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40 birthday movies for lady wordsmith

Lady Wordsmith turns 40 today. In keeping with her creative and artistic personality, she has requested a most unusual birthday present. I hope I’ve risen to the challenge.

40 Birthday Movies for Lady Wordsmith

1. Birthday Girl Nicole Kidman is the Russian mail-order bride celebrating her first American birthday.
2. Parenthood When the clown for his son’s birthday party shows up drunk, Steve Martin improvises, dressing up as a cowboy and entertaining the kids.
3. Happy Birthday Gemini A gay comedy starring Madeline Kahn and Rita Moreno.
4. Ring 0:Birthday A Japanese horror flick that’s the prequel to The Ring and The Ring 2.
5. The Omen Damien’s nanny makes his 5th birthday party extra special by hanging herself from the highest window of their mansion while everyone is watching.
6. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie always gets a Willy Wonka chocolate bar for his birthday. This year it comes with a golden ticket.
7. The Birthday Aaaah, Corey Feldman in a horror flick. Good stuff.
8. Liar, Liar Jim Carrey’s son uses his birthday wish to wish that his dad (Carrey) can’t lie for a day. Who knew telling the truth was so troublesome?
9. Birthday Boy A Korean animated short film from 2004.
10. City Slickers Getting a “rodeo camp” visit for his birthday is what started Billy Crystal down the path to wackiness and Jack Palance.
11. My Best Friend’s Birthday A comedy short written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in 1987.
12. Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday With a tagline like “If you only celebrate one birthday this year, make it Stephen Tobolowsky’s!” it has to be good.
13. 13 Going On Thirty A 13-year old girl uses her birthday wish to wish to be 30 and wakes up as the goofy but beautiful Jennifer Garner.
14. Birthday Party Robert Shaw stars in this William Friedkin-directed film.
15. Misty Cam’s Birthday Party An adult film that I have NOT seen, but I’m getting desperate for forty movie titles for this list.
16. Sixteen Candles Perhaps the best birthday movie of them all. Because Molly Ringwald’s sister is getting married, her family forgets about her birthday. Oh yeah, there’s Long Duck Dong, teen angst and Anthony Michael Hall asking for Ringwald’s panties.
17. Happy Birthday To Me Melissa Sue Anderson makes a complete 180 from her role as Mary on Little House on the Prairie to star as one pissed-off birthday girl getting revenge in this horror flick.
18. 18 Again! An 81-year-old wishes to be 18 again while blowing out his birthday candles, which instigates a Freaky Friday switcheroo with his 18-year-old grandson.
19. Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring Bilbo Baggins’ birthday bash was da bomb.
20. Toy Story If Buzz Lightyear hadn’t arrived as a birthday present, there wouldn’t have been a movie.
21. Secrets and Lies A 21st birthday party is where the secrets and lies are unveiled.
22. Alice in Wonderland And a very merry un-birthday to you.
23. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof When gathering to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday, this Tennessee Williams family puts the “fun” in “dysfunctional.”
24. The 6th Day How does Arnold Schwartzenegger know he’s got a doppelganger taking over his life? When he peeks through the windows of his home and sees himself – his other self – blowing out the candles on his son’s birthday cake.
25. Mommie Dearest Well at least little Christina didn’t receive any wire hangers as birthday gifts.
26. Bloody Birthday An 80’s slasher flick. Apparently, birthdays in the 80s inspired murder and mayhem.
27. Birthday Suit A short film that screened at the Tidal Wave Film Festival in 2003.
28. The Birthday Cake A short Dutch film from 2000.
29. The Game Michael Douglas’ brother gives him a most bizarre birthday present, which puts him on the run for his life.
30. Logan’s Run Turning 30 here really sucks. You don’t have time to be depressed, though, because you’re dead.
31.Betty Boop’s Birthday Party An animated short from 1933.
32. The Surprise Party In this comedy/romance, Oscar is turning 30 and wants to celebrate by asking his girlfriend to marry him.
33. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Maybe the best surprise birthday party scene ever. Upon entering her home, Annabelle Sciorra, screaming furiously, accuses her husband of having an affair based on evidence planted by the evil nanny Rebecca De Mornay, only to turn around to see her family and friends gathered in her living room and the evil nanny holding a birthday cake. Surprise!
34. All About Eve Fasten your seatbelts for Margo Channing’s bumpy birthday night.
35. Signs One sure way to confirm that aliens have landed is to see them on the TV news attending a Brazilian birthday party.
36. On Golden Pond It’s Henry Fonda’s birthday, so gather round.
37. To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday Yes, it’s a depressing movie about a man missing his deceased wife on what would have been her 37th birthday. But, hey, it’s got “birthday” in the title, so I couldn’t leave it off the list.
38. The Birthday A short drama from 2002.
39. In Good Company The second-best surprise birthday party scene ever (see #33 for Number One).
40. Middle Age Crazy Bruce Dern turns 40 and lives to tell about it.

Happy birthday Lady Wordsmith!