Number 5: Drive
Ryan Gosling is the Driver, a man employed solely as a getaway driver who doesn't carry a gun or get involved in anything else. The film features a soundtrack with an 80's feel which is continued throughout the style of the movie. It has a calm and cool first half which leads to an explosive second part which wows the viewer.
Favourite scene: Opening scene where the Driver (Gosling) is the getaway driver for a robbery
Number 4: Inland Empire
Easily the most confusing and illogical narrative that David Lynch has produced. Having finished watching the tale of an actress getting a job in a film based on an old Polish story, I couldn't intitally decide if I liked it or not. But for the next two days I considered theories and went over scenes in my head before realising that I had never even come close to think so much about a film in the days after. In true Lynch style it switches between the colourful and bright happy scenes to the un-nerving darker scenes with reckless abandon.
Favourite scene: Nikki Grace/Sue Blue is stabbed on Hollywood Boulevard
Number 3: The Third Man
Beautifully set in post-Second World War Vienna, Holly Martins arrives looking for a job with his friend Harry Lime who died after being over but not everything is as it seems. From the unforgettable score, to the superb use of shadows and light to Welles speech about the people below being ants its an absolute British classic.
Favourite scene: When Harry Lime (Welles) suddenly appears from the shadows.
Number 2: 12 Angry Men
Making a film that principally takes place in one room with a dozen men incredibly fascinating to watch is a work of genius by Sidney Lumet. The jury deliberate in 1950's New York on whether a young man killed his father and are introduced to the idea of ''reasonable doubt'' by Juror #8 (Henry Fonda). The issues of racism, people's backgrounds and stubbornness are all addressed amongst other ideas.
Favourite scene: Juror #8 has finally managed to convince one other juror that there is reasonable doubt.
Number 1: Mulholland Drive
My favourite film of all time and absolutely no shock that it's from David Lynch. Probably his most critically successful film as we try to distinguish the dreams of Betty/Diane (Naomi Watts) from reality. Is she really a great actress who was screwed over for the lead role or has she dreamed that because she was actually quite average? The metaphors are incredible in showing the darkside to Hollywood.
Favourite scene: When Betty Elms delivers her amazing audition which wows the producers
Mulholland Drive is also one of my all time favourite. It's the most re-watchable film ever made in my opinion :)
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