Top Ten Movies

Want some great battles? In the mood for some lightning speed car chases? Think you want to watch some explosions? What you need is a top-rate action flick. Here, we list the top ten action movies.

1. Lawrence Of Arabia – This 1962 movie is a real classic. It talks about the English T E Lawrence, who rallies the Arabs to fight against the Turks in the First World War. Peter O’ Toole is simply brilliant in this movie, and cinematography-wise, the movie is a perfect 10.
2. Paths Of Glory – This movie was directed by Stanley Kubrick in 1957. It’s an anti-war movie, with great battle scenes. Watch out for Kirk Douglas in this one.
3. The Bridge On The River Kwai – Also a 1957 movie, Alec Guiness won an Oscar for his performance as a British army officer who goes slightly mad. With strong moral implications, this is a classic movie everyone should watch.
4. Saving Private Ryan – This movie by Steven Spielberg has great fight sequences, and is overall a wonderful action movie to watch.
5. Apocalypse Now – This 1979 movie has chaos, madness, and horror all rolled into it. A Captain is sent into the Cambodian Jungle to kill a Colonel adjudged insane, in the middle of the Vietnam war.
6. Platoon – A 1986 movie, extremely realistic in its portrayal of the horrors of war. A brilliant move film by Oliver Stone, with a great performance by Charlie Sheen.
7. All Quiet On The Western Front – Very powerful anti-war film, based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. It talks about some idealistic students who leave the comforts of their classroom to fight in the war.
8. The Kill Bill movies – Uma Thurman is absolutely stunning. Watch out for some great well-choreographed fight sequences. The martial arts are top-class, and the cinematic brilliance is… well… brilliant. The script too, is quite strong.
9. The Lord Of The Rings trilogy – Really dazzling in terms of cinematic achievement, with fantastic performances from each and every cast member. The eternal battle between good and evil, combined with a magical world. The special effects are really wonderful, the costumes are great, the creatures out-of-this-world, and of course, Viggo Mortensen is simply yummy.
10. The Star Wars trilogy – These movies by George Lucas are really great.

Comedy movies have great appeal. They get us hooting with laughter, and they’re the one of the very few genres we can watch over and over again. Listed here are the top ten comedy movies.

1. The Birdcage – Robin Williams and Nathan Lane play a gay couple who own a nightclub. Released in 1996, it’s a hilariously funny movie where the ending shows everyone dressed up in drag, trying to avoid the media.
2. See No Evil, Hear No Evil – A visually and hearing-challenged man witnesses a murder, Gene Wilder is the deaf and blind guy. A very enjoyable movie to watch.
3. The Wedding Singer – Quite romantic too, this one. Watch out for great chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Sandler plays a singer who sings at weddings, after being dumped by his fiancée, he falls in love with a waitress, who is engaged to another.
4. Back To School – A millionaire goes back to school to teach his son the important lesson that education is important.
5. My Cousin Vinny – Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei are simply amazing in this one. A funny and interesting movie to watch.
6. Dumb And Dumber – No list of comedy movies is complete without something by Jim Carey. With stellar comedic acting from Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels, this is a wonderful movie. A limousine driver falls in love at first sight, and goes all the way across the country to return the girl’s briefcase, but unfortunately it’s filled with lots of money, and gangsters are hot on their trail!
7. Happy Gilmore – Adam Sandler dreams of becoming a hockey star one day, but suddenly discovers he’s great at golf. Watch this for some great comedic timing by Sandler. This 1996 movie was directed by Dennis Dugan.
8. The Naked Gun movies – Leslie Nielsen rocks in them. They have some great spoof sequences, this 1994 film is bound to get you hooting with laughter.
9. The Scary Movies – There are quite a few of them, and they spoof almost everything right from War Of The Worlds to The Ring, from The Exorcist to Saw. Simply brilliant!
10. The Pineapple Express – Franco has truly made his mark here. This movie is wonderful, light-hearted comedy. Seth Rogen is great too. The performances are really funny.

Let’s face it; we all like some good science fiction movies once in a while. We want to shut out reality and realistic movies, and bring on the robots and whatnot. Check out these movies for some great sci-fi appeal.

1. Blade Runner – Set in a Dystopian Los Angeles, and about killing replicants – this movie is way ahead of its time. It answers questions like what it means to be human, and where we come from.
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick has always been the master. The book is by Arthur C. Clarke, and the movie became extremely famous for its great visual effects. The technical stimulation is wonderful. One of the movies you must check out.
3. Alien – This film by Ridley Scott, was made in 1979, and became instantly famous for the disgusting scene of an alien bursting through the chest of a man. Sigourney Weaver’s performance too, is great.
4. The Stars Wars movies – The age-old theme of good versus evil, with the element of mysticism. Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher are great, as are the rest of the cast. These are epic movies that everyone should definitely watch.
5. Solaris – The 1972 film is a great one. It talks about the limitations of science, when a man travels to outer space and finds his deceased wife there. The movie also has some great dramatic sequences, which will leave their mark on you.
6. The Day The Earth Stood Still – This 1951 movie came out at a time when people in America were paranoid about the Cold War.
7. War Of The Worlds – This 1953 film, the story of which had been written by H G Welles, described a Martian invasion.
8. Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day – One of the ultimate sci-fi movies of them all. With the theme of a robot sent back in time to kill the mother of a future rebel, it deals with the issue of time travel, as well as cyborgs. The film-making and graphics are top-notch.
9. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – One of the greatest movies of its time, with a haunting musical theme. It talks about alien visitation from another planet.
10. The Matrix – One of the epic movies. The design was eye-catching, the fight-sequences well choreographed, and the special effects simply stunning.

Sometimes, we all need a feel-good movie. We need to curl up on the easy chair with a big bowl of popcorn, some iced Coke, we need to shut out the world and just immerse ourselves in a feel-good movie. Here, we zero in on the top ten feel-good movies you must watch if you’re depressed about life.

1. Ever After – A Cinderella story is always welcome. The happy ending is wonderful. Watch this to think happy thoughts of your own Prince Charming.
2. The Notebook – Do you believe in everlasting love? If you watch this movie, you will. Going back and forth in time, it tells the story of a couple who show amazing love for each other.
3. Stepmom – A true feel-good movie. Susan Sarandon is amazing in this, and Julia Roberts is too. The ending isn’t a typically happy one, but it leaves you thinking nonetheless.
4. The Shawshank Redemption – The story of how a man’s knowledge of his innocence keeps his spirit alive, and how he escapes from jail. This is an absolutely brilliant film.
5. Forrest Gump – The story with a moral of never giving up. Tom Hanks is great in this one.
6. It’s A Wonderful Life – This masterpiece by Frank Capra is the ultimate. This movie will show you how wonderful life truly is, by offering a glimpse of what it could have been like had you never existed. The acting is outstanding, and the movie is overall a classic that very few can match for its feel-good factor. Plus, the acting by James Stewart is brilliant.
7. Dead Poets Society – The story of how one professor inspires a group of students to find their inner creativity. Robin Williams is the unconventional teacher, he is great in his role, and the students are wonderful as well. Definitely a film that will inspire you to do all that you ever wanted to do.
8. Return To Me – A heart-warming movie, about finding love, and feeling lucky to have love. It’s also about the overwhelming power of friendship. Watch this if real romance gets you weak in the knees.
9. The Sound Of Music – Julie Andrews is lovely in this one, and has played an instrumental role in having made this movie go down in history, for its universal appeal to all age groups. The songs are amazing, the acting is great, and Christopher Plummer is just yummy. “The hills are alive, with the sound of music!”
10. Fried Green Tomatoes – Watch this one with your best friend. It’ll be some great bonding time, and you’re bound to love this move.

Anthony Hopkins has always been known as an actor par excellence. His chilling portrayal of a cannibal in The Silence Of The Lambs has gone down in history, and even got him an Oscar. He’s done drama too. One of the finest actors around, and definitely one of the strongest in terms of speech delivery, we show our respects by listing his top ten best movies.

1. Beowulf – Even though the movie itself was not that great, Hopkins was, as Hrothgar. He brought out the tensions with his wife wonderfully. Watch it for the Hopkins’ performance.
2. The Human Stain – He plays the part of a disgraced professor, who has an affair with Nicole Kidman, a woman whose past keeps coming back to haunt her. Then, he must confront his own secret, which he has kept hidden from all. The Human Stain is a great drama, definitely a movie you should watch.
3. Red Dragon – Perhaps not better than The Silence Of The Lambs, but really great nonetheless. Hopkins sends chills up and down your spine with his great portrayal of Lecter. He makes himself into a character you just can’t forget in a hurry.
4. The Silence Of The Lambs – A true masterpiece. Hopkins plays the character of Hannibal Lecter with spine-chilling dedication. Even though he’s in a cage, he gets inside your head. His frightening speeches and his devouring of a man’s tongue are images you won’t get over quickly.
5. Bad Company – The movie itself received pretty bad reviews, but Hopkins was quite good as a CIA veteran who must teach Chris Rock to behave like a real agent in just 9 days.
6. Meet Joe Black – The movie got harsh criticism for its unrealistic aspects and its long length, but Hopkins was really charismatic in this role. He plays a character who knows Death is approaching, it is right in his house, so how will he deal with it?
7. Amistad – Hopkins soars in this performance, while the movie talks about the subconscious issues of race and slavery.
8. The Remains Of The Day – Probably one of Hopkins’ finest movies. He plays a butler who has given all his life to his pro-Nazi master, and concealed his feelings for his master’s wife. This is a beautiful movie, one that talks about love which is not expressed.
9. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame – This 1982 movie got Hopkins much popularity, when he played the hunchbacked Quasimodo.
10. Audrey Rose – Though he’s not the main character, Hopkins plays his part very well. This is a movie about reincarnation.