Favourite all time
All genres, favourite movies in no particular order.
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1.
The Great Escape
(1963)
Allied POWs plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. (172 mins.)
Director: John Sturges
2.
Lilo & Stitch
(2002)
A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually an notorious extra-terrestrial fugitive from the law. (85 mins.)
Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
3.
The Departed
(2006)
An undercover state cop who infiltrated a Mafia clan and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat. (151 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
4.
The Dark Knight
(2008)
When Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent launch an assault on the mob, they let the clown out of the box, the Joker, bent on turning Gotham on itself and bringing any heroes down to his level. (152 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
5.
Amélie
(2001)
Amelie, an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love. (122 mins.)
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
6.
The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001)
An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when one of their member announces he has a terminal illness. (110 mins.)
Director: Wes Anderson
7.
The Phantom of the Opera
(2004)
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. (143 mins.)
Director: Joel Schumacher
8.
Across the Universe
(2007)
The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist. (133 mins.)
Director: Julie Taymor
9.
The Bourne Identity
(2002)
A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia. (119 mins.)
Director: Doug Liman
10.
The Notebook
(2004)
A poor and passionate young man falls in love with a rich young woman and gives her a sense of freedom. They soon are separated by their social differences. (123 mins.)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
11.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1961)
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building. (115 mins.)
Director: Blake Edwards
12.
Up
(2009)
By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway. (96 mins.)
Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
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