My favourite story:

                             The Piano (1993, directed by Jane Campion)

An accurate story about the boys' world:

                                                                  Apocalypse Now (1979, directed by Francis Ford Coppola)

An interesting ghost story:

                         The Others (2001, directed by Alejandro Amenabar)

A cute story about the girls' world:

                                                       One Night at McCool's (2001, directed by Harald Zwart)

An accurate story about 'people among people':

                                                                           Cabeza de Vaca (1991, directed by Nicolas Echevarria)

Memorable stories about female determination:

                                                                      Thelma and Luise (1991, directed by Ridley Scott)

                                                                      Death and the Maiden ( 1994, directed by Roman Polanski)

                                                                      Kansas City (1996, directed by Robert Altman)

Absolut must in my movie library:

                                                            No News from God (2002, directed by Augustin Yanes)

                                                            Reykjavik 101 (2000, directed by Baltasar Kormakur)

                                                                                The Shipping News (2001, directed by Lasse Hallstrom)

                                                            The IPCRESS File (1965, directed by Sidney J. Furie)

                                                                                Cul-de-sac (1966, dirested by Roman Polanski)

                                                                                Producers (1968, Mel Brooks)

                                                                               The Italian Job (1969, Peter Collinson)

                                                            A Fistful of Dynamite (1971, directed by Sergio Leone)

                                                                                The Tenant (1975, directed by Roman Polanski)

                                                            Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983, directed by Terry Jones)

                                                                                Brazil (1985, directed by Terry Gilliam)

                                                                                Dead Man (1995, directed by Jim Jarmusch)

                                                            Underground (1995, directed by Emir Custurica)  

                                                                                American Beauty (1999 directed by Sam Mendes)

                                                                                Chicago (2002, directed by Rob Marshall)

                                                            Hours (2002, directed by Stephen Daldry)

                                                                                Dances with Wolves (1990, directed by Kevin Costner)

                                                                                Apocalypto ( 2006, directed by Mel Gibson)

                                                                                District 9 (2009, directed by Neill Blomkamp)

Movies impossible to forget (for various reasons):

                                             The Damned (1969, directed by Luchino Visconti)

                                             Clockwork Orange (1971 directed by Stanley Kubrick)

                                                            Last Tango in Paris (1972, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci)

                                                            Chinatown (1974, directed by Roman Polanski)

                                             The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, directed by Peter Greenaway)

                                                            Wild at Heart (1990, directed by David Lynch)

                                             Barton Fink (1991, directed by Coen brothers)

                                             Bitter Moon (1992, directed by Roman Polanski)

                                                            Innocent Lies (1995, directed by Patrick de Wolf)

                                             Dead Ringers (1998, directed by David Cronenberg)

                                                            Amores Perros (2000, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez  Inarritu)

                                                            Intimacy (2001, directed by Patrice Chereau)

                                                            Y tu mama tambien (2001, directed by Alfonso Cuaron)

                                             Irreversible (2002, directed by Gaspar Noe)

                                             The Dreamers (2003, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci)

                                                            Edmond (2005, directed by Stuart Gordon)

                                                            Eastern Promises (2007, directed by David Cronenberg)

My favourite TV series:

                              Rome (2005, 2007, directed by Michael Apted)

My favourite characters:

                                        Favourite "Macho": Thomas Magnum (portrayed by Tom Selleck / Magnum, P.I., season 1, 2)

                                        Favourite "Tough Guy": Nikolai Luzhin (portrayed by Vigo Mortensen / Eastern Promises)

                                        Favourite "Bad Boy": Harley Davidson (portrayed by Mickey Rourke / Harley Davidson and Malboro Man)

                                        Favourite Screen Lover: Edward Lewis (portrayed by Richard Gere / Pretty Woman)

                                        Favourite Sage: Joda (Star Wars)

                                        Favourite Superhero: Bruce Wayne/Batman (portrayed by Michael Keaton / Batman, 1989)

                                        Favourite "Hero": Robert Roy MacGregor (potrayed by Liam Neeson / Rob Roy, 1995)

                                        Favourite Detective: Lieutenant Columbo (portrayed by Peter Falk / Columbo, all seasons)

                                        Favourite Intellectual: Harry Palmer (portrayed by Michael Caine / The IPCRESS File)

Favourite actors:

                                Michael Caine

                                   Donald Sutherland