These are a few of my favourite things (18 titles)
80% from 4 members
Annie Hall
Woody Allen is one of America's most idiosyncratic, fierecely independent directors, and deserves to be recognised for his filmmaking as well as his humour. This is his best.
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Annie Hall
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Director: Woody Allen
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Woody Allen cowrote, directed, and stars in this award-winning film as a kvetchy Brooklyn comedian wistfully recalling his bygone relationship with flighty, adorable, and irrepressibly midwestern (read: not Jewish) Annie Hall. The film marked a transition from Allen's earlier absurdist comedies to ..read more »
67%
from 23,409 members
Pulp Fiction
Simply the most fun I've ever had in a cinema. It's a perfect package.
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Pulp Fiction
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis
Director: Quentin Tarantino
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Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster follow-up to RESERVOIR DOGS is a breathtaking tribute to old dime store novels about small time hoods and dangerous criminals. It features deftly woven plotlines, creating a mythic Los Angeles underworld of drug dealers, molls, affable hitmen, restaurant-robbing ..read more »
81%
from 86,762 members
Mary Poppins
My favourite film as a kid, and guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
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Mary Poppins
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson
Director: Robert Stevenson
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Embraced by millions around the world, Mary Poppins is one of Disney's most enchanting fantasies and the motion-picture hit that made "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" a household word! Julie Andrews, in her Oscar winning performance, stars as the loveable nanny who soars out of the skies and ..read more »
73%
from 15,590 members
Brokeback Mountain
The best film of the last 20 years. Simply shattering, and a milestone in gay and American film.
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Brokeback Mountain
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams
Director: Ang Lee
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From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ang Lee comes an epic American love story, Brokeback Mountain . Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas, the film tells the story of two young men -- a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy -- who meet in the summer of 1963, and unexpectedly forge a ..read more »
66%
from 69,379 members
Blue Velvet
David Lynch's most accessibly weird film (The Straight Story doesn't count). This doesn't make it pleasant or light watching, however. Provocative, blackly comic and insidiously disturbing.
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Blue Velvet
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper
Director: David Lynch
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A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer...read more »
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from 14,945 members
Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
Charlie Chaplin's warmest film. It's funny, well shot and intelligent. Much more than slapstick here.
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Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
on DVD
(1931)
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Jean Harlow, Virginia Cherrill
Director: Charlie Chaplin
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Charles Chaplin was deep into production of his silent City Lights when Hollywood was overwhelmed by the talkie revolution. After months of anguished contemplation, Chaplin decided to finish the film as it began--in silence, save for a musical score and an occasional sound effect. Once again cast ..read more »
68%
from 1,850 member
ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
A great piece of storytelling, and the themes of friendship and seperation are universal. Perhaps not for some though, it is Spielberg after all.
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ET - The Extra-Terrestrial
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace
Director: Steven Spielberg
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The 2002 rerelease of E.T., which marks 20 years since the film's 1982 debut, includes never before seen footage, enhanced visual effects, and a new remastered soundtrack.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL is Steven Spielberg's warmhearted classic delight for both children and adults. It tells the story of ..read more »
71%
from 37,799 members
Show Me Love
Still Moodysson's best film by a country mile; this is deceptively angelic stuff. For anybody who's ever felt trapped.
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Show Me Love
(1998)
Starring: Alexandra Dahlstrom, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson
Director: Lukas Moodysson
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This acclaimed film explores the relationship between two young girls, aged sixteen and fourteen. Agnes, the elder, has few friends, whereas Elin is a lively girl but who is bored with her own life...
Not currently released
70%
from 2,972 members
Twelve Angry Men
Fascinating dissection of what it means to be judged and to judge. Will always create discussion.
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Twelve Angry Men
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Director: Sidney Lumet
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In the definitive version of Reginald Rose's timeless script, an all-white jury decides the fate of a youth accused of murder. This tightly constructed searing exposé of prejudice in the American legal system stars Henry Fonda and a pantheon of great character actors.
80%
from 19,028 members
In The Mood For Love
One of the most graceful films ever made; effortlessly stylish and surprisingly chaste. Wong Kar Wei pushes the opposition of expression and repression to divine extremes.
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In The Mood For Love
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centres around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that ..read more »
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from 10,658 members
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