Favourite Films to Watch Over and Over

Favourite Films to Watch Over and Over

Bridget Jones's Diary

Release Date 2001
Rating : 6.8 Production Companies: Miramax, Universal Pictures Director: Guy Heeley, Pat Rambaut, Cilla Ware Stars: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant

Summary: A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.

Never Been Kissed

Release Date 1999
Rating : 6 Production Companies: Fox 2000 Pictures, Flower Films Director: Richard Graves, Susan J. Hellmann, Benita Brazier Stars: Drew Barrymore, David Arquette, Molly Shannon

Summary: Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

The Addams Family

Release Date 1991
Rating : 6.9 Production Companies: Scott Rudin Productions, Paramount Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Stars: Raúl Juliá, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd

Summary: When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

Edward Scissorhands

Release Date 1990
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 20th Century Fox Director: Tim Burton, Marilyn Bailey, Francis J. Conway Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest

Summary: A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

The Color Purple

Release Date 1985
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery

Summary: An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

The Dark Knight

Release Date 2008
Rating : 9 Production Companies: DC Comics, Legendary Pictures Director: Steve Gehrke, Nilo Otero, Christopher Nolan Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine

Summary: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

The Silence of the Lambs

Release Date 1991
Rating : 8.6 Production Companies: Orion Pictures, Strong Heart Director: Mary A. Kelly, Kyle McCarthy, Gina Maria Leonetti Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn

Summary: Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

The Patriot

Release Date 2000
Rating : 7.2 Production Companies: Centropolis Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation Director: Chris Brighton, Roland Emmerich, Kim H. Winther Stars: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson

Summary: After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.

Sleepy Hollow

Release Date 1999
Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: Paramount, American Zoetrope Director: Tim Burton, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Christopher Newman Stars: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson

Summary: Ichabod Crane, an eccentric investigator, is determined to stop the murderous Headless Horseman.

The Conjuring 2

Release Date 2016
Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, The Safran Company Director: Jody Blose, James Wan, Albert Cho Stars: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe

Summary: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Release Date 2020
Rating : 7.9 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton Animation Company Director: Henry Selick Stars: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara

Summary: Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.

Corpse Bride

Release Date 2005
Rating : 7.4 Production Companies: Tim Burton Animation Company, Will Vinton Studios Director: Mike Johnson, Ezra Sumner, Tim Burton Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson

Summary: Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.

The Countess

Release Date 2009
Rating : 6.2 Production Companies: X Filme International, Celluloid Dreams Productions Director: Julie Delpy, Scott Kirby, Thorne Mutert Stars: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt

Summary: Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.

The Hateful Eight

Release Date 2015
Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Columbia Pictures, The Weinstein Company Director: Melinda Johnson, Brendan Lee, William Paul Clark Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Summary: Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

Pulp Fiction

Release Date 1994
Rating : 8.9 Production Companies: Miramax, A Band Apart Director: Martin Kitrosser, Francis R. Mahony III, Quentin Tarantino Stars: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman

Summary: A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

A Troll in Central Park

Release Date 1994
Rating : 5.3 Production Companies: Warner Bros., Don Bluth Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Fred A. Reilly Stars: Dom DeLuise, Phillip Glasser, Tawny Sunshine Glover

Summary: A friendly troll with a magic green thumb grows one flower too many for the queen, whose laws require all trolls to be mean ugly and scare humans whenever possible. As a punishment, he is exiled to a world of concrete, where he should live a life of proper trolldom: Manhattan.

Mommie Dearest

Release Date 1981
Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: Paramount, The Irwin Yablans Company Director: Frank Perry Stars: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest

Summary: Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her personal life. However, as her professional and romantic relationships sour, Joan's already callous and abusive behavior towards Christina intensifies.

Ratatouille

Release Date 2007
Rating : 8.1 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Director: Jan Pinkava, Jeremy Lasky, Andrew Cadelago Stars: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm

Summary: Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris' finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream.

About Schmidt

Release Date 2002
Rating : 7.2 Production Companies: Avery Pix, New Line Cinema Director: Alexander Payne, Rebecca Robertson Stars: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis

Summary: A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.

The Sound of Music

Release Date 1965
Rating : 8.1 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 20th Century Fox Director: Robert Wise, Ridgeway Callow Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker

Summary: In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

Pet Sematary

Release Date 1989
Rating : 6.5 Production Companies: Paramount Director: Jesse Long, Joan Cunningham, Suzanne Haasis Stars: Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby

Summary: After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

The Shawshank Redemption

Release Date 1994
Rating : 9.3 Production Companies: Castle Rock Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures Director: James Ellis Deakins, Robert Barnett, John R. Woodward Stars: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton

Summary: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Ed Wood

Release Date 1994
Rating : 7.8 Production Companies: Touchstone Pictures Director: Mike Topoozian, Janna Stern, Tim Burton Stars: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker

Summary: The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Natural Born Killers

Release Date 1994
Rating : 7.2 Production Companies: Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films Director: Oliver Stone Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr.

Summary: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Chaplin

Release Date 1992
Rating : 7.5 Production Companies: Le Studio Canal+, TriStar Pictures Director: Nikki Clapp, Richard Attenborough, Michael D. Moore Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys

Summary: An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Blow

Release Date 2001
Rating : 7.5 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Spanky Pictures Director: Ted Demme, Nicholas Mastandrea, Rosemary C. Cremona Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Franka Potente

Summary: A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

Billy Elliot

Release Date 2000
Rating : 7.7 Production Companies: BBC Film, Tiger Aspect Director: Zoe Morgan, Stephen Daldry Stars: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters

Summary: County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.