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35 The Great Caruso 1951 - Estimated Admissions 12.4m
One opera giant (Mario Lanza) playing another opera giant (Enrico Caruso). The film loosely traces the life of Caruso, highlighting a love triangle between him, a peasant girl and the daughter of a Metropolitan Opera patron. Both of the girls’ fathers do not approve of him and the New York patricians find him loud and unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly but arrives in the end.
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34 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 - Estimated Admissions 12.46m
Roger Moore hit his stride in this excellent Bond adventure, in which 007 falls for a sexy Russian spy (Barbara Bach) whilst trying to save the world from Curt Jurgens' evil plot to nuke the earth. The film features arguably the best Bond stunt (the ski chase in which James leaps off the side of a mountain), the best car (the white Lotus Esprit which turns into a submarine) and best villain (the metal-mouthed Jaws). Nobody does it better.
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33 The Bridge On The River Kwai 1957 - Estimated Admissions 12.6m
The true story of the superhuman efforts of Allied POWs, who amid inhuman conditions must build a bridge to aid the Japanese war effort - but what comes first, the bridge or Allied interests? Alec Guinness's performance as Colonel Nicholson, the very image of the British stiff upper lip, made him an international star (despite the fact that he turned to role down three times before finally accepting it). A huge success, David Lean's film went on to win seven Oscars.
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32 The Greatest Show On Earth 1952 - Estimated Admissions 13m
The movie that won director Cecil B DeMille his first Oscar sees some of Hollywood's biggest stars performing at the circus. Charlton Heston is the tough-talking square-jawed circus boss; James Stewart is the mysterious clown whose make-up hides a terrible secret; Betty Hutton and Dorothy Lamour provide the sex appeal; and when you throw in a train wreck complete with marauding elephants and prowling pussycats, you've got about as much spectacle as any film needs.
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31 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1983 - Estimated Admissions 13.13m
Before the likes of Independence Day, there was a time when movie aliens were cute and nice and only wanted to be our friends. When a young alien is left behind on Earth, he befriends a boy named Elliot and attempts to phone home. While ostensibly a kid's movie, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial deals with adult themes as Elliott comes to realise that loving someone isn't always enough, and that sometimes you have to let go. With E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Spielberg triumphantly succeeds in bringing the magical to the everyday.
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