Here are some of my favourite/favorite* films/movies* (*with respect to American English) in no particular order. Those marked with a red *** are certainly recommended. I include TV films and other TV material that might be available on DVD or Video sites, such as Amazon, http://amazon.com or http://amazon.co.uk and check the details of the films at http://www.imdb.com/ . Wizard of Oz East of Ipswich (TV film) All the Presidents Men Waterloo Bridge Midnight Cowboy The Waltons (film and TV series) 2001 a Space Odyssey Dr. Strangelove Reflections (TV film) Metroland (TV documentary about the building of houses west of London along the Metropolitan railway corridor) Scales of Justice ('B' film fillers from the 1960s) After Pilkington (TV film) The Green Man The Chain (TV film) The Long Arm (Scotland Yard detective mystery) *** Heart of the Country (TV drama in four parts) Fantastic Voyage The 39 Steps (1939) Easter Parade Holiday Inn Seven Brides for Seven Brothers She Hornblower (and TV films) Murder at the Gallop Carry Me Back *** Oh Mr. Porter ! Ten Rillington Place (based on fact) Forbidden Planet White Christmas Hotel du Lac (TV film) A Matter of Life and Death Sound of Music Play it again Sam Goldiggers of 1935 *** Titfield Thunderbolt Singing in the Rain The Third Man Indiana Jones Ghostbusters Star Wars (the first film) Brief Encounter *** 2010 Heat and Dust School for Scoundrels Ice Cold in Alex *** A Passage to India Oklahoma The Vikings Stagecoach Dr. No (the first and the best) Only Five Came Back The Four Feathers Fandango *** Henry V The Big Country North by Northwest Nuts in May (TV film) Rich and Famous The Young Ones Oh Lucky Man You Only Live Twice Spaceballs Peggy Sue got Married *** The Black Velvet Crown Point Blank (1967) *** Rebecca The Black Candle National Lampoons European Vacation National Lampoons - Wally World Far from the Madding Crowd *** Waterloo Bridge *** This Island Earth Genevieve and many others, bought on DVD and Videotape. These will be added to this listing in due course. |