My Eighteen Favourite Films
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- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda BlethynThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.Best Performance: Saoirse Ronan - Briony Tallis
Best Scene - The Dunkirk Tracking Shot
Best Line - "I love you... I'll wait for you... Come back." - DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.Best Performance: Zoe Saldana - Neytiri
Best Scene: The Battle for Pandora
Best Line: "I see you." - DirectorJoss WhedonStarsRobert Downey Jr.Chris EvansScarlett JohanssonEarth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.Best Performance: Tom Hiddleston - Loki
Best Scene: Thor vs. Iron Man vs. Captain America
Best Line: "Puny god." - DirectorStephen DaldryStarsJamie BellJulie WaltersJean HeywoodA talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.Best Performance: Jamie Bell - Billy
Best Scene: Billy dances for his Father.
Best Line - "It feels like electricity. Yeah, like electricity." - DirectorMartin CampbellStarsDaniel CraigEva GreenJudi DenchAfter earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.Best Performance: Daniel Craig - James Bond
Best Scene: The Parkour Construction Chase.
Best Line: "The name's Bond, James Bond." - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.Best Performance: Heath Ledger - The Joker
Best Scene: The Interrogation.
Best Line: "Why so serious?" - DirectorDavid FincherStarsDaniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher PlummerJournalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.Best Performance: Rooney Mara - Lisbeth Salander
Best Scene: Lisbeth takes revenge.
Best Line: "You will be investigating thieves, misers, bullies. The most detestable collection of people you will ever meet. My family." - DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintHarry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.Best Performance: Alan Rickman - Prof. Severus Snape
Best Scene: The Prince's Tale.
Best Line: "NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!" - DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostMartin FreemanAn overachieving London police sergeant is transferred to a village where the easygoing officers object to his fervor for regulations, all while a string of grisly murders strikes the town.Best Performance: Simon Pegg - Sgt. Nicholas Angel
Best Scene: The Somerfield Shoot-out.
Best Line: "You wanna be a big cop in a small town? *beep* off up the model village!" - DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterThe story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.Best Performance: Colin Firth - King George VI
Best Scene: Bertie addresses the Nation.
Best Line: "I have a voice!" - DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsSteve CarellToni ColletteGreg KinnearA family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.Best Performance: Abigail Breslin - Olive Hoover.
Best Scene: Olive's dance routine.
Best Line: "Where's Olive?" - DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodViggo MortensenIan McKellenGandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.Best Performance: Viggo Mortensen - Aragorn.
Best Scene: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Best Line: "FRODO!" - DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanEwan McGregorJohn LeguizamoA poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.Best Performance: Nicole Kidman - Satine.
Best Scene: The Elephant Love Medley.
Best Line: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsIvana BaqueroAriadna GilSergi LópezIn the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.Best Performance: Ivana Baquero - Ofelia.
Best Scene: The Pale Man Awakens.
Best Line: "Hello. I am Princess Moanna, and I am not afraid of you." - DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.Best Performance: Johnny Depp - Capt. Jack Sparrow.
Best Scene: The Rum Scene.
Best Line: "Why is the Rum gone?" - DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterAlan RickmanThe legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.Best Performance: Helena Bonham Carter - Mrs. Lovett.
Best Scene: Sweeney's Epiphany.
Best Line: "At last! My arm is complete again!" - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJeremy IrvineEmily WatsonDavid ThewlisA young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.Best Performance: Jeremy Irvine - Albert Narracott.
Best Scene: Joey running through No-Man's-Land.
Best Line: "Can you imagine such a thing? Here you are flying over so much pain and terror - and you know you can never look down. You have to look forward or you'll never get home. I ask you - what could be braver than that?" - DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanHalle BerryWhen anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.Best Performance: Hugh Jackman - Wolverine.
Best Scene: Nightcrawler attacks the White House.
Best Line: "Have you ever tried... not being a mutant?"