If life is like a box of chocolates, then Robert Zemeckis’ Oscar-winning romp through 20th-century American history spoils us with gorgeously gooey soft centres. Take a gander at Caleb Deschanel’s breath-taking cinematography. Thirteen-year-old Anna Paquin soars on the wings of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s folk ballad “10,000 Miles” in Carroll Ballard’s high-flying family drama about a grief-stricken girl, who shepherds Canada geese from Ontario to North Carolina in an ultralight aircraft. Ferris Bueller is an 80s classic (Photo: 1986 Paramount Pictures Corporation) Fly Away Home 1996 To the city of Chicago leaves cynicism in the rear-view mirror. Life moves pretty fast for Matthew Broderick’s enterprising high school senior, who fakes illness to play truant with his girlfriend and hypochondriac best pal in a red 1961 Ferrari Spyder. The sight of three-year-old Alizé grappling with the school’s photocopier is the definition of verité cuteness.
Nicolas Philibert’s irresistible documentary chronicles one year at a primary school in the Auvergne farming district through the eyes of teacher Georges and his rosy-cheeked wards. Enchanted 2007Ĭentral Park hosts one of modern cinema’s great song-and-dance numbers when Amy Adams’ vivacious fairy-tale princess escapes from a magical animated land – only to be transplanted to the real-life urban sprawl of the east coast. David Berenbaum’s script spreads tidings of discomfort and joy, drizzled with seasonal schmaltz. Will Ferrell is raised by toy-making elves at the North Pole and returns to New York as a brightly stockinged man-child to meet his biological father (James Caan) in Jon Favreau’s sugar-frosted comedy. Dirty Dancing is still fun 30 years on (Photo: 2015 Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK) Elf 2003 Oscar-winning ballad “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” sums up the experience perfectly.
Nobody puts Emile Ardolino’s musical drama in a corner, more than 30 years after Patrick Swayze first shot hungry eyes at Jennifer Grey to the hip-swivelling melodies of The Contours and Otis Redding. Kevin Kline wins a landslide victory of affection as a presidential lookalike, who keeps up appearances at the White House when the real statesman is waylaid by a heart attack. Vote against the acrimony of the Trump-Biden election and pledge allegiance instead to Ivan Reitman’s unabashed crowd-pleaser. As if!Ĭlueless blazed a trail for cinema’s complex heroines – no wonder we’re still buggin’ 25 years on Dave 1993 Her matchmaking eye fails to spot her own ideal match with her “ensembley challenged” stepbrother (Paul Rudd). Alicia Silverstone is a total Betty as a pampered Beverly Hills high school student. Clueless 1995Īmy Heckerling’s buggin’ 1995 comedy gives Jane Austen’s Emma a snazzy makeover.
Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein are perfectly paired as body-popping high school misfits, who cram a term of drunken tomfoolery into one glorious night. Olivia Wilde’s unapologetically forthright love letter to sisterly solidarity comes top of the class for potty-mouthed one-liners and grin-inducing self-reflection. A spot of late-night trampolining propels Penny Marshall’s delightful body-swap comedy into the stratosphere. Jamie Bell is stellar in Billy Elliot (Photo: (2000 Universal Studios) Big 1988Ĭhildhood is wasted on the young – almost – when a disgruntled 13-year-old wishes for a hasty growth spurt and blooms overnight into Tom Hanks’ adorable goofball.
Earthy humour in Lee Hall’s script jitterbug boogies with stellar performances from Jamie Bell and Julie Walters. A working-class County Durham lad trades boxing gloves for ballet schools against the backdrop of the 80s miners’ strike in Stephen Daldry’s rousing wish fulfilment drama.
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