| Film | Year | Director | Writer(s) | Main stars |
| It Happened One Night | 1934 | Frank Capra | Robert Riskin; Samuel Hopkins Adams | Clark Gable; Claudette Colbert; Walter Connolly; Roscoe Karns |
| My Man Godfrey | 1936 | Gregory La Cava | Morrie Ryskind; Eric Hatch | William Powell; Carole Lombard; Alice Brady; Gail Patrick |
| Bringing Up Baby | 1938 | Howard Hawks | Dudley Nichols; Hagar Wilde | Katharine Hepburn; Cary Grant; Charles Ruggles |
| His Girl Friday | 1940 | Howard Hawks | Charles Lederer; Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur | Cary Grant; Rosalind Russell; Ralph Bellamy; Gene Lockhart |
| The Philadelphia Story | 1940 | George Cukor | Donald Ogden Stewart; Philip Barry | Cary Grant; Katharine Hepburn; James Stewart; Ruth Hussey |
| Casablanca | 1942 | Michael Curtiz | Julius J. Epstein; Philip G. Epstein; Howard Koch | Humphrey Bogart; Ingrid Bergman; Paul Henreid; Claude Rains |
| A Matter of Life and Death | 1946 | Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger | Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger | David Niven; Kim Hunter; Roger Livesey; Raymond Massey; Marius Goring |
| Kind Hearts and Coronets | 1949 | Robert Hamer | Robert Hamer; John Dighton; Roy Horniman | Dennis Price; Alec Guinness; Valerie Hobson; Joan Greenwood |
| Singin’ in the Rain | 1952 | Stanley Donen; Gene Kelly | Betty Comden; Adolph Green | Gene Kelly; Donald O’Connor; Debbie Reynolds; Jean Hagen |
| The Quiet Man | 1952 | John Ford | Frank S. Nugent; Maurice Walsh; John Ford | John Wayne; Maureen O’Hara; Barry Fitzgerald; Ward Bond; Victor McLaglen |
| The Sun Shines Bright | 1953 | John Ford | Laurence Stallings; Irvin S. Cobb | Charles Winninger; Arleen Whelan; John Russell; Stepin Fetchit; Russell Simpson |
| To Catch a Thief | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock | John Michael Hayes; David Dodge | Cary Grant; Grace Kelly; Jessie Royce Landis; John Williams |
| Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Billy Wilder | Billy Wilder; I. A. L. Diamond; Robert Thoeren; Michael Logan | Marilyn Monroe; Tony Curtis; Jack Lemmon; George Raft |
| Lawrence of Arabia* | 1962 | David Lean | Robert Bolt; Michael Wilson | Peter O’Toole; Alec Guinness; Anthony Quinn; Omar Sharif; Jack Hawkins |
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* | 1964 | Stanley Kubrick | Stanley Kubrick; Terry Southern; Peter George | Peter Sellers; George C. Scott; Sterling Hayden; Keenan Wynn; Slim Pickens |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey* | 1968 | Stanley Kubrick | Stanley Kubrick; Arthur C. Clarke | Keir Dullea; Gary Lockwood; Douglas Rain |
| The Godfather Part II | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola | Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo | Al Pacino; Robert Duvall; Diane Keaton; Robert De Niro; John Cazale |
| Life of Brian | 1979 | Terry Jones | Graham Chapman; John Cleese; Terry Gilliam; Eric Idle; Terry Jones; Michael Palin | Graham Chapman; John Cleese; Michael Palin; Eric Idle; Terry Jones; Terry Gilliam |
| Midnight Run | 1988 | Martin Brest | George Gallo | Robert De Niro; Charles Grodin; Yaphet Kotto; John Ashton; Dennis Farina |
| Shakespeare in Love* | 1998 | John Madden | Marc Norman(?) Tom Stoppard | Gwyneth Paltrow; Joseph Fiennes; Geoffrey Rush; Colin Firth; Ben Affleck; Judi Dench |
*Made at Shepperton Studios, only ten minutes away from where I grew up (and where I found myself filming a few weeks into my first job). In the 'almost made it' section are MY FAIR LADY/THE APARTMENT/NORTH BY NORTHWEST/LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP/THE RED SHOES/THE SEARCHERS/THE 39 STEPS/THE DAY OF THE JACKAL*/FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD*/WATERLOO/ROMAN HOLIDAY/KNIGHT AND DAY/NOTHING SACRED/THE GREAT ESCAPE/ZULU/THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD/OUT OF AFRICA*#/THE THIRD MAN*/THE LADY VANISHES/THE FRENCH CONNECTION/BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID/THE GODFATHER/ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA/UNCLE BUCK/CLUELESS/FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF/LEON/FANTASIA/CHARLEY VARRICK/AVANTI/THE GUNS OF NAVARONE/GROUNDHOG DAY/THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES/BACHELOR MOTHER/SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS/TRADING PLACES/PRIZZI'S HONOR/THE MALTESE FALCON/THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING/GREAT EXPECTATIONS/BORN YESTERDAY/TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD/PATTON/WORKING GIRL/MASTER AND COMMMANDER/THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL/ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD/IN WHICH WE SERVE/THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS/INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE/MR BLANDINGS BUILD HIS DREAM HOUSE/A HARD DAY'S NIGHT/WAY OUT WEST/THE CRUEL SEA
#Maybe not a great film, although Streep is wonderful; but it reminds me of my days in Africa, and I identify very strongly with Finch-Hatton's view of life and relationships.