Jan
Rose 16.8.07
FAVOURITE
FILMS
Gone With
the Wind
Billy Elliot
Calamity
Jane
Kramer
v Kramer
Oklahoma
Lawrence
of Arabia
Dr Zhivago
Born Free
The Jazz
Singer (Neil Diamond)
The Great
Gatsby
Zorba the
Greek
Rabbit
Proof Fence
The Full
Monty
Little
Voice
Some Like
It Hot
Storm Over
The Nile
Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid
Casablanca
Oh What
A Lovely War
North By
Northwest
Greg Rose Top 20 Films (not in order)- 11.1.07
Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
(2005) Cold Mountain Dr Strangelove (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love The Bomb) Full Metal Jacket Good
Will Hunting Graduate, The Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban Hilary & Jackie Lost In Translation Love
Actually Madagascar Muriel's Wedding Mystic River National Treasure Pianist, The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Terminal,
The Tommy 2001: A Space Odyssey Walk The Line
Bubbling under – King Kong (2005), Best In Show, Brokeback Mountain, The Hours, School Of
Rock, You've Got Mail
Naomi Rose 1.06 Not in order
It’s
A Wonderful Life Dead Poets Society Toy Story You’ve Got Mail Under The Clock On The Town The Secret
Life Of Walter Mitty Notting Hill The African Queen The Italian Job The Ghost & Mrs Muir Some Like It Hot The
Philadelphia Story The Wizard Of Oz The Matrix As Good As It Gets Saving Private Ryan Carlitos Way Life
Is Beautiful The Terminal
Next 10
This Is Spinal Tap Love Actually About A Boy In Which We Serve Destry Rides Again The Great Escape A
Knight’s Tale A Star Is Born National Treasure This Year’s Love
Greg Rose Top 20 Films (not in order)- Updated 18.1.06 to include The Graduate
Best In Show Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (2005) Cold Mountain Deer Hunter Dr
Strangelove (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love The Bomb) Good Will Hunting Graduate, The Harry Potter
& The Prisoner Of Azkaban Hilary & Jackie Lost In Translation Love Actually Madagascar Magic Roundabout Muriel's
Wedding Mystic River Pianist, The Terminal, The Tommy 2001: A Space Odyssey Yellow Submarine
Bubbling under - Moulin Rouge, The Hours, Shawshank Redemption, You've Got Mail
FAVOURITE 20 FILMS BY Chris Roughan
No particular order and very subjective!Based on those
films I keep in video collection and watch several times.
- The World of Suzie Wong (1960) (Nancy Kwan and William Holden [
then read the book!])
The Goodbye Girl (1977) (Richard Dreyfuss,Marsha Mason,Quinn Cummings)
Portrait of Jenny (1946) (Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotton,Ethel Barrymore)
Love Letters (1945) (Jennifer Jones,Joseph Cotton,Gladys Cooper,Ann Richards)
Klute (1971) (Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland)
The Rebel (1961) (Tony Hancock ,George Sanders,Dennis Price)
Doctor Zhivago (1966) (Omar Shariff, Julie Christie,Rod Steig)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) (Audrey Hepburn,George Peppard)
Waterloo Bridge (1940) (Vivien Leigh,Robert Taylor,Gladys Cooper)
Soldier Blue (1970) (Candice Bergen,Peter Strauss,Donald Pleasance)
Alice’s Restaurant (1969) (Arlo Guthrie,Patricia Quinn)
Dead Poet’s Society (1989) (Robin Williams, Robert Leonard,Ethan Hawke)
The Rachel Papers (1989) (Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye,James Spader)
Starman (1984) (Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen)
Blow Out (1981) (John Travolta,Nancy Allen)
Elmer Gantry (1960) (Burt Lancaster,Jean Simmons,Shirley Jones)
Vampire in Venice (1988) (Klaus Kinski,Christopher Plummer,Barbara De Rossi)
Don Juan DeMarco (1995) (Johnny Depp,Marlon Brando,Faye Dunaway)
Say Anthing (1989) (John Cusack and Ione Skye)
Moment by Moment (1978) (John Travolta and Lily Tomlin)
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Those that nearly made it and one day may.Note that no Clint Eastwood films in the Top 20. But mainly because I can’t
decide which is the best!So theoretically the ones below would form the basis of an overall Top 30.
- Femme Fatale (1991) (Colin Firth, Lisa Zane)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) (Peter O’Toole, Omar Shariff)
- The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) (Jeff Daniels,Mia Farrow)
- My Fair Lady (1964) (Audrey Hepburn,Rex Harrison,Stanley Holloway,Gladys Cooper)
- Laura (1944) (Gene Tierney,Dana Andrews)
- Haunted (1995) (Aidan Quinn,Kate Beckinsale, AnthonyAndrews)
- South Pacific (1958) (Rosanno Brazzi,Mitzi Gaynor,John Kerr,France Nuyen)
- Wicker Park (2004) (Josh Hartnett,Rose Byrne,Diane Kruger)
- The Great Gatsby (1974) (Robert Redford, Mia Farrow)
- Serendipity (2001) (John Cusack,Kate Beckinsale)
- The Westerner (1940) (Gary Cooper,Walter Brennan,Doris Davenport)
- The Plainsman (1936) (Gary Cooper,Jean Arthur)
- Pale Rider (1989) (Clint Eastwood,Carrie Snodgress)
- High Plains Drifter (1973) (Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom,Marianna Hill)
- Hang em High (1968) (Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley)
- Unforgiven (1992) (Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman)
- The Beguiled (1971) (Clint Eastwood,Geraldine Page)
- Roberta (1933) (Irene Dunne,Randolph Scott,Fred Astaire,Ginger Rogers)
- Metropolitan (1990) (Carolyn Farina,Esward Clements)
- White Palace (1990) (James Spader,Susan Sarandon)
- Dances With Wolves (1990) (Kevin Costner,Mary McDonell)
Favourite filmstars: Gary Cooper,Clint Eastwood,Robert Redford,John Cusack,Johnny Depp,John Travolta,Tom Cruise,James Spader,Kevin
Costner and Irene Dunne.Ah another potential list and not sure why few actresses feature as opposed to actors but Irene Dunne
I’d rate as top of this top ten..above the actors!
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