Back to the Future

…was almost known as: Spaceman from Pluto

Year: 1985

Final Destination

…was almost known as: Flight 180

Year: 2000

The Breakfast Club

…was almost known as: The Lunch Bunch

Year: 1985

Hancock

…was almost known as: Tonight, He Comes

Year: 2008

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

…was almost known as: Head Cheese

Year: 1974

Pulp Fiction

…was almost known as: Black Mask

Year: 1994

2001: A Space Odyssey

…was almost known as: How The Solar Space Was Won

Year: 1968

Casablanca

…was almost known as: Everybody Come To Rick’s

Year: 1942

Snakes On A Plane

…was almost known as: Pacific Air Flight 121

Year: 2006

Scream

…was almost known as: Scary Movie

Year: 1996

American Pie

…was almost known as: East Great Falls High

Year: 1999

American Pie

…was almost known as: East Great Falls High

Year: 1999

The Last Exorcism

…was almost known as: Cotton

Year: 2010

Alien

…was almost known as: Star Beast

Year: 1979

The Other Guys

…was almost known as: The B-Team

Year: 2010

E.T.

…was almost known as: Night Skies

Year: 1982

Robin Hood

…was almost known as: Nottingham

Year: 2010

The Ring

…was almost known as: Static

Year: 2002

Basic Instinct

…was almost known as: Love Hurts

Year: 1992

Shutter Island

…was almost known as: Ashecliffe

Year: 2010

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For instance, I can be in the most horrendous mood! I’m talking slamming doors, snapping at everyone who dares make eye contact and thumping around like a natural disaster leaving news worthy chaos in my wake. Yet, I’m almost certain that in 30 minutes time I will probably be grinning from ear to ear either at Doreen the forgettable fish or singing my not so tuneful lungs out along with Mama Mia in to my hairbrush and suddenly, all is right with the world again! I know that seems a tad dramatic but it’s true and if my collection/stress reducer someday does not have this desired result  – that’s when I find a therapist! But up to this point I have saved a fortune. There is just that selection of movies that never get old even though you can recite every word and somehow watching it for the thousandth time still gives you that feeling you got the first time. So, I have decided to celebrate these magical mood enhancing movies and by bringing them in to the spotlight once more. So this January, when you are inevitably feeling gloomy with the cold weather, dark nights, serious cash flow deficit, the flu and what feels like a million years until pay day, just snuggle up with a good movie and feel the warmth wash over you!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you 15 of the most classic feel good films around – enjoy over Xmas or the new year!

Bridget Jones

That’s right, any film that outs a woman’s secret collection of ‘big pants’ and somehow makes them a) acceptable and b) thought of as quite sexy must be a classic! Not to mention the delectable and quite charming Mr Darcy! Any movie that shows an ordinary and just like us woman finding the man of her dreams (and not the usual blonde, model type who of course can get any guy she chooses – very believable!) has to make a feel good hit. You will certainly be made to feel better for any of your own embarrassing moments!

The Wedding Singer

So Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) is a wedding singer in the 1980’s who meets Drew Barrymore’s character Julia Sullivan and needless to say this film makes for a hilarious romantic comedy. The two have since worked together on other funny films including the brilliant 50 first dates and its clearly a partnership that works! The dodgy 80’s outfits, Adam’s singing, the happy ending where they realise they are about to marry the wrong people and of course – the cameo by Billy Idol at the end make this a true feel good film that is sure to still give you belly ache from laughing too hard.

Little Miss Sunshine

This extremely original and quirky film documents a family’s determination to get their daughter in to a beauty pageant which sees them take a trip in their VW bus. This film has all the aspects you wouldn’t expect including a suicidal sibling, bankruptcy, the dad who preaches about success but is an actual loser in life, a son taking a vow of silence and a grandfather addicted to heroine! Expect no special effects but a whole lot of charm. I think we can all relate to a dysfunctional family like this one!

Finding Nemo

This is just one of the funniest animations created in a long time and you will roll about laughing again and again when you meet Doreen the fish voiced by Ellen DeGeneres who has a short term memory! The other animals that you meet along the way such as Crush the unbelievably cool Turtle and the group of Sharks who have vowed to be vegetarian, will leave you charmed and grinning from ear to ear and the reunion of Nemo with his dad at the end is so cute!

The Sound of Music

It’s quite hard to believe that a film released in 1965 is still loved as a favourite movie some 45 years on. Especially considering the progression in film since that era but the lack of CGI and animation does just not seem to bother us. This musical will have you singing along and lifting your spirits the minute Julie Andrews breaks in to song!

The Breakfast Club

Another classic film is the Breakfast Club which was released in 1985 and has lived on in our hearts. As kids we all like the idea of meeting four other stereo typical high school kids that would never talk to you in a million years but circumstances force you together and then you realise you are all alike. Going from unknown to popular overnight and forming and exclusive club was the dream. I think even as adults we can all still relate to this film and remember our high school days as well making it a truly feel good film.

Mama Mia

The fairly recent release sees a film made from the hugely popular ABBA songs which are sang throughout this magical musical. All our fave ABBA hits in one place what could possibly be better? Meryl Streep and friends give extremely funny performances and Pierce Brosnan lets us in on his very dodgy singing voice!

Toy Story

The third installment has just been released but for me the first film will always reign supreme! The adorable adventures of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and friends will make you giggle while their fight to remain Andy’s number one toy will pull at your heart strings and make you regret that day you callously threw out Action Man/Barbie without thinking about their feelings!

Forrest Gump

This film captures the true essence of human kindness and spirit and depicts the life of Forrest Gump, a kind and caring person through and through. Forrest doesn’t know how to be nasty only to be kind and how to protect the ones he loves. His life demonstrates that you don’t have to be smart to be successful and makes you feel as though anything you have ever hoped for is possible. You are smiling through his successes and feeling upset with him for his losses. A true emotional roller coaster and a must see movie.

Groundhog Day

Bill Murray successfully displays a whole lot of sarcastic comedy thrown in with sheer misery yet manages to leave us charmed and loving his wisecracks all these years later. Imagine reliving the worst day of your life over and over again! We can’t begin to think about it but luckily we don’t have to worry. Instead, we can kick back, relax and watch Bill Murray relive his worst moments while our worries slowly begin to fade away.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

Take a foul mouthed blind man in debt to his bookie (Pryor) and a deaf news stand owner (Wilder) who often misreads lips who happen to be at the scene of a crime together and get blamed for a murder so must then go on the run to clear their names and you have one of the funniest comedy films ever made. Add Kevin Spacey in as a villain as this has all the feel good movie points needed to hit the spot on a gloomy day.

It’s a Wonderful Life

Released in 1946, this is the oldest film on the list. It’s hard to believe that a film from this era can still capture our hearts now. A small man with big dreams sees his obligations stop him from pursuing the things he wants in life and finds himself stuck in a small town with a family to support and everyone demanding something of him. He then considers taking his own life as it becomes too much. I know this sounds like a depressing movie but he comes through and the pain make the victory more poignant and sweet! The relate-ability of this film and the ultimately happy ending are what has made it resonate with so many.

As Good As It Gets

As Good As It Gets tells the story of a single mother working as a waitress who forms unlikely friendships with a gay artist and a grumpy author. Nicholson (the grumpy guy) decides to turn his life around and become a better man. The message is that it is never too late to change and be a better person and the chances are you wont be able to resist a few tears at the end.

ET

Elliot is a little boy who finds a lost alien which he calls ET. The film is about him keeping a secret while he searches to find a way to get him home but mostly its a story of friendship and the lengths people will go to honour a friend. ET is definitely the film that takes me back to my childhood each time I see it. I remember being transfixed by this weird looking little Alien and loved how cute it was and not a lot has changed today. Again, tears are bound to be shed near the end and this really is a classic feel good film.

Dirty Dancing

This release has been described numerous times as the ‘best movie medicine’ and is constantly on top of the best movie lists. Featuring the late Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray it sees the unlikely couple dance together and eventually end up together. Total romance fest and the soundtrack and dancing are bound to get you out of any funk.

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10. We Own the Night

The film is set in Brooklyn, New York from November 1988 through early April 1989. Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) is the manager of a successful El Caribe nightclub in Brighton Beach that is frequented by Russian gangster and drug lord Vadim Nezhinski (Alex Veadov).

Bobby has distanced himself from his police chief father Burt Grusinsky (Robert Duvall) and his police captain brother Joseph Grusinsky (Mark Wahlberg), preferring to remain on the sidelines and enjoy a hedonistic life with his girlfriend Amada (Eva Mendes). When police forces led by Joseph make a raid on Bobby’s nightclub, hoping to net Vadim, Bobby refuses to cooperate. The incident strains his relationship with his father and brother even more, to the point that he and Joseph exchange blows.

9. Police Story 4: First Strike

Police Story 4: First Strike, released in English-speaking markets as Jackie Chan’s First Strike, is a 1996 action-adventure film made in the typical humorous style of Jackie Chan.Jackie reprises his role as Chan Ka-Kui (also known in some versions as Jackie) yet again as a Hong Kong cop who works with Interpol to track down and arrest an illegal weapons dealer. Later Jackie realizes that things are not as simple as they appear and soon find himself a pawn of an organisation posing as Russian intelligence.The movie was shot partially inBrisbane in Queensland, Australia, where the last half of the movie is based. Chinatown, Brisbane in Fortitude Valley and Underwater World on the Sunshine Coast were used. The movie was shot in the months between August and November 1996.

8.  In Hell

Kyle LeBlanc(Van Damme) is an American working overseas in Russia. When he hears his wife being attacked over the phone, Kyle rushes home to find that he’s too late. The man who killed his wife is found not guilty on lack of evidence. So Kyle takes the law into his own hands, and kills the man to avenge his wife’s death. He is sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Russian prison he is sent to is tough, and the warden amuses himself by putting on fights where he fills his pockets with money by betting on the fights. Kyle begins to break and go crazy, so he is forced into these fights because the warden knows he is a sure thing. Kyle’s cellmate 451 begins to make him think of what he is fighting for. With that, Kyle knows now he must fight another battle: the fight for inner peace. It is the only way he can become the man he once was.

7. Bad Boys II

Eight years after the events of the first film, Detective Mike Lowrey and Detective Marcus Burnett are investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their intel and surveillance of boats coming in from Cuba leads them to a KKK meeting/drug drop in a swamp, Mike accidentally shoots Marcus in the buttocks which leads Marcus to further question if he still wants to partner with Mike.

Meanwhile, a neurotic Cuban kingpin named Johnny Tapia (Jordi Molla), who supplies Miami’s drug traffic, wonders why his boats are picked up by the cops and tells his men to change the schedules once again. Two members of the Russian Mob, Alexei and Josef, receive drugs from Tapia to run their nightclub businesses, but end up giving nearly half of their profits to Tapia. Alexei and Josef go to negotiate with Tapia to recoup some of their profits, but this ends in Josef’s murder by Tapia’s men and Alexei’s forced surrender of his Russian nightclubs after his wife and son are threatened by Tapia.

6. Be Cool

Chili Palmer (John Travolta) helps Edie Athens (Uma Thurman), the widow of an executed friend, Tommy Athens (James Woods), to resurrect a record company using the talents of young and talented female vocalist and songwriter, Linda Moon (Christina Milian). The plot is complicated by several facts:

• A loan-shark subplot from Get Shorty of “who owns who”, Chili makes deals and owns all the players as a “producer”.
• The Russian Mafia are trying to kill Chili because he witnessed the execution of Athens.
• Chili takes Moon despite her contractual obligations to Nick Carr and Raji.
• Athens’ record company owes money to a gangster-type producer, Sin LaSalle (Cedric the Entertainer).

5. The Boondock Saints

The Boondock Saints is a 1999 crime thriller film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as Catholic Irish American fraternal twins, Conner and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense. After a “message from God”, the brothers, together with their friend David Della Rocco, set out to rid their home city of Boston, Massachusetts of crime and evil; all the while being pursued by Special Agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe).

4. The Jackal

A joint mission of the American FBI and the Russian MVD leads to the death of the younger brother of a Russian mobster. In retaliation, the mobster hires an enigmatic assassin known only by the pseudonym “The Jackal” (Bruce Willis) to carry out the killing of an unknown-to-the-viewer target. Meanwhile, the Russian MVD capture one of the mobster’s henchman. On interrogation he reveals information about the Jackal. This coupled with the documents recovered from the henchman’s briefcase lead the FBI and MVD to assume the target for the retaliatory hit is FBI Director Donald Brown.

3. RocknRolla

Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson) is a crime boss who calls the shots in London’s underworld and real estate market. We learn all about Lenny from Archy (Mark Strong)—his second in command—who serves as the film’s narrator. When a wealthy Russian real estate tycoon and organized crime figure by the name of Yuri Omovich (Karel Roden) looks to Lenny for help on a major new deal, Lenny is eager to assist (for a very large fee, of course). Yuri agrees to pay, and as a show of faith, he insists that Lenny borrow his “lucky” painting.

2. GoldenEye

In 1986, MI6 agents 007 (James Bond, played by Pierce Brosnan) and 006 (Alec Trevelyan, played by Sean Bean), infiltrate an illicit Soviet chemical weapons facility at ArkhangelskColonel Arkady Ourumov (Gottfried John), but Bond steals an airplane and escapes from the facility as it explodes. and plant explosive charges. Trevelyan is apparently captured and shot dead by

Nine years later (1995), Bond arrives in Monte Carlo to follow Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), a suspected member of the Janus crime syndicate, who has formed a suspicious relationship with a Canadian Navy admiral. She murders the admiral to allow Ourumov (now a General) to steal his identity. The next day, they steal a prototype French Tiger helicopter that can withstand an electromagnetic pulse, despite Bond’s efforts to stop them. They fly it to a bunker in Severnaya, where they massacre the staff and steal the control disk for the dual GoldenEye satellite weapons. The two program one of the GoldenEye satellites to destroy the complex with an electromagnetic pulse, and escape with traitorous programmer Boris Grishenko (Alan Cumming). The pulse also destroys three Russian MiG-29 aircraft dispatched to check on the facility; causing one to crash into the complex, utterly devastating it. Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), the lone survivor, contacts Grishenko and arranges to meet him in St. Petersburg, where he betrays her to Janus.

1. Lord Of War

Lord of War is a 2005 political crime thriller written and directed by Andrew Niccol which stars Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States on September 16, 2005, with the DVD following on January 17, 2006 and the Blu-ray Disc on July 27, 2006. Cage plays an illegal arms dealer with similarities to Russian arms dealers Viktor Bout and Leonid Minin. The film was officially endorsed by the human rights group Amnesty International for highlighting the trafficking of weapons by the international arms industry.

Honorable Mention:

Eastern Promises

25th Hour

Training Day

Red Heat

The Dark Knight.

Matt McAllister, Total Sci-Fi editor, says: “With his score for Star Wars, John Williams created one of the most iconic and unforgettable soundtracks of all time. Most people could identify the movie from just a few bars of the main title music, and Williams’ work across all of the Star Wars movies really does create a palpable sense of intergalactic space battles and galaxy-spanning adventures. For many moviegoers, this is now the definitive sound of science fiction.” Coming second with a following of trekkies is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan composed by James Horner, and third is the synthesised sounds of Vangelis’ Blade Runner soundtrack. Star Trek the Motion Picture came in fourth and Queens score for Flash Gordon fifth. Also in the top ten are 1951s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (another John Williams creation), Aliens and the 1986 animation Transformers the Movie.

It seems Star Wars is one of those films never to be forgotten, especially since Star Wars: The Concert will be opening in California on 1st October!

Second in this magical trip is Goathland station in North Yorkshire which serves as Hogsmeade station in the films, where the Hogwarts students like Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) depart for school. And if you want to stand on the ground where Harry stood (briefly) when he first learnt to fly a broomstick head to Alnwick Castle in Newcastle, where the outside scenes of Hogwarts are filmed. There are many exotic locations, which were not used in the films, in the list like Bulgaria as the home of Durmstrang School, Norway and Romania which are famous for their dragons in the wizarding world and Ireland as winners of the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.

Other places include London Zoo where Harry first learns he can speak to snakes, Scotland – Hogwarts location according to J.K. Rowling and Edinburgh where she finished the first Harry Potter book. Many other scenes have been filmed in London including interior Hogwarts shots in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, Leadenhall Market as Diagon Alley and The Strand as Gringotts bank. And if you want a really exciting Harry Potter holiday, wait until next spring when you’ll be able to go to the new Harry Potter Wizarding World theme park in Orlando, Florida.

What makes a great movie insult? Swearing will bump you up a few notches but only if used correctly – profanity should be used sparingly and imaginatively. Personal jibes always go down well, particularly about one’s weight or mother.

But what makes a really winning movie insult is whether it can be used by the every man.

Feel free to roll out any of the following twenty withering put-downs in everyday situations and wait for the kudos to roll in.

20. DODGEBALL (2004)

The insulter: Patches O’Houlihan (Rip Torn)
The situation: The eccentric Dodgeball coach gives his team a halftime pep talk and doesn’t sugar-coat his instructions. Average Joe’s will be average no longer.
The insult: ”Will someone please catch a goddamn ball? It’s like watching a bunch of retards trying to fuck a doorknob out there!”
Why it rules: Paints quite a picture, doesn’t it?

19. WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP (1992)

The insulter: Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes)
The situation: Trash-talking on the basketball court, a number of ‘yo momma’ jokes are thrown around but this one really sticks.
The insult: “I seen your mother kicking a can down the street. I said ‘What you doin’?’ and she said ‘Moving’”
Why it rules: Nothing cuts to the bone like a ‘yo momma’ joke.

18. THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000)

The insulter: Mr. Parker (Ryan Philippe)
The situation: The reserved-yet-deadly criminal for hire gets involved in a slanging match outside a club with a bar patron and his bitch girlfriend.
The insult: “Shut that cunt’s mouth or I’ll come over there and fuckstart her head!”
Why it rules: The c-word always wins an argument (especially when directed at a girl).

17. O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000)

The insulter: Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney)
The situation: Escaped convict Ulysses can no longer hide his contempt for his two dim-witted partners.
The insult: “You two are just dumber than a bag of hammers.”
Why it rules: Is there any instrument duller than the hammer? Exactly.

16. JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (2001)

The insulter: Jay (Jason Mewes)
The situation: Upon discovering an internet post flaming his new movie, the stoner decides to retort in his own inimitable style.
The insult: “All you motherfuckers are gonna pay. You are the ones who are the ball-lickers. We’re gonna fuck your mothers while you watch and cry like little whiny bitches. Once we get to Hollywood and find those Miramax fucks who are making that movie, we’re gonna make ‘em eat our shit, then shit out our shit, then eat their shit which is made up of our shit that we made ‘em eat. Then all you motherfuckers are next. Love, Jay and Silent Bob.”
Why it rules: You know you’ve read stuff like that on the internet before.

15. THE DEPARTED (2006)

The insulter: Sergeant Dignam (Mark Wahlberg)
The situation: The Boston Police Force set up a stakeout and Dignam gets a little pissed with the attitude of the tech geeks they hired to wire the place up.
The insult: “I’m the guy that does his job. You must be the other guy.”
Why it rules: It’s just one of a slew of insults from Dignam’s acid-tipped tongue. Fuckin’ A.

14. POINT BREAK (1991)

The insulter: Agent Antonio Pappas (Gary Busey)
The situation: The FBI agent reminds a cocksure Keanu Reeves that he’s been around the block a few times.
The insult: “I was taking shrapnel in Khe Sanh when you were crapping in your hands and rubbing it on your face!”
Why it rules: Keanu Reeves totally did that as a kid.

13. WAYNE’S WORLD (1992)

The insulter: Garth Algar (Dana Carvey)
The situation: The straggly-haired rocker convinces Kurt Fuller’s lackey that his TV producer boss is a douchebag.
The insult: “Benjamin is nobody’s friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavour, he’d be pralines and dick.”
Why it rules: Imaginative and disgusting – no one would eat ice cream flavoured like pralines.

12. ROXANNE (1987)

The insulter: C.D. ‘Charlie’ Bales (Steve Martin)
The situation: Colossaly-conked Charlie is challenged to think of twenty insults better than ‘Big Nose’. This is the best of the bunch, but “When you stop to smell the flowers, are they afraid?” runs it a close second.
The insult: “Is that your nose or did a bus park on your face?”
Why it rules: It reminds us of when Steve Martin was funny.

11. THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991)

The insulter: Joseph ‘Joe’ Hallenback (Bruce Willis)
The situation: When confronted by a street thug, Hallenback defaults to comedy mode to distract him (before smacking him up something neat).
The insult: “Your wife’s so fat I had to roll her in flour and look for the wet spot. If you wanna fuck her, you gotta slap her thigh and ride the wave in.”
Why it rules: No one writes barbed put-downs like Shane Black (see also #7).

10. NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989)

The insulter: Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase)
The situation: Not having a happy holidays, Clark reveals his Christmas wish would be to tell his boss the following tirade.
The insult: “You cheap, lying, no good, rotten, floor flushing, low life, snake licking, dirt eating, inbred, over-stuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fatass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spineless, worm-headed sack of monkey shit!”
Why it rules: We’ve all wanted to call our boss an asshole, but this is taking it to the next level.

9. ANCHORMAN (2004)

The insulter: Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell)
The situation: Ron and his female co-anchor Veronica Corningstone trade insults on the newsroom floor. Hers suck. His don’t.
The insult: “You are a smelly pirate hooker. Why don’t you go back to your home on Whore Island?”
Why it rules: Because women really should go back to their homes on Whore Island.

8. SEXY BEAST (2000)

The insulter: Don Logan (Ben Kingsley)
The situation: Nutcase Don is in Spain to convince retired gangster Gal to return to the UK for one more job. Gal likes the Spanish sun too much.
The insult: “You’re the problem! You’re the fucking problem you fucking Dr. White honkin’ jam-rag fucking spunk-bubble!”
Why it rules: Such filth coming from the mouth of Gandhi? Genius!

7. KISS KISS, BANG BANG (2005)

The insulter: Gay Perry (Val Kilmer)
The situation: Dumbass criminal and part-time investigator Harry Lockheart throws Perry’s gun into a lake without realising it is important evidence.
The insult: “Look up idiot in the dictionary. You know what you’ll find?”
“A picture of me?”
“No! The definition of the word ‘idiot’, which you fucking are!”
Why it rules: Second-guesses Harry (and the audience) with its logical brilliance.

6. A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988)

The insulter: Wanda Gershwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis)
The situation: Lust object Wanda puts it to Kevin Kline’s kidnapper Otto that he’s not as bright as he thinks he is.
The insult: “To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people. I’ve known sheep who could outwit you. I’ve worn dresses with higher IQs, but you think you’re an intellectual, don’t you, ape?”
Why it rules: It’s just one of many fine insults in a fantastically written movie.

5. PREDATOR (1987)

The insulter: Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
The situation: After a rumble in the jungle with his intergalactic enemy, Colonel Dutch finally comes face to face with the Predator and dashes his hopes for a snog.
The insult: “You’re one ugly motherfucker!”
Why it rules: No need for witty one-liners here: straight to the point and devastatingly brutal, even for an alien.

4. GET CARTER (1971)

The insulter: Jack Carter (Michael Caine)
The situation: Returning home to find his brother dead in mysterious circumstances, professional killer Jack re-introduces himself to the snivelling Eric.
The insult: “You know, I’d almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow.”
Why it rules: Try and stop thinking about it next time your girlfriend asks if you like her eyes.

3. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)

The insulter: Rhett Butler (Clark Gable)
The situation: Having had all he can stand of Scarlett’s whinging and whimpering, Butler puts his bitch on ice.
The insult: “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
Why it rules: Back in the 1930’s, this was worth a million ‘motherfuckers’.

2. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975)

The insulter: Taunting French Guard (John Cleese)
The situation: Atop his castle, the French guard pours scorn on King Arthur and his “silly kerrniggits”, spitting down vitriol like acid rain.
The insult: “I don’t wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed, animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.”
Why it rules: It’s hard to argue with that sort of reasoning. And he is French.

1. FULL METAL JACKET (1987)

The insulter: Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey)
The situation: Tubster Private Pyle dares break a smile while having his hair dryed by his furious drill sergeant. What followed were the most brutal, most heartless and most downright hilarious insults in movie history. It’s almost impossible to pick one amongst a tirade that lasts several minutes (“You look like you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose,” “I didn’t know they stacked shit that high,” “Looks to me like the best part of you ran down your momma’s crack and ended up a brown stain on the mattress,” and so on) but pick one we had to…
The insult: “Did your parents have any children that lived?”
Why it rules: Breathtaking in its brevity, it’s an insult so devastating, the recipient kills himself later in the picture.

And the worst movie insult ever…

HAPPY GILMORE (1996)

The insulter: Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald)
The situation: The golf pro attempts to give amateur ball-smacker Happy a verbal beatdown, but fails.
The quote: “I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.”
Why it sucks: The straight-faced reply of “You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?” leaves Shooter struggling for an adequate response. “No… I…” Man down. Man down. Ali