What makes a scary movie scary? Writer Dan Grant takes a look at ten of the scariest films ever made in an attempt to answer that question.

Daniel Stephens takes a look at the finest crowd-pleasing, block-busting films from the 1990s.

As the site reaches its first birthday, I thought I’d look back at some of my cinema firsts. I’ve picked ten things that stick in my memory as a kid growing up with a love of cinema. From my first film and first visit to the cinema, to the first sex scene I saw, the first horror film, and the first film I considered my personal favourite. Take a look and let us know some of your cinema firsts…

Richard Dreyfuss famously turned down the part of Matt Hooper in Jaws. He didn’t think the film would be a good career choice. But after seeing, and being disappointed, by his performance in the film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, he immediately called Spielberg on the phone and begged for the part fearing no one in Hollywood would hire him ever again. The rest, as they say, is history. Dreyfuss would appear in one of the most iconic horror movies of the 1970s. Top 10 Films presents Top 10 Richard Dreyfuss? What film is your favourite?

Just in time for Halloween, we conclude our look at the best horror movies of the late 1960s and 1970s. In Part 3 we run down the top 10 scary movies released between 1967 and 1979. We have witches, and we have demonic children, pagan cults and fanatically religious mothers. Also in the mix are a family of cannibals, a host of dispensable teenagers, an insane brother, a loving father, a computer named Mother, and a son hell bent on taking over the world. And we must not forget the terrifying alien, the shark off Amity Island, and that strange little woman who stalks Donald Suhterland in Don’t Look Now.

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…

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is one of the most financially successful films ever made. It is also loved by critics as exampled by its 100% Fresh rating on Rottentomatoes.com. Not only that, it is one of the most widely decorated films ever made, collecting three Oscars as well as ranking highly on hundreds of top films lists including being named as one of the top 100 films ever made by Total Film, the 5th best film ever made by Empire, and the 48th best film ever made by the American Film Institute.