Top Tens - they existed well before the advent of the internet and everybody and their Mother has done a top ten list and I thought hey not - I'm not that original, why can't I be part of the crowd, so here to you I present a semi-regular thing I'm doing so I guess you see what my tastes I like (without asking of course).
I thought the best place to start was favourite films - anybody who is reading this remember these are just my personal opinion - it could change at anytime be it next week or 20 years from now, I am not always saying these are the best just films that I made the connection with. So here goes (Freddy Got Fingered didn't chart for spoiler purposes).
10 - The Princess Bride (1987) - charming fantasy that's also funny. The sort of film I'd question if you didn't like then maybe you have no soul.
9 - Leon (aka The Professional (1994) - I love the clash of Gary Oldman's OTT performance as crooked cop Norman Stansfield with Jean Reno's quiet performance, that also features an excellent, stunning debut for Natalie Portman.
8 - The Elephant Man (1980) - in my humble opinion one of the saddest movies ever made. John Hurt (R.I.P.) is amazing in this as John Merrick, a character you feel so much for.
7 - Fight Club (1999) - a film I instantly fell in love with, the title may imply something much more macho but what you get is so much more clever. David Fincher's finest work.
6 - Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) - Sergio Leone's epic western is my favourite movie of his in a career that was chock full of five star movies. Absolutely visually stunning, an amazing score by Ennio Morricone, brilliant turns from the likes of Henry Fonda and Eli Wallach, and scenes including a final shoot out that stuck in my mind for years.
5 - The Godfather Part II (1974) - better than the first movie (which I could easily rank as my 11th favourite film if you made me do a longer list) and this is really saying something, I love the contrast of a young Vito's rise alongside Michael.
4 - Schindler's List (1993) - I might have called Elephant Man one of the saddest films ever made but Schindler's List is truly heartbreaking. A tough watch but is extraordinarily powerful. A Film that gets ingrained your mind.
3 - Pulp Fiction (1994) - iconic, cool and quotable, seriously what's not love? This is still Quentin Tarantino's magnum opus, and in a lot of way growing up this signified my maturity into film geek.
2 - Goodfellas (1990) - Coming in at nearly 3 hours it's a film that doesn't feel like it lasts anywhere near that long. This was such an easy pick for my top 10 list, a film that from the first frame onwards just comes together for me.
1 - Casablanca (1942) - for starters one of the greatest romantic stories ever told. A true classic that spoke the time period it was filmed (WW2) and to audience today. I dare you not to feel anything during the La Marseillaise scene (which included many extras who fled Europe, speaking of which Conrad Veidt who plays chief villain Strasser also fled European himself). An amazing film as it's ever been.
There you have it nothing made since 2000 but there's been plenty I'd loved since then including Memento (2000) and Mean Girls (2004). Other films that could have easily made the list if it was longer include the already mentioned The Godfather (1970), or Coppola's later Apocalypse Now (1979), there's also Psycho (1960) as well as couple of films from Billy Wilder - The Apartment (1960) and Some like It Hot (1959). Other films so close to making the list included Trainspotting (1996), Heavenly Creatures and The Shawshank Redemption (both 1994), there is also the likes of E.T (1982), Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) and Back To The Future (1985) and many, many more that would have happily considered.
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