Behind the Candelabra [2013]

Michael Douglas plays Liberace and Matt Damon his gay lover, who
are brazenly intimate, both physically and emotionally — part of the reason why this film is too good (and controversial) for the major studios but just right for Cannes and HBO.

d: Steven Soderbergh | imdb.com | trailer | Making of ...

The Blues Brothers (1980)

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd reprise their “Saturday Night Live” characters, two white boys playing the blues on a mission from God in a musical action-comedy. But the highlights are performed by James Brown, Ray Charles and especially Aretha Franklin.

d: John Landis | imdb.com | trailer

Ghostbusters (1984)

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis play parapsychologists who save New York City from ghosts and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in a winning comedy and special effects blockbuster. Murray perfects his comic persona as Dr. Peter Venkman.

d: Ivan Reitman | imdb.com | trailer | the whole movie | the song