1940-1949

Not the scariest Beast nor the most beautiful Belle, but a great story told with considerable eerie style.

Surely someone should have insisted on correcting the American translation that gave us The Bicycle Thief. There isn't just one. Rome was full of them. If the bike stands for opportunity in a dismal world, the Romans favoured stealing them from each other all the time.

Black comedy set in dark, almost dystopian post-war Vienna. Not a comedy you say? Well I found it funny.

Fine Gothic melodrama with a "haunted" house and a "ghost" almost overwhelming the living cast.

Considered by some the greatest film ever made, it's certainly fancy and clever. But where is its heart?

An Ealing Comedy that's mildly amusing, but really has only three jokes.

One of the most romantic films ever (yes, let's have some hyperbole...why not??)