1. BICYCLE THIEVES
Bicycle Thieves is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work.
A Timeless masterpiece that inspired Satyajit Ray.
2. KING KONG
An expedition exploring a remote island. Capture a gigantic ape & bring him back to New York for exhibition. A beautiful actress who accompanies them is menaced when the monsters love for her causes him to break out.
The original blockbuster in spectacular black and white.
3. THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Oklahoma in the Thirties is a dustbowl and dispossessed farmers migrate westward to California. After terrible trials en route they become little more than slave labor. Among the throng are the Joads who refuse to knuckle under.
A broken family in the greatest
American migration
4. THE GENERAL
Johnnie loves his train (The General) and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil begins he is turned down for service because hes more valuable an engineer. Annabelle thinks its because hes a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves.
The #1 Silent film of all time
5. THE DUCK SOUP
The Marx brothers' duck soup is widely considered as the slapstick team's masterwork. A madcap script which is mockingly surreal, it is the chronicle of a war fever that swallows up the imaginary nation of Fredonia when Groucho becomes its dictator.
The best comedy from Marx brothers
6. MR.SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the spineless governor of his state. He is reunited with the states senator-presidential hopeful and childhood hero, Senator Joseph Pain.
Frank Capra at his greatest
7. 12 ANGRY MEN
In New York City, this riveting story begins in the midst of a jury deciding on a first degree murder charge. The twelve men must determine, collectively, whether the accused is innocent or guilty of the charge of murder.
One of the best courtroom dramas ever.
8. PATHS OF GLORY
In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified "Ant Hill" from the Germans.
A Stanley Kubrick Classic
9. SHADOW OF A DOUBT
Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need.
Hitchcocks Personal favourite
10. 8 1/2
Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellinis 8 (Otto e mezzo) turns one mans artistic crisis into a grand epic of cinema.
Fellinis Masterpiece
11. METROPOLIS
Considered as one of the most influential science fiction films ever, it was also the most expensive film from the silent era.
Hitlers Favourite film
12. SEVEN SAMURAI
The greatest Action movie ever made
13. INFERNAL AFFAIRS
A new era for Hong Kong filmmaking New York Times
14. WILD STRAWBERRIES
Bergmans warmest..finest film..astonishingly moving performance- Time Out
15. THE KILLING
A Stanley Kubrick Classic.
16. NOSFERATU
The Godfather of Horror Cinema.
17. ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
A Superb Black Comedy
18. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
Elegant and deeply sexy in a deliciously restrained way. Jonathan Foreman, New York Post.
19. DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Its Love and Murder at First Sight
20. THE BIG SLEEP
The Type of Man She hated ....was the type she wanted.
21. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
The Greatest Hollywood Star of all time.
22. KIND HEARTS & CORONETS
He Chopped down the family tree.
23. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Filled with all the love and warmth and joy...the human heart can hold!
24. GRAND ILLUSION
One of the most haunting of all war films. New York Times
25. THRONE OF BLOOD
... a terrifying journey through darkness, evil , and despair. Jamie Russell, BBC.
