TEN CLASSIC MOVIES

TO REVISIT NOW ON AMAZON PRIME

1. AMELIE

Charming French romcom about a shy, lonely, daydreaming young waitress who sets out secretly to try to bring joy into people’s lives. Audrey Tautou is excellent as the eponymous heroine.

2. SICARIO

Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro in a tense action thriller in which an FBI agent signs up to a dodgy government unit whose objective is, apparently, to take down a Mexican drug cartel.

3. THE BREAKFAST CLUB

John Hughes’s classic 1985 comingof-age comedy. When kept in detention, five teenagers from different backgrounds discover they have more in common than they suspected.

4. THE GREAT GATSBY

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jay Gatsby, the mysterious businessman who throws lavish parties in the hope of winning back his lost love Daisy (Carey Mulligan).

5. HALF OF A YELLOW SUN

Thandiwe Newton and Anika Noni Rose are sisters whose lives take very different courses during the Biafran War in post-colonial Nigeria.

6. LAST ACTION HERO

A clever parody of action films. Elevenyear-old film fan Danny is magically pitched into the movie world, where he teams up with his favourite character, Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger).

7. THE PIANIST

Adrien Brody (above) won an Oscar for his performance as a Polish pianist trying to survive in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation.

8. STRICTLY BALLROOM

A dancer upsets the establishment when he creates his own steps and is forced to partner with a dance beginner. Campy, colourful romcom.

9. INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE

Third in the series is undoubtedly the best, with Harrison Ford joined by Sean Connery in a tale about the Holy Grail.

10. PAN’S LABYRINTH

A dark fairy tale revolving around a young girl’s encounters with magical creatures in the period following the Spanish Civil War.