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  • The Pool The Pool
  • Damsels in Distress Damsels in Distress
  • Skyfall Skyfall
  • The Queen of Versailles The Queen of Versailles
  • Moonrise Kingdom Moonrise Kingdom

2012 favourites

13 films 1

  • American Movie American Movie
  • Dogtown and Z-Boys Dogtown and Z-Boys
  • Riding Giants Riding Giants
  • Capturing the Friedmans Capturing the Friedmans
  • Scratch Scratch

Venerable Vérité

21 films 2 1

Great documentary features from the past decade or so.

  • Prime Cut Prime Cut
  • Palookaville Palookaville
  • Sorcerer Sorcerer
  • Electra Glide in Blue Electra Glide in Blue
  • The Wanderers The Wanderers

Hard to find cinematic gems

13 films 1 3

  • Morvern Callar Morvern Callar
  • Drive Drive
  • Sideways Sideways
  • Dazed and Confused Dazed and Confused
  • Easy Rider Easy Rider

Great Soundtracks & Scores

41 films

  • A Serbian Film A Serbian Film
  • Contraband Contraband
  • Unforgiven Unforgiven
  • Kill List Kill List
  • Thief Thief

One Last Job

9 films

Films where the protagonist is forced out of a retirement of sorts to do one last job/favour which, inevitably, goes…

  • The Lost Boys The Lost Boys
  • National Lampoon's Vacation National Lampoon's Vacation
  • Fletch Fletch
  • The Terminator The Terminator
  • Escape from New York Escape from New York

Films That Lived in my VHS Machine When I Was Younger

17 films 4

  • The Wraith The Wraith
  • To Live and Die in L.A. To Live and Die in L.A.
  • Rumble Fish Rumble Fish
  • Purple Rain Purple Rain
  • Lady in White Lady in White

Neon Dreams - Great Films From the 80's

13 films 1 1

Some less obvious cinematic treats from an often unfairly maligned decade.

  • The Loveless The Loveless
  • Eraserhead Eraserhead
  • Buffalo '66 Buffalo '66
  • Reservoir Dogs Reservoir Dogs
  • Amores Perros Amores Perros

Stunning Directorial Debuts

15 films 4

  • Naked Naked
  • Trainspotting Trainspotting
  • A Summer In Genoa A Summer In Genoa
  • Hunger Hunger
  • In Bruges In Bruges

Film4 Through the Years

11 films

Fantastic homegrown cinema which has engaged me since I was a young kid watching Channel 4 way past my bedtime.

  • Risky Business Risky Business
  • Twelve and Holding Twelve and Holding
  • This Boy's Life This Boy's Life
  • River's Edge River's Edge
  • Closely Watched Trains Closely Watched Trains

Rites of Passage Favourites

12 films 1

  • Ridicule Ridicule
  • Tell No One Tell No One
  • Little White Lies Little White Lies
  • Irreversible Irreversible
  • High Tension High Tension

Cinéma Fantastique

12 films

  • The Brothers McMullen The Brothers McMullen
  • Before Sunrise Before Sunrise
  • Gas, Food Lodging Gas, Food Lodging
  • Walking and Talking Walking and Talking
  • Barcelona Barcelona

90's US Indie Cinema

9 films 3 1

A selection of films from that decade and movement which made a big impression on me.