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Cabins and Lakes In The Movies

By Tammy Ruggles   Tue, Aug 18, 2009

Great movies to watch while sitting in a cozy lake home or cabin next to a crackling fire.

Hollywood has always managed to capture the comfort and coziness of cabins and lakes, as well as the hazards that lurk in the minds of a scriptwriter.

What better way to relax in your cabin by the lake, than with some movies that feature cabins and lakes.

What would you add to the list?

The Great Outdoors, starring John Candy and Dan Aykroyd: A lakeside family vacation is disrupted when the in-laws drop by for a family visit in this comedy adventure. 1988.

Ain't No Way Back, starring Campbell Scott and Virgina Lantry: Can two feuding families finally call a truce in a peaceful cabin in the woods? 1990.

Bitter Moon, featuring Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas: A cabin sets the stage for a consuming love story between a writer and a woman he met on a bus. 1992.

Cabin Fever, A group o friends are snowbound in a cabin, but tension mounts when a wounded stranger stumbles inwith the ominous phrase, "I have to warn you! Someone knows!" 1998.

The Channeler, featuring Dan Haggerty, David Homb: A mysterious hermit living in a cabin seems to know the secrets regarding some paranormal activity going on in the woods. 1990.

Christmas In Connecticut, with Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Tony Curtis: A man who lost his cabin to a fire asks for a home-cooked meal, and the star of a TV cooking show invites him to a live Christmas dinner on the air. 1992.

The Companion, A romance writer retreats to her cabin to begin her next book, and brings along a companion; a humanoid android that she's programmed in the areas of cooking, cleaning, and sexuality. 1994.

A Crack In The Floor, featuring Gary Bussey and Bo Hopkins: A recluse living in a secluded cabin has his solitary world shattered by outsiders. 2000.

Ice Men, featuring David Hewlett and Martin Cummins: A weekend getaway of hunting and fishing at a cabin is disrupted by some unexpected visitors. 2001.

In The Lake Of The Woods, starring Peter Strauss and Chilton Crane: A better-than-average TV movie about a senatorial candidate who takes his wife to a private cabin to recuperate after his campaign is damaged by accusations that he ordered the massacre of a Vietnam village. 1996.

Martin's Day, featuring James Coburn, Lindsay Wagner, Richard Harris, Justin Henry: A lonely little boy becomes enamored with a charismatic escaped convict who seeks to return to his childhood cabin. 1984.

The Parent Trap, featuring Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson: Twins who were separated at birth reunite, and try to get their divorced parents to do the same. 1998.

Another Stakeout, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, and Rosie O'Donnell: In this sequel to Stakeout, the cops are assigned to stakeout the Mafia from a lakeside home. 1993.

Fear, starring Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William L. Petersen: A beautiful lakeside home is the setting for a troubled young man who enters the life of a family who lives there. 1996.

Lake Placid, with Bill Pullman and Bridget Fonda: A serene lake is besieged by a man-eating alligator. 1999.

A Month By The Lake, with Vanessa Redgrave and Edward Fox: An older woman and a younger man begin a relationship at her beautiful lakeside villa. 1995.

The People Across The Lake, featuring Valerie Harper and Gerald McRaney in this TV movie about a couple who move to a lakeside town to get away from city crime, only to find that it isn't much safer. 1988.

Cabin By The Lake, starring Judd Nelson: In this comedy thriller, a killer who lives in a cabin by the lake tends to his collection of victims. 2000.

By Tammy Ruggles

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