27 Favourite «Modern» Films
Besides being Burt Lancaster's 103th birthday, November 2, 2016 also marks my 27th birthday. To celebrate the occasion, I thought it would be fun to share 27 of my favourite «modern» films. And by «modern» I mean films that have been released after 1980. Emily of The Flapper Dame did a similar thing for her own birthday back in August and I, very shamelessly, stole her idea. I hope you don't mind, Emily. Without further ado, here they are. I am not very good at ranking things, so I organized this list in chronological order, by year of release. 1. The Breakfast Club (1985) Directed by John Hughes | Starring Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Judd Nelson (John Bender), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson), Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds) and Emilio Estevez (Andrew Clark) | Universal Pictures | 97 minutes John Bender: Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place. The Breakfast Club has got to be one of my top five favourite films of all time. In fact, I loved ...