10 films we love to talk about
2008 has been a year of big blockbusters generating endless screen talk and speculation, from 'The Dark Knight' and Indiana Jones V to Bond's latest outing in 'Quantum of Solace'. In light of all this hype, BIO has put together a list of ten of the films we waited for in tense anticipation and still can't stop talking about, years after their release. With star-studded casts, iconic directors, gripping storylines and unforgettable characters, these are beloved films which will be talked about for years to come.
Adapted from the lauded thriller novel by Thomas Harris, Anthony Hopkins gave us one of cinema’s most memorable and disturbing characters in Dr Hannibal Lector. Leading lady Jodie Foster plays alongside him as promising FBI Academy student who is tasked with the job of understanding and working with the brilliant forensic psychiatrist and cannibal serial murderer Dr Lector. Riddles and severed heads a plenty in this gruesome and gripping tale of how one woman attempts to find a missing woman and save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims…
With Al Pacino, Marlon Brando and Diane Keaton kicking off this crime dynasty saga it was always going to be a hit. Focusing on the goings on of the Corleone mafia crime family, the story spans from 1945 – 1955 and follows the upheavals of the ‘Don’ (Marlon Brando) and his family through their somewhat eventful life. Who can forget that chilling opening: ‘Because no Sicilian can refuse a request on their daughters wedding day…’
In probably one of the most moving films of all time, Liam Neeson plays Oskar Schindler, a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes the unlikely hero when he decides to save over 1000 jews from an almost certain death during the holocaust. Directed by Steven Spielberg and also starring Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley, it is a stark and honest tale of prejudice where an individual uses Jewish labour to start a factory in Poland. The audience is able to view the mixes of emotion he experiences in his development, where he finally emerges a changed man.
In this romantic American drama, Humphrey Bogart is faced with a seemingly impossible decision: the choice between his love for one woman (Ingrid Bergman) and doing the right thing! Bogart plays an American expatriate who meets and falls in love, with unforeseen complications, with a former lover. Casablanca is a classic tale of love and honesty and poses the thought provoking question: should you follow your heart or your head? Indeed, six lines from Casablanca, including ‘We’ll always have Paris’, appear in the top 100 for the American Film institute’s best lines in cinema history.
10. ‘The Silence Of The Lambs’ (1991)
Adapted from the lauded thriller novel by Thomas Harris, Anthony Hopkins gave us one of cinema’s most memorable and disturbing characters in Dr Hannibal Lector. Leading lady Jodie Foster plays alongside him as promising FBI Academy student who is tasked with the job of understanding and working with the brilliant forensic psychiatrist and cannibal serial murderer Dr Lector. Riddles and severed heads a plenty in this gruesome and gripping tale of how one woman attempts to find a missing woman and save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims…
9. ‘The Godfather Series’ (1972)
With Al Pacino, Marlon Brando and Diane Keaton kicking off this crime dynasty saga it was always going to be a hit. Focusing on the goings on of the Corleone mafia crime family, the story spans from 1945 – 1955 and follows the upheavals of the ‘Don’ (Marlon Brando) and his family through their somewhat eventful life. Who can forget that chilling opening: ‘Because no Sicilian can refuse a request on their daughters wedding day…’
8. 'Schindler’s List’ (1991)
In probably one of the most moving films of all time, Liam Neeson plays Oskar Schindler, a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes the unlikely hero when he decides to save over 1000 jews from an almost certain death during the holocaust. Directed by Steven Spielberg and also starring Ralph Fiennes and Ben Kingsley, it is a stark and honest tale of prejudice where an individual uses Jewish labour to start a factory in Poland. The audience is able to view the mixes of emotion he experiences in his development, where he finally emerges a changed man.
7. ‘Casablanca’ (1942)
In this romantic American drama, Humphrey Bogart is faced with a seemingly impossible decision: the choice between his love for one woman (Ingrid Bergman) and doing the right thing! Bogart plays an American expatriate who meets and falls in love, with unforeseen complications, with a former lover. Casablanca is a classic tale of love and honesty and poses the thought provoking question: should you follow your heart or your head? Indeed, six lines from Casablanca, including ‘We’ll always have Paris’, appear in the top 100 for the American Film institute’s best lines in cinema history.
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