Meet Drew Struzan – the ace movie poster designer. You may or may not have heard the name but you would have come across the man’s work. Famous for his depictions of Luke Skywalker, Marty Mcfly and Indiana Jones, Struzan made film posters for over 30 years, working on some of the biggest blockbusters and movie franchises. Top 10 Films takes a look at the man and his work.

Rodney Tweltree’s turn to look at the top 10 films of Steven Spielberg. In a list quite different from our editor Dan Srephens’s Top 10, Rodney sees Spielberg’s most recent films as deserving more credit. He says: Ever since he burst onto the scene in the mid 70′s with Duel, and more successfully with Jaws, audiences have flocked to see his films in droves. Whether it’s the popcorn munching thrills of the latest Indiana Jones adventure, the shocking and saddening wartime bravura of Schindler’s List, or the thunderous bass levels of Jurassic Park, it’s an undeniable fact that for over thirty years Mr Spielberg has been giving film fans the movies they’ve wanted to see.

The moment you’ve all been waiting for.

Erm…well I hope there’s been some anticipation anyway. Here at Top10Films the top 10 film list is our bread and butter and after a week long celebration of Steven Spielberg it was only right that we should end with our list of Spielberg’s finest achievements.

So here it is: the ten finest pieces of work by the genius that is Steven Spielberg…

Chris Evans of The Independent wrote an article in 2008 entitled: “How Sir David Lean had an epic falling out with Steven Spielberg over the filming of a Conrad novel”. The article, concerning Lean’s great unmade epic Nostromo based on Joseph Conrad’s 1904 novel, told of how Spielberg and Lean had a big falling out over the project due to that oft-repeated phrase “creative difference”

Having not seen the film for many years what struck me most was the postmodernist and self-reflexive attitude of the film, parodying the ‘event’ movie that Spielberg almost single-handedly created in the first place. It’s a self-aware bit of humour that Spielberg isn’t really known for. The character of Hammond, constantly alluding to the fact no expense was spared could be the mantra of Jurassic Park’s producers and Spielberg himself, but couple this with the film’s blatant product placement and the central conceit of a theme park and ride (Jurassic Park clothing, lunch boxes, t-shirts, etc., were readily available to the public when the film was released; the theme park ride would come a little later), and you discover a rather interesting aside to the film.

Rodney Twelftree steps up to the plate for Top10Films and dares to run down a list of Spielberg’s top 10 characters. Spielberg’s characters are as iconic as his films from the whip-wielding Indiana Jones to the child-sized alien E.T. See who sticks in our mind in our latest top 10 list.

Who (or what) is your favourite character to appear in a Spielberg film?

Rose Jenkins takes a look at Steven Spielberg’s career from his upbringing through to his early career in Hollywood and the invention of the blockbuster. Shoe writes: “Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful and famous directors of all time. Very few people in Hollywood have accomplished what he has.”

It is 35 years since Steven Spielberg released Jaws Jaws became the highest grossing film ever made before Star Wars beat it two years later, breaking the once thought impossible target of $100 miilion. This figure would routinely be beaten by subsequent blockbusters but Jaws paved the way. As such Top10Films is celebrating the work of Steven Spielberg throughout the week, culminating in our Top 10 Steven Spielberg Films list.