Quite simply the greatest trilogy of all time and unlikely to ever be bettered. Star Wars is also the best film of all time IMO. The imagination that was used in creating these films is wonderous and i'll never forget watching episiode IV in the cinema in 1978 as a 7 year old - astonishing.
Star Wars Trilogy
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1977) Starring:Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Director:George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand Certificate:
The complete original STAR WARS trilogy in one set, in their 1997 remastered Special Edition versions, with an extra disc containing a documentary and other amazing extras. STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE, George Lucas's stunning sci-fi masterpiece, is arguably one of the most inventive and entertaining ..read more »
The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship O...
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean Director:Peter Jackson Certificate:
With THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, director Peter Jackson has achieved a meticulous and captivating adaptation of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy. The setting is Middle-earth, a mythological land populated by elves, dwarves, humans, and the gentle, ..read more »
The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers -...
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2002) Starring:Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen Director:Peter Jackson Certificate:
The tale continues with the Fellowship broken and three groups heading their different ways. Frodo and Sam carry on for Mordor and acquire along the way a travelling companion by the name of Gollum who promises to help them reach the Mountain of Doom. Elsewhere Merry and Pippin's attempt to escape ..read more »
My favourite book ever published so this trilogy had to be in my list.
The Lord Of The Rings - The Return of Th...
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2004) Starring:Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen Director:Peter Jackson Certificate:
THE RETURN OF THE KING, the third and final film in Peter Jackson's THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, finds Middle-earth on the cusp of great change. Weary hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) venture further into the dark realm of Mordor, guided by the increasingly desperate Gollum (Andy ..read more »
A truly remarkable film that requires no justification to appear in any list.
The Shawshank Redemption
on DVD
(1994) Starring:Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Robert Gunton Director:Frank Darabont Certificate:
City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two ..read more »
My favourite comedy from the maestro John Hughes - Pure genius and if i could change 1 thing in my life - it would be to have a school/college day exactly like that.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
on DVD
(1986) Starring:Matthew Broderick, Mia Sara, Alan Ruck Director:John Hughes Certificate:
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a tricky but harmless fast-talker. But he knows how to have fun, which is exactly what he sets out to do when he feigns illness and talks his parents into letting him stay home from school. The perpetually lucky Ferris enlists his hypochondriac best friend, ..read more »
The 13th Warrior
on DVD
(1999) Starring:Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif Director:John McTiernan Certificate:
Director John McTiernan takes viewers back to 900 A.D. in THE 13th WARRIOR. After courting "an untouchable" Muslim princess, Ahmed (Antonio Banderas) is banished and sent North as an emissary. When traveling from Baghdad to Saqaliba, he stumbles into an encampment of Vikings. At first repulsed by ..read more »
THE ORIGINAL and best. True 70's horror that always had the edge on Jason's Friday 13th. Halloween 2 is also great but forget it after that.
Halloween
on DVD
(1978) Starring:P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, Donald Pleasence Director:John Carpenter Certificate:
Perhaps the most influential and successful independent film ever made, HALLOWEEN is the movie that put director John Carpenter on the map as a viable filmmaker. An exercise in simple, pure horror, HALLOWEEN takes us into the world of a mad killer, Michael Myers, who at a very young age stabbed his ..read more »
A simple action film but one of the best ever made. Bruce at his very best. The sequels are sadly dissapointing.
Die Hard
on DVD
(1988) Starring:Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason Director:John McTiernan Certificate:
On Christmas Eve, a New York cop comes to L.A. to see his estranged wife at her company's Christmas party, held on the top floor of a sparkling skyscraper. When terrorists capture the building, the incredulous cop is the hostages' only hope for survival.One of the greatest action movies of the late ..read more »
Can never decide whether i prefer 1 or 2 but suffice it to say they are both fantastic.
The Terminator
on DVD
(1985) Starring:Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield Director:James Cameron Certificate:
James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR is one of the tightest, tensest sci-fi films ever made and a landmark in the genre. In the year 2029, battles rage between the superintelligent machines that rule the world and the last vestiges of humanity. In late-20th-century Los Angeles, Sarah Connor (Linda ..read more »