20th Century Flicks, Bristol

The famous drugs thriller as Gene Hackman plays the cop determined to fix the Marseille based heroin runners once and for all. An action-packed movie full of murders, car chases and everything else a good thriller should have - making it one of the classics and a yardstick for others since. Won Best Picture at 1971 Academy Awards. find out more...

THE GODFATHER 2 (1974)

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Seldom is a sequel better than the original. In this case the exception proves the rule. The full background to the mafia family epic which is also a metaphor for contemporary America. Won Best Picture at the 1974 Academy Awards. find out more...

THE GRADUATE (1967)

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One of the great sixties films, the one that brought Dustin Hoffman to public notice, as he plays an alienated Los Angelian rich kid searching for a meaning in life and discovering sex. Great movie to be watched, or rewatched, and with a superb soundtrack by Simon and Garfunkel. find out more...

THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)

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Made almost contemporaneously with the 1930s setting, this authentically portrays the poverty and repression of the migrant 'Okies', evicted from their dustbowl farms and treated like slaves in California. Adapted from Steinbeck's book, often called 'THE Great American Novel' and with outstanding performances coming from Henry Fonda (Tom Joad) and John Carradine (John Casey) a preacher with a fondess for vice, but a true heart... fantastic. find out more...

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

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Winner of a frightening number of Oscars (Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Adapted Screenplay); a vulnerable FBI rookie is sent to coax much needed information from the monstrous Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in order to stop a killer who skins his victims. Brilliant, terrifying and gripping. find out more...

THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

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Yes, the Hills are still alive with the sound of everyone's favourite musical. Based of the true story of the singing Von Trapp family, and you can sing along with all your favourite things. Won Best Picture at 1965 Academy Awards. A superb film that's not just for nuns! find out more...

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THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

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'Gold does funny things to a man's soul'. That's the issue tackled by this seminal movie about the pursuit of money and its effect on the brotherhood of man. Bogart plays the down-and-out Dobbs who hooks up with a fellow economic refugee. They both get to work on a building site, working for a pay packet that never materialises, but it's not until they meet up with an old prospector (Walter Huston) that they start down a tortuous path of greed and paranoia that will change their lives forever. ' find out more...

TITANIC (1997)

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James Cameron confounded his critics by bagging no less than 11 Oscars for his $200 million baby, the most commercially successful movie ever made. An epic disaster movie and tragic love story rolled into one, the casting of DiCaprio and Winslet as star-crossed lovers Jack and Rose ensure the film's youthful appeal, while the stark upstairs-downstairs contrast between the ill-fated passengers provides a little social commentary. But the secret of Titanic's success has to be its awesome technical find out more...

UNFORGIVEN (1992)

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Reformed hellraiser William Munny saddles up for one last killing, hoping the bounty will help him raise his children. But the steel has softened, and the killing doesn't come so easy any more. More real than any other Western, Clint's creation is bleak, black, desperate and brilliant. find out more...

WEST SIDE STORY (1961)

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A modern day, (well it was when it was made), version of Romeo and Julliet except this one includes dance routines and rumbles. Won Best Picture at 1961 Academy Awards. find out more...