NO.2 Film: Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)

银翼杀手

Showing: Sat Dec 19, 9pm, BBC2

Why It’s A Must-See: Ridley Scott’s seminal dystopian sci-fi has always been essential viewing, but this 2007 Final Cut version is the one he always wanted to put his name to.

The previous effort at a definitive version, 1992’s Directors Cut, was actually only ‘approved’ by Scott, and was in fact created largely in his absence; this edit was completely hands-on, ensuring the finished article was as close to how the iconic helmer envisaged it as possible.

Don’t Get Up For A Mince Pie...when Roy delivers his rain-soaked rooftop soliloquy to Deckard. An oddly beautiful and profoundly moving coda to a thrilling chase, even though we basically have no real idea what the mad bio-bot bugger is wittering about.

NO.3 Film: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

圣诞夜惊魂

Showing: Sun Dec 20, 11.30am, BBC2

Why It’s A Must-See: Henry Selick may have directed this ghoulish family fairytale, but it absolutely wallows in producer/co-writer Tim Burton’s idiosyncratic sugar-coated gothicisms.

The character models are instant cult classics, the animation is wonderfully Harryhausen-esque, and at least two of the songs - This Is Halloween and What’s This? - would make an all-time Danny Elfman top five with ease.

Don’t Get Up For A Mince Pie...when either of the aforementioned songs kick in, or when Jack Skellington goes off on his ill-advised sleigh ride, spooking the bejesus out of the world’s children with some divinely macabre presents.

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