Point Break (1991)

In Kathryn Bigelow's cult action classic, Keanu Reeves' special agent, Johnny Utah (just Ted with his hair slicked back, partnered with an older, gnarlier Ted (Gary Busey)) is tasked with infiltrating a gang of surfie bank robbers, thrill-seekers of wildly various acting abilities, and before long, California, the waves, the babes, the bonfires, not to mention the shaggy blonde tresses of Patrick Swayze's Bodhi, the charismatic gang leader, prove so intoxicating, Johnny's wooden FBI facade starts to drop, revealing his, well, just as wooden inner adrenalin junkie.

★★★★☆

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Ghost (1990)

It is often said of this hit romantic ghost story that Whoopi Goldberg steals the show playing Oda Mae Brown, a not-so-fake psychic, but in fact the whole cast - including Patrick Swayze as Sam, an all-round good guy murdered early on who tries as a ghost to solve the mystery of his death, and Demi Moore as Molly, his heartbroken lover - is so winning and likeable that it too, along with the movie's special effects and great humour, makes this a romantic, suspenseful, funny and only occasionally cloying romp.

★★★★☆

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Donnie Darko (2001)

Mesmerising high school drama about how completely messed up a kid can become trying to deal with the inauthentic characters and lives and world around him.

★★★★★

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