20. Pleasantville (1998)

Pleasantville’s premise is straight-up fantasy: Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire play modern siblings wh🐷o get sucked into a black-and-white 1950s sitcom. Sounds cool enough on its own, but the real treat comes from the changes their very existence impresses upon the small town of Pleasantville. Their presence slowly blushes the world into startling Technicolor.

 That development is seen as utterly taboo by the conservative townsfolk, leading the movie to dabble with conformity꧅ versus being true to one's self. It's beautifully realised throughout the film, but the most heart-breaking example is Maguire helping his screen mom (a superb Joan Allen) apply her b&w make-up. Swoonsome stuff.

18. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

It’s “Scrumdiddlyumptious!” yelled th🎐e film's original poster, and I couldn't agree more.By replacing Charlie with Wonka in the title, we're forewarned that this film is really about the nutty factory owner himself and less about the young whippersnapper who comes to idolise him.

Yes, it's Wonka himse༒lf, brilliantly played by a twinkly-eyed Gene Wilder who commands your attention throughout. A confectioner with a love for embracing the childlike wonder within, it's impossible not to become enamoured w♔ith his brightly-coloured world. But, that's not to say this is all sweetness and light. Like Wonka's chocolate, this is dark, occasionally bitter, but always delicious.