kurtz's - Kurtz' Top 30 that survived a big clearout List

Tarantino bends Second World War history with an all-star cast.

Kassovitz' masterpiece; raw and passionate film-making with an ending to blow your socks off.

Amiable stuff from the Coen brothers, John Goodman's demented turn makes it fly.

Fun addition to the well-stocked zombie genre. Priceless attempted reconciliation scene early on.

Great insights into life in Germany in the immediate aftermath of defeat in the Second World War.

Smart, quirky and unsentimental tale of friendship and loss.

Excellent portrayal of young people in war. Brilliant use of strange and unsettling environments but also able to focus on individual trauma.

John Heder carries all before him in this bizarre tale of growing up in Nowheresville. Vote for Pedro.

Denis Villeneuve again, this time wrangling big-time Hollywood actors in a dark and disturbing tale showing the cruelty that lurks in all of us.

Jacques Audiard prison-and-after drama boasting an incendiary turn by Tahar Rahim.

A winning performance by Michael Cera in this heavily caffeinated adaptation of the graphic novels.

Where do you start with this? Totally off the wall, narrative is split between "His and "Hers" but most of the impact is in the bizarre and frankly kinky scenes showing Asuka Kurusawa in the clammy hands of a blackmailer.

The star is director Richard Ayoade, who stuffs every moment of this film with sight gags and visual trickery. Laughs aplenty but hero Oliver and his unmoored parents communicate a growing sense of melancholy too.

Absolute classic by Stefano Sollima- so much going on, so stylishly handled. Bad behaviour from all concerned, rain-washed Rome looks great and it's hard not to cheer two unlikely heroes in their struggle to survive.

Both of these are great but Tony Manero has pride of place on my shelf. A John Travolta obsessive with a mean streak trying to get famous while dodging Pinochet's goons? What's not to like?