The Bodyguard - I Will Always Love You

To date, The Bodyguard has made $411 million worldwide and is still the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time. Yes, I know we’re all feeling very old right now because it doesn’t seem like it’s been 30 years. It’s hard to believe, but this was Whitney’s film debut. It takes a truly special talent to knock it out of the park like this in their first starring role.

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The film’s theatrical return comes just as a biopic about the Grammy-winning star is set for release in December. I Wanna Dance With Somebody chronicles Whitney’s rise to stardom and features British actress Naomi Ackie as the “Saving All My Love For You” singer.

While we’re celebrating the superstar, let’s do a Whitney Houston film festival and also bring Waiting to Exhale and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella to theaters, so we can spend the day watching all four movies.