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In the past century movies have been around, Hollywood has given
us unforgettable stories and characters.
With its carefully built complex narrative, Spike Lee's is a
visceral movie about race in America that lends itself to new
interpretations every time you watch it.
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3. "Citizen Kane" (1941)
"Citizen Kane" isn't just essential viewing because critics often
agree it's the best movie of all time. It's a timeless story of
greed and power.
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5. "Boyhood" (2014)
"Boyhood," another Linklater film, was filmed over a period of 11
years to capture the life of a character growing up.
Fredrico Fellini's "8½," a classic of arthouse cinema, is a
comedy about the messy romantic and professional life of a
filmmaker trying to get a movie off the ground.
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7. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" came out in 1968, but
its special effects - and its message - are just as brilliant
today as they were back then.
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9. "Toy Story" (1995)
Of all the Pixar films, "Toy Story" is still the most essential.
It's a moving tale that changed animation forever. While you're
at it, watch its sequels as well.
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11. "Seven Samurai" (1954)
It's a toss up between "Seven Samurai," "Rashomon," and "Ran"
over which is legendary director Akira Kurosawa's best movie, but
there's no doubt over which is the most influential.
"Seven Samurai" - about a villager who convinces seven samurai to
defend his town from bandits - has been the template for
everything from "The Magnificent Seven" to "Star Wars: Rogue
One."
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13. "Bicycle Thieves" (1948)
"Bicycle Thieves" unfolds like a fable, with emotional clarity
and a powerful social justice message in a simple story about a
father, a son, and a bike.
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17. "Jaws" (1975)
Every kid remembers the first movie that terrorizes them. To make
it a good one, watch Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" or "Jaws."
"Groundhog Day" is a classic not just because it's horrifyingly
good at capturing the repetitive nature of adult life, but
because it knows how to shake you out of accepting it.
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19. "Goodfellas" (1990)
Of all of Martin Scorsese's films, "Goodfellas" is his most
masterful. It shows what can go wrong in the life of a promising
young person, and how it can go spiraling down - all while being
hilarious.
"Red Rum. Red Rum." Before today's horror thrillers, there was
nothing scarier than the adaptation of Stephen King's 1977
novel about a couple staying at a hotel as the husband grows
more and more delusional and violent while trying to write a book
of his own. It's one of Jack Nicholson's best and most terrifying
performances.
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21. "Moonlight" (2016)
Barry Jenkins's "Moonlight" may be new but - in its portrayal of
neglected lives and their pitiable turns - it's already
essential.
Billy Wilder has made about a dozen classics. "Some Like it Hot"
stands out as having not only one of Marilyn Monroe's finest
roles, but a surprisingly progressive commentary on gender
politics.
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23. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004)
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" combines the best
elements of a mind-bending psychological thriller and an epic,
unforgettable romance.
"The Shawshank Redemption" was somewhat overlooked upon its
release in 1994, but it's since cemented itself as a universal
favorite - and it's guaranteed to make you cry.
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25. "Die Hard" (1988)
John McClane (Bruce Willis) is just an off-duty cop trying to
save a bunch of hostages from a terrorist named Hans Gruber (Alan
Rickman) at a Christmas party. Once you view it, you too will be
able to weigh in on one of the hottest debates in pop culture:
Whether or not "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie.
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27. "The Lion King" (1994)
Adapting "Hamlet" as a musical would be hard, but "The Lion King"
succeeds wonderfully by turning all the characters into animals.
There are no other movies like "Mulholland Drive," which has a
dreamlike aesthetic, cryptic narrative, and dark humor that
pushes the possibilities of cinema itself.
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29. "The Dark Knight" (2008)
Christopher Nolan's second Batman film elevated the genre to new,
darker heights and made it worth taking seriously. Heath Ledger
gave the performance of a lifetime as the iconic Joker villain,
earning an
Oscar posthumously.
Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" helped change the way
audiences thought about cinema, putting dozens of references and
genres into a blender and turning it into something effortlessly
cool.
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31. "Apocalypse Now" (1979)
Francis Coppola's iconic movie is a haunting depiction of what
war can do to a man. The film is a difficult one to watch - and
an
even more difficult one to make - with career performances
from Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, and Marlon Brando.
It's heartbreaking to watch Maximus' (Russell Crowe) journey
throughout the film from slave to gladiator as he seeks to gain
vengeance against a power-hungry ruler (Joaquin Phoenix) who
killed his family and ruined his chances at ruling Rome. Hans
Zimmer's score is a
must-listen as well.
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33. "Tokyo Story" (1953)
Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece "Tokyo Story" follows an aging couple
and their generational conflict with their children. It's
unforgettable.
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35. "Titanic" (1997)
You can't go your entire life without seeing one of the
highest-grossing movies of all time. The story of two ill-fated
lovers meeting on a doomed ship set to sink is a classic romance
spoiled by the
buoyancy of a floating door.
Skip "The Birth of a Nation." "Within Our Gates" - the 1920
drama about the lynching of a black man and the challenges of
mixed racial heritage by the prolific black director Oscar
Micheaux - is another historically significant landmark film.
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37. "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" (1966)
The best American westerns were made by Italians. Sergio Leone's
"The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" helped turn Clint Eastwood into
a star and turned its camera to the epic landscape of the west in
the middle of the Civil War.
The Coen Brothers' precisely crafted style, fish-out-of-water
characters, and dark sense of humor have made almost all of their
movies masterpieces. "Fargo" might be the most beloved.
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39. "Forrest Gump" (1994)
Robert Zemeckis' endearing story of a young man (Tom Hanks) with
a low IQ, but a big heart. If you don't know the line about life
being like a box of chocolates, you should watch this stat.
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41. "Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope" (1977)
Unless you plan to be a pop culture luddite for the rest of your
life, you need to watch the original "Star Wars."
Every animated movie owes a debt to 1937's "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs," the first full-length one ever and the beginning
of Walt Disney's princess movies.
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43. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
Miloš Forman's adaptation of the 1962 novel starring Jack
Nicholson won all five major Academy Awards for best picture,
lead actors, director, and screenplay.
Victor Fleming managed to direct two of the most important movies
of all time that were released in 1939. But between "The Wizard
of Oz" and "Gone with the Wind," most people will agree that it's
"Oz" which has aged better.
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45. "Close-Up" (1990)
"Close-Up," the knotty docu-fiction drama about a man who
impersonates a filmmaker, asks hard questions about identity and
whether images are ever trustworthy in the first place.
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47. "Children of Men" (2006)
"Children of Men" didn't make much of an impact upon its release
in 2006. But in the past ten years, it's gained a reputation as a
profoundly thoughtful science-fiction movie and one of the most
brilliantly crafted films of the century.
It took decades to get Martin Luther King Jr.'s story on the big
screen, and Ava DuVernay's "Selma" retells it with a riveting
star performance by David Oyelowo.
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49. "The Terminator" (1984)
There have been many movies in the "Terminator" franchise. If
you're going to watch one, make it the original which scared
everyone into what could happen if robots in the future were ever
able to go bad. Plus, it gave us iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger
lines like "Hasta la vista, baby" and "I'll be back."
Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid's "Meshes of the Afternoon" is a
landmark of experimental film, putting its characters and viewers
in a dreamlike trance.
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51. "Lost in Translation" (2004)
"Lost in Translation" remains one of the best movies ever made
about feeling lonely in your surroundings, as well as the
indescribable feeling of alienation between different people.
"Things to Come," about the life of a French philosopher going
through a period of societal change, further establishes Isabelle
Huppert as one of the all-time greatest actresses.
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53. "Schindler's List" (1993)
Steven Spielberg's story of Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson), a
German businessman who saved the lives of hundreds of
Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust is both powerful and
heartbreaking. It won seven Oscars including best picture.
If you've never seen Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta's
sing and dance through a high school graduation fair, you're
missing out. You'll be singing along to "You're the One That I
Want" long after the movie is over. Pro tip: Skip the
sequel.
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55. "Dead Poets Society" (1989)
Robin Williams' English teacher John Keating will leave you
wanting to seize the day and live your life to the fullest. Carpe
diem, indeed.
It's tough to pick just one "Lord of the Rings" movie to
watch. You should really invest in the entire trilogy about the
young hobbit embarking on a perilous journey to destroy an
all-powerful ring. If you only have time to watch one, go with
the second movie that won two Oscars and is the
best-reviewed of the trilogy.
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57. "Home Alone" (1990)
Kevin McCallister (McCauley Culkin) lived out every kid's
dream of getting the house to himself after his family forgot him
on the way to the airport for Christmas vacation. His ensuing
adventure of sabotaging two wannabe burglars in the neighborhood
with pranks like hot tar and feathers is a holiday staple.
Sp you've watched the Disney classics? Why not switch things up
with the story of a different mouse leaving NYC for the west with
his family. Still not convinced? It was produced by Steven
Spielberg and has a beautiful rendition of the song "Dreams
to Dream" by Cathy Cavadini.
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59. "Selena" (1997)
Before she was J. Lo, Jennifer Lopez's break-out role was
as the up-and-coming Mexican singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez who
was murdered at the age of 23 by the president of her fan
club.
There aren't too many movies which combine live-action and
animation seamlessly like the 1988 murder-mystery. It's probably
the only movie where you'll see Disney characters like Mickey and
Donald Duck alongside Warner Bros.' beloved Bugs Bunny and Porky
Pig.
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61. "Coco" (2017)
After a few less-than-stellar releases, Pixar nails it with a
heartwarming story about the importance of family during the
Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead). The
story follows a young boy, Miguel, who wants to be a musician
even though it goes against his family's wishes. He winds up in
search of his great-great-grandfather who he believes to be a
famous guitar player in a stunningly vibrant-colored Land of the
Dead.
If you thought the first 15 minutes of "Up" made you cry, you're
going to want a box of tissues for this one.
If you don't know about Neo and the search for "The One," you
have to watch the Wachowski's sci-fi adventure starring Keanu
Reeves for its visuals alone. The film received four
Oscars.
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63. "John Wick" (2014)
Not done with your Keanu Reeves fix? Us neither. The unexpected
Lionsgate hit is a nonstop 101-minute rush of adrenaline of
Reeves taking names as he seeks revenge on the men who killed his
puppy. You read that right.
The horror/comedy with the little terrorizing creatures made you
never want to feed your pets after midnight. It also made us fall
in love with the adorable mogwai, Gizmo.
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65. "M" (1931)
Fritz Lang's thriller is about the manhunt of a serial killer who
murders children. Other people hate him so much that even
criminals try to catch him, teaming up with police to do so.
Before Rachel McAdams was leading a high school clique in "Mean
Girls," Winona Ryder was running with a group of popular girls
all named Heather. The major difference is Ryder's character
Veronica teams up with a badboy, J.D. (Christian Slater), to take
down the group and she eventually gets in over her head.
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67. "Sweet Home Alabama" (2002)
If you're looking for another good rom-com, look no further.
Melanie Carmichael (Reese Witherspoon) is set to marry Andrew
(Patrick Dempsey), the son of the New York City mayor. There's
just one catch - she has to get a divorce from her high school
sweetheart in Alabama finalized first. It's a bit easier said
than done when she starts falling for him again.
You wouldn't think that a movie about zombies on a train could be
equally funny and heartbreaking, but the South Korean apocalypse
thriller is just that. For the squeamish, this movie isn't scary.
Think the setting of "Snowpiercer" with the fast-moving zombies
from "World War Z."
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69. "The Seventh Seal" (1957)
You've probably seem the image parodied somewhere: Max von Sydow,
playing a knight, challenges Death himself to a chess match on
the beach. The entirety of Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" is
loaded with allegorical, beautifully composed images like these
that will haunt you with questions about death and life.
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71. "The Parent Trap" (1961)
We're not talking about the Lindsay Lohan one. If you're going to
watch one movie about separated identical twins trying to get
their divorced parents back together, make it the original Disney
movie that was nominated for two Oscars.
If you're going to watch any of the "Fast and Furious" movies, we
recommend watching the fifth installment which course-corrected
the franchise. It united Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and more cast
members from previous movies for a giant "Ocean's 11"-like heist.
And let's not forget a massive brawl between Diesel and the Rock.
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73. "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" (1971)
Gene Wilder made every child want to win a golden ticket to visit
a magical candy factory and ride down a chocolate river.
Sean Penn's performance as a father with a developmental
disability fighting for custody of his daughter, who's played by
a young Dakota Fanning, is both heartbreaking and warming.
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75. "Catch Me If You Can" (2002)
Leonardo DiCaprio's chemistry with Tom Hanks as a youngster con
man trying to evade the law is electric. It's one of
those movies you can always watch when it's on TV.
The first time you watch this movie, you think you're in for a
sweet movie about two young friends who are falling in love. One
of them is played by McCauley Culkin. Then the rug is ripped up
from under you. Have some tissues on standby.
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77. "The Notebook" (2004)
"If I'm a bird, you're a bird."
If you haven't seen Nicholas Sparks' greatest love story starring
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling as soul mates then set this one
aside for date night.
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"The Night of the Hunter" is one of those unique works of art
that doesn't resemble anything else out there. The lone
directorial effort from the legendary actor Charles Laughton and
written by James Agee is about a couple of children who flee a
corrupt minister when he hatches a plot to marry their mother and
steal their dad's money. It's scary, sure, but it's shot more like an elegiac
fairy tale.
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81. "The Verdict" (1982)
With a remarkable performance by Paul Newman, "The Verdict" is
one of Sidney Lumet's finest and most overlooked films.
It doesn't have the same actorly fireworks as "12 Angry Men" or
"Dog Day Afternoon," but it has someone everyone can root for.
Newman plays an alcoholic lawyer trying to redeem his career by
taking a medical malpractice case that fights against the
entrenched health system. You'll find scenes that inspired
everything from "Michael Clayton" to "Spotlight."
A spin on the 1966 movie "Blow-Up," where a photographer
discovers he accidentally captured a murder scene in the
background of his photos, "Blow Out" does that with
sound. It's about a movie sound effect technician,
played by John Travolta in his prime, who discovers he found
audio of a would-be political assassin while recording sounds in
the park. It's an inventive thriller and a thrill to watch -
especially if you have good speakers.
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83. "Margaret" (2011)
"Margaret" had a drawn-out legal battle surrounding its
production that shamefully led to it getting a small release with
almost no marketing six years after it was shot.
It's definitely worth seeking out. It's about a young woman -
beautifully played by Anna Paquin - who witnesses a bus accident
and the consequences of it spiral through her life and to the
people around her. You'll definitely cry.
The first of Michael Moore's scathing documentaries, "Roger &
Me" is about Moore's attempt to interview General Motors CEO
Roger B. Smith about the effect he had on Moore's hometown of
Flint, Michigan, after closing down several factories. Moore
never gets the interview, but we learn a lot about America along
the way.
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85. "A Face in the Crowd" (1957)
Starring Andy Griffith, "A Face in the Crowd" is about a
small-town drifter who gets a radio show and, eventually, climbs
the ladder to the top of the media world. On the way, he develops
a taste for ruthlessness, power, and deceit. It's impossible not
to see parallels in today's world.
"Toni Erdmann" sounds like a corny family comedy that even Adam
Sandler would turn down, but it's miraculously great. It's about
a father with a knack for practical jokes who tries to reconnect
with his young professional daughter by wearing a hideous wig,
adopting an alter ego, and pretending to be a life coach for her
CEO.
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87. "Get Out" (2017)
No movie stormed America's consciousness in
2017 like "Get Out." A perfectly crafted horror movie and
provocative racial parable, it immediately cemented comedian
Jordan Peele as a major director and launched a bevy of memes.
Welcome to the sunken place.
Never has a bloody movie about a serial killer been so
funny. Christian Bale plays Wall Street yuppie Patrick
Bateman with the perfect amount of roboticism and vanity, and
Mary Harron's script and direction gives the movie countless lines that are delivered perfectly.
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89. "Punch-Drunk Love"(2002)
Some die-hard Paul Thomas Anderson fans might pick one of the
director's grander efforts, like "There Will Be Blood" or "Boogie
Nights."
But "Punch-Drunk Love" - about a shy man trying to strike up a
romance while he's being "extorted by a phone-sex line run by a
crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of
pudding," in the words of IMDb - is one of the
most incisive movies about introversion you'll ever see. It's
also really funny and has one of Adam Sandler's rare great
performances.
A classic bloody horror film, "Suspiria" is a rollicking movie
about a young woman who joins a prestigious ballet school only to
discover that something much more sinister is going on.
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91. "Carol" (2015)
About an affair between a young salesgirl and an older woman,
"Carol" is a lushly shot period piece set in 1950s New York with
deeply intimate performances from Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett.
Based on a true story, Pablo Larraín's "No" stars Gael García
Bernal as an advertising manager in Chile. He takes a job leading
the advertisements for the "No" campaign in the country's 1988
plebiscite, a referendum that effectively ended the country's
dictatorship. It's a bizarre historical situation that feels like
a dystopia, but Larraín makes it feel like you're actually there.
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93. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
A close adaptation of Harper Lee's seminal novel,
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a clear-eyed movie about race and
justice in Alabama, and how adults teach us about the moral
values that make up our lives.
A cultural touchstone since its release, "Silence of the Lambs"
is about an F.B.I. agent who teams up with a a manipulative
cannibal killer to understand and help catch a serial killer.
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95. "Grizzly Man" (2005)
Werner Herzog's documentary tries to answer a seldom-asked but
essential question: Why would someone try to befriend grizzly
bears?
The more the movie looks into the life and soul of Timothy
Treadwell - a man who did just that, before he was eaten by a
bear - the more fascinating and horrifying the answers become.
A thinly fictionalized drama based on the assassination of
Greece's politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, "Z" is a
political conspiracy thriller about the killing of a prominent
political activist and the government cover-up that follows.
The movie, directed by Costa-Gavras, has a knotty plot, but it
also has a dark sense of humor and delivers a satire of the
military dictatorship of Greece that resonated through Europe at
the time.
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97. "Clueless" (1995)
High school movies have a long tradition of updating classic
British literature. "10 Things I Hate About You" updates
Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," "She's the Man" is a take on
"Twelfth Night," and "Clueless" - perhaps the most influential of
them all - is an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma." It's about a
wealthy high-schooler who tries to make a new student popular,
but love gets in the way.
Aside from making James Dean the coolest person of the 1950s,
"Rebel Without a Cause" struck a chord about the struggles and
contradictions of suburbia in a time when they were exploding in
growth. Few movies have shown how sharply different generations
can be.
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99. "The Tree of Life" (2011)
More of a visual poem than a narrative film, "The Tree of Life"
starts at the beginning of the universe and traverses over to a
young boy growing up in 1950s Texas. Director Terrence Malick
intersperses ideas about faith and one's role in the world while
grappling with the conflicting teachings of different parents.
But most importantly: It's just beautiful to look at.
"Black Panther" represents the
pinnacle of superhero movies. Its hero has an impossible moral
quandary. The villain dominates each scene he's in. And the
action scenes are just really freaking cool.
But most importantly, "Black Panther" transcends the genre by
being about something deeper than just the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Directed by Ryan Coogler, the movie creates a vision of an
African nation untouched by colonialism, grappling with its own
history instead of the problems other countries foisted upon it.
It's a clear-eyed, fully fledged world that you could only see at
the movies.
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101. "The Room" (2003)
We're not saying "The Room" is a good movie, and that's exactly
why you need to watch it. It may be the best worst movie that was
ever made with some of the most quotable lines of dialogue
around.
It inspired midnight showings across the country where
millennials throw plastic spoons at the screen and yell out
quotes such as "You are tearing me apart." There's nothing else
like it.
The animation in "Spider-Verse" feels like a comic book come to
life. It's one of the best animated pictures of the past decade.
It also won best animated picture at the Oscars.
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103. "Parasite" (2019)
Bong Joon-Ho's "Parasite" is one of the best thrillers you can
watch right now and you should go into it knowing next to nothing
if possible. It became the first film in history
to win both best picture and best international film at the
Oscars in February.
After "Get Out," Jordan Peele returned to the director's chair to
deliver another chilling look at society that will make you sit
and ponder long after your first viewing. You'll immediately want
to watch this one again. It's one of those rare movies that is
completely different upon a second viewing.
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105. "Queen & Slim" (2019)
The Bonnie and Clyde-like thriller will leave you on the edge of
your seat the entire time. Its heartwrenching ending will render
you speechless. Lena Waithe delivers an emotionally-charged story
about the strength of community and the pitfalls of the justice
system against African Americans.
"Booksmart" is this generation's "Ferris Bueller" and "The
Breakfast Club."
Anyone who has ever chosen studying over partying can relate to
Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein), two
overachievers who panic once they realize their presumably
average peers also got into great colleges while partying their
way through school. They think they can make up for lost time in
one incredible night of debauchery.
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107/108. "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame" (2018/2019)
The largest pop-culture milestone of the past decade, Marvel's
two-part finale became the biggest films in history. "Avengers:
Endgame" is currently the highest-grossing movie of all time and
changed the way people see the number 3,000.
Robert Downey Jr.'s comeback role as Tony Stark/Iron Man is worth
watching to see how his journey ends.
If you're looking for a light-hearted rom-com with an unexpected
twist, "Crazy Stupid Love" has you covered. The chemistry between
Ryan Gosling and Steve Carrell and then Gosling and Emma Stone
makes this a film you can easily watch over and over again.
It's the perfect date-night movie.
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110. "Paddington 2" (2018)
If we were all a little bit more like Paddington, the world would
be a much kinder place.
The rare sequel that may be better than it's predecessor,
"Paddington 2," will give you hope during a bleak time and
restore your faith in mankind. That sounds like a tall order, but
it's the best-reviewed movie of 2018. As soon as you finish
this film, you'll want to watch the first one. (It's OK if you
watch them out of order.)
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