The films I like (24 titles)

There's no other theme to this list other than they're all films I have enjoyed. Theirs plenty of films that are good but these are the best, so far... Watch this space, I'm adding more as I go.

by: BadDad from Leicester

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Finding Nemo

For me the turtle dudes sum this film up - a great one for the kids and parents

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Finding Nemo on DVD (2003)
Starring: Albert Brooks, Alexander Gould, Ellen DeGeneres
Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
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FINDING NEMO, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, follows Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks), an overprotective clown fish father, as he desperately searches the sea for his missing son, Nemo (Alexander Gould). Marlin's journey leads him beyond the Great Barrier Reef into deeper and darker ..read more »

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Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood at his tenderest.

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Million Dollar Baby on DVD (2004)
Starring: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman
Director: Clint Eastwood
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Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature 'Mystic River', Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for 'Million Dollar Baby'. Eastwood also stars in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his ..read more »

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Alien

Just the best sci-fi film ever.

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Alien on DVD (1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »

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Aliens

From suspense to blood and gore shoot-em-up

Aliens on DVD (1986)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn
Director: James Cameron
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Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the sole survivor from the original ALIEN, is awakened after 57 years of drifting through space, her stories disbelieved by Company executives who tell her that the alien's planet is now inhabited and colonized. When contact is suddenly lost with the colonists, Ripley ..read more »

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The Incredibles

The early magic of James Bond films lives on here

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The Incredibles on DVD (2004)
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Brad Bird
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Combining a family-oriented superhero adventure with the brilliant animation of Disney's Pixar (the creators of MONSTERS INC. and FINDING NEMO), THE INCREDIBLES charts new territory in the technical wizardry of computer-generated cartoons. Using complex angles and a filmic sensibility, the ..read more »

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Porco Rosso

Possibly our favourite from the Studio Ghibli collection and goodness me another strong, intelligent and beautiful young lady

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Porco Rosso on DVD
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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The adventures of a 1930's bush pilot who just happens to look like a humanoid pig.

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Nausicaa Valley Of The Wind

The Japanese obsession with strong, inteligent, beautiful women, wrapped up in tradition and mysticism continues. Watch out for the cultural references

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Nausicaa Valley Of The Wind on DVD (1984)
Starring: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation, and the creator of the Oscar-winning Spirited Away comes Hayao Miyazaki's epic ecological masterpiece! A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of only a few areas ..read more »

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My Neighbour Totoro

I'm wrong this is the all time Studio Ghibli classic and possibly the best music

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My Neighbour Totoro on DVD (1988)
Starring: Chika Sakamoto, Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Hayao Miyazaki had been cradling the idea for this wonderful fantasy for a long time before he finally decided to write and direct it. Set in rural Japan during the 1950s, My Neighbour Totoro is full of the magical touches that Miyazaki has become famous for. Tatsuo Kusakabe and his two ..read more »

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Whisper Of The Heart

Girl meets boy, look for all those references to all the other Studio Ghibli films

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Whisper Of The Heart on DVD (1995)
Starring: Issei Takahashi, Youko Honna, Keiju Kobayashi
Director: Yoshifumi Kondo
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Shizuku is spending her last summer vacation in junior high school, reading and translating lyrics of popular foreign music into Japanese, daydreaming of becoming a writer. Lately she finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy, Seiji Amasawa ..read more »

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Only Yesterday

I didn't know where this one was going until I was in tears at the end

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Only Yesterday on DVD (1991)
Starring: Miki Ima, miki ima (voice), Toshiro Yanagiba
Director: Isao Takahata
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A 27-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.

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