The double bill has been around almost as long as cinema itself and was originally used to show B-pictures after their much bigger studio counterparts. With the rise of dvd sales and streaming audiences are now able to make their own ideas for double bills. This opens up a great possibility that has never been available for avid film fans until the last 25 years or so. Before rental, VHS and dvd if you didn't catch a movie in the theater then you weren't likely to ever see it again. Here I present to you 10 great ideas, tried and tested by your's truly, for a night of double viewing pleasure.
10. The Devil's Backbone/Pan's Labyrinth
In my book Guillermo Del Toro has made two certifiable masterpieces: The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth. The two films are spiritual companions since they both deal with horrific and difficult situations from a child's point of view. They really do beg to be watched together because The Devil's Backbone is a ghost story as perceived through the eyes of a young boy and Pan's Labyrinth is a modern day fairytale that is told by focusing on a young girl. The journeys of the two children are similar enough to make the films very enjoyable when viewed back to back but different enough to provide some narrative diversity. Now Del Toro needs to make a third film to complete what could be a fantastic trilogy of dealing with the darkest themes in life through in the most innocent ways.