The 'Grace Kelly' Conceit Or List of Movies Where The Girl Is Way Out Of The Guy's League (Even By Hollywood Standards)
Remember 'Rear Window'? James Stewart, playing a restless magazine photographer, is cooped up in his West Village apartment with his leg in a cast and his girlfriend is high society fashion-consultant Grace Kelly. Wait? Whaaat? Here's a list of movies (probably made by men) with other too good to be true girlfriends.
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.High society girl Grace Kelly cooped up in an apartment with wheelchair bound Jimmy Stewart. Yeah....right.
- DirectorFranklin J. SchaffnerStarsCharlton HestonRoddy McDowallKim HunterAn astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet where highly intelligent non-human ape species are dominant and humans are enslaved.Well if you're gonna' be stuck on a planet full of apes you might as well be with Linda Harrison (Nova). Good thing her Max Factor make up survived all those years.
- DirectorJudd ApatowStarsSeth RogenKatherine HeiglPaul RuddFor fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.Although the premise revolves around Katherine Heigl being out of slacker Seth Rogan's league. It's a really realistic premise.
- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsMichael CeraJonah HillChristopher Mintz-PlasseTwo co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.Jonah Hill gets the girl? Sure, why not. But Emma Stone? Come on!
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.Tara Reid plays "Bunny". Sure she might be down on her luck. But that far down?
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsAdam SandlerChristopher McDonaldJulie BowenAfter his grandmothers house is repossessed by the IRS, bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.Julie Bowen and Adam Sandler? Nope.
- DirectorPeter ChelsomStarsSimon PeggRosamund PikeTracy-Ann ObermanA psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.Hector's (Simon Pegg) girlfriend is Rosamund Pike and he can't find happiness?
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.Before Elizabeth Shue, Claudia Hill was Marty's original girlfriend. I mean, he did have that Delorean but McFly!?
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn WayneDean MartinRicky NelsonA small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy."Hey. Sheriff! You forgot your pants!" Wayne's 52 and Angie Dickinson is 27. Nope.
- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGary CooperGrace KellyThomas MitchellA town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.Another mismatch for Grace Kelly at 22. Cooper was 30 years her senior. Ew.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelAn ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.Megan Fox was supposedly a fan girl so ... maybe? Naaaah
- DirectorJonathan LevineStarsCharlize TheronSeth RogenJune Diane RaphaelJournalist, Fred Flarsky, reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field; now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to run for president, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter, and sparks fly."No - f***in' - way." (see 'Knocked Up')
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Billy Crystal, a guy with no sex appeal whatsoever, doesn't even merit "friend zone" status with Meg Ryan.
- DirectorSeth MacFarlaneStarsSeth MacFarlaneCharlize TheronLiam NeesonAs a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his newly found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.Charlize Theron should get an award for "Best Supporting Good Sport".
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsSteve MartinClaire DanesJason SchwartzmanA film adaptation of Steve Martin's novel about a complex love triangle between a bored salesgirl, a wealthy businessman and an aimless young man.Okay, Clair Danes is such a good actress that she almost convinces you that she would be into Steve Martin's character. But she wouldn't.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonMariel HemingwayThe life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.Looks like Woody Allen spent years hiding in plain sight. Mariel Hemingway was 16 when she starred opposite then 44 year old Woody Allen. Admittedly, Hemingway's performance is so good this is one "accident" that is impossible to turn away from.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsRandolph ScottJane WyattJ. Carrol NaishA surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsHarry Dean StantonNastassja KinskiDean StockwellTravis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.
- DirectorRobert MulliganStarsLee RemickSteve McQueenDon MurrayIn Texas, a woman and her young daughter head down to another town where the girl's irresponsible, hotheaded and immature father has just been released from prison on parole.Steve McQueen blows off Lee Remick to play "rockabilly" in a two bit gin joint. Annnnnnnd nope!
- DirectorRalph NelsonStarsSteve McQueenJackie GleasonTuesday WeldThe bond of friendship between a worldly-wise Army Master Sergeant and his naive worshiper.Gleason is 47 and Tuesday Weld plays a senior in high school. How sweet it is!