A movie (or film) is a visual storytelling medium that conveys narratives, ideas, and emotions using a combination of art and technology. They can have a powerful impact on culture, inspiring audiences and even shaping entire movements. Whether you’re into heartwarming dramas or action-packed blockbusters, these films continue to touch us across generations.
There’s something to be said for a film that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and it’s hard not to love Bill Murray’s lovable schmuck turn as Phil Connors in this ’80s time-loop dramedy. It may have tapped into a few well-worn tropes, but it’s never felt so fresh and so right.
The Godfather is arguably the most iconic mob movie ever made, with Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel giving birth to an icon that continues to inspire and entertain. From Marlon Brando’s cotton-cheeked patriarch to Luca Brasi sleeping with the fishes, this film packs in performances, style, and substance in equal measure.
After Reservoir Dogs established Tarantino as a bold new voice in American indie cinema, he followed it up with this sprawling set of interweaving stories about hitmen, robbers, and fixers that’s both hard-boiled and wryly self-aware. It’s full of quotable dialogue and a visual style so bold and distinctive that whole chunks of it have entered the cultural consciousness, from the ‘Yo, you fucking bastard!’ of the title to the ‘I don’t think it’s fair that your mother has more sex than me.’
The Exorcist may not be the first’sci-fi’ exorcism flick to grace the screen, but it remains the definitive one. William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic still works as a jump-out-of-your-seat shocker with its pea-vomiting, spider-crawling, and head-screwing sequences.