Raising Arizona (1987): In my book, easily the best Coen Bros. film. This is one riotous comedy and all-American fun-loving road movie, and perhaps the best movie of either genre that the '80s produced. The plot revolves around Nicolas Cage (an ex-covenience store robber) and Holly Hunter (a cop who he falls in love with during a booking) kidnapping a rich family's baby because Hunter is barren. This sets off a surreal wild goose chase through the trailer parks and 7-11s of the Arizona desert, as a pair of ex-con bounty hunters (a hilarious John Goodman) pursue the couple. Maybe this movie is a little too long, which makes it drag in spots, but otherwise it's a pure classic.
Quote: "Why do you think that you are a woman trapped in a man's body?"
"Well, doc, sometimes I gets the menstrual cramps real bad."
Grade: A+