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1	The Jungle Book (1967) more movies like this directed by Wolfgang Reitherman featuring Bruce Reitherman, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley The final animated feature produced under the supervision of Walt Disney is a lively neo-swing musical, loosely based upon the tales of Rudyard Kipling. The story takes place in a tropical jungle where people are conspicuously absent. But one day Bagheera the Panther (voice of Sebastian Cabot) discovers a baby in the wreck of a boat. Feeling pity ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £6.58!
2	Toy Story (1995) more movies like this directed by John Lasseter featuring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. If this seems to be a sterile, mechanical means of moviemaking, be assured that the film is as chock-full of heart and warmth as any Disney cartoon feature. The star of the proceedings is Woody, a pull-string cowboy toy belonging to a wide-eyed youngster named Andy. ... see all copies from £1.74! new only from £3.28!
3	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) more movies like this directed by Robert Mulligan featuring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, Robert Duvall Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was translated to film in 1962 by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula. Set a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch, magnificently embodied by Gregory Peck. Finch puts ... see all copies from £2.72! new only from £3.84!
4	Pride & Prejudice (2005) more movies like this directed by Joe Wright featuring Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Judi Dench Jane Austen's perennially popular story of the game of love among the British upper classes returns to the screen in this polished film adaptation. The Bennetts (Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland) are the parents of five daughters near the close of the 18th century. Comfortable within their means but well short of rich, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett are ... see all copies from £3.98! new only from £4.93!
5	Casablanca (1942) more movies like this directed by Michael Curtiz featuring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre One of the most beloved American films, this captivating wartime adventure of romance and intrigue from director Michael Curtiz defies standard categorization. Simply put, it is the story of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a world-weary ex-freedom fighter who runs a nightclub in Casablanca during the early part of WWII. Despite pressure from the ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £3.98!
6	The Sound of Music (1965) more movies like this directed by Robert Wise featuring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood One of the most popular movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a young nun in an Austrian convent who regularly misses her morning prayers because she enjoys going to the hills to sing the title song. Deciding that Maria needs to learn something about the ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £2.72!
7	Last Tango in Paris (1972) more movies like this directed by Bernardo Bertolucci featuring Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Massimo Girotti In Bernardo Bertolucci's art-house classic, Marlon Brando delivers one of his characteristically idiosyncratic performances as Paul, a middle-aged American in "emotional exile" who comes to Paris when his estranged wife commits suicide. Chancing to meet young Frenchwoman Jeanne (Maria Schneider), Paul enters into a sadomasochistic, carnal ... see all copies from £2.75! new only from £3.94!
8	Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) more movies like this directed by Alan Parker featuring Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, Kevin McKeon Inspired by Pink Floyd's album of the same name, Pink Floyd: The Wall is a dark, expressionistic musical, told from the point of view of Pink, a depressed rock musician. The film is structured around Pink's reflections on his life, all of which center on the building of "the wall." This wall is a metaphor for psychological isolation, a barrier ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £2.95!
9	Simon Birch (1998) more movies like this directed by Mark Steven Johnson featuring Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Ashley Judd, Oliver Platt, David Strathairn This comedy-drama features a narration by Jim Carrey, looking back to childhood in a manner similar to the narration on TV's The Wonder Years. The film is the directorial debut of writer Mark Steven Johnson, scripter of Grumpy Old Men and its sequel. Johnson adapted only a small portion of John Irving's 600-page novel A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989 ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £5.24!
10	Saving Private Ryan (1998) more movies like this directed by Steven Spielberg featuring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel Steven Spielberg directed this powerful, realistic re-creation of WWII's D-day invasion and the immediate aftermath. The story opens with a prologue in which a veteran brings his family to the American cemetery at Normandy, and a flashback then joins Capt. John Miller (Tom Hanks) and GIs in a landing craft making the June 6, 1944, approach to ... see all copies from £2.14! new only from £2.72!
11 view cover	The Breakfast Club (1985) more movies like this directed by John Hughes featuring Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, Paul Gleason John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, the jock (Emilio Estevez); John, the criminal (Judd Nelson); Brian, the brain (Anthony Michael Hall); ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £12.66!
12 view cover	The Notebook (2004) more movies like this directed by Nick Cassavetes featuring Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden Directed by Nick Cassavetes, this adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel revolves around Noah Calhoun's (James Garner) regular visits to a female patron (Gena Rowlands) of an area nursing home. Rather than bore her with the inanities of everyday life, Calhoun reads from an old, faded notebook containing the sweeping account of a ... see all copies from £3.92! new only from £7.12!
13 view cover	Silverado (1985) more movies like this directed by Lawrence Kasdan featuring Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado is a fond hark back to the all-star, big-budget westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. The various plotlines converge at the town of Silverado, held in thrall by crooked sheriff Brian Dennehy and his behemoth "deputies." The four disparate heroes--Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn and Danny Glover--prepare to do battle ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £4.90!
14 view cover	Sleepless in Seattle (1993) more movies like this directed by Nora Ephron featuring Dana Ivey, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell, Victor Garber, Rob Reiner Sleepless in Seattle, the sophomore directorial effort from Nora Ephron, is a light romantic comedy inspired by the 1957 film An Affair to Remember. Tom Hanks stars as widower and single father Sam. When Sam's son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), calls into a talk radio program looking for a new mother, Sam ends up getting on the phone and laments about ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £3.88!
15 view cover	Fiddler on the Roof (1971) more movies like this directed by Norman Jewison featuring Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann Norman Jewison's adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is set in the Ukranian ghetto village of Anatevka (the film was actually lensed in Yugoslavia). Israeli actor Topol repeats his London stage role as Tevye the milkman, whose equilibrium is constantly being challenged by his poverty, the prejudicial attitudes of non-Jews, and the ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £3.28!
16 view cover	Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) more movies like this directed by Jon Avnet featuring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson, Nick Searcy A woman learns the value of friendship as she hears the story of two women and how their friendship shaped their lives in this warm comedy-drama. Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) is an emotionally repressed housewife with a habit of drowning her sorrows in candy bars. Her husband Ed (Gailard Sartain) barely acknowledges her existence, and while he ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £3.88!
17 view cover	Pretty Woman (1990) more movies like this directed by Garry Marshall featuring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo Self-involved corporate raider Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) has recently split up with his girlfriend. Seeking directions to the Beverly Hills Hotel, he makes the acquaintance of free-spirited hooker Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) and decides to put her on a 3,000-dollar retainer as his "date." He Cinderellarizes her by bankrolling a full wardrobe and ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £2.72!
18 view cover	Lonesome Dove (1989) more movies like this directed by Simon Wincer featuring Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Rick Schroder, Robert Urich, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston This six-hour miniseries, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry, revitalized both the miniseries and Western genres, both of which had been considered dead for several years. Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as fun-loving Gus MacRae and taciturn Woodrow Call, respectively, a pair of longtime friends and former Texas ... see all copies from £2.72! new only from £6.72!
19 view cover	Indecent Proposal (1993) more movies like this directed by Adrian Lyne featuring Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Oliver Platt, Seymour Cassel Adrian Lyne buffs the premise of Honeymoon in Vegas to a fine gloss in this yuppie melodrama that poses the conundrum of whether the loving husband of an equally loving wife will accept $1 million to allow his wife to spend one night with a billionaire who looks like Robert Redford. All the cynics please take a number and form a line at the right. ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £3.64!
20 view cover	The Quiet Man (1952) more movies like this directed by John Ford featuring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond Returning to the Ireland of his birth, director John Ford fashions a irresistable valentine to the "Auld Sod" in The Quiet Man. Irish-American boxer John Wayne, recovering from the trauma of having accidentally killed a man in the ring, arrives in the Irish village where he was born. Hoping to bury his past and settle down to a life of tranquility ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £3.70!
21 view cover	The Shawshank Redemption (1994) more movies like this directed by Frank Darabont featuring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, Bill Sadler, Clancy Brown In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. The ugly ... see all copies from £1.99! new only from £1.99!
22 view cover	You've Got Mail (1998) more movies like this directed by Nora Ephron featuring Hallee Hirsh, Michael Palin, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Jean Stapleton Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron originally made a name for herself as the writer of romantic comedies such as Heartburn and When Harry Met Sally. She continues the genre with You've Got Mail, marking her second collaboration with actors Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The story brings romance and courtship into the electronic age of the World ... see all copies from £1.10! new only from £2.72!
23 view cover	Pride and Prejudice (1995) more movies like this directed by Simon Langton featuring Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker, Crispin Bonham Carter, Adrian Lukis Jane Austen's classic novel is brought to the screen once again in this intelligent and witty romantic drama. Elizabeth Bennett (Jennifer Ehle) is one of five sisters living on a British country estate in the 1800s. At a time and place in which matrimony is considered a woman's logical goal in life, Elizabeth displays a cautious reluctance toward ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £16.82!
24 view cover	Blazing Saddles (1974) more movies like this directed by Mel Brooks featuring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, David Huddleston, Mel Brooks, Alex Karras, Madeline Kahn Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by Richard Pryor, features Cleavon Little as the first black sheriff of a stunned town scheduled for demolition by an encroaching railroad. Little and co-star Gene Wilder have great chemistry, and the delightful supporting cast ... see all copies from £2.19! new only from £4.05!
25 view cover	Last of the Dogmen (1995) more movies like this directed by Tab Murphy featuring Tom Berenger, Barbara Hershey, Kurtwood Smith A mountain man goes on a routine manhunt and finds himself embroiled in solving a supernatural mystery in this fantasy/adventure. The tale is set in the wilds of Montana. Lewis Gates is a heavy-drinking tracker who is called to sober up and hit the backcountry to find three murderous fugitives from the local prison. For him it is a routine ... see all copies from £16.99! new only from £16.99!

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