David Arquette, Kate Capshaw, and Stanley Tucci in The Alarmist (1997)

The Polish Film Institute created this list for the 100th anniversary of Polish cinema. The films were selected by Polish critics Rafał Marszałek and Andrzej Bukowiecki using the following criteria: "their acknowledged artistic value, national and international awards granted, the influence exerted within a certain film trend, and finally the attendance records indicating the interest aroused among the cinema goers."

Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej's 100 Years of Polish Film

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)

Simply put, movies for my mom.

Like most cases, my mother has an abysmal taste in film, meaning that she struggles to sit through anything other than uplifting light entertainment.

Since the stuff I normally watch doesn't fit these criteria, I decided to compile a list of movies that would prove to be accessible for her, but at the same time not insulting to the viewer's intelligence.

The following list strives to gather films that are inoffensive, in good taste, preferably devoid of profanity, excessive misery, with an uplifting twist, but at the same time restrained and free of Paulo-Coelho-tier preaching.

Movies featuring the theme of contemplating or confronting the past. Usually it's achieved by either depicting character's life over long period of time, or by constantly referring to some significant past events.

This is a personal favourite of mine as far as the overall themes go. Not only because I am a sucker for some nostalgia, but I believe that the fourth dimension instantly adds a lot of depth to the story and gets as close to the "true depiction" of life as possible.

Of course, it doesn't mean that every movie dealing with the past is great by its own virtue, which makes this list a collision of both great and not-so-great movies.

Robert De Niro, James Woods, William Forsythe, Brian Bloom, Adrian Curran, James Hayden, Rusty Jacobs, and Scott Tiler in Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)

Personal Favourite Posters or Promotional Material for Films.

Roger Carel, Sylvaine Charlet, André Gaillard, Gérard Hernandez, Jean Rougerie, Jackie Sardou, and Pierre Tornade in Les Gauloises blondes (1988)

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