I Made a Movie Montage

Dave Wheelroute
Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar
10 min readJun 3, 2021
Image from NPR

“If you can paint, I can walk. Anything can happen, don’t you think?”

You might remember that I made a television montage last year to lead into The Television Project: 100 Favorite Shows. I decided to do the same for my favorite movies. I haven’t decided if I’m going to write essays for them yet. Right now, it’s just video editing because that relaxes me. YouTube blocked it, but you can click on any word in this sentence to watch it, if you’re interested. I’ll also just paste the link below as is. If you’re interested. I’m trying to be very deferential here. Much love. We’ll talk about High School Musical: The Musical: The Series again this weekend.

You don’t have to read this next part unless you’re nerdy like me. It’s long. My deadline for inclusion was May 31, 2021. Here is a full list of movies featured in the aforementioned montage:

  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • 12 Angry Men
  • 12 Years a Slave
  • 1917
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
  • 20th Century Women
  • The 40 Year Old Virgin
  • 42
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • 50/50
  • 50 First Dates
  • About Time
  • Across the Universe
  • The Adjustment Bureau
  • Adventureland
  • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
  • An Affair to Remember
  • The African Queen
  • After Hours
  • Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
  • Airplane!
  • Aladdin (1992)
  • Aladdin (2019)
  • Alice in Wonderland (1951)
  • Alien
  • All About Eve
  • All That Jazz
  • All the President’s Men
  • Almost Famous
  • Amélie
  • American Graffiti
  • American Honey
  • An American in Paris
  • An American Pickle
  • An American Tail
  • Ammonite
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
  • Anchors Aweigh
  • Animal Crackers
  • Animal House
  • Annie Hall
  • Anomalisa
  • Ant-Man
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • The Apartment
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Apollo 13
  • Arrival
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Avatar
  • The Avengers
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • The Aviator
  • Baby Driver
  • Back to the Future
  • Bad Times at the El Royale
  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • The Band Wagon
  • Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
  • The Barkleys of Broadway
  • Barton Fink
  • Batman (1989)
  • Be Kind Rewind
  • Bears
  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
  • Beauty and the Beast (1991)
  • Beauty and the Beast (2017)
  • The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
  • Before Midnight
  • Before Sunrise
  • Before Sunset
  • Before We Go
  • Begin Again
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Being There
  • Between Two Ferns: The Movie
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • Big
  • Big Fish
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Big Miracle
  • The Big Short
  • The Big Sick
  • The Birdcage
  • Birdman
  • Black Panther
  • Black Swan
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Blended
  • Blue Hawaii
  • Blue Valentine
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Boogie Nights
  • Booksmart
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Born in China
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Boy
  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown
  • The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story
  • Brave
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Brick
  • The Bride of Frankenstein
  • Bridesmaids
  • Bridget Jones’s Diary
  • Brigsby Bear
  • Bringing Up Baby
  • Brooklyn
  • The ‘Burbs
  • Burn After Reading
  • Burnt
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
  • Cabiria
  • Cape Fear
  • Captain America: Civil War
  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Captain Marvel
  • Captain Phillips
  • Carol
  • Casablanca
  • Casino
  • Cast Away
  • The Castle
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • Catching Fire
  • Celeste and Jesse Forever
  • Charade
  • Chasing Happiness
  • Chef
  • Chicken Run
  • Children of Men
  • A Christmas Story
  • Christmas Vacation
  • Christopher Robin
  • The Cider House Rules
  • Cinderella (1950)
  • Cinderella Man
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Citizen Kane
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Clouds
  • Clue
  • Clueless
  • Cocktail
  • Coco
  • Collateral
  • The Color of Money
  • Coming to America
  • Con Air
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  • Crazy, Stupid Love
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Curious George
  • The Darjeeling Limited
  • Days of Heaven
  • Dead Poets Society
  • The Death of Stalin
  • The Deer Hunter
  • The Departed
  • The Descendants
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Die Hard
  • The Disaster Artist
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Django Unchained
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Doctor Sleep
  • Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Dora and the Lost City of Gold
  • Double Indemnity
  • Dracula (1931)
  • Draft Day
  • Drinking Buddies
  • Drive
  • Drop Dead Fred
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Due Date
  • Dumbo (1941)
  • Dumbo (2019)
  • Eagle vs. Shark
  • Easter Parade
  • Easy A
  • Ed Wood
  • The Edge of Seventeen
  • Edge of Tomorrow
  • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
  • Election
  • Elf
  • Elvis and Nixon
  • Emma (1996)
  • The Emperor’s New Groove
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Enchanted
  • The End of the Tour
  • E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  • Ex Machina
  • The Exorcist
  • Face/Off
  • Fantasia
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Fargo
  • Fast Five
  • Fast and Furious 6
  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High
  • The Fault in Our Stars
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • Fever Pitch
  • A Few Good Men
  • Field of Dreams
  • Finding Nemo
  • Finding Neverland
  • The Firm
  • First Man
  • The First Wives Club
  • The Five-Year Engagement
  • The Florida Project
  • Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  • Four Days in October
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • The Fox and the Hound
  • Frances Ha
  • Frankenstein (1931)
  • Frankenweenie
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Frozen
  • Frozen II
  • Fruitvale Station
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Funny Face
  • Funny People
  • Furious 7
  • Fury
  • A Futile and Stupid Gesture
  • The Game
  • Game Night
  • Garden State
  • Gaslight
  • Get Out
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  • A Ghost Story
  • Gladiator
  • Glass
  • The Godfather
  • The Godfather Part II
  • The Gold Rush
  • Gone Baby Gone
  • Gone Girl
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Goodfellas
  • Good Night and Good Luck
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  • Good Will Hunting
  • The Goonies
  • The Graduate
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Gravity
  • Grease
  • The Great Dictator
  • The Greatest Showman
  • The Great Gatsby (2013)
  • Groundhog Day
  • Grown Ups
  • Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
  • Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
  • Guys and Dolls
  • Hail, Caesar!
  • Half Nelson
  • Halloween (1978)
  • Hamlet (1948)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • The Hangover
  • The Hangover Part III
  • Happiest Season
  • Happiness Continues
  • Happy Feet
  • Happy Gilmore
  • A Hard Day’s Night
  • Harold and Maude
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Harvey
  • The Hateful Eight
  • Haunted Honeymoon
  • The Haunted Palace
  • The Haunting (1963)
  • Have It All — The Movie
  • Heat
  • Hell or High Water
  • Help!
  • Her
  • Hercules (1997)
  • High Fidelity
  • High School Musical
  • High School Musical 2
  • High School Musical 3: Senior Year
  • His Girl Friday
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • Hocus Pocus
  • The Holiday
  • Home Alone
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
  • Honey Boy
  • Hook
  • Hot Fuzz
  • Hot Rud
  • House of Usher (1960)
  • House on Haunted Hill (1959)
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • How the West Was Won
  • Howard (2020)
  • The Hudsucker Proxy
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • The Hunger Games
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • The Hurt Locker
  • I Am Big Bird: The Carol Spinney Story
  • I Confess
  • I Love You, Man
  • I, Tonya
  • I’m Still Here
  • In Bruges
  • The Incredibles
  • Incredibles 2
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Inherent Vice
  • The Innocents
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Inside Out
  • Interstellar
  • The Interview
  • Interview with the Vampire
  • Intolerable Cruelty
  • The Invisible Man (2020)
  • The Irishman
  • Iron Man
  • Iron Man 3
  • IT Chapter Two
  • It’s a Wonderful Life
  • Jackie
  • Jane
  • Jaws
  • Jeff, Who Lives at Home
  • The Jerk
  • Jerry Maguire
  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  • Joe Versus the Volcano
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
  • Juliet, Naked
  • The Jungle Book (1967)
  • The Jungle Book (2016)
  • Juno
  • Jurassic Park
  • Jurassic World
  • The Karate Kid (1984)
  • Kill Bill, Vol. 1
  • The Killers (1946)
  • The King of Comedy
  • The King of Staten Island
  • King Kong (1933)
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • Knives Out
  • Knock Down the House
  • Knocked Up
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Krampus
  • Kundun
  • L’avventura
  • Lady and the Tramp (1955)
  • Lady Bird
  • The Lady Eve
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Last Christmas
  • Late Night
  • La La Land
  • The Last Five Years
  • A League of Their Own
  • The Lego Movie
  • Lethal Weapon
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • The Life of Brian
  • Life of Pi
  • Lifeboat
  • The Lighthouse
  • Lilo and Stitch
  • Lincoln
  • The Lion King (1994)
  • The Lion King (2019)
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Little Women (2019)
  • Long Shot
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Lost City of Z
  • Lost in Translation
  • Love Actually
  • Love and Mercy
  • Love, Gilda
  • Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000)
  • The Lovebirds
  • MacGruber
  • Magnolia
  • Make Mine Music
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Man on the Moon
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • The Man Who Wasn’t There
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
  • March of the Penguins
  • Marriage Story
  • The Martian
  • Mary Poppins
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Mean Girls
  • Mean Streets
  • The Meaning of Life
  • Medicine for Melancholy
  • Meet Me in St. Louis
  • Men in Black
  • Men in Black 3
  • Middle of Nowhere
  • Midnight in Paris
  • The Mighty Ducks
  • Miller’s Crossing
  • Minari
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • Misery
  • Miss Americana
  • Miss Congeniality
  • Mission: Impossible — Fallout
  • Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
  • Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation
  • Mistress America
  • Moana
  • Mockingjay — Part 2
  • Modern Times
  • Molly’s Game
  • Moneyball
  • Monsters, Inc.
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Moonlight
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Mother!
  • Moulin Rouge!
  • Mr. Deeds
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  • Mulan (1998)
  • The Mummy (1999)
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • The Muppet Movie
  • The Muppets
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Music and Lyrics
  • My Best Friend’s Wedding
  • My Dinner with Andre
  • My Girl
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  • The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
  • National Treasure
  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets
  • The Natural
  • Nebraska
  • Neighbors (1981)
  • Neighbors (2014)
  • Network
  • New Year’s Eve
  • New York, New York
  • The Nice Guys
  • Night at the Museum
  • A Night at the Opera
  • A Night at the Roxbury
  • The Night Before
  • No Country for Old Men
  • No Strings Attached
  • Noelle
  • North by Northwest
  • The Notebook
  • Notorious
  • Notting Hill
  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
  • Obvious Child
  • Ocean’s Eight
  • Ocean’s Eleven
  • Ocean’s Thirteen
  • Ocean’s Twelve
  • The Old Man and the Gun
  • Old School
  • Oliver!
  • On the Rocks
  • On the Waterfront
  • Once
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
  • One Night in Miami
  • Onward
  • Our Idiot Brother
  • Out of Africa
  • Out of Sight
  • Over the Hedge
  • The Overnight
  • Paddington 2
  • Palm Springs
  • Parasite
  • Paths of Glory
  • Patton
  • Paul Blart: Mall Cop
  • The Peanuts Movie
  • Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
  • Penguins of Madagascar
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Peter Pan (1953)
  • Phantom Thread
  • Philadelphia
  • The Philadelphia Story
  • Pineapple Express
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
  • The Pit and the Pendulum
  • Pitch Perfect
  • The Pixar Story
  • Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
  • Planet of the Apes
  • The Player
  • Pleasantville
  • Point Break
  • The Polar Express
  • Popeye
  • Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
  • The Post
  • The Prestige
  • Pretty in Pink
  • Pretty Woman
  • Pride and Prejudice (2005)
  • The Princess and the Frog
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Producers (1967)
  • Psych 2: Lassie Come Home
  • The Public Enemy
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • A Quiet Place
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Raging Bull
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Raising Arizona
  • Ratatouille
  • Rear Window
  • Rebecca (1940)
  • Rebel Without a Cause
  • Reign Over Me
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Return of the Jedi
  • The Right Stuff
  • Robin Hood (1973)
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights
  • Rocketman
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • Roma
  • Roman Holiday
  • Room
  • Rope
  • Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
  • Rounders
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • The Rugrats Movie
  • Rushmore
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • Safety Not Guaranteed
  • The Sandlot
  • The Santa Clause
  • Saturday Night
  • Sausage Party
  • Saving Mr. Banks
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • Say Anything
  • Schindler’s List
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • Scream
  • Scrooge
  • Scrooged
  • Searching
  • Semi-Pro
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Seven
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
  • A Serious Man
  • Shakespeare in Love
  • The Shape of Water
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • The Shining
  • Shrek
  • Shrek 2
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Silk Stockings
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • The Simpsons Movie
  • Singin’ in the Rain
  • Sisters (2015)
  • The Sit-In: Harry Belafone Hosts The Tonight Show
  • Sixteen Candles
  • The Sixth Sense
  • The Skeleton Twins
  • Skyfall
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Sleeping with Other People
  • Sleepless in Seattle
  • Sleepwalk with Me
  • Snoopy, Come Home
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • The Social Network
  • Some Like It Hot
  • Soul
  • Space Jam
  • Speed
  • Spellbound
  • Spider-Man
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Spider-Man 3
  • Spider-Man: Far From Home
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Splash
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  • Spotlight
  • Stand by Me
  • A Star Is Born
  • Star Wars
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Stay
  • Step Brothers
  • Steve Jobs
  • The Sting
  • Stop Making Sense
  • Stranger Than Fiction
  • Summer Magic
  • Summer Stock
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Superbad
  • Surf’s Up
  • Sylvie’s Love
  • T2 Trainspotting
  • Tag
  • Tangled
  • Tarzan (1999)
  • Taxi Driver
  • Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour — Live
  • Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour
  • The Terminal
  • That’s Entertainment!
  • Thelma and Louise
  • There Will Be Blood
  • There’s Something About Mary
  • They Came Together
  • The Thin Red Line
  • The Thing (1982)
  • The Third Man
  • This Is 40
  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • This Is the End
  • Thor: Ragnarok
  • Three Amigos
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • The Three Caballeros
  • Time Bandits
  • Titanic
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
  • Top Hat
  • Top Secret!
  • Tower Heist
  • The Town
  • Toy Story
  • Toy Story 2
  • Toy Story 3
  • Toy Story 4
  • Trading Places
  • Trainspotting
  • Trainwreck
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • The Tree of Life
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7
  • Tropic Thunder
  • True Grit (2010)
  • The Truman Show
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Unbreakable
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Versus the Reverend
  • Uncut Gems
  • Unforgiven
  • Up
  • Up in the Air
  • Us
  • V for Vendetta
  • Vacation
  • Valentine’s Day
  • Vertigo
  • The Village
  • Wait Until Dark
  • Waking Sleeping Beauty
  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
  • Wall-E
  • Waltzes from Vienna
  • The Way Way Back
  • Wayne’s World
  • We Bought a Zoo
  • The Wedding Singer
  • West Side Story
  • Wet Hot American Summer
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • When Harry Met Sally
  • Where the Wild Things Are
  • Whiplash
  • While You Were Sleeping
  • White Men Can’t Jump
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Wildlife
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  • Wind River
  • Winnie the Pooh
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • The Wolf Man (1941)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • The Woman in Black
  • Wonder Woman
  • Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  • The World’s End
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • A Wrinkle in Time
  • Yesterday
  • Young Frankenstein
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • You’ve Got Mail
  • Zodiac
  • Zombieland
  • Zoolander

Sorry the list is so long; I feel bad about it, too.

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Dave Wheelroute
Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar

Writer of Saoirse Ronan Deserves an Oscar & The Television Project: 100 Favorite Shows. I also wrote a book entitled Paradigms as a Second Language!