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 September 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