My Favorite Movies

Simply one of the best films ever made. Obviously that means nothing if your list of 'best films' numbers in the thousands, but I like to think that this would be somewhere up there... among the top 754 at least.
I am one of those annoying people who can act out many lines from this film with friends, while onlookers often remain entirely unimpressed.
Relentlessly funny, surging from one 'I love this bit' moment to the next. Surreal, witty, subtle, intelligent, these are all words.
I don't think any of them are in this film, but they are good words nonetheless

This is a film that is often underrated. As with many David Lynch projects, Dune is an all encompassing experience. Everything from the awe inspiring music to the mad cackling and spit of Baron Harkonnen . From the hot swirling sandstorms to the cold hearted Bene Gesserit with her Gom Jabbar. Watching this film, you feel you are watching through blue tinted eyes, with the smell of the spice in the air.

So who didn't identify with Ally Sheedy's quiet goth girl character then? One of my all time favourites, it should be compulsory viewing for teenagers. You think you've got problems? Everyone has problems. This film is so simple and yet so full of emotion and cracking dialogue.
"What did your parents do to you?"
"They... ignore me"
This is where emo was born

A beautifully surreal view of a dull grey future. A wonderfully artistic, quirky and compelling film with great performances by a mostly British cast.

I saw this movie when I was quite young and it is one of the few that I can watch again and again. Having introduced my own kids to it, I can see how many different levels there are to appreciate. They love (as I loved) the physical humour, slapstick comedy which I am not usually a fan of. I love Woody Allen's characteristic incisive wit.
"Mr Monroe, you've got to understand that everyone you know has been dead for over two hundred years"
"But they all ate organic rice!"

"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold." This is one of the best films ever made.
Superb acting, incredible style and atmosphere making you feel as though you are right there with the characters on their drug fuelled odyssey. Manic, crazy, surreal, scary, sickening and funny all at the same time. Some say it glorifies drugs, but it could be said that it the best example of why someone would NEVER want to take them!
"There was only one road back to L.A. - U.S. Interstate 15. Just a flat-out high speed burn through Baker and Barstow and Berdoo. Then onto the Hollywood Freeway, and straight on into frantic oblivion. Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom."

One of my favourite movies. It not only messes with your head, it keeps on doing it long after the credits have faded. Jim Carrey excels in this as only a comic actor turned serious can. He brings the pathos and emotion to the story that it deserves.
Good acting by all actors help deliver this sentimental and poignant message - regret nothing.

A great film to show what Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt are capable of when given something interesting to do! One of Terry Gilliam's finest - a rich and twisting journey to... well, that would be telling

This was the first time I'd seen Ashton Kutcher and I was impressed. Some great acting from him and the supporting cast in a gruelling and emotional journey that left me feeling worn out. The original ending more so than the sanitised version on the DVD.

I have only recently seen this and only did so out of a vague sense of duty. It's a classic, so therefore I should watch it.
Oh man, I wish I'd seen it earlier. I can't quite explain just how relevant this story is to today's society and attitudes to relationships when you look beneath the surface of the characters situations. Audrey Hepburn is of course, lovely and George Peppard does a wonderful job of highlighting the quirkiness of Ms Golightly without making his own character too dull. I loved this film

This is what film making and story telling should be. Described as a horror or thriller, it really transcends both genres. Thought provoking and disturbing, this film does not let you relax until... well, I'm still not over it fully!
"What is real?" is a favourite movie concept of mine, but this one does it with a real sense of menace and true unsettling fear

"Sleep all day, party all night. Never grow old, never die. It's fun to be a vampire."
A classic 80s teen movie that never grows old, never dies

Formulaic, yes, but with ROCK MUSIC! Jack Black does for rock music what Whoopie Goldberg did in Sister Act for whatever that kind of music was... but he does it better!
This film has a passion and spirit that defines it's genre, but without the overt sentimentality that often ruins similar films.
It is also hellishly funny! Jack Black at his best.

Pure FUN!
This film doesn't take itself seriously, so neither should you, just enjoy it! It is a very good mix of impressive CGI fight sequences and almost slapstick comedy. The beauty of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with the mysticism of Kung Fu with a little Keystone Cops thrown in for good measure :-)

John Cusack and who? Surely not Cameron Diaz! The first time I watched it I could hardly believe it. How someone came up with this idea is beyond me. Oh yes, I love it, make no mistake about that. Hilarious, surreal and kind of disturbing. A story that is one of a kind.

Oh it's very very good, but not as good as the Life of Brian, in my humble opinion.
As with all Python outings, this is a film rich in cleverly funny and funnily clever dialogue, scenery and of course coconuts.
Some love the ending, I just thought twas a bit flat. I know it was supposed to be, but I didn't think the end gag was strong enough to carry itself. Castle Anthrax is always worth a visit though.

Watch this before you read the book. If you do it the other way round, you'll pick holes in the film. Tom Cruise makes a great Lestat, IMO and Brad Pitt an equally credible insipid Louis. I still get freaked by the very early appearance of Kirsten Dunst as Claudia...

Depressing, touching, incredibly well made, directed and acted film. Dustin Hoffman especially impressive as the tragic but streetwise Rizzo. Just remembering that piece of music with the harmonica (aptly otherwise known as the blues harp) brings tears to my eyes even now.

A seminal classic. The sets may be cheap, it might have been filmed in record time and on a shoestring budget, but what a concept! What a script! That dialogue is some of the best there is. Little comments thrown away come back to make you laugh moments later. The ridiculousness of the plot does not damn this movie but lifts it onto a pedestal of silliness that was years ahead of it's time.
I'm going to have to watch the 80's version again to compare to this original, but while I loved it when I first saw it, I can't imagine it has stood the test of time as well as the original.

Arrrrr, this has it all. A fun film following firmly in the wake of the first two. If you liked either of the others, you'll love this. Personally I think this is the best of the three, having more to the story and slightly more meaning (the curse of Davy Jones and Calypso etc). It does have it's fair share of the PotC special effects magic, though a few less laughs, though some wonderfully cheesy comedy scenes, like the wedding. First film was introduction, second film was pure comedy and the third was the soul.

Just suspend your disbelief, sit back, watch the sparks fly and listen to a Scotsman play a Spaniard and a Frenchman play a Scotsman. Who needs accent and voice coaching when you have long black coats and a sword?

A masterpiece. To convincingly show how one incident can cause ripples that affect lives all around the world is ambitious, but this achieves that in heart rending fashion. The whole film feels like a culture shock as we switch between lives so different from our own. Every life has common themes though and I was struck by how close we all are to each other, even if we first seem so different.