1. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
  2. The Lives of Others (2006)
  3. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  4. The 400 Blows (1959)
  5. Citizen Kane (1941)
  6. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  8. In Bruges (2008)
  9. Ex Machina (2014)
  10. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  11. Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
  12. Donnie Darko (2001)
  13. Diner (1982)
  14. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
  15. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  16. Layer Cake (2004)
  17. John Wick (2014)
  18. This is Spinal Tap (1982)
  19. Airplane! (1980)
  20. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
  21. American Beauty (1999)
  22. Blood Simple (1984)
  23. Badlands (1973)
  24. Intermission (2003)
  25. Wind River (2017)
  26. Brick (2005)
  27. 12 Angry Men (1957)
  28. Get Out (2017)
  29. The Way Way Back (2013)
  30. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
  31. The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
  32. Hunger (2008)
  33. Garden State (2004)
  34. Thank You for Smoking (2005)
  35. The Guard (2011)
  36. Moon (2009)
  37. Trick 'r Treat (2008)
  38. Deadpool (2016)
  39. The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998)
  40. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
  41. Clerks (1994)
  42. Hesher (2010)
  43. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
  44. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
  45. Bullhead (2011)
  46. The Station Agent (2003)
  47. Following (1998)
  48. Happythankyoumoreplease (2010)
  49. Animal Kingdom (2010)
  50. Sixteen Candles (1984)
  51. The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
  52. They Live by Night (1948)
  53. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
  54. Dances with Wolves (1990)
  55. Before We Go (2014)
  56. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
  57. Play Misty for Me (1971)
  58. Eagle vs Shark (2007)
  59. The Evil Dead (1980)
  60. Revenge (2017)
  61. Too Late (2015)
  62. Chopper (2000)
  63. The Boondock Saints (1998)
  64. Sexy Beast (2000)
  65. Being John Malkovich (1999)
  66. Ordinary People (1980)
  67. Reality Bites (1994)


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