NO.10 Film: Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

Showing: Boxing Day, 7.30pm, BBC1

Why It’s A Must-See: The stubbornly convoluted plotting of the third Captain Jack Sparrow flick made it smack less of brazen opportunism than the first sequel did, but it manages to be just as much fun as the Pirates franchise ever was.

Moreover, its relative complexity means that you won’t have to talk to your relatives; they’ll be too busy silently picking over the crummy remnants of their selection boxes in gurning, sherry-addled concentration.

Don’t Get Up For A Mince Pie...during the suitably tense stand-off climax to that chaotic heart-stabbing finale. It might be choreographed to within an inch of its life, but we're still suckers for a Western-style good-vs-evil duel. And of course, it doesn't all end as predictably as you might think...

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