When something happens, there's always a 50/50 chance as to whether I'll join in or stubbornly avoid it.  But after a friend of mine posted an A-Z of his favourite films at http://www.pauljoyceuk.com/codex/2012/the-alphabet-of-great-films/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ArticlesByPaulJoyce+%28My+20+Latest+Blog+Articles%2C+by+Paul+Joyce%29&utm_content=Google+UK

 and then another posted hers at http://millyj.posterous.com/my-alphabet-of-favourite-films, I felt compelled (with a touch of added encouragement, it has to be said) to come up with my own.

I don't know a lot about what makes a film good, but I know what I like, which is the basis behind this list.  I guess it shows how far reaching my tastes are, as comedy, musicals, thrillers and horror are all represented here.  I'm not wildly happy with the choices almost forced upon me for "X" and "U" and "Q" is a little weak as well, but such is the alphabet.  On the plus side, when I was going through my DVD shelves trying to refresh my memory a little, suddenly all the time I spent getting them alphabetized paid off.  Anyway, less prattle, more list...

A: Any Given Sunday

B: The Blues Brothers

C: Cry Freedom

D: Dead Poets Society

E: eXistenZ

F: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

G: Goodnight & Good Luck

H: The History Boys

I: Inception

J: The Jungle Book

K: A Knight's Tale

L: Lost in Translation

M: Mr Holland's Opus

N: Nine (that's "Nine", not "9")

O: Once

P: The Princess Bride

Q: Quarantine (although "REC" was better)

R: Ronin

S: The Shawshank Redemption

T: Taken

U: The Untouchables

V: Valkyrie

W: Walk the Line

X: X-Men (the whole franchise, really)

Y: Young Einstein

Z: Zombieland