10.LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008)
Despite a successful English-language remake, Let The Right One In is still considered the better of two, the other being Chloe Grace Moretz' Let Me In. A prepubescent vampire girl, Eli, and her "father" arrive in a suburb of Stockholm. There, she meets Oskar, a neglected and marginalised young boy who's desperate for a friend. Although it's not immediately clear to Oskar of what Eli is, in one scene it becomes apparent and shapes the rest of the film. Let The Right One In weaves horror and drama to create something totally unique and original that hasn't been effectively recreated since.
9. ANCHORMAN (2004)
It's been quoted to death and it's given us such catchphrases as 'By the beard of Zeus!' and more, but Anchorman is one of the best comedies of our generation. The interesting thing, of course, is that it almost never happened. An entirely different story was initially created – which can be seen on the special edition DVD – and almost caused the film to go into turnaround and never be released. Thankfully, it was and we can all look forward to the sequel. The cast list for it has grown considerably; Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Amy Poehler and Sacha Baron Cohen all have roles, although the extent of these has yet to be revealed. We're thinking they're all most likely cameos the way Jack Black, Fred Armisen and so on turned up in random roles. For our money, the Gangs of New York-inspired fight scene with Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson and Tim Robbins (Tim Robbins, like?!) is the funniest part of the film. The whole fight is so ridiculous and over-the-top, from Steve Carrell / Brick's trident-throwing to the Planet of the Apes-inspired horse-drawn nets that catch Paul Rudd / Brian Fantana. Here's hoping they've got something similar in the sequel.
8. EDDIE MURPHY: RAW (1987)
Much like Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy has fallen from his initial promise. That said, however, he hasn't stooped so low as to make Grown Ups 2. Then again, he did make Dr. Doolittle 2. Although Eddie Murphy began in Saturday Night Live, he truly hit his stride with his standup movies. The first one, Delirious, peters out slightly towards the end whereas Raw is just relentless. The iconic purple-leather outfit, his near-tone perfect impersonation of Richie Pryor, Umfufu (which Jay-Z referneces in 'Girls, Girls, Girls') – everything about Raw demonstrates what a comedic talent Eddie Murphy was and possibly could be again. There's been rumours for the past few years that he intends to return to standup. Given how his last film wasn't even released theatrically in Europe, he might be good for him to return to his roots.
7. THE NAKED GUN (1988)
Watch this clip. This is why The Naked Gun is one of the funniest films ever.
6. JURASSIC PARK (1993)
It's no surprise that Steven Spielberg is on this list more than once. He's considered one of the greatest directors ever and Jurassic Park is a film that still stands up, twenty years after its release. If you've never seen it, you never had a childhood. Sam Neill is a palaeontologist brought to a secretive island in the Pacific Ocean where dinosaurs have been brought back to life by cloning. As with all things, it is eventually goes wrong and the dinosaurs are on the loose. What's even cooler is that it's getting an IMAX-3D re-release pretty soon and we cannot wait to see it on a huge screen again. Clever girl.
5. SCARFACE (1983)
It's loud. It's long. It's garish. It's insanely violent. And people either love it or hate it. Scarface is the ultimate in 1980's decadence and excess. Al Pacino plays Tony Montana, a low-level Cuban criminal who literally guns his way to the top of the cocaine business in Miami. It's often dismissed as a playbook for hip-hop, with many artists citing it as a direct influence and its use of elaborate, garish displays of wealth. But underneath, Scarface is really about how money and power are both fleeting and hollow. The final scene really shows this, as (SPOILER ALERT), Montana's bullet-ridden corpse flops into an indoor pool with a statue in it that says, in bright neon, "The World Is Yours".
4. THE DUCHESS (2008)
Keira Knightley must really enjoy getting stitched up in huge gowns, as she features on this list not once, but three times. Playing a distant relative of Princess Diana, Knightley's character, Georgiana, lives a decadent life that is somewhat empty until she meets Charles Grey, played by Dominic Cooper. The two embark on a passionate and whirlwind affair and all looks great. There's just one problem - Knightley's character is married to Ralph Fiennes. The design and costumes are as extravagant as you'd expect, but there are some emotional scenes between Cooper and Knightley and Fiennes' character really comes across as a nasty piece of work.
3. TITANIC (1997)
"Don't let go, Jack." For people who weren't around in 1997 when Titanic was originally released, it's sort of hard to imagine what this film was like and the impact it had. It was huge. The Celine Dion song, My Heart Will Go On, even had a "talkie" version that was played on radio. We can vividly remember people calling radio stations, specifically asking for the song with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio's dialogue interspersed with the song. You might argue that it's not a period drama - trust us, it is. The attention to detail is second to none. In fact, James Cameron even had White Star Line supervise and reconstruct the original decor for the film.
Titanic 1997: leonardo Dicaprio as Jack and Kate Winsley as Rose, filme produced by James Cameron
2. DOWNFALL (2004)
Throughout Hollywood history, Nazis have always been described as moustache-twirling villains with effeminate accents and perfect hair. It's continued into well-dressed German terrorists in the 1980s and has never really been challenged. Until Downfall. For a film to take on such a controversial subject - namely Hitler's final days in power - and make him seem, on some level,human is nothing short of incredible. Bruno Ganz's performance as the deranged and ailing Hitler is terrifying to watch and, in some really messed up way, heartbreaking. He's an out-and-out monster who should never have been allowed into power in the first place.
1. JANE EYRE (2011)
Period dramas are, by their very nature, over the top. The costumes, the designs, the acting - everything is supposed to be over-the-top. So to take one of the most famous period novels - namely, Jane Eyre - and strip it back to the bone is pretty ballsy. And yet, this interpretation of Jane Eyre completely works. Michael Fassbender, in an underrated performance, plays Mr. Rochester. Closed off and monosyllabic, he hires a young woman to act as an au pair for his children. The title character, played by Mia Wasikowska, is sent to his draughty, dust-ridden home to see to the children. Fassbender demonstrates here why he's the greatest living Irish actor of our generation, by infusing a scene with genuine emotion with a single look or glance. The director, Cory Fukunaga, previously worked on crime drama Sin Nombre and on Matthew McConaughey's HBO drama, True Detective.
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