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Spun from her first novel, Lady Susan, this is the tale of an epically bitchy and ambitious widow upending her nearest and dearest. Whit Stillman, Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny reunite 20 years after The Last Days of Disco for the most blindingly funny – and faithful - Jane Austen adaptation yet. Read the review 73 Love & Friendship (2016) It’s the start of the kid’s prison education.

The murder, a brutal struggle with a razor blade in a six by eight cell, is unforgettable. 74 A Prophet (2009)įrench film-maker Jacques Audiard’s blistering arthouse prison thriller begins with a 19-year-old rookie prisoner ( Tahar Rahim) being made an offer he can’t refuse by the mob: execute a police informant or be killed. Stephen Frears brings tonal tact and unobtrusive genius to this wonderfully funny and touching real-life tale of an Irish natterer (Judi Dench) and cynical reporter (Steve Coogan) who demolish red tape and challenge evil nuns to try to find her long-lost son.

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Kiarostami and his star Mania Akbari conjure knotty drama out of a series of conversations about marriage, family, religion and sex. Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami had already proved himself a master in the late 20th century this simple but effective piece – featuring a woman driving different people around Tehran – proved he could do it in the 21st. Scarlett Johannson and Bill Murray are impeccable casting as the unlikely soulmates thrown together in high-rise Tokyo. Sofia Coppola’s second feature stands up: utterly distinctive, wildly romantic and fleetingly queasy.

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Photograph: The Ronald Grant Archive 77 Lost in Translation (2003) Read the review 89 The Selfish Giant (2013)Ĭlio Barnard’s second feature doesn’t have the shock of innovation of her verbatim cinema debut, The Arbor, but the story of two lads scrapping around junkyards to escape their homes is a masterpiece of lyrical social realism. CSĮven non-ravers can’t fail to be shaken by Mia Hansen-Løve’s vital tale of love and clubbing, vaguely based on the rise of Daft Punk. CSĮvents soured after the shoot but Nicolas Philibert’s sole big hit remains a disarmingly funny study of a graceful and kind schoolteacher caring for a motley crew of under-11s in rural France. Kathryn Bigelow’s extraordinary story of a controlled explosions team – headed by a never-better Jeremy Renner – is intense, immersive and impossible to shake. Read the review 92 The Hurt Locker (2008) The second in Roy Andersson’s trilogy of wackily incisive Swedish vignettes comes at you thick and fast – about 50 micro-sketches, sometimes loosely linked – yet sticks like plasticine beneath your fingernails. Read the review 93 You, the Living (2007) Yet there are many grace notes under the fire and fury. Russell Crowe bellows and glowers opposite hyper-evil Joaquin Phoenix and lugubrious Oliver Reed (who died during production). Ridley Scott’s deluxe Roman blockbuster is toga soap turned up to the absolute maximus. Photograph: Dreamworks/Sportsphoto/Allstar 94 Gladiator (2000) Maximus attitude … Russell Crowe in Gladiator. Michael Moore’s finest hour: a blazing juggernaut with George W Bush, the Iraq war, the media, democracy and us, the gullible masses, in its crosshairs. Read the review 97 Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

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The only comic book movie to make the cut is Christopher Nolan’s genre masterpiece: fatalist, bracing and forever the legacy of Heath Ledger, posthumously awarded an Oscar for his terrifying performance. Read the review 98 The Dark Knight (2008) The butterflies are too tropical for Hampstead, but the rest is spot-on. CSĪn early lead for Ben Whishaw as the ailing John Keats romancing Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) is the tremulous soul of this underappreciated Jane Campion drama. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star as a fading western star and his mutt-loving stunt double in this relaxed and loving roast of bygone Tinseltown. Quentin Tarantino’s latest jaw-dropper bumps Kill Bill: Vol 1 off the list in gloriously irreverent fashion.

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