My favourites (18 titles)
A list of my favourite films and why you need to see them!
73.4% from 3 members
Un Chien Andalou
MUST SEE! Visually stunning - Dali WILL change your life...
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Un Chien Andalou
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1929)
Starring: Pierre Batcheff, Simone Mareuil, Jaime Miravilles
Director: Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali
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Un Chien Andalou is Bunuel's first film and collaboration with Salvador Dali, a surreal exploration of desire and passion. L'Age D'or is another collaboration with Dali, a surrealist dissection of civilised values.
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from 1,810 member
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton at his best
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Edward Scissorhands
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest
Director: Tim Burton
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In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's ..read more »
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from 24,566 members
Crash
Hollywood finally makes a film with a conscience
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Crash
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon
Director: Paul Haggis
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Crash is a powerful, moving and provocative drama following the intersecting lives of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles. Using a sophisticated, layered structure to tell the stories of a multi-racial group of characters as their lives inter-connect through a sequence of events around a car ..read more »
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from 100,637 members
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Enter Micheal Gondry's fantasy world with heartbreaking intensity
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood
Director: Michel Gondry
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained ..read more »
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from 92,007 members
Garden State
Zach Braff's genius is more than just Scrubs
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Garden State
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Zach Braff
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Aspiring actor living in Los Angles, Andrew "Large" Largeman (Braff) has managed to avoid a visit to his hometown in New Jersey and the inevitable confrontation with his father. But as he reconnects with the place once he returns, a twist of fate introduces him to Sam (Portman), a quirky young ..read more »
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from 48,730 members
Devdas
Bollywood?! No I'm not nuts - this is actually one of the best in recent times and pays homage to the old skool Bollywood era, with elegance and tears
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Devdas
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
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DEVDAS was a Bollywood blockbuster, both costing and making more money than any Indian film before it. Devdas is a man who loses the love of his life due to his weakness for alcohol, and lives with the price of his bitter loss for many years. Finally he comes to realize for himself a place of peace ..read more »
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from 1,622 member
Dear Wendy
Must see movie for the soundtrack and dandies alone
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Dear Wendy
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
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A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor.
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from 4,435 members
Whale Rider
It's more than whales and a 12 year old girl - don't be embarrassed to cry at the end!
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Whale Rider
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
Director: Niki Caro
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New Zealand's Maori culture is the focus of WHALE RIDER, the powerful coming-of-age tale of Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), a 13-year-old girl who feels destined to become leader and chief to her tribe although that role has always been reserved for males. In part, the role is her birthright, as her ..read more »
69%
from 14,475 members
Pakeezah
One of the oldest Bollywood films I have ever seen and still haunts my memories
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Pakeezah
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Raaj Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar/ Meena Kumari
Director: Kamal Amrohi
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For her to fall in love was forbidden - It was a sin she was told - "A nautch-girl is born to delight others; such is her destiny" - She preferred to die a thousand deaths than to live as a body without soul.
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from 336 members
Mean Girls
Don't judge - everyone WILL love this. Very Heathers
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Mean Girls
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Rachel McAdams
Director: Mark Waters
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Watch now: £2.49
In this survival-of-the-fittest teen comedy, high school is a dangerous jungle seething with teenagers who prey on each other like wild animals. The non-stop jokes are hilariously rewarding as they exaggerate adolescent vanity and satirize political correctness issues like race, class, and ..read more »
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from 30,208 members
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