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Alexa Chung's Top Ten (10 titles)
User collection: OfficialCheeky, chirpy presenter Alexa Chung took over the reins of Popworld - Channel 4's irreverent music show - in April 2006 with equally new co-host Alex Zane. Before that she was a model who pretty much snogged Holly Valance in the 2002 video for 'Down Boy'. Alexa recently presented 'Get A Grip' on ITV with Ben Elton, and can currently be seen on T4 Holiday Mornings. And here are her favourite films...
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Kramer vs Kramer
Weep til your eyes can't open.
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Kramer vs Kramer
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry
Director: Robert Benton
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Returning home late from work one night, a career-obsessed Ted Kramer is told by his wife, Joanna, that she is leaving him. After a lifetime of being somebody's wife, she's going off to find herself, leaving Ted to care for their six-year-old son. Ted, while trying to hold down his job, gets to ..read more »
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from 8,166 members
Picnic At Hanging Rock
The best outfits that ever existed.
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Picnic At Hanging Rock
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse
Director: Peter Weir
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Situated somewhere between supernatural horror and lush Victorian melodrama, director Peter Weir's lyrical, enigmatic masterpiece is an imaginative tease. The setting is a proper turn-of-the century Australian boarding school for girls, a suffocating institution built on strict moral codes, ..read more »
65%
from 2,488 members
This Is Spinal Tap
The funniest film in the world.
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This Is Spinal Tap
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Andrew Divoff, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal
Director: Rob Reiner
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A brilliant and hilarious documentary-style satire of a has-been British heavy metal band who never really was on an absurd American comeback tour that never quite gets off the ground, THIS IS SPINAL TAP practically birthed the mockumentary style. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry ..read more »
70%
from 21,819 members
Manhattan
I had to include Woody Allen because he's a genius. I can never decide whether I prefer this or Annie Hall.
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Manhattan
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway
Director: Woody Allen
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MANHATTAN is Woody Allen's glorious love letter to the city that he was born to make films about. Woody plays Isaac Davis, a twice-divorced TV writer having a relationship with 17-year old Tracy, a high school student played by Mariel Hemingway. Isaac's best friend, Yale (Michael Murphy), is having ..read more »
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from 11,352 members
Brick
Awesome dialogue.
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Brick
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas
Director: Rian Johnson
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Brick follows the path of the hard-boiled noir mystery but wittily and bracingly immerses itself in a modern-day Southern California high school. Student Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Mysterious Skin) prefers being an outsider and he stays that way until the day that his ex-girlfriend Emily (..read more »
61%
from 22,072 members
Anchorman
Sometimes I think I want to marry Will Ferrell.
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Anchorman
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd
Director: Adam McKay
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It's the early 1970s and the local anchorman is not only a source of news but a revered local hero. In San Diego, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), a moustachioed bachelor with a taste for scotch, unparalleled passion for the jazz flute, and a near-telepathic connection with his spirited mutt, Baxter, ..read more »
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from 46,187 members
Me, You And Everyone We Know
She sees the world like me.
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Me, You And Everyone We Know
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Miranda July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson
Director: Miranda July
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Performance artist Miranda July's debut feature film, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, is a charming, quirky romantic comedy that is entertaining from start to finish. Writer-director July stars as Christine, an offbeat performance artist who becomes instantly smitten with Richard (John Hawkes), a ..read more »
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from 15,264 members
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
A film from childhood. I don't know anyone else who has seen this but I think it might be amazing. Horses that jump into pools of water and a lady that goes blind. Brilliant.
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Gabrielle Anwar, Cliff Robertson, Michael Schoeffling
Director: Steve Miner
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The true story of heroine Sonora Webster, a determined young rebel who leaves her backwoods home in Georgia and finds work with horses at a travelling stunt show. Her greatest wish is to become a 'diving girl' but a twist of fate threatens to destroy her dream.
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from 337 members
Blow Up
I wish I was alive in the Sixties.
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Blow Up
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, Sarah Miles
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
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Michelangelo Antonioni delivers yet another masterful cinematic expose with BLOW UP, his controversial first English-speaking film, a provocative mystery set in the seamy mod culture of London. The film follows a well-known, fashion photographer (David Hemmings) who captures evidence of a murder ..read more »
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from 4,771 members
Gummo
Disturbingly good.
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Gummo
(1997)
Starring: Jacob Sewell, Nick Sutton, Lara Tosh
Director: Harmony Korine
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Gummo is a sad tale about a town that never fully recovered from a giant tornado.
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from 206 members
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