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Banz's Top 5 Movies

Goodfellas [1990]	This is a brilliant tale of life in organised crime that documents the highs and lows. By turns frightening, funny and moving with Scorcese's directing being the trump card. Style, substance and quality acting make this my favourite film of all time.
Barton Fink [1991]	I love all the Coen Brothers' films, but I love this one most of all. It's a film about writer's block and has great performances from John Turturro and John Goodman and features the creepiest hotel since the Overlook.
Trainspotting [1995]	An unfilmable book turned into a cracking film. The Daily Mail were shocked, but I was stunned. Just don't mention The Beach.
Withnail and I [1986]	I remember watching this on late night TV years ago without knowing anything about it. A great script and faultless direction make this a treat which is not to be missed.
Donnie Darko [2001]	One of the few films I've seen at the cinema that has totally obliterated my expectations. Funny and mysterious, there wasn't a film to touch this last year.

Vic's Top 5 Movies

Gone With The Wind [1939]	My favourite film of all time. I know it's not the best, but I just love it! Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh crackle with sexual chemistry, the drama never stops and the story of the making of it is almost as entertaining as the film itself.
Empire Of The Sun [1987]	Spielberg's most underrated film, though I cannot understand why. Epic storytelling set against the backdrop of the Japanese invasion of China during WWII with Christian Bale fantastic as the boy whose journey we follow from a privileged upbringing in Shanhai to a Japanese prison camp. Who thought he would someday end up as Patrick Bateman.
The 39 Steps [1935]	I could have chosen any number of hitchcock films, but plumped for The 39 Steps. Why? Simply the brilliant storyline (along Hitch's fave of a man on the run), the comedy (Robert Donat giving an unprepared speech at a political rally springs to mind) as well as a great macguffin that would rival any in Hitchcock's later films.
Cinema Paradiso [1989]	Don't like films with subtitles? You don't know what you're missing if you skip Cinema Paradiso for this reason. Heartwarming without being maudlin, yet I defy you to not have a tear in your eye as Toto watches the film reel given to him by Salvatore in the final reel.
The Silence Of The Lambs [1991]	Let me get this straight. I HATE scary movies. Most good ones I watch only once (thankfully there's not that many), so why include The Silence of the Lambs? The great story, acting (especially from the film's heroine, Jodie Foster) and the fact that I get something new from it every time I see it. Well, from behind the sofa that is....

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