9. Le Week-End
What does a couple do when they find their relationship drifting precariously close to the rocks after 30 years of marriage? In the case of Le Week-End, they celebrate their anniversary by revisiting the place where they honeymooned all those years ago and spend a weekend in Paris. In lesser hands Le Week-End could easily have been a cliched, picture postcard rom-com for the older generation - fortunately, renowned British writer Hanif Kureishi director Roger Michell are able to take the concept and elevate the material towards something classier, ably abetted by solid, naturalistic performances from Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan as the troubled couple, Nick and Meg Burrows. It balances subtle melodrama and the crisis of failing interpersonal relationships with dry humour and sparkling dialogue, resulting in an earnest film with more depth than you might expect. Perhaps the real standout role in the film is Jeff Goldblum, playing Nick's former student Morgan - it's a wonderfully quirky, eccentric performance which has you smiling every moment he's on the screen.