Forget that ancient book of moral fables. You can learn much more from these movies as long as you are capable of sitting still and thinking coherently...
 
Occasionally, a film is made where the style or form is so well executed that it actually contributes to the meaning of the movie; and still, sometimes, the style of the movie simply makes the movie. These are some of those films...
(in no particular order)
  • Dead Man Walking
  • The Truman Show
  • American Beauty
  • American History X
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • In the Company of Men
  • Network
  • Quiz Show
  • Ulee's Gold
  • Gods and Monsters
  • Breaking the Waves
  • Schindler's List
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • The Full Monty
  • A Perfect World
  • Bright Lights, Big City
  • Waking Ned Devine
  • Hotel Rwanda
  • Sideways
  • Maria Full of Grace
  • Snow Falling on Cedars
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • American Splendor
  • Bowling for Columbine
  • Supersize Me
  • The Corporation
  • The Grey Zone
  • No Man's Land
  • Crash
  • Traffic
  • The Shape of Things
  • Insomnia
  • In the Name of the Father
  • Sister Mary Explains It All
  • The Fog of War
  • The Quiet American
  • Election
  • The Yes Men

 

  
(in no particular order)
  • Shine
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Annie Hall
  • Stardust Memories
  • The Crucible (1997)
  • Ed Wood
  • Wag the Dog
  • The English Patient
  • The Usual Suspects
  • The Star Wars Saga
  • The Indiana Jones Trilogy
  • The Back to the Future Trilogy
  • The View Askew Saga
  • The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
  • Saving Private Ryan
  • The Thin Red Line
  • Double Indemnity
  • Misery
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • Mean Girls
  • About a Boy
  • Bound
  • The End of the Affair
  • Closer
  • Billy Elliot
  • The Machinist
  • The Triplets of Belleville
  • Roger Dodger
  • The Insider
  • Memento
  • Gods and Monsters
  • Ocean's Eleven
  • Waking Life
  • 13 Conversations About One Thing
  • Thirteen Days
  • Whale Rider
  • Amelie
  • Igby Goes Down

 
 
 

 

  
For the sake of proving our society braindead, these movies have been hailed and worshipped by audiences and sometimes critics alike. If you haven't already seen them, consider yourself lucky...
 
 

 

 

 
       
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