Movies I have rated 9 or 10
They have to have a story I can follow, with characters I can recognise easily, have faultless acting, some especially good scenes and examples of memorable dialogue. First, the 10's.
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- DirectorDavid KaneStarsKathy BurkeJennifer EhleIan HartA group of thirtysomethings flit around Camden Town swapping partners in search of love, lust and life.So many good scenes, so many laughs, superb acting.
- DirectorDavid LelandStarsCatherine McCormackRachel WeiszAnna FrielThree young women from very different walks of life join the women's land army during World War II, and are sent to work together on a farm in Dorset, where the experience changes their lives forever.Good story, lovely characters, good silences where the expression says it all.
- DirectorDavid SapersteinStarsPeter WellerKathy BakerJohn GloverThe story of a widow (in West Virginia) who takes in a drifter who she believes killed her husband. She begins to fall for him but cannot be sure if she should trust him.Suspense all the way.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.Superb acting all the way through
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsHelen MirrenMichael SheenJames CromwellAfter the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.Great look-a-likes as well ticking all my requirements.
- DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsMira SorvinoMariah CareyMelora WaltersA new waitress working at an Italian restaurant in New York City finds herself entangled in a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and murder.All the ticks, and the surprise ending.
- DirectorAnne WheelerStarsWendy CrewsonJoe CobdenPeter CoyoteA famous 'Jackie Collins'-type novelist falls for a quirky twenty-year-old kid.silly title, but all the rest is superb.
- DirectorMarshall HerskovitzStarsCatherine McCormackRufus SewellOliver PlattA Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.Especially good ending.
- DirectorSimon MooreStarsLiam NeesonLaura San GiacomoKenneth CranhamDisgraced detective Tony fakes evidence in divorce cases, implicates wife in Stasio affair. Stasio and wife shot dead in hotel. Tony's ex-partner Frank investigates, suspects inheritance-seeking mistress Angeline and inconsistent Tony.So dramatic, so much to absorb.
- DirectorStephen PoliakoffStarsJoely RichardsonJeremy NorthamAnna FrielProperty developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.Great acting, story, scenes, dialogue.
- DirectorPeter O'FallonStarsVanessa RedgraveRay LiottaCatherine McCormackAn old woman helps a young boy resolve his feelings over the death of his mother.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennJill EsmondC.V. FranceAn old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.Very old, but very good.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsSylvia SidneyOscar HomolkaDesmond TesterA Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.Now the 9's, another very old, very good'un
- DirectorAdrian ShergoldStarsTimothy SpallJuliet StevensonEddie MarsanThe life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britain's most prolific hangman.Awfully grim, but still very good.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris PrattA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.Almost a documentary, and sadly, it didn't solve much?
- DirectorSheree FolksonStarsCatherine McCormackDavid TennantRachel DaviesWhen Fay turns 30, her mother and sisters keep pressing her to have a baby. She chases some guys, has sex with them, and keeps their sperm in a bottle in the fridge, then selects the most suitable for self-fertilization.Hilarious, if rather gross.
- DirectorWilliam KattStarsJack NoseworthyLaura LeightonJackie BelvinAn ex-convict tries to make an honest living and take care of his girlfriend and her mentally slow brother.Well made.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreGeorge W. BushBen AffleckMichael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after 9/11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- DirectorGreg PritikinStarsAdrien BrodyMilla JovovichIlleana DouglasAn ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.Funny, funny.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsRobert PrestonLynn RedgravePatrick MacneeA year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.Old, but very good.
- DirectorDavid KaneStarsCraig FergusonIan HartJane HorrocksThree young men pursue three beautiful women across London.So good, but spoiled by a couple of silly scenes.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter O'TooleJohn StandingAlastair SimIn 1939 when an English hunter takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a rifle, he is captured, tortured and left for dead. He escapes but his captors pursue him to England.
- DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsKimberly QuinnKatrina Holden BronsonRachel HunterThree women encounter the toughest time of their lives.Almost a 10.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsRobert De NiroPhilip Seymour HoffmanBarry MillerAn ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons with the drag queen next door.almost flawless