A Lunchtime Teaser

As a lunchtime teaser, I am going to give you my favourite films corresponding to each letter of the alphabet, it's both fun and excruciating, so have a go yourself!
(Excluding 'the' from the beginning of each title)

A: (The) Apartment: Best dramedy ever made, with a never better Jack Lemmon. A review of this film can be seen on the 'Seven Best Billy Wilder Films' below.
B: (The) Breakfast Club: Teenage angst locked in detention.. let's see what fun can be had.
C: Chinatown: Citizen Kane is the greatest film ever made, but Chinatown is my favourite C movie. 'Seven Best Scripts' is an upcoming list; Chinatown might be mentioned...
D: Die Hard: It topped my list 'The Seven Best Films of the 80's' and is in pole position here.
E: (The) Exorcist: Arguably the most frightening film ever made, and in my opinion William Friedkin's greatest achievement.
F: Freaks: Oh Freaks is a helluva horror shocker, with an ending that delivers deformity, due to an overdose of karma.
G: Goodfellas: First place in my 'Seven Best De Niro/Scorsese Collaborations' and my favourite movie. Just don't call Tommy DeVito a funny guy...
H: Hud: Paul Newman is cooler than anyone you'll ever meet. Watch Hud and The Hustler back to back and you'll understand why.
I: It Happened One Night: The Capra touch worked on any genre; screwball, drama, thriller, war. It Happened One Night happens to shine brightest on a remarkable filmography.
J: Jaws: The first official blockbuster, this film has a lot of teeth.
K: King of Comedy: Rupert Pumpkin will go to any length to show he's funny.
L: (The) Lord of the Rings: I really could have chosen Lawrence of Arabia, but as a twenty-one year old man, one trilogy in particular has defined my childhood. I amalgamated the three epics into a 'super-film'; there's no better way to waste a day.
M: Magnolia: When 'Inherent Vice' comes out in a few months, I can finally do a 'Seven Best Paul Thomas Anderson Films' list. Magnolia would probably top that list.
N: North by Northwest: Hitchcock never pervaded more flair into a film than with North by Northwest. Essentially The Thirty Nine Steps in America; this feature can be seen on my very first list, 'The Seven Best Hitchcock Films'.
O: On The Waterfront: Brando, along with James Dean, kicked off the method generation. His character Terry Malloy is brooding and inarticulate, soaked in aggressive energy. Brando at his best basically.
P: Pather Panchali: I believe this is the most personal film ever made, beautifully simplistic with an affecting ending.
Q: (The) Queen: I really got stuck on Q...
R: Rear Window: This too features on my 'Seven Best Hithcock Films' list. Voyeurism is one of the most engaging themes in cinema, and it is looked in on with great skill here.
S: (The) Straight Story: The Straight Story topped my 'Seven Best David Lynch Films' list. Like Pather Panchali; beautifully simplistic and affecting.
T: (The) Third Man: With a memorable zither score and Orson Welles classing up Vienna in a famous cameo (and mocking Switzerland in the process), The Third Man is a perennial feature on every critic's greatest British films of all time.
U: Unforgiven: Eastwood on dynamite form, with Freeman, Harris and Hackman supporting him. A darn fine Western!
V: Vertigo: Easily the best film beginning with 'v'. Hitchcock's masterpiece!
W: (The) Wicker Man (1973): Antithetic to most horror films though terrifying nonetheless, it is part of my 'Seven Best Horror Films' list. Just steer clear from the remake (actually if you want a laugh, seek it out).
X: X2: This film may well appear in my next list, 'The Seven Best Films with Marvel Characters'. It is certainly the best X-Men movie, involving more mutants with relevance, freezing and burning through an intensified narrative. Oh, and Nightcrawler's opening assault on the White House is magnificent!
Y: Y Tu Mama Tambien: A Mexican road trip where two teenage boys learn a lot with an attractive older woman.
Z: Zoolander: The sequel is on its way, but surely it wont succeed its predecessor in superiority. After all, Zoolander is still hot!

The Seven Best Films with Marvel Characters is coming to you soon! Look out for it!

And as we are approaching the end of the year (sort of) the Seven Best and Worst Films of 2014 will be drawn up come December. Will Godzilla smash its way to the top? Was X-Men Days of Future Past really that good? And will The Lego Movie build its way into contention? Just wait and see! 

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