One ring to thrill us all … Australia’s favourite film. Those little people have come up trumps again, this time topping a list of Aussie film buffs’ favourite movies. After a nationwide poll of Australians, an ABC-TV special last night delivered the verdict with Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy coming in at No. 1. The movie by the Kiwi director, which has won a swag of Oscars and other awards, beat Gone with the Wind, Star Wars and Pulp Fiction for the title. Lord of the Rings was followed by Amelie, the 2001 comedy about a innocent Parisian girl; the 1982 adventure flick Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford; and The Shawshank Redemption starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. [More]

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