All time favourites (50 titles)

Isn't it obvious?

73.4% from 6 members

My all time fav. So, so simple but so effective. James Stewart is great, as is Grace Kelly. Go rent it now!

Rear Window on DVD (1954)
Starring: Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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The weather is getting hotter, and photographer L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is stuck in his apartment with a broken leg and nothing to do--that is, nothing to do but spy on his neighbours through their open windows across the way in the apartment complex. There's an attractive and scantily clad ..read more »

Rate this: 77% from 21,559 members

I love Cary Grant. Very sexy and full of excitement.

one of my top 10 favs. 1st rate suspense right to the end

Strangers On A Train on DVD (1951)
Starring: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, quickly became one of Alfred Hitchcock's most successful thrillers and remains one of his most popular films. En route from Washington, D.C., champion tennis player Guy Haines (Farley Granger) meets pushy playboy Bruno Anthony (Robert ..read more »

Rate this: 72% from 6,098 members

great performances and some all time greatest cinema moments for me.

Silence Of The Lambs on DVD (1991)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn
Director: Jonathan Demme
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An evil serial killer who skins his female victims is on the loose. FBI agent, Clarice Starling is assigned to the case. Desperate for any leads she seeks the help of psychiatrist-turned-psychopath, Dr Hannibal Lecter..... Winner of 5 Oscars. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.

Rate this: 77% from 59,781 members

the whole atmos is drearily splendid and Tears in the Rain is beautiful

Blade Runner on DVD (1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos
Director: Ridley Scott
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Four illegal humanoids, led by Rutger Hauer, have infiltrated 21st Century Los Angeles. Blade Runner hitman Harrison Ford, is recruited to eliminate the convincing android beings before they cause any damage or create unrest in the paranoid hi-tech urban society.

Rate this: 76% from 43,557 members

amazing piece of intelligent sci-fi action.

The Matrix on DVD (1999)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" ..read more »

Rate this: 79% from 75,777 members

a bit silly but a real hoot

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade on DVD
Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Indiana Jones is back in his third adventure, this time on the trail of his missing father, who disappeared while trying to find the Holy Grail. But it is soon apparant that Dr. Henry Jones Sr. isn't the only one after the Grail, as the Nazis are also keen to find it and will stop at nothing to get ..read more »

Rate this: 76% from 26,900 members

pound-for-pound, this is the best action adventure movie ever in my book

Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Los... on DVD
Starring: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Renowned archaeologist and expert in the occult, Indiana Jones is hired by the American government to track down the fabled Ark of the Covenant. But it's a race against time as the Nazis are also after the relic for their own nefarious purposes. Indiana must reunite with old acquaintances and ..read more »

Rate this: 78% from 36,458 members

I love good food so this feel good tale ranks highly

the ultimate in french epics. lovely music and great performances