Crocodile Dundee (1986)

The internet: “A journalist travels to Australia to interview a unique crocodile poacher. When he rescues her from an attack, she invites him to New York and, despite the cultural differences, they fall in love.”

It’s an endearingly simple story that really hinges upon the appealing character created by Paul Hogan. He’s oddly believable as the unreconstructed bushman who can wrestle with or tame wild beasts. 

The film would never be made now because of various un-PC lines about race and gender.

Like Splash, it works as both a fish-out-of-water comedy and as a sweet romance. Linda Kozlowski is charming as Sue Charlton, who falls for the subject she researches. And Mark Blum is appropriately unlikeable as the man she thought she was in love with. There are enough laughs to keep you watching.