Bonnie and Clyde

The story of the depression era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow had been filmed before - in 1949 - as Gun Crazy.

But Bonnie and Clyde broke the mould by first showing the couple as likeable, almost normal people, who happened to riddle the population with bullets.

The couple's death, in a hail of lead, permanently changed the way movies depicted violence. The film is credited (or charged, depending on your viewpoint) with provoking countless ordinary folk to become violent heroes as in 'Thelma and Louise' and Natural Born Killers'.

Bonnie and Clyde received ten Academy Award nominations and won two of the coveted golden statues.