10 Films that changed my life

Jimmy, c'est moi. Teen angst and rockin' tunes, and Sting with frosted hair to boot!

quite possibly my favourite film of all time. I had a hockey coach who called me "Cool Hand," I was hooked from there.

I saw this film when I was 10, and it stuck in my brain, even though it took 30 years for me to figure out what film it actually was. I still want to run away and live in the woods on my own

We told you, like 30 years ago, how soul numbing the suburbs and education system you were forcing on us was, but did you listen?

I think I probably saw this after reading the book - somehow I was allowed to order this from the Scholastic Book order at like 9 years old! But it was the first exposure I had that let me know not every kid grew up in a nice safe suburban neighborhood.

This and The Ron LeFlore story had similar effects on me - helped me see a world outside of my safe upbringing.

The local video store in the suburb of Montreal I grew up in had a small "cult" section. Where I inexplicably picked out this film (and later "Repo Man") and the rest is history, weird history.

One of my earliest memories, at the seashore on Cape Cod in 1973, was asking my dad what "Watergate" meant after hearing the word on US radio. And my Dad, lord love him, patiently tried to explain it to me. The film just cemented what became a lifelong mistrust of politicians.

I remember this quite vividly because I was one of the only kids I knew who really appreciated the technology in the film; at that point we had had modems in our basement for nearly 5 years. After the film, I remember typing "thermonuclear war" at every login prompt I could find.

We were 12 and hosting the kids from Hanover, New Hampshire on a hockey exchange. It was the only year my younger brother and I played on the same team, so we had two billets. We wanted to go to the movies. I suggested going to see this, not really knowing what it was. The others were bored. I was shaken. No war.