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Cinema between the sexes19 Apr 2004
How do you choose which film to see?

Men and women's choices are so different - as confirmed by a recent poll. But is this true? And if so, what is the answer?

As the next Tarantino film, Kill Bill Volume 2, is released in the cinemas, Jenni asks writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun and writer and comedianThea Wolff whether they've got plans to see it, and if so, with whom?

According to a survey by Tesco.com these are men's and women's top twenty favourite movies:

Top 20 Women's Films
1. Dirty Dancing
2. Bridget Jones
3. Thelma and Louise
4. Steel Magnolias
5. Breakfast at Tiffany's
6. The Piano
7. Titanic
8. Gone with the Wind
9. From Here to Eternity
10. When Harry met Sally
11. Truly, Madly, Deeply
12. Fried Green Tomatoes
13. Grease
14. Ghost
15. Bridges of Madison County
16. The Colour Purple
17. Little Women
18. Shakespeare in Love
19. True Romance
20. Out of Africa


Top 20 Men's Films
1. Star Wars
2. The Great Escape
3. The Godfather
4. Scarface
5. Pulp Fiction
6. The Sting
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Goodfellas
9. Bullitt
10. Reservoir Dogs
11. Full Metal Jacket
12. The Shawshank Redemption
13. The Matrix
14. Dumb and Dumber
15. Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
16. Taxi Driver
17. Raging Bull
18. Blade Runner
19. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (votes shared between three movies)
20. Wayne 's World


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