Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Starring: Cary Grant, Raymond Massey
Director: Frank Capra
Nice old ladies kill the young gents who come to visit.

The Ladykillers (1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson
Director: Alexander MacKendrick
The British original was considered one of Guiness' best films.

Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Starring: Brad Pitt, George Clooney
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Another remake, also an odd assortment of gents staging casino heists.

Creative Movie Matches

Fargo (1996)
Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy
Director: Joel Coen
The Coens' other best-known film about murder, mayhem and the very polite Midwest. Oooh yaaaaah.

Forrest Gump (1994)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sally Field
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Hanks' career-best performance as the dim-witted but good-hearted man who unknowingly influences everything from pop culture to politics over several decades.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro
Director: Joel Coen
Perhaps the Coens' best-loved film about three escaped convicts on an odyssey to reunite with their families.