<===Inspired by this guy. I've decided to write a list of ten movies that must be seen. I do not claim, as he wouldn't, that they are all good, nor do I claim that there is any sort of redeeming value, as I'm sure he wouldn't. But, as he's probably equally unlikely to claim with his list, some of them contain some qualities that resemble...well-done, thoughtful, filmmaking and screenwriting. Others don't. Movies to See and Perhaps Enjoy

1. Dead Alive. Peter Jackson before he got "fat" and "rich" and "popular" and "a budget" . Highlights include: The Lawnmower scene. "I kick ass for the lord!" "Your mother ate my dog!" and a tender moment when he takes the baby to the park, for no reason.
2. The Idiots. Dogma 95, but without Bjork, and with a completely unneccessary, completely nude, real penetration, birthday gangbang scene. Also, a scene where a biker holds a guy's dick for him so he can pee. (The guy is pretending to be retarded at the time)
3. M.1931. Fritz Lang directs, Peter Lorre stars. No real characters- it's the story of a criminal community trying to catch a pedophile child-murderer. Vigilantism. Hysteria. Thrilling conclusion.
4. La Strada. 1954. Fellini. Anthony Quinn stars as the constantly abusive strong man Zampano. Poor Giulietta Masina stars as Gelsomina, his clownish victim/wife/assistant/slave. People say this movie is a vindication of the rights of women; I think that's bullshit. If I wanted to assign a deeper meaning to it, I would call it a post-neo-realist allegory in response to Boccaccio's last tale in the Decameron, of an abused wife who turns out to be humanity, and an abusive husband that turns out to be god. Fellini turns that paradigm on his head by having Gelsomina die as a result of her devotion to Zampano, turning allegory into an atheistic fairy tale. But I really just think it's a story about hobo circus people.
   
5. Night of the Living Dead. 1968. Romero. The best zombie movie, ever. The first time, in history, a black man is able to slap a hysterical white woman without immediate consequences. And the leisurely pans over the crowd of zombies- some in wedding dresses, some in nightclothes, some scantily clad...chowing on cadavers like KFC. Tasty.
6. Dark Passage. 1947. Humphrey Bogart. Really weird movie. If you do get your hands on this movie, and you're a person who knows me, would you please invite me over?I'll bring popcorn and alcohol. Because I didn't get to see the end. Three times I didn't get to see the end. So I can't vouch for the ending. But it's a pretty cool movie. Lauren Bacall. Plastic surgery.
   
7. Return of the Living Dead 1-3. 1985-1993. Not worth seeing apart, but the perfect snowed in/ sick day/lonely weekend trilogy. It shows just how far you can run with a premise. It's actually pretty great. Totallly fucks with your idea of what a zombie is, how they make more zombies, and other conventions. Zombie Gas, canned zombies, and the military figure large. The third one features a goth girl who cuts herself, as she turns into a zombie.
8. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and her Lover. 1989. Very fucked up movie, with very bizarre production design. It was a huge indy cult hit at the time, but recently has been exposed as a post-modern, slick, fraud. But it features a scene in which one main character is cooked by another main character, and served to yet another main character by Helen Mirren. At which point she says "Try the cock- you know where it's been". Features Tim Roth as a low-level gangster. A good companion movie, that ends up in an orgy of cannibalistic gore like this one, is Titus, 1999. Anthony Hopkins in Shakespeare's worst, goriest, most gleefully violent play. Directed by Julie Taymor, who later went on to design the costumes for Broadway's the Lion King.
9. Cry Baby. 1990. If John Waters did Grease- actually, this is John Waters doing Grease. It's pretty great. Hatchetface is my hero.
   
10. Debby Does Dallas. It's porn, with a plot. It contains a scene in a candle store. Owned by a man named Hardwick. Cheerleaders with ceasarian scars. A scene where an actress chokes on a dick, and the actor says "Don't choke, baby...I want you to live.". Do you want to be the only person who hasn't seen Debby Does Dallas? I don't. So I did. And it was worth it.

Here are seven movies you shouldn't see, don't have to see, and should actively avoid.

1. Exorcism of Emily Rose
2. There's Something About Mary
3. These Hands. (A documentary. About women. Breaking rocks. With their hands. For 45 minutes. No narration. No subtitles. No plot. Waste of time)
4. Man Bites Dog
5. The Notebook
6. Old School (sorry.)
7. The Thin Red Line