before they kick the bucket.

Something’s Gotta Give (1973)

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