My Top 10 Films of all time
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Genres: Crime, Drama
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Main cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman
Plot:
Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are two hitmen who have been asked to retrieve a briefcase that was stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Meanwhile, Wallace has also requested that Vincent takes his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) out to “look after” her while Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising in a series of funny, bizarre and unplanned incidents.
My rating: 9.2/10
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Genres: Crime, Drama
Director: Frank Darabont
Main cast: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton
Plot:
Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) plays a formerly successful banker, accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Andy is found guilty due to the overwhelming evidence against him and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is sent to do his time in the infamous Shawkshank Prison where he initially finds that things are not easy! The film portrays Andy’s unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life. Along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners, most notably a wise, long-term inmate named Red (Morgan Freeman).
My rating: 9.0/10
Withnail & I (1987)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Bruce Robinson
Main cast: Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths
Plot:
In London, 1969, two unemployed and unemployable actors, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann) are living in a dingy, squalid Camden flat with barely enough money to pay for food or rent. Fed up with the damp, cold, piles of washing-up, and crazed drug dealers; they decide to leave their home for an idyllic holiday in the countryside, courtesy of Withnail’s uncle Monty’s country cottage. When they arrive, it rains non-stop, there’s no food, and their basic survival skills turn out to be somewhat limited. Matters are not helped by the arrival of Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths), who shows an uncomfortably keen interest in Marwood.
My rating: 8.4/10