Although peppered with colourful, sharply drawn characters, this is Stewart's movie, instantly loveable as a small town dreamer who sacrifices everything for others. His journey to despair and back warms the cockles like little else. Enjoy it in a cinema so you can sob among others.

This is intelligent, admirably unsentimental and utterly involving for its full three-hour running time.

One of the greatest (and sadly most forgotten) romantic comedies ever, which has not a cracking script, but some trademark-terrific visuals.

Difficult love, Nazis, and a lovely soupy plot...brilliant.

Bogart as Marlowe is compelling in this classic thriller that is complex but triumph of atmospheric cool.

Beautifully monochrome rendering of a love that cannot be.

Judy Garland is magnificent in this charming musical with a number of star turns from the impressive cast.

A war movie with enough honour and heroism to make a grown man weep.

Wow! It may not be art or good taste, but throbbing melodrama doesn't come with more conviction. Even to those usually turned off by the tough Crawford, Mildred is compelling.

A very thin story stretched out for over two hours, this is a melange of the wonderful and the pompous.

A wonderful salute to British decency and a touching portrait of a friendship that bridges national boundaries.

Superb dialogue, beautifully played and hummingly atmospheric, this is sexy, poignant and tense with some surpising humour...only the plot shows cracks...

Judy Garland's most famous role and her best performance make for entertaining viewing.

The film is a little too long, but makes up for it with a strong cast and enthralling action.

Superlative crime yarn adapted with precision and skill from the classic James M. Cain novel.

Sturges' no-holds-barred comic cristicism of American Forces abroad is still challenging and funny.

Along with the psychological intrigue there is romance and wit. And fans will enjoy Hitch's most amusing trademark cameo: photographed as before and after silhouettes in a newspaper ad for diet product Reduco.

This was understandably inspiring to wartime audiences and actually still holds up as a heartwarming story with a very decent cast.

Once the political correctness is side-stepped, this contains classic chemistry from its two leads.

Silly but enormous fun, complete with gypsy musical numbers and an insane battle royal finish.

Much more fun than its stuffy "Greatest Film Ever Made" tag suggests, with a literate script, stylish direction, a great song and cinema's most romantic couple in Bogie and Bergman.

Certainly one of Hitchcock’s most satisfying thrillers, mostly thanks to Wright and Cotten’s believable relationship.

No mere creature feature, this 1940s classic offers more subtle chills.

Dated and a little clunky but with a few moving performances from the leads.

A light and lively showcase for a very under-rated double act, Road To Morocco was also unusual for its time in constantly drawing attention to itself as a movie.

A classic of the weepy genre so have some toilet roll handy.

C'mon, it's Fred and Bing! Depending on your disposition, you can take that as a recommendation or a warning.

The fun and fear, the silliness and heartbreak, are taken to vivid extremes by Walt's entwining of high art and what snobs will always deride as Disney-kitsch.