It just got me thinking about how Sandler has made some great movies, but lately they’ve just fallen flat. I miss the old days when I used to look forward to his next film, so I decided to compile a quick Top 5 list of my favorite Adam Sandler movies.

And the fifth one was actually hard to come up with. I almost went with a Top 4, but it just sounded ridiculous.

So here we go!

My Top 5 Adam Sandler Movies

#5 – Tie between Big Daddy and The Waterboy.

I really thought these were just okay, but I remember laughing pretty hard at The Waterboy. I think if I were to just come up with Sandler movies that were “favorites”, neither of these would be on that list. But they were both decent and funny, and I needed to round out the Top 5.

#4 – Punch Drunk Love

Now I don’t recall much about this movie, it came out in 2002 and I’ve never seen it a second time, but I DO remember being very impressed with Sandler’s work in a film that was more of a romantic drama than a comedy. At the time I thought it was a very, very good movie.

#3 – Spanglish

Another turn with the drama instead of outright comedy, Spanglish was a fun little movie in which Sandler wasn’t necessarily the star, but his role as a father and husband who starts to fall for his housekeeper was fantastic. It was an overall great movie anyways, with awesome acting by Tea Leoni, Paz Vega and especially Cloris Leachman.

The scenes at the end with Leachman trying to comfort and give advice to Leoni was absolutely brilliant.

#2 – Happy Gilmore

In my opinion, the greatest comedy Sandler ever did was Happy Gilmore. It was funny from the start and had so many great moments that you lost track of them. Bob Barker especially was hilarious, but stuff like fighting with alligators, rhyming with Shooter, Ben Stiller’s role as the nursing home “warden” and others were just perfect.

It’s a Sandler movie that I’ll end up watching anytime I see it on.

#1 – 50 First Dates

Don’t ask me exactly why it appeals to me so much, but 50 First Dates is my all-time favorite Adam Sandler movie. I think it’s the story itself that made the film what it was. Yeah, there was goofiness all over the place, which is typical of a Sandler picture, but there was such a warm, heartfelt story at the center of it.

Drew Barrymore has recurring amnesia from a car accident, and can’t remember anything that happened the day before. Everytime she wakes up in the morning, it’s the same day for her. And it’s been going on for years.

So Sandler meets her, falls in love but has to work through the fact that she can’t remember him the next day. Or can she?

Like I said…I just really love the plot of this film. The way she wakes up everyday having to learn it all over again…it was just beautiful. Inside this little romantic comedy was a great message about being dedicated to someone no matter what.

What about you?

What are your favorite Adam Sandler movies?

I know there is a huge liking for Billy Madison and The Wedding Singer, and they would probably have been good ones for my list, but I never saw The Wedding Singer and don’t remember much about Madison.

So do you agree with my list? What are your top 5 ?