These aren't movies that are going to make you cry, or make you say "man, that was amazing!" to your friends. No -- here are five movies that will literally change your life, because they will change the way you look at art, at people, at power -- at everything.
It's hard to find a better list of films that are so unbelievably watchable, and yet say more about all those topics listed above. These movies will literally change your life.
#5: Riefenstahl's Disturbing Masterpiece, Triumph of the Will.
All film is spectacle, it has been said, and there was no larger and more grotesque spectacle than Hitler and his Nazi party. This film celebrates them with movie techniques that were pioneering in its day, and since it is such a celebration of his party, it is so ultimately disturbing that it alters how you see 'tribute' films forever.
#4: Bicycle Thieves.
Ultra-simple -- a man gets a bike, and a job, when Rome is very poor after the second world war. He then loses the bike, and tries to steal another one so he can keep the job. There isn't much else to the plot, but it contains a whole world.
#3: Chinatown.
If you've been put off by a few select films from the'40s because the plots are so convoluted or you don't happen to be a huge Bogart fan, check out this one instead, which has the perfect spirit of the 70s but happens to be set way back.
#2: Vertigo.
When people talk about deep novels with layers of meaning that you can return to again and again, this is the film equivalent of those. You can watch this for fun, for James Stewart, for San Francisco, or for Hitchcock's complete dismantling of how he directs films, treats women, and sees the world.
#1: The Godfather.
The fact that this movie is about the mafia is really just besides the point -- there is no other movie that explains power, family, and the dark side of the American dream so well, while also happening to be a compulsively entertaining piece of cinema. - 23815
It's hard to find a better list of films that are so unbelievably watchable, and yet say more about all those topics listed above. These movies will literally change your life.
#5: Riefenstahl's Disturbing Masterpiece, Triumph of the Will.
All film is spectacle, it has been said, and there was no larger and more grotesque spectacle than Hitler and his Nazi party. This film celebrates them with movie techniques that were pioneering in its day, and since it is such a celebration of his party, it is so ultimately disturbing that it alters how you see 'tribute' films forever.
#4: Bicycle Thieves.
Ultra-simple -- a man gets a bike, and a job, when Rome is very poor after the second world war. He then loses the bike, and tries to steal another one so he can keep the job. There isn't much else to the plot, but it contains a whole world.
#3: Chinatown.
If you've been put off by a few select films from the'40s because the plots are so convoluted or you don't happen to be a huge Bogart fan, check out this one instead, which has the perfect spirit of the 70s but happens to be set way back.
#2: Vertigo.
When people talk about deep novels with layers of meaning that you can return to again and again, this is the film equivalent of those. You can watch this for fun, for James Stewart, for San Francisco, or for Hitchcock's complete dismantling of how he directs films, treats women, and sees the world.
#1: The Godfather.
The fact that this movie is about the mafia is really just besides the point -- there is no other movie that explains power, family, and the dark side of the American dream so well, while also happening to be a compulsively entertaining piece of cinema. - 23815
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