THEM THAT'S GOT SHALL GET, THEM THAT'S NOT SHALL LOSE. SO THE BIBLE SAYS, AND IT STILL IS NEWS... MAMA MAY HAVE, PAPA MAY HAVE,

Found a really cool topic on IMDB's messageboard section - (that website is a freaking goldmine people). The question is: "Are there any recurring themes or similarities among your top 10 films?"

Well, yes actually. Mine are (in no particular order):

MY TOP FILMS
1. William Shakespeare's Romeo Juliet
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117509/

2. Disco Pigs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236157/?ref_=sr_1

3. A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473488/?ref_=sr_1

4. This Is England
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480025/?ref_=sr_1

5. The Basketball Diaries
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112461/?ref_=sr_1

6. Frida
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

7. Raise the Red Lantern
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/?ref_=sr_1

8. Divorce Italian Style
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055913/?ref_=sr_1

9. 28 Days Later
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/?ref_=sr_1

10. Underground
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114787/

COMMON THEMES
1. Good soundtracks
2. About Artists or aspiring artists
3. Young people coming of age and trying to find themselves
4. Really saturated colours, or a gritty ambience (or both)
5. FRIENDSHIP!!!! Hanging out with a group of friends, capturing that sense of having fun
6. Close, intense, passionate romantic relationships that turn turbulent
7. Tragedy
8. Creative use of multiple types of art form within the film - (poetry, painting, music, etc)
9. Well written, solid scripts
10. Strong story arcs - sh*t HAPPENS
11. Modern settings
12. Mostly male protagonists, but the main women always seem to be intelligent, intuitive and artistic

(title: from Billie Holiday's song "God Bless the Child That's Got His Own")