Back to the desert island

You get 10 movies, too. For the rest of your life. Go.

    Wait, first, a bonus -- while in studio today I asked the question of Tim "The Dean" Staudt and producer Brock Palmbos. Here are the movies they'd bring:

    Staudt:

    1. Slapshot

    2. Caddyshack

    3. Animal House

    (And according to Staudt, those are "the three greatest movies ever made."

    4. The Godfather

    5. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    6. The Sting

    7. Wall Street

    8. Patton

    9. All the President's Men

    10. Blazing Saddles

    And now for Palmbos:

    1. The Godfather

    2. The Godfather Part II

    3. The Sting

    4. Rocky

    5. Trading Places

    6. Coming to America

    7. Bull Durham

    8. Slapshot

    9. E.T.

    10. Pulp Fiction

    Hard to argue with any of those. Also hard to pick just 10. Here's my attempt:

    1. The Godfather. Best movie ever.

    2. The Godfather Part II. Unless this is the best movie ever.

    3. Fast Times at Ridgemont High. So many great choices among the '80s comedies. This one has everything you need, including a bunch of actors about to do bigger and better things (except Judge Reinhold, this was pretty much the best thing he ever did). And of course, there's "Moving in Stereo" by The Cars.

    4. Taxi Driver. Gotta have a Scorsese. "Goodfellas" and "The Departed" may be better, but I already have two mob films, and after a couple years on the island I'll probably relate to Travis Bickle.

    5. Reservoir Dogs. Gotta have a Tarantino. Go with the original, masterpiece that it is.

    6. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Fills the action/adventure film requirement. 

    7. Field of Dreams. Not really a sports film, yet still the best sports film ever made, if that makes sense at all.

    8. This is Spinal Tap. Still waiting for it to not make me laugh out loud.

    9. The Insider. To keep the journalism juices flowing.

    10. Annie Hall. Going light to finish. You should have a romantic comedy, and this basically created the genre. I consider "Schindler's List" and "Casablanca" to be among the top 10 movies ever made, but we're going to need laughs.