Top Ten Movies

Kevin Smith at the height of his powers. When Silent Bob speaks you will be moved.

Life-affirming and inspirational. With a healthy dose of genuine scares and a script so sharp you could cut your finger on it.

A succession of 10/10 skits strung together (very loosely) on a biting satire on Christianity. What's not to love?

Dark, depressing and brutal. Inspired casting. Anti-heroes don't come more damaged than Snake Plissken. Which is a good thing.

Sharp, witty and an awesome soundtrack. If you have not yet seen Bowie and Queen soundtracking a cute baby doing it's thing then google it NOW.

Genuinely scary at times but the real joy is the uber-ironic tone and the collection of moon-related tunes perfectly blended into the action.

A total surprise. Tight and taught with an unnerving emotional resonance. As befits and independant movie shot (astonishingly) on a shoe-string, it's not afraid to duck the Hollywood schmalz ending. Unforgettable.

Two outrageously unappealing people, the most inventive use of profanity ever and some truly original set pieces. It's what every action movie should aspire to be.

Superior sci-fi based on atmosphere and sparkling interplay between the lead characters. Best script the genre has ever produced. Fact. Hasn't aged a day.

Shane Black writes very funny action scripts for huge amounts of money. When it's his own baby though he takes it to a whole new level. Funny and supremely cool.