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25. Gregory's Girl, 1980
An essential, British 80s teen movie, starring John Gordon Sinclair as the goofy schoolboy infatuated with a fantastic female footballer in his class. The film has fresh, no-nonsense performances and a script so rooted in truth that it seems to have materialized not been written. Utterly charming.
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An essential, British 80s teen movie, starring John Gordon Sinclair as the goofy schoolboy infatuated with a fantastic female footballer in his class. The film has fresh, no-nonsense performances and a script so rooted in truth that it seems to have materialized not been written. Utterly charming.
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24. Ghostbusters, 1984
"Who you gonna call?" Bill Murray wisecracks, puns and deadpans his way through this cracker of a movie, ably helped by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Together, the trio form a team of paranormal investigators, ridding New Yorkers suffering from pest infestations of the supernatural kind. A great idea, top notch cast and lively script gelled to create an 80s blockbusters.
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"Who you gonna call?" Bill Murray wisecracks, puns and deadpans his way through this cracker of a movie, ably helped by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. Together, the trio form a team of paranormal investigators, ridding New Yorkers suffering from pest infestations of the supernatural kind. A great idea, top notch cast and lively script gelled to create an 80s blockbusters.
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23. A Fish Called Wanda, 1988
Veteran high comedian and ex-Python John Cleese has never performed by halves, and this fast-paced all-star hoot combines bullseye comic timing with high-energy farce. Jamie Curtis, Cleese and Kevin Kline pull off a jewel heist which results in a flattened psychotic, and a number of ex-dogs, while Michael Palin delivers a stunning, Oscar-winning performance as a clumsy, stuttering sniper.This is British comedy at its pinnacle.
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Veteran high comedian and ex-Python John Cleese has never performed by halves, and this fast-paced all-star hoot combines bullseye comic timing with high-energy farce. Jamie Curtis, Cleese and Kevin Kline pull off a jewel heist which results in a flattened psychotic, and a number of ex-dogs, while Michael Palin delivers a stunning, Oscar-winning performance as a clumsy, stuttering sniper.This is British comedy at its pinnacle.
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22. M*A*S*H, 1970
Director Robert Altman is at his irreverent, hilarious best with this anti-establishment comedy set during the Korean War but satirising the US Vietnam war effort. Following the fortunes of a group of rebellious surgeons stationed in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the largely improvised script drips with sarcasm, and Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould spark off each other with rapier wit and devastating put-downs.
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Director Robert Altman is at his irreverent, hilarious best with this anti-establishment comedy set during the Korean War but satirising the US Vietnam war effort. Following the fortunes of a group of rebellious surgeons stationed in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the largely improvised script drips with sarcasm, and Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould spark off each other with rapier wit and devastating put-downs.
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21. Withnail & I, 1987
Richard E Grant's finest hour comes in the cultiest of cult British comedies. You know the plot: two unemployed actors, the posturing, faux-Wildean Withnail (Grant) and his more sensible flatmate (McGann) flee London for a country cottage owned by Withnail's Uncle Monty (a lascivious comic grotesque played by Griffiths). It's a nostalgic farce, in which every element functions perfectly – fully deserving of its enduring status.
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Richard E Grant's finest hour comes in the cultiest of cult British comedies. You know the plot: two unemployed actors, the posturing, faux-Wildean Withnail (Grant) and his more sensible flatmate (McGann) flee London for a country cottage owned by Withnail's Uncle Monty (a lascivious comic grotesque played by Griffiths). It's a nostalgic farce, in which every element functions perfectly – fully deserving of its enduring status.
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