My Top Ten
The ten movies that have defined the decades of my life
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- DirectorJared HessStarsJon HederEfren RamirezJon GriesA listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.A decade defining movie that gets funnier with every viewing. The seeming randomness, richness of characters, lack of plot and irresistible charm combine for a movie experience truly unlike any other movie ever made.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsJim CarreyKate WinsletTom WilkinsonWhen their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories forever.A movie that warrants a second, third, fourth, fifth and possibly sixth viewing in order to fully appreciate the artistic subtleties and understand the backwards narrative, ESOTSM is cute, majestic, touching, genuinely hilarious and incredibly unique.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.A truly groundbreaking classic. It invented a genre. Horror Rom Com. The best of the Cornetto series. It was effortless and irresistible with genuine heart and a very clever social commentary.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsPeter SellersClaudine LongetNatalia BorisovaA clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.Peter Seller's iconic slapstick-yet-intelligent brand of humour is nowhere more charming than in this classic. One night in the life of an awkward misfit sees him bring joy and chaos to the snobby Los Angeles A-Listers.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.One of my perennial favourites, this, in my opinion, is the best, cleverest and most thrilling of the "zombie / rage apocalypse" movies. Naomi Harris is a stand out in a brilliant cast.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.A movie that defined a decade and began a new wave of interest in a retro genre, Scream paid homage to three decades worth of horror classics whilst simultaneously creating a slick, modern, darkly funny and genuinely chilling identity for itself and future for it's genre.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.After seeing the movie at 8 years old, Jurassic Park sparked an obsession which defined my childhood.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordSean ConneryAlison DoodyIn 1938, after his father goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against the Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers.There are few words for how much of an impact this movie had on me as a child. To watch it now, it remains one of the greatest movies ever made with hands down the coolest hero and adventurer.
- DirectorRoger VadimStarsJane FondaJohn Phillip LawAnita PallenbergIn the 41st century, astronaut Barbarella partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist named The Great Tyrant and her Concierge, who are threatening to bring evil back into the galaxy.Sitting with my grandfather and uncle watching Jane Fonda undress whilst floating around her spaceship in the opening credits when I was 10 years old may have been one of the most important, defining moments for me in my life. Her and Debbie Harry were my first crushes and I still retain a soft spot for both.
Barbarella is the best so-bad-its-good movie. - DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.Combining references from 1950s science fiction / horror B movies and 1950s rock and roll, The Rocky Horror Picture Show was an irreverent, celebratory, punk-before-its-time Frankenstein of a movie.