Favourite Films

There are reasons why the following films are my favourites… although I’ve almost definitely forgotten to list some of them! I love:

The pure excellence of:

  • The Usual Suspects (B. Singer)
  • Witness for the Prosecution (B. Wilder)
  • Twelve Angry Men (S. Lumet)

The quirkyness of:

  • Fargo (J. Coen)
  • Delicatesses (M. Caro, J-P. Jeunet)


The light-heartedness yet adeptness of:

  • The Sting (G. R. Hill)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (R. Zemeckis)
  • Death Becomes Her (R. Zemeckis)
  • Finding Nemo (A. Stanton, L. Unkrich)
  • Being Julia (I. Szabo)
The passion of:

  • The Shawshank Redemption (F. Darabont)
  • Amadeus (M. Forman)
  • The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg)

The psychological subtlety and horror of:

  • The Silence of the Lambs (J. Demme)
  • Requiem for a Dream (D. Aronofsky)
  • Fatal Attraction (A. Lyne)

The soul-searching of:

  • Betty Blue / 37,2 le matin (J-J. Beineix)
  • The Big Blue / Le grand bleu (L. Besson)
  • The Green Butchers (Anders Thomas Jensen)

The profundity of:

  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (M. Forman)
  • The Deer Hunter (M. Cimino)
  • Full Metal Jacket (S. Kubrick)
  • The Hill (S. Lumet)