Ten of my Favourite Johnny Depp Movies.

1. Benny and Joon. Eccentric and full of amazingly mad characters. Great dialogues and lines: the wrongness of raisins; 'she was given to fits of semi-precious metaphors'; Sam's movie moments; making toasted cheese sandwiches with the iron—Rayon setting. A positive look at the mentally ill—'I mean, except for being a little mentally ill, she's pretty normal'.
2. Donny Brasco. Am I a friend of yours, or, a friend of ours?
3. Nick of Time. It's point-of-difference was that it played in ninety-minutes of real time.
4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Sublime cinematography with black-and-white-ness with a slash of red.
5. Public Enemies. This is the antithesis of Donny Brasco.
6. Sleepy Hollow. Just like it because it is spooky and romantically historic. And as usual, Johnny is a quirky character who doesn't quite fit in with the rest of society.
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. I love that the character of Jack Sparrow is brought to life by Depp by channeling Keith Richards. It's the best of recontextualisations.
8. Corpse Bride. I haven't seen this yet—soon—but it looks amazing.
9. Alice In Wonderland. This is a vulnerable Mad-Hatter. He looks sad rather than mad. Amazingly Burton.
10. Ed Wood. Just ed odd.