My Favorite Movies

My favorite film of all time, the Perfect Film. To me it represents everything a film should, i.e. the perfect film. The most quoted, and loved of films. A great love story, great action, mystery, suspence, sadness, comdey all in equal greatness. The greatest romantic drama of wartime sacrifice. The great Classic, with the classic song, "As Time Goes By" perfect cast, Bogart, Bergman, Rains, the Academy Award for Best Picture and more famous quotes than any other. "I think this is the begining of a beautiful friendship"and ".Here's looking at you, kid." and "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By." and "Round up the usual suspects." and "We'll always have Paris." and "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." Winner of my Best Film from the 1940's. Winner of my Top Romantic Films.

Considered to be the greatest film of all time. "Rosebud." The most geniusly clever film I have ever seen. It doesn't answer 'the question', what is the meaning of life, but it responds to the American Dream with harsh honesty in this tragic story, which in a way answers the big question. Acclaimed for its innovative narrative structure, deep focus cinematography, soundtrack, literate screenplay, and nuanced portrayal of the central character. Citizen Kane is truly the best. Winner of my Greatest Drama Films. Winner of my Greatest Film Entrances.

The favorite film of my youth. Titanic broke my heart and keeps a piece still. 11 Academy Awards, Highest Grossing film ever. 'My Heart Will Go On' haunting soundtrack. Winner of my Greatest Disaster Films. Winner of mr Greatest Epics. Winner of my Best Film from the 1990's. Winner of my Greatest Romantic Period Film.

Tragic, three part romantic saga with Mob boss Don Corleone and the rising, son Michael. Gripping suspense and memorable dialogue "I'll make

him an offer he can't refuse". The visually grand images of times and places contrast with the film's graphic violence. The Godfather remains among the most celebrated, landmark films of all time. Winner of my Best Film from the 1970's. Winner of my Greatest Crime and Gangster Films.

Top of all Sci movies. The spectacular science fiction space epic, Kubrick's best. The First space scene is one of my favourite scenes ever, with Strausses Waltz playing to the glory of mankind. The meaning of the film's final sequence, however, is really confusing. HAL 9000 the computer, with that clam voice is unforgettable. "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." Winner of my Greatest Science Fiction Films.

One of the scariest and greatest of all the films I have ever seen. 'The Master Of Suspence' Alfred Hitcock's crowning glory. The infamous shower scene and shrieking score will remain etched in your mind and ears for ever. Must be seen from the begining. "A boy's best friend is his mother." Winner of my most Thrilling Film. Winner of my Greatest Film Death Scene.

The musical of life, "to sing in the rain". Delightful musical send-up of the transition period from silent to sound films. "Good Morning", "Make 'Em Laugh," "Broadway Rhythm" among the best. With the most talented dancer Gene Kelly singing, dancing and splashing in puddles. Winner of my Best Film from the 1950's.

The Disney Triumphant masterpiece. Each of the eight segments are genius giving new life to the classical greats. The Sorceror's Apprentice with micky, The Nutcracker, Waltz of the flowers and so much more.

Hitchock classic. Obsession and suspense combine in this eerie drama. His famous fear of heights and the tense score by Bernard Herrmann, considered by many film writers and scholars as Hitchcock's most ambitious film. I would agree.

One of the best films of all time. Christmas classic, Philosophical genius, each person's life touches many others. With the complex, engrossing, Everyman performance by Stewart as George Bailey. Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. Winner of my Top Family Film. Winner of my Most Inspirational Film. Winner of my Best Christmas Movies.

The one film that would best sum up Hitchcock's career, style and mastery. Great screenplay and acting from Stewart, and the most beautiful actress Grace Kelly. The story and smaller sub story's are amazing. Winner of my Greatest Alfred Hitchock Films.

Gone With The Wind stands as the most enduring symbol of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Arguably the most loved film of all time and one of the greatest; Gone With The Wind is clearly one of filmdom's greatest cinematic achievements. Winner of ten Academy Awards including Best Picture, it broke the records and created one that would stand for many decades. It has sold more tickets than any other film in history and adjusting for inflation, the film is the highest grossing of all time. Scanning the South's tragic history during the Civil War and the Reconstruction period, told from the view of Scarlet O'Hara, Gone With The Wind is primarily a star-studded Civil War epic drama. However it is so much more than that, it is one of only two films that truly represent America, the other being The Godfather. Set during the time when the nation was forged it has become etched in the American cultural psyche. Gone With The Wind is about war, history, social class, politics, race, work, fashion, the land, language, religion, romance, relationships, death, gender roles, regional distinctions all seen through the lens of the American experience heightened by the "Immortal tale of the old South". Scarlet O'Hara, the indomitable, selfish, fiery Southern belle, played by Vivien Liegh in her greatest performance steals the show and creates a character that encapsulates a great leading lady performance. What makes her character as great as it is, is her twisted romance with Rhett Butler, Clarke Gable, culminating in the greatest line in movie history 'Frankly My Dear I don't give a damn'. It also includes other great lines such as "After all, tomorrow is another day!" and "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." Pure classic, pure great, pure cinema. Winner of my Best Film from the 1930's.

"Somewhere over the rainbow, Way up high, There's a land that I heard of, Once in a lullaby, Somewhere over the rainbow, Skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream, Really do come true." Simply the stuff that dreams are made of. The ageless, timeless words of the dreams of the young and the old, a dream that everyone is familiar with and surely has dreamt of once in their lifetime. The Wizard of Oz is a very much like a dream that really does come true. The ultimate family, fairytale and fantasy film that is universally loved and cherished. The journey down the Yellow Brick Road in search of the Wizard of Oz that tapped into the deep dreams and imagination of generations from the 1930s to today. A journey that made Judy Garland a star, along with the great characters of Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion. A journey through the magical Technicolor Land of Oz, that made Hollywood the dream factory that it is famous for. A journey that reminds us that there is "There's no place like home," entered upon the world's cultural consciousness. Perennially ranked among the top ten best movies of all-time in various critics' and popular polls, and has provided as many indelible quotes such as: "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," "There's no place like home" and "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" Yet more than anything in the film it's signature song "Somewhere over the rainbow," sung soulfully by the young Judy Garland and voted the greatest movie song of all time by the AFI, is what makes the Wizard of Oz one of the greatest films of all time. Winner of my Greatest Song Films.

One of my new all time favourite movies. The best silent film ever and one of the greatest comedies ever. Poetry in motion.

"Let's go home Debbie", the greatest western of all time. The inspriation for countless of classics from Lawrence Of Arabia to Star Wars. The "Duke" John Waynes, best performance as the eternal outisder, verging on villian. A complex western masterpeice.

From T. E. Lawrence's memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the Majestic adventure and character drama - the epic story of T. E. Lawrence played to perfection by Peter O'Toole. The cinematography is unequaled by anything I have seen. Winner of my Best of the British Films.

The darker sequel, is almost superior to the original, the second Godfather movie lives up to it's predesessor. Shows us the world of Don Vito Corleone before and after the story in the original film. Outstanding period detail and refined violence. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

Spielberg's ultimate masterpiece, A profoundly shocking, disturbing film, like the nightmare that was the Holocaust.

"Along time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." The first of an epic space opera franchise and a fictional universe by writer/director George Lucas that has expanded and evolved since 1977 to become a worldwide pop culture phenomenon that has no rival. The beginning of the series to end all series, a film that may not be about history but certainly maked history. Spawining two sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi, a prequel trilogy and an Expanded Star Wars Universe that virtually created a lifestyle brand. A worldwide epic that has had a irreversible impact on not just the Sci-Fi genre but on films in general. One of the main reasons the film is so great is that despite being about a "galaxy far away", set in a "along time ago", the characters, themes and story are firmly rooted in old hollywood. In the iconic scene where Luke Skywalker looks longfully to the hrizion (with two suns) he could be Dorothy in the Wizard Of Oz, or James Dean, the scene of the lightsaber duel between the wise Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Guinness) and the ultimate villain, the black-garbed sinister Lord Darth Vader (voice of Jones), could be a scene from a medieval swashbuckler epic. The whole film is filled with allusions to the past despite being filled with aliens and galactic battle ships, a quasi-Western film about a battle as old as time between good (the rebel forces) and evil (the Imperial Galactic Empire). Star Wars is an ultimate spectacular space adventure that combines the old and the new: from a desert farm to Jabba the Hutt; the big and the small: from the epic battle between the Rebels and Empire to a simple coming of age story; and good verses evil. Truly one of the greatest sagas ever told and one of the greatest films ever put to screen. "May the force be with you." Winner of my Greatest Film Scores.

Greatest film of the 2000's decade. End to the best saga of the age. 11 Academy Awards, second highest grossing film worldwide. Winner of my Best of the Decade 2000- and Top Film of 2003. J.R. Tolkein's epic literary masterpeice is matched by Peter Jackson's epic film masterpeice.

The Citizen Kane Of Hollywood. Sunset Boulevard is a classic that takes on the hollywood dream. The at times disturbing, gothic and ultimately tragic noir with character of the century the deluded silent star Swanson who actually lived a version of the character in real life as did the butler. Also real life people, The Waxworks, such as Buster Keaton, Anna Q. Nilsson and H. B. Warner, who, like De Mille, play themselves. Swanson is ready for her close-up in this impacting slice of Hollywood life depicting a reclusive, former silent screen actress. The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay but did not win best picture because the academy didn't like the subject matter i.e. hollywood. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." and "I am big! It's the pictures that got small."

The real world of theater. I have never seen a film with such brilliant dialogue as All About Eve. A classic story with unbelieveable revelations of backstage betrayal. "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." The ultimate in Sophisticated performances, especially by Davis and the great critic Sanders. Forget all the snappy dialogue in other films, this film has the monopoly.

Rated as the greatest British film by the BFI, I would have to agree. One of the greatest villians ever to grace the screen Harry Lime (Welles) is the center of this twisty-turny mystery notable for its Academy Award-winning cinematography and distinctive, recurring strange music. A giant ferris wheel and a spectacular last chase scene in the sewers highlight this tale of intrigue. Set in a really tragic post-World War II Vienna. Winner of my Top Film Noir Films.

Dr Strangelove is the greatest black comedy ever made. I found it to be one of the funniest, cleverest films I have ever seen. Stanley Kubrick is simply a genius of film making, like Mozart was a genius of music or Rembrant with art. In my opinion Dr Stranglove comes in a close second after Space Odessey. Peter Sellers is also a genius but, a genius of comedy his three performances were side splittingly funny as they were staggeringly perfect. One can see that it was made as a cynically objective, Monty Python-esque, humorous, biting response to the apocalyptic fears of the 1950s. The final scene montage of exploding nuclear bombs with the song We'll meet again, is amongst the most memorable endings ever. "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"

Oh the Horror! Dark, creepy and tragic representation of Vietnam War. From Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness. Coppola's best war film, his Vietnam epic. Brando as Kurtz was incredible, all the performances were sensational. "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

The greatest comedy classic in Cinematic History. Hilarious comedy with stellar performances by Monroe, Curtis and Lemmon, and memorable musical numbers. Memorable throughout, especially for the last line, "Well, nobody's perfect." Some Like It Hot is the perfect comedy.

Best Film from the 1980's.

One of my new all-time favourite films. Has one of the best, most romantic tearful, endings ever. The best of the phenomeon that was Charlie Chaplin.

One of the greatest films of all time! REV. HARRY POWELL (Robert Mitchum): "Would you like me to tell you the little story of right hand, left hand? The story of good and evil? H-A-T-E. It was with this left hand that old brother Cain struck the blow that laid his brother low. L-O-V-E. You see these fingers, dear hearts? These fingers has veins that run straight to the soul of man - the right hand, friends, the hand of love."

Cool, Intricate myster, revival of film noir. Roman Polanski's best film. Played brilliantly by private detective Nicholson. The unforgettable scene of sister/daughter the unbelieveable twists and turns and the memorable last line: "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

"You talking to me?"

A stroke of pure cinema and musical genius by two of Hollywood's greatest musical composers Rodgers and Hammerstein, who's names have become synonymous with the Hollywood musical. From the famous opening shot of Maria daydreaming, standing arms open wide on top of a mountain singing one of the greatest songs in cinema "The Sound of Music" through the Von Trapp family, the romance and marriage and the war to the end credits of the family escaping over the mountains The Sound of Music is filled with a mixture of comedy, love, romance, suspense and the most wonderful collection of songs one film has ever held. Such songs as the incomparable "The Sound of Music", "Maria," "My Favorite Things," "You Are Sixteen, Going On Seventeen," "Climb Every Mountain," "Do-Re-Mi," and "Edelweiss." The Sound of Music stands as the monumental musical, imitated but never duplicated, a musical masterpiece that celebrates music of every kind from a symphonic waltz to a simple guitar, epic and intimate. Not only a musical milestone, The Sound of Music has become a cultural event, as such I have been on the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg, Austria, one of the highest grossing films of all time and certainly one of the most popular films ever. A personally much loved classic that strikes a note in every heart. Winner of my Best Film from the 1960's.

My favourite actor: Cary Grant, my favourite actress: Ingrid Bergman, my favourite supporting actor: Claude Rains and my favourite Director: Alfred Hitcock, all in one movie powerhouse.

One of Hitchcock's best second only to Psycho, Vertigo and Rear Window. Great mystery and cross-country chase. Cary Grant, my favourite actor is the Hitchcockian man caught up in a mystery. The best scenes include the thrilling crop-dusting airplane scene and the final mount Rushmore scene. Winner of my Top Road Films.

Crushing Classic, the Great Gritty drama of union corruption memorable, mainly, for Brando's best performance. The end scene on the docks is unforgettable. A must see Classic. Won Best Picture. "You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."

Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge as made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind.

One of the greatest films ever, the quintessential film noir thriller

Daphne Du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca is ranked amongst the great novels written in the 20th century. It is only fitting that the film version be of similar rank and recognition. Rebecca is one of the greatest gothic mystery dramas ever brought to screen. it is the first Hitchock masterpeice. With the legendary cast of Fontaine, Olivier, George Sanders and Judith Anderson playing one of the greatest villians ever to creep on to the screen, Mrs Danvers. But all this comes second to unforgettable, infamous twist ending the truly makes Rebecca a timeless gothic classic without equal. Winner of my Grestest Film Plot Twists.

The first of the greatest documentary series ever made, filming literally the lives of a group of child, ever seven years of their life. "There aren't many pieces of work, especially in film, that have the patience or the longevity or the time to honor the drama of ordinary life; and after all, the drama of what we all have to go through ? children, jobs, marriage, the things that touch us ? is the big drama of life, far more so than the drama of movies and television.? Quote: the director Michael Apted

La Strada, which is the Italian word for The Road. Fedrico Fellini's best film. La Strada won the Academy Award for Best foreign film, even though it is far better than most English films. I shall never forget Masina's face, the most remarkable of faces, she performs a moving protryal, and Quinn is egqually unforgettable both actors make the film crackle with their chemistry. La Stada is one of the most beautiful films and one of the most tragic films ever.

The film that represents what a great adaptation is. Jack Nicholson soars. Nurse Ratched is one of the greatest villans in Cinema.

Sophistication takes a film form in this devine marriage drama/comedy features three of the screen's biggest stars at their wittiest and most beautiful Grant, Hepburn and Stewart. The most memorable 'drunk' scenes between Stewart and Hepburn, and Stewart and Grant. The dialogue, costumes and acting are absolutely perfect. "What a fine day, is everybody fine, that's fine".

One of the greatest films of all time by one of the greatest directors of all time Visconti.

The greatest hero ever Atticus Finch in the greatest courtroom drama ever. Lives up to Harper Lee's novel, which I was inspired to read after watching the film. We all need a lesson in compassion and the evils of prejudice from time to time, and it is here to give it. Robert Duvall is really scary as recluse Boo Radley. Winner of my Classic Courtroom Films.

I had heard that this film was a romantic comedy, but as I watched the comedy almost shrank to irrelevance as the deep saddness rose. Jack Lemmon is perfect as always and Shirley MacLaine is so sweet and innocent that you cannot help but wonder at her current demeanor. If anything this film is a truly heart aching romance that takes you on a journey of laughs, pity, sorrow and love. Amazingly winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay. Billy Wilder has to be one of the all time great directors and king of famous last lines: "Shut up and deal".

One of the greatest westerns I have ever seen.

Jaws is a masterful, horrible and realistic suspense/disaster film. Taps into the most primal of human fears, what is in the water? A really enormous scary shark. The famous theme music makes all the difference. "You're gonna need a bigger boat." Winner of my Best Creature Feature Films.

The gripping, penetrating, and engrossing examination of a group of twelve jurors in a 'seemingly' open-and-shut murder trial case.

The best Marx Brothers comedy and one of the funniest films ever. The war between Freedonia and Sylvania. Made in the height of the Depression as a great way to escape from your troubles and it is just the same way today. This Marx Brothers comedy is basically a satirical attack on politics and the absurdity of war. Most memorable scene, of the mirror image. "Remember, we're fighting for this woman's honor, which is probably more than she ever did."

One of the best film noir films of all, a dark complex tale of a man's past catching up with him. There is so much to this movie. Absolutely Classic. JEFF BAILEY (Robert Mitchum): "You know, maybe I was wrong and luck is like love. You have to go all the way to find it." KATHIE MOFFAT (Jane Greer): "I think we deserve a break." JEFF BAILEY (Robert Mitchum): "We deserve each other."

"Mac, you ever been in love?"
"No, I've been a bartender all my life."

Breif Encounter is a beautiful film. One of the great love stories of the everyday which as the title suggest can happen in a brief moment and last a lifetime. This film involves one of the most heart-brakingly sad and yet stringly up-lifting endings ever. A classic in every sense.

"Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges!"

Shocking, violent, controversial and at times brilliant.

I must admitt of all the film genres the Western is my least favourite. They can be painfully straight forward, like the indianas vs the cowboys and the good vs the bad. Just as Will Kane stands alone in the streets of the town, High Noon stands alone as the great western. High Noon is also a morality tale between the hero Will Kane, the badies and the rest of the town that abandon's him to his fate. The film's most powerful assest is the character of Will Kane played by Gary Cooper in his best Academy Award winning role ever. Will Kane is one of the greatest heros of all, he falls into the class of great hero movies, such as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird and Jefferson Smith in Mr Smith Goes To Washington. These men all stand their ground the face of great adversity, sacrificing themselves to do what is right. Classically drawn story, simple and yet so powerful, the tight film structure creates a build up of suspense like no other film, as the clock ticks toward noon and the inevitable shootout. The haunting song that plays throught the film haunts you "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin". Simple but powerful. High Noon remains a tale for our troubled age. Winner of my Top Westerns.

The defining film of the 2000's decade. One of the greatest dystopian sci fi films of all time. This film will echo through time as its significance becomes clearer. A film yearning with detail for the intelligent viewer. With birth rates falling in the world today a future without children is an ironic and fascinating prospect. A film that lures as a sci fi thriller and captures you as an almost unbearably bleak nightmare. The best cinematography of the year creates one of the clearest and darkest visions into the future ever put to film. Thought provoking and unforgettable, Children of Men will have your mind feasting with questions and wonders long after the credits. Loved this film so much it convinced me to read the book. No other film has captured the 2000 decade more than Children Of Men.

It may not look it but this is a Dark World War II drama. The Matter Of Principal. With the famous bridge that embodies the absurdities of war. Guiness seals himself as one of the greatest British actors. One of the best war films made.

Doodle-oodle-oo...wanh wanh wanh. Doodle-oodle-oo...wanh wanh wanh. Great Western with fantastic music. The best of the spaghetti westerns from Italian director Sergio Leone. Winner of my Top Guy Film.

John Sullivan: "There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that's all some people have? It isn't much, but it's better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan. Boy!"

The best performance of James Dean's short legendary carrer. Rebel is by far the best 1950's film dealing with teenage rebellion. It seemed to define a generation of 1950s teenagers who felt lonely and isolated from their parents and sought solace with friends. It desperately wants to say something and doesn't know what it is. If anyone did know, it would lose its fascination. Winner of my Top Gay/Lesbian Themed Films.

A teenagers dream movie. Tarantino masterly weaves together multiple stories that juggle different plot lines, but at the same time has room enough for the characters to just talk about whatever. Jackson is the best as a hit-man with strong moral codes. The Travolta-Thurman dance scene and metaphysical discussions between Travolta and Jackson are the most memorable. It has to be seen to be believed! Winner of my Top Cult Films. Winner of my Top Neo Noir Films.

After years of waiting to see it, finally Silence of the Lambs lives up to the hype as one of the most taut, suspenseful, frightening and disturbing psychological thrillers I have ever seen. A film that doesn't merely scare you but disturbs the mind in a way that few films can, Psycho being one of them. Although only given 16 mins of screen time, Hopkins steals the show as Hannibal Lecter who is hands down the greatest screen villian of all time. I found that his greatness as a villian came through his power over the mind, his peircing ability to get inside our heads, to understand a person so completely. An example can be seen when he drives a fellow inmate to commit suicide by simply whispering to him. As always the film reaffirmed my belife that the best horror thrillers are more psychological than paranormal or supernatural, scary things that can be scienticially, mentally explained are infinitley scarier than ghosts or goblins. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

Best Of The British. Ranked as an all time greatest British film. Alec Guinness stars as a remarkable 8 characters, in this black comedy of a young man's startling rise to the top of his family tree, by means of murder. Terribly British, terribly black, terribly funny and terribly brilliant. A masterpeice of comedy and remarkable story. Winner of my Top Ealing Comedy. Winner of my Best Revenge Films.

Moments of perfection.

Bogart offers the definitive incarnation of detective Sam Spade. Aptation of Dashiell Hammett's detective story. The best example of American film "noir" with the femme fatale, Mary Astor, the corpulent Greenstreet and a creepy Lorre. "The stuff that dreams are made of."

Spielberg's very personal, heartwarming masterpiece, could almost be classic Disney. With it's portrayal of the love between a young, boy and a lost alien. E.T. "E.T. phone home.", Classic.

A soul chilling look at life and love, this film is devestating, extreemly moving and ultimately a soul crushing tragedy.

Mirror, mirror on the wall which is the best Disney of all? Snow White is. Disney's first and greatest film is the purest of gold from the golden age of Walt Disney. With one the greatest Disney songs, 'Some Day My Prince Will Come'. An absolute Classic. Winner of my Greatest Film Kiss.

"Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there."

Never in the history of cinema has one film so perfectly represented a transition between cinematic history. End of old Hollywood and the begining of the new. Sound of Music was made 1965, Easy Rider 1969 so close in years yet so far apart in style, with Bonnie and Clyde marking this transition. What suprised me was how violent the film was, characters don't just die, they suffer and die quite radical and unexpected for 67. A crime film of the first degree, it is as thrilling as it is dramatic. Stunning performances and great characterisation. A paradox of a film funny and sad, romantic and violent, modern and classic, much like life. People have criticised the film for 'glorifying violence' and making heros out of criminals, suffering from the Ned Kelly syndrome in the Aussie psyche. This however could not be father from the truth, the film has a very anti-violent message and any fun or joy the characters enjoy melts away to regret and tragedy. Bonnie and Clyde are never anything but villians, they kill people, but we are mean't see them as tragically flawed human beings, set to the backdrop of the Depression. The impending an inevitable conclusion hangs over the film and makes the ending suspenseful, schocking and ultimately tragic. Great film. "We rob banks."

Shawshank Redemption is a Masterpiece. What struck me more than anything after watching the film, was how inspirational and philosophical it was, a modern Christian parable with true Christian principles, hope, salvation and redemption. In my belife the greatest films all acomplish the same thing, go transcend the escapism, the entertainment and the artificiality that most films are prone to and become a form of teaching, philosophy or guide to our everyday lives. The audience can take something with them out of the theatre into their personal lives and use it to battle the troubles and situations they faced. Shawshank Redemption is one such film. It's suberb acting, easy going 'let me tell you a story' mood and it's inspirational story cement it as a film without measure, as if taken from old Hollywood and mixed with modern events. One of the greatest films I have ever seen. "Get busy living or get busy dying that's goddamn right."

Generally considered to be one of the great Musicals made by Hollywood. Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York, the best redition of an updated Shakespeare I have ever seen. The tale of Romeo and Juliet's undying love. With great songs like 'Somewhere' and 'America' and 'Tonight'. A Best Picture Classic.

One of the cleverest romantic comedies of all. "I need him like the axe needs the turkey." Flawless

An Intellectual masterpiece. The story of a lifetime. Provokes deep thought on important issues. How will it end? Simply genius, In a better world everyone would watch and think about this film.