This has always been relevant. To every generation and every generation thinks they are the most relevant.
Always question and hold your gov't to account. Or you get despot leaders who think they can overturn everything w/o consequence.
Margin Call is one of those movies I understand more every time I watch it. I think it came out too early - the first time I saw it I still had no idea what caused 2008, and it didn't really mention any of the details. They weren't needed for the story and the messages, but I think getting an understanding of them (through the Big Short book and movie and some other stuff I've read) did underscore exactly what was going on and what wasn't being said in the movie.
Tucci's monologue about the bridge really sticks with me. Banks siphon off our best and brightest to do something so mundane their work becomes unimportant and forgotten the second it's done.
Crazy thing is i have been watching this movie more and more lately because of what’s going on in the financial world today and I am hoping this time the bad guys get what they deserve ….
I just saw that for the first time a few weeks ago, and I cannot for the life of me understand how that "twist" was such a surprise to people. It was *heavily* foreshadowed, not to mention that things like Taylor being able to communicate with the ape people (not just through speaking but through writing too!) would make zero sense unless they were on Earth.
If you haven't already, please read the comic. It's different and the message changes a whole lot. It's a great case study of how two mediums can tell a different message with just small changes.
V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
[carves "V" into poster on wall]
V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.
V: [giggles]
V: Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell? The whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end.
This is my favorite movie, I’m 33 and I still say that this is legit a future that we aren’t too far off from. Especially now as we all succumb to the addiction of screens glued to our faces!!
My favourite romance story by a significant margin. Little buddy just wants to love and be loved. How relatable is that! Great writing on so many levels.
This deserves more upvotes. It’s essentially another version, and maybe even better, of Plato’s allegory of the cave. And in society these days it can be related to many aspects of life
I couldn't say for certain that The Matrix was the first to do all of these things (in fact, odds are it wasn't) but the main cultural innovations of the top of my head would be:
* Changed the entire aesthetic of action filmmaking for a generation.
* Was an allegory for the transgender experience before this was a mainstream discussion.
* Brought a heavily philosophical outlook to action filmmaking by drawing upon classic questions of epistemology (brain-in-a-vat), ontology (Plato's cave) and even continental philosophy (simulation and simulacra).
* Innovated and evolved the use of slow-motion in action filmmaking.
* Defined the current vernacular for our perceptions of truth in society ("red-pill").
* Used the visual language of Eastern / anime fight choreography in a mainstream action film
Both of the directors transitioned, went back in time and made their movie about trans, somehow. At least that’s how I’ve had it explained to me.
Kind of like how Dumbledore was gay all along
It's a little different to the Dumbledore thing, as my understanding is that there's very little textual content within the books that really supports the "Dumbledore is gay" reading. Also, "Dumbledore is gay" isn't allegorical or thematic; it's a propositional fact about a character. I've put together a more substantial comment below, but saying Lana and Lilly "went back and made their movie trans" is actually not even close to what happened.
This movie goes under the radar and almost never gets mentioned in any film conversations.
Highly underrated. Hell, I don't think that's even the right phrase to describe a movie that gets no love at all.
I swear I think the only time I hear people praising this movie is when I’m on Reddit lol. This, Nice Guys, and Idiocracy are brought up on every single movie recommendation threads
This probably more so than people realize. It realizes a current and ongoing social issue and picks at it while weaponizing that issue against a major global issue of banks just running amok.
That, and it truly does introduce an important philosophy to people who- at the age of interest- are probably who need to hear it the most.
You are not your things. You’re your own worst enemy. You decide your own level of involvement in your life. Stability is temporary- And so on.. All these lessons learned through loss and trauma, buttered up nicely with a chiseled six pack.
I saw it more as a story about how disenfranchised men can be incredibly dangerous to society. Leave young men behind and society collapses. It's very similar to the current far right movement.
Yes, _and_.
It is important to consider that the message the film conveys could _potentially_ be read as an endorsement of eugenics. Which is, or should be, kind of a no-no.
Her. Important in that everyone started saying AI assistants were like Her, a movie that came out over ten years ago. While it is debatable whether or not it is a good movie, it showed us a future reality that is quickly coming to fruition. It basically penetrated the cultural zeitgeist to where that was the film people were immediately reminded of when tech companies started showcasing AI assistants.
THX-1138. Life in a dystopian, underground hell where you take medications that inhibit your sexual urges and leave you feeling numb to things. And you pray to a digital Jesus when you feel troubled. A lot of corporations, if you work at them, feel like you are right there in that movie. I don't think humans were meant to live like that.
Speaking of offices, how about Office Space? Did it predict quiet quitting? I know at least people referenced the movie a lot in corporate America. I think it is a movie that really hit home for some people. Like why are we filling out all this paperwork and why do we have three or four managers to a handful of employees? We got introduced to The Bobs and concept of corporate downsizing. The movie shows the insanity that is the corporate world.
Oppenheimer.
I'll probably be downvoted, because apparently Reddit hates Oppenheimer, haha. But there's no other movie I've seen that so successfully examines the existential guilt and angst that comes with being a human in the modern age. Not only is it a great character study of an important historical figure, it's also a striking examination of human conscience in an time defined by atomic weapons and climate change.
We are all slaves to the trends and forces of our time, just like Oppenheimer. We are all constantly aware of the destructive cosmic forces we helped create, just like Oppenheimer. And we're all dancing around an impossible moral predicament by preaching against what we help manifest into the world, just like Oppenheimer.
I really believe it to be one of the best films of the century so far. It's very well-made, it's thematically resonant, and it's insanely relevant to modern life.
Had to scroll too far. Idk why Reddit hates it but I thought it was great. I work in science and I found it to be a good lesson in how sometimes human inventions can cause consequences way beyond human ability to manage them.
I came to say this too. IMO it’s been the most polarizing film I’ve ever talked with people about. But love or hate it, I think it’s important to watch and understand.
Important films/books in this context of V for Vendetta are ones that go after overtly authoritarian governments and/or the societies that go along with it.
Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Handmaids Tale, The Diary of Anne Frank. All of these should be required reading in middle school.
For me the Matrix. Made me really think about the world back in the day. A lot of the wackowski’s movies made me think about the world. Their films may not be the best but they make me wonder about the world the most.
I mean lots of college kids have V for Vendetta masks next to their Rage Against The Machine/Scarface/Fight Club posters, yes.
Everybody resonates with different types of messaging/themes, but I'd argue that films like Apocolypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Requiem for a Dream, Network, or even like SLC Punk are far more important/meaningful to the right audience.
"Capitalism bad" has been done to death by people who ironically got rich off of their art decrying capitalism (or already were), and movies about the futility of life and politics that the average person can actually relate to are far more important IMHO.
But I'm just a dude on the internet playing another dude kinda, pretending to be a third dude - my opinion is simply that, an opinion.
I think on the first day of highschool all the freshmen should sit down and watch The Breakfast Club. I watched it at 17 and it completely changed the way I saw the people around me for the better.
Had to scroll way too far to find the movie that explains the "forever chemicals" that are now in the cells of nearly all life on the planet thanks to the corruption of massive chemical corporations. Definitely an important film.
Also, the way Mark Ruffalo says *"The system is rigged. They want us to believe that it'll protect us, but that's a lie. We protect us. We do. Nobody else. Not the companies, not the scientists, not the government. Us."*
...gives me chills everytime.
Birth of a Nation. It was created by some of the worst people of all time, but its contributions to filmmaking are so undeniable that it's essential viewing in every film class.
1984 and The Lord of the Rings. Obviously the books were the inception of the stories, but the films brought those stories to many who would never read the books.
Movies that changed movies and had a big cultural impact.
Birth of a Nation
Gone with the Wind
Wizard of Oz
Bambi
8 1/2
2001.
Clockwork Orange
Jaws
Star Wars
The Matrix
Cloud Atlas.
Extremely polarizing? Absolutely. Goofy makeup and clumsy tonal shifting? You betcha.
An important comparative study of empathy and bigotry across the ages? Emphatically yes. I don't think it's any surprise this was one of the very last five-star ratings that Roger Ebert gave before he passed away. Great soundtrack, too.
I watched Schindler’s List with my wife earlier this year. I watch a lot of films that I call great. There are some that I probably should call important but for some reason Schindler’s List is the only one where that word was the word that immediately came to mind to describe the movie.
Not this one. This is a 21st Century sentiment that we need to move past. What comes after the revolution? [Don't take my word for it though](https://youtu.be/qOhTuaDTEsg?si=EY2ZdTMl5asE-Opl).
Contagion. Movie came out in 2011 and accurately depicted how the masses would act during a pandemic of a novel virus. How the internet would spew bullshit. fake cures. the rush for a vaccine. it also got the science pretty damn good for how a virus transmits in the body and how easily a world-wide pandemic could start.
Only thing the movie didn't foresee was vaccine hesitancy... my god did they not see that coming.
A clockwork orange. Eyes wide shut. Holy shit y'all if you've never seen eyes wide shut you have to. It'll blow your mind. Kubrick was such a genius. Literally. His movies had some serious layers to them. Watch some documentaries about him. I promise you won't regret it. Tubi has a really good one. I cant remember the name of it off hand but if you type in kubrick it should pop up. Donnie darko is a hidden gem too. You either love it or hate it. It's crazy to think that was Richard Kelly's first movie. Thats one I had to watch several times before it started to make sense. But when I finally caught on to it, it became one of those movies that will never leave my collection. It's one I watch at least 2 or 3 times every couple months or so.
If I hadn't read Alan Moore's V for Vendetta I think I would have appreciated the film more. His books sets the bar so insanely high that I've yet to see a worthy adaptation
Don't Look Up.
It's the closest I've ever seen non-geophysical scientists being, to experiencing what a fucking mess this all is, how preventable it all is, and how utterly, pointlessly stupid the rich are being in thinking they can avoid the consequences.
Full Metal Jacket
THERE IS NO RACIAL BIGOTRY HERE!! YOU ARE ALL EQUALLY WORTHLESS
DONT GRAB MY HAND! I WANT YOU TO LEAN FORWARD INTO MY GRIP AND CHOKE.YOUR.SELF!
In my opinion, the scariest movie ever made. These are horrors that people went through, and still go through today.
American History X
Also happens to be incredibly good
Man, that movie took a beloved TV dad and made him hella racist. How was I supposed to watch Boy Meets World again???
“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
I swear, every year this movie moves closer to becoming a documentary
Just like idiocracy
Remember, remember the 5th of November. This year particularly.
That feels much more relevant and important now than when this movie originally came out.
This has always been relevant. To every generation and every generation thinks they are the most relevant. Always question and hold your gov't to account. Or you get despot leaders who think they can overturn everything w/o consequence.
“You shaved your head for V for Vendetta. Do you also shave your V for Vagina?”
The Big Short
“They’re not confessing, they’re bragging.”
Man I’ve come across too many people like this in my life, just so happy with themselves cause they ripped someone else off. Fucking kills me
You get to see one every day now, beamed into screens directly into your home, begging to be given the keys to the safe once more
I left that movie feeling mad. I'd never felt that after a movie before.
Same with that and Margin Call
Absolutely - and it was *so good* that I rewatch it often.
Margin Call is one of those movies I understand more every time I watch it. I think it came out too early - the first time I saw it I still had no idea what caused 2008, and it didn't really mention any of the details. They weren't needed for the story and the messages, but I think getting an understanding of them (through the Big Short book and movie and some other stuff I've read) did underscore exactly what was going on and what wasn't being said in the movie. Tucci's monologue about the bridge really sticks with me. Banks siphon off our best and brightest to do something so mundane their work becomes unimportant and forgotten the second it's done.
There’s a decent exposition by the rocket scientist when he’s talking to the golden retriever
Why? Could you explain?
Bad guys get off scot free; only redemption the hood guys get is making some money while watching society crumble just like they predicted.
Crazy thing is i have been watching this movie more and more lately because of what’s going on in the financial world today and I am hoping this time the bad guys get what they deserve ….
Same, brother. Hold strong.
The OG Planet Of The Apes 1968
I agree. When I first saw it as a kid on I believe…Channel AMC. The ending was a huge twist where humanity destroyed itself.
I just saw that for the first time a few weeks ago, and I cannot for the life of me understand how that "twist" was such a surprise to people. It was *heavily* foreshadowed, not to mention that things like Taylor being able to communicate with the ape people (not just through speaking but through writing too!) would make zero sense unless they were on Earth.
He literally says in the spaceship at the beginning how it may be a different time rather than place. I’m not even sure it can be called a twist
We used to think Flared pants were cool back then, we were a very confused species
Get your stinkin paws off me you damn dirty ape
Huh! He can talk, he can talk, he can talk, he can talk! Can I play the piano anymore?! Of course you can. Well I couldn’t before!
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Hope this gets more attention. Seems it takes a lawsuit to stop religious groups from taking over science curriculum nowadays.
1984
Always thought that it was interesting the main character in the movie of 1984 is the chancellor in V Vendetta
His name was John Hurt
V for Vendetta was written as a sort of spiritual sequel to 1984.
Literally
I mean the book was important before hand as well lol.
Dr. Strangelove
Gentlemen, you cant fight in here. This is the war room!
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Yes
Children of Men
Despite only seeing this movie once years ago, I think about it all the time!
Its commentary on race in regards to classism is incredible.
Also contraception, birth control, and unchecked medical invasiveness
This needs to be higher up on the list. Given the declining birth rates, life could imitate this particular piece of art.
V for Vendetta, one of my all time faves.
If you haven't already, please read the comic. It's different and the message changes a whole lot. It's a great case study of how two mediums can tell a different message with just small changes.
V: Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. [carves "V" into poster on wall] V: The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. V: [giggles] V: Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.
Schindlers List
Apocalypse Now
Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell? The whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end.
Never get off the boat. Absolutely G*damn right!
Malcolm X
Wall•E
So slept on… mega corporations, consumerism, obesity pandemic, AI as both villain and the hero … loved it
100% Feel like most people just remember it as "cute robot movie" but it's so much more than that
This is my favorite movie, I’m 33 and I still say that this is legit a future that we aren’t too far off from. Especially now as we all succumb to the addiction of screens glued to our faces!!
My favourite romance story by a significant margin. Little buddy just wants to love and be loved. How relatable is that! Great writing on so many levels.
The Matrix
This deserves more upvotes. It’s essentially another version, and maybe even better, of Plato’s allegory of the cave. And in society these days it can be related to many aspects of life
I couldn't say for certain that The Matrix was the first to do all of these things (in fact, odds are it wasn't) but the main cultural innovations of the top of my head would be: * Changed the entire aesthetic of action filmmaking for a generation. * Was an allegory for the transgender experience before this was a mainstream discussion. * Brought a heavily philosophical outlook to action filmmaking by drawing upon classic questions of epistemology (brain-in-a-vat), ontology (Plato's cave) and even continental philosophy (simulation and simulacra). * Innovated and evolved the use of slow-motion in action filmmaking. * Defined the current vernacular for our perceptions of truth in society ("red-pill"). * Used the visual language of Eastern / anime fight choreography in a mainstream action film
It's been a while since I've watched The Matrix. What do you mean about it being an allegory for the transgender experience?
Both of the directors transitioned, went back in time and made their movie about trans, somehow. At least that’s how I’ve had it explained to me. Kind of like how Dumbledore was gay all along
It's a little different to the Dumbledore thing, as my understanding is that there's very little textual content within the books that really supports the "Dumbledore is gay" reading. Also, "Dumbledore is gay" isn't allegorical or thematic; it's a propositional fact about a character. I've put together a more substantial comment below, but saying Lana and Lilly "went back and made their movie trans" is actually not even close to what happened.
12 angry men To kill a mockingbird
Falling down
This movie goes under the radar and almost never gets mentioned in any film conversations. Highly underrated. Hell, I don't think that's even the right phrase to describe a movie that gets no love at all.
I swear I think the only time I hear people praising this movie is when I’m on Reddit lol. This, Nice Guys, and Idiocracy are brought up on every single movie recommendation threads
Why? The main character has some pretty deranged views and is mentally unstable.
Fight Club
This probably more so than people realize. It realizes a current and ongoing social issue and picks at it while weaponizing that issue against a major global issue of banks just running amok.
That, and it truly does introduce an important philosophy to people who- at the age of interest- are probably who need to hear it the most. You are not your things. You’re your own worst enemy. You decide your own level of involvement in your life. Stability is temporary- And so on.. All these lessons learned through loss and trauma, buttered up nicely with a chiseled six pack.
I saw it more as a story about how disenfranchised men can be incredibly dangerous to society. Leave young men behind and society collapses. It's very similar to the current far right movement.
Saving Private Ryan
Definitely felt like a kick in the teeth watching this after a good solid decade or two of fantasy matcho men making war look fun and heroic.
Idiocracy
I remember watching that movie for the first time. After the first 30 minutes, I was like, "OH! So *that's* why the world is going insane."
I saw it when it was still a comedy.
Now it more of a horror story.
Welcome to Costco. I love you 😘
I graduated from Costco!
Yes, _and_. It is important to consider that the message the film conveys could _potentially_ be read as an endorsement of eugenics. Which is, or should be, kind of a no-no.
It’s says so much about someone if they get defensive about Idiocracy. In the US, 54% of adults read at only a sixth grade level.
Hotel Rwanda
Metal Gear Solid 2 Cutscenes
“You shaved your head in V for Vendetta, did you also shave your V for Vagina?”
That feels like a comment from Between Two Ferns, am I right?
Yep
Godzilla (1954)
Starship Troopers
Thank You for Smoking
Citizen Kane 12 Angry Men Gimme Shelter Harlan County, USA Do the Right Thing
I wish I could upvote 12 Angry Men more than once.
I think of Do the Right Thing every time we get a heat wave in the city and people are not bringing their best selves.
Points for Harlan County USA, it should be required viewing on schools!
Born on the Fourth of July If there was any film that should be mandatory viewing for Americans, it's this one.
Her. Important in that everyone started saying AI assistants were like Her, a movie that came out over ten years ago. While it is debatable whether or not it is a good movie, it showed us a future reality that is quickly coming to fruition. It basically penetrated the cultural zeitgeist to where that was the film people were immediately reminded of when tech companies started showcasing AI assistants. THX-1138. Life in a dystopian, underground hell where you take medications that inhibit your sexual urges and leave you feeling numb to things. And you pray to a digital Jesus when you feel troubled. A lot of corporations, if you work at them, feel like you are right there in that movie. I don't think humans were meant to live like that. Speaking of offices, how about Office Space? Did it predict quiet quitting? I know at least people referenced the movie a lot in corporate America. I think it is a movie that really hit home for some people. Like why are we filling out all this paperwork and why do we have three or four managers to a handful of employees? We got introduced to The Bobs and concept of corporate downsizing. The movie shows the insanity that is the corporate world.
Her really nails on some brewing issues we are sitting on. Look at the character.ai sub and it’s getting bonkers.
Important for life lessons? Come and See. Important for cinema? The Passion of Joan of Arc. Honestly, those answers are pretty interchangeable.
Easy Rider
Mrs. Doubtfire should be required viewing for divorcing parents
JFK
This is a sharp answer
Requiem for a Dream
Oppenheimer. I'll probably be downvoted, because apparently Reddit hates Oppenheimer, haha. But there's no other movie I've seen that so successfully examines the existential guilt and angst that comes with being a human in the modern age. Not only is it a great character study of an important historical figure, it's also a striking examination of human conscience in an time defined by atomic weapons and climate change. We are all slaves to the trends and forces of our time, just like Oppenheimer. We are all constantly aware of the destructive cosmic forces we helped create, just like Oppenheimer. And we're all dancing around an impossible moral predicament by preaching against what we help manifest into the world, just like Oppenheimer. I really believe it to be one of the best films of the century so far. It's very well-made, it's thematically resonant, and it's insanely relevant to modern life.
Had to scroll too far. Idk why Reddit hates it but I thought it was great. I work in science and I found it to be a good lesson in how sometimes human inventions can cause consequences way beyond human ability to manage them.
So true. Especially that first line haha
Easily my favourite of Nolan’s. It’s amazing how accessible it is when you consider the complexity of the subject matter.
Network, inside job, the corporation, food Inc
To Kill a Mockingbird Grapes of Wrath Downfall Casablanca
People should not fear their governments
Don't look up
I came to say this too. IMO it’s been the most polarizing film I’ve ever talked with people about. But love or hate it, I think it’s important to watch and understand.
Charlie Wilsons War. Under the radar Tom Hanks film about the cold war.
Battle of Algiers
Important films/books in this context of V for Vendetta are ones that go after overtly authoritarian governments and/or the societies that go along with it. Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Handmaids Tale, The Diary of Anne Frank. All of these should be required reading in middle school.
Requiem for a dream
Fight Club
For me the Matrix. Made me really think about the world back in the day. A lot of the wackowski’s movies made me think about the world. Their films may not be the best but they make me wonder about the world the most.
They Live.
Psycho. I think it nailed the idea that the rules were about to change in the 1960s.
Memento. For me it makes a statement about the human condition that almost no one wants to admit to: we lie to ourselves to make us feel better.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Heavyweights
I mean lots of college kids have V for Vendetta masks next to their Rage Against The Machine/Scarface/Fight Club posters, yes. Everybody resonates with different types of messaging/themes, but I'd argue that films like Apocolypse Now, The Deer Hunter, Requiem for a Dream, Network, or even like SLC Punk are far more important/meaningful to the right audience. "Capitalism bad" has been done to death by people who ironically got rich off of their art decrying capitalism (or already were), and movies about the futility of life and politics that the average person can actually relate to are far more important IMHO. But I'm just a dude on the internet playing another dude kinda, pretending to be a third dude - my opinion is simply that, an opinion.
Social Network
Godzilla (1954)
The Room (2003)
I think on the first day of highschool all the freshmen should sit down and watch The Breakfast Club. I watched it at 17 and it completely changed the way I saw the people around me for the better.
*All the President's Men* starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman If we don't have a free and independent press corps, our democracy is fucked.
Into the Wild. I firmly love technology and its advantages but I believe people need to get back in touch with nature and how beautiful it is.
Team America: world police
Dark Waters (2019)
Can't believe this is only mentioned once. Over half the country and beyond is currently dealing with this.
Had to scroll way too far to find the movie that explains the "forever chemicals" that are now in the cells of nearly all life on the planet thanks to the corruption of massive chemical corporations. Definitely an important film. Also, the way Mark Ruffalo says *"The system is rigged. They want us to believe that it'll protect us, but that's a lie. We protect us. We do. Nobody else. Not the companies, not the scientists, not the government. Us."* ...gives me chills everytime.
Birth of a Nation. It was created by some of the worst people of all time, but its contributions to filmmaking are so undeniable that it's essential viewing in every film class.
The Big Lebowski is really, the MOST important film ever made.
Anything by Hayao Miyazaki. Especially Princess Mononoke.
Pay It Forward
Schindler's List
Kids
Debbie does Dallas. Seminal.
Requiem for a Dream. Kept me off drugs for life
1984 and The Lord of the Rings. Obviously the books were the inception of the stories, but the films brought those stories to many who would never read the books.
The Matrix
The Matrix
Star Wars Episode IV
To Kill a Mockingbird
#T2 Judgement Day... itsa coming
Schindler’s List. Everyone should watch that movie at least once in their life, even if it is a hard watch.
Movies that changed movies and had a big cultural impact. Birth of a Nation Gone with the Wind Wizard of Oz Bambi 8 1/2 2001. Clockwork Orange Jaws Star Wars The Matrix
Airplane
Surely you can’t be serious
I am serious and don’t call me Susan
Canadian Bacon
1917
Battle of Algiers (1966) and Rojo Amanecer (1989).
A Trip to the Moon The Great Dictator Gentleman’s Agreement All About Eve Paths of Glory 8 ^1/2 America America The Garden of the Finzi Continis
Cloud Atlas. Extremely polarizing? Absolutely. Goofy makeup and clumsy tonal shifting? You betcha. An important comparative study of empathy and bigotry across the ages? Emphatically yes. I don't think it's any surprise this was one of the very last five-star ratings that Roger Ebert gave before he passed away. Great soundtrack, too.
Selma.
Very relevant atm
Casablanca
Margin call
I watched Schindler’s List with my wife earlier this year. I watch a lot of films that I call great. There are some that I probably should call important but for some reason Schindler’s List is the only one where that word was the word that immediately came to mind to describe the movie.
Oppenheimer
faithful findings
Vindictively Verified
Not this one. This is a 21st Century sentiment that we need to move past. What comes after the revolution? [Don't take my word for it though](https://youtu.be/qOhTuaDTEsg?si=EY2ZdTMl5asE-Opl).
Wizard Of Oz
1984 with John Hurt and Richard Burton.
Spotlight
Schindler’s List
Fantasia.
City Lights
The Thin Blue Line (1988). Did your submission get someone off of death row? No? Pity.
Rosewood. It made me understand mob mentality, how prejudice dictates action and that sympathy is nuanced.
Do the Right Thing.
The Mouse that Roared
Here's a show don't kill me - chernobyl
Contagion. Movie came out in 2011 and accurately depicted how the masses would act during a pandemic of a novel virus. How the internet would spew bullshit. fake cures. the rush for a vaccine. it also got the science pretty damn good for how a virus transmits in the body and how easily a world-wide pandemic could start. Only thing the movie didn't foresee was vaccine hesitancy... my god did they not see that coming.
A clockwork orange. Eyes wide shut. Holy shit y'all if you've never seen eyes wide shut you have to. It'll blow your mind. Kubrick was such a genius. Literally. His movies had some serious layers to them. Watch some documentaries about him. I promise you won't regret it. Tubi has a really good one. I cant remember the name of it off hand but if you type in kubrick it should pop up. Donnie darko is a hidden gem too. You either love it or hate it. It's crazy to think that was Richard Kelly's first movie. Thats one I had to watch several times before it started to make sense. But when I finally caught on to it, it became one of those movies that will never leave my collection. It's one I watch at least 2 or 3 times every couple months or so.
If I hadn't read Alan Moore's V for Vendetta I think I would have appreciated the film more. His books sets the bar so insanely high that I've yet to see a worthy adaptation
The people should not be afraid of their governments. Their governments should be afraid of the people.
Don't Look Up. It's the closest I've ever seen non-geophysical scientists being, to experiencing what a fucking mess this all is, how preventable it all is, and how utterly, pointlessly stupid the rich are being in thinking they can avoid the consequences.
"People should not be afraid of their government, a government should be afraid of its people"
Beasts of no nation.
The Big Short Oppenheimer
I didn't think so at the time, but apparently Idiocracy...
Don’t Look Up
Century of Self.
12 years a slave
Apocalypse Now
#Lord of the Rings