Home Alone (1990 Chris Columbus)

This is what got him the Harry Potter job. Written by John Hughes, thus equipped with the inevitable pukey moments. Your appreciation of the film will depend on how much you find Macauley Culkin and his incessant cries of 'Whoah!' endearing. Slapstick moments of cartoon violence with Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern - and John Williams' music - are for me the reasons for watching.