5. Princess Mononoke: This anime, from giant of the art form Hayao Miyazaki, deals with themes of environmentalism, love, and whether giant animals would beat people with guns in a fight. The film is sincere and takes itself pretty seriously, so don’t expect a laugh a minute. Luckily, the action scenes and the animation are both top notch, some of the scenes are properly breath taking. If you want a film that is thought provoking and beautiful, this is the one for you.
4. Grizzly man: Werner Herzog really knocked the ball out of the park with this documentary about the life and death of Timothy Treadwell, the man who lived with bears. It mixes reflections on the human condition, heart breaking footage, and amazing shots of Alaska. Watch this if you need to get a factual fix.
3. Wall-E: Any film that is ostensibly aimed at children that features no dialogue for, at least, the first twenty minutes of the film is brave, very brave. Fortunately the people at Disney Pixar know what they are doing, and this robot based love story is the best they’ve ever made. Wall-E manages to pull off the trick of being sweet without being sickly. it’s a lovely, funny, clever movie.
2. Withnail and I: This is a film that I always find myself coming back to. It’s witty, hilarious, tragic and has a couple of unbelievably good performances from Richard E Grant and Richard Griffiths. It doesn’t, if we are being honest, have much in the way of a plot, but it more than makes up for it with some hugely funny observations and lines. This is the film to go for if you like your comedies offbeat.
1. Blade Runner: The story sounds pure sci-fi: a bounty hunter, Harrison Ford, in futuristic Los Angeles has to track down and kill some rogue androids, but it is so much more than that. Ridley Scott’s film broke through the confines of the genre to make a film that is stylish, philosophical, and iconic. This film is unbelievably good, watch it.
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