My top 30 films - Prologue

Many of the posts following this one will be a countdown of my top 30 films of all time. I'm not an expert on films, nor have I seen every film ever made. Hopefully this will give you an impression of the kind of person that I am and what I like in a film. It may also remind you of classic films from the past and introduce you to films you were previously unaware of. I recommend all the films in my top 30 to you, but first here are some honourable mentions of films that only just missed out (they are still great)...

• There Will Be Blood
• Apocalypse Now
• Senna
• Harry Potter series (P.S. Hello, Jason Isaacs)
• Airplane!
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• A Clockwork Orange
• The Hurt Locker
• The Lion King
• Chariots Of Fire
• Trainspotting
• Jaws
• Four Lions
• Psycho
• This Is Spinal Tap

There are also some films that I am ashamed that I haven't yet seen, but are regarded as classics:

• The Godfather trilogy - I haven't seen Part I and III; I drifted off during Part II on a flight back from Australia
• The Terminator trilogy - I have seen no.1 (Terminator: Salvation doesn't count as being part of it to me because it was just awful)
• Taxi Driver
• The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• The Shining
• The Green Mile
• The Fly
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Gladiator
• Annie Hall
• The Wicker Man - the ORIGINAL with Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee, not Nicolas Cage
• Brazil
• The Exorcist - is it worth all the hype it gets from Mark Kermode?