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Can You Name the 6 Films Justin Timberlake Wants to 'Make Movies Like'?

Playboy's new interview with Justin Timberlake is the typical non-exposé where the Bad Teacher star cops to smoking pot, feeling awkward during Friends with Benefits's sex scenes, and other unbelievable feats. But near the Q&A's end, Timberlake spoke of his burgeoning status as a screen star and the six movies he'd like to "make movies like." Can you guess them?

Here's what I'd have guessed: Se7en (for Fincher cred); Ghost (because Timberlake fancies himself a loverman nephew to the Righteous Brothers); Dirty Dancing (because Timberlake reads "Swayze fixation" to me); Road House (etc.), Toy Story 2 (ahem, the "It's Gonna Be Me" video?), and Burglar (because Lesley Ann Warren hasn't played a dentist in almost 25 years). Let's see how I did.

PLAYBOY: Do you have a dream project in the back of your mind?

TIMBERLAKE: Not really. I know the movies I love, and I'd like to make movies like them. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, E.T., The Goonies, Reds, The Music Man. Seeing Fight Club changed the way I watch movies. It was so much smarter than anything I'd ever seen before, which is why working with David Fincher was such a bucket-list move. Making movies that can touch people the way any of those films did would be all I could hope for.

Ah, I was close with Se7en! But wait a minute: Did he, uh, just bring up Reds? Oh, Justin. Don't hit us with a 194-minute historical epic. Please. Don't quadruple-threat us like some well-falsettoed Beatty scion. And don't taint my second-favorite Stapleton's film legacy! (Team Jean.)

Apparently Timberlake The Actor is going to be with us for awhile. What kinds of movies would you prefer he make (or remake)?

· Playboy Interview: Justin Timberlake [Playboy]

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