Confessions of Movie Addicts

What movie are you addicted to? That's what we asked 50 celebrities to confess. What film stops 'em cold whenever they're channel-surfing in the middle of the night? Which one can they see again and again--and again?

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1. Terence Stamp (actor, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) "The Tyrone Power version of The Razor's Edge, If you include subject matter in the greatness of films-- Citizen Kane is a great film, but it's not about anything-- The Razor's Edge is great. It is about something: a man in search of himself."

2. Keanu Reeves (actor, Speed) "I can see 2001: A Space Odyssey a hundred times and never get bored with it. Basically, I'm a major Stanley Kubrick fan. I think he's one of the most talented directors. I can see his movies over and over again. He is so daring."

3. Sigourney Weaver (actress, Alien) "I just love Ninotchka. I love Melvyn Douglas, Greta Garbo, and all the actors in it. Such a great ensemble."

4. Sharon Stone (actress, Casino) "I love to see Disney's animated film of The Jungle Book. It had incredible actors as the voices, especially George Sanders as the villain. The jazz of that period was really unbelievable and Louis Prima, a great jazz musician, played the king monkey. Great stuff."

5. Steve Buscemi (actor, Reservoir Dogs) "It's a Wonderful Life was an addiction--I can't even watch it on television because I've watched it so many times that I need a few years off. Then I'll get back to it."

6. Kevin Costner (actor, Waterworld) "The Wizard of Oz. I always see new things. I continue to watch it, and mentally I go, 'There's nothing new in here that I'm going to see.' But I do, I consciously did that exercise 10 to 12 times. It's such a detail-oriented movie."

7. Steve Martin (actor-writer, Roxanne) "I'm a sucker for oldies like The Music Man. That always stops me when I'm changing channels. I've always loved the musical; there's something so perfect about it, so integrated, so happy. Why don't I do one? I have one problem: no singing voice."

8. Ivan Reitman (director, Dave) "Some Like It Hot I've seen an awful lot. It's funny, and it's a really well-made film."

9. Emma Thompson (actress, Junior) "Les Enfants du Paradi's is my favorite film. I never tire of it. So many memorable moments. The first close-up of Jean-Louis Barrault standing at the bar, talking to the grand actor, is one of the most beautiful moments on film."

10. Jeff Daniels (actor, Dumb and Dumber) "The Out-of-Towners with Jack Lemmon. Critics rip it. Jack Lemmon's biography barely mentions it. Lemmon does the big, believable comedy that I try to do sometimes. I just think Lemmon was one of the best at it. That picture, and also Dog Day Afternoon, because I was in college when I saw it. I saw Pacino, and I said, 'That's what I want to try to do.'"

11. Dennis Hopper (actor, Waterworld) "The first thing that comes to mind is The Magnificent Ambersons. Funny, because that was a picture Orson Welles didn't like. I love that movie. I never tire of it. He always claimed that it was ruined in the editing, but I always thought it was great."

12. Whoopi Goldberg (actress, Boys on the Side) "I love The Godfather, and I can see it anytime. It's just a great, great movie. Also, To Kill a Mockingbird."

13. Helen Mirren (actress, "Prime Suspect") "Of course Citizen Kane is a movie I can see over and over again. Once you get past the story and the character, it's fascinating to watch the camera moves."

14. Bob Hope (actor, Facts of Life) "Charlie Chaplin was my idol when I was a kid. I used to do Chaplin imitations on amateur nights. I guess The Gold Rush was my favorite; you can find new things in it every time you see it. I made four pictures with Paullette Goddard, who was married to Chaplin at the time. He always looked at all her footage."

15. John Singleton (writer-director, Boyz N the Hood) "Star Wars still fascinates me. Many imitations have followed, but none can approach it. Everything about it was original."

16. Kevin Bacon (actor, The River Wild) "I love to watch This Is Spinal Tap. Why? It kills me. It just makes me laugh. Every time I see it, I see something new. I must have seen it 10 times, and that's a lot for me."

17. John Sayles (writer-director, Passion Fish) "I never tire of Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa. It's kind of like a Western, but it's based on a Dashiell Hammett book called Red Harvest. He set it in Samurai times instead of the time of the Continental Op detective."

18. Jeff Bridges (actor, The Fisher King) "Whenever I push the clicker and watch the tube and The Godfather comes on the screen, I say, 'Oh, I'll watch a couple of scenes.' I end up seeing the whole thing."

19. Brendan Fraser (actor, With Honors) "One of my favorite films that I watch every year is A Christmas Story. It's just such a down-home film. It's about a kid who wants a Red Ryder BB gun and all he goes through to get it. And when he gets it, he didn't really want it in the first place. It's a sweet picture."

20. Alec Baldwin (actor, The Shadow) "When I was younger, I saw Five Graves to Cairo 10 times. I thought it was a great movie. Why? Because it had Franchot Tone and Akim Tamiroff. Franchot Tone was a great actor, very underrated in his time."

21. Nora Ephron (writer-director, Mixed Nuts) "You know what we watch every Christmas as a ritual? Both parts of The Godfather. Most people are watching It's a Wonderful Life, and we're watching The Godfather. We can see it every single year and be constantly amazed by new things in it. A couple of years ago, I read the book again, just because I'd forgotten it."

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