The Best Movies You've Never Seen Quiz

Answer: The Crying Game

If you haven't seen the film I won't give away the surprise. When I first saw the movie I knew what to expect so the impact wasn't as great as it might have been. In the film every character wears a mask, symbolically and, in Dil's case, quite figuratively.

Answer: North by Northwest

There are several bloopers in the movie which I never really noticed until they were pointed out. One occurs towards the end of the movie when Vandamm confronts Thornhill in the visitors' center at Mount Rushmore and gun fire is exchanged. Watch closely and you'll notice a young boy in the background covering his ears before the gun goes off.

Answer: The Straight Story

Richard Farnsworth plays the role of Alvin Straight so well and so naturally, I nearly forgot this was a dramatization and not a documentary. Alvin's six-week odyssey from his home in Iowa to Wisconsin on a John Deere lawn mower becomes a journey of self-discovery. We, the viewers, also discover a lot about Alvin through conversations and the friendships he develops along the way.

Answer: Working Girl

If you can get past the big hair of the 1980s you'll enjoy this film. Carly Simon's award-winning song from the movie soundtrack, "Let the River Run," is still one of my favorites. By the way, Cinderella does get her prince in the form of hunky Harrison Ford.

Answer: The Shop Around the Corner

A remake of this movie,"You've Got Mail," was made in 1998 and stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The original film is set in Hungary and the remake in New York. The original uses the actual mail service, the remake uses e-mail. What a difference 58 years makes!

Answer: The Man in the Moon

Sam Waterston and Tess Harper co-star as the parents in this well-acted drama that illustrates the importance of family and how the bonds shared between sisters can survive tragic events.

Answer: The Last Seduction

Not only does Bridget steal drug money from her husband, she ensnares a new lover to get rid of him. Linda Fiorentino does a great job as the diabolical schemer.

Answer: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

In my opinion, Michael Caine and Steve Martin make a great comedic team. Glenn Headley plays the soap heiress who's the con artists' next target. But the soap heiress has a few tricks of her own!

Answer: Silkwood

Karen Silkwood, played perfectly by Streep, works for the Oklahoma plutonium-recycling plant, Kerr-McGee. When Karen blows the whistle on the company for unsafe practices, she is contaminated with radiation, then killed. Many agree it is murder although others, including the police, conclude her death is an accident.

This movie is so chilling and as relevant today as it was when it was released, that I still shudder when I watch the shower scene where Karen (Streep) is contaminated with a large dose of radiation and has to be scrubbed down.

Her panic is truly terrifying to watch.

Answer: In the Bedroom

The movie is rather bleak but well-acted. The father's desire for revenge is overshadowed by the strains put on his long marriage. Issues dealing with self awareness and the couple's future without their son dominate the film.