I'm not aware of there being any film that better expresses nihilism--particularly American nihilism: where not even our names mean anything. Two characters (Jules and Butch)transform the blackness of nihilism into something quit sublime and powerful.

This documentary was released in 1996, years after grunge had shot its wad. Things weren't quit this "hyped" and stupid at the beginning but as time moved on cliches prevailed ala Spinal Tap. Intelligent people aspiring toward an innocent child-like state of perpetual geekdom.

This is the first in the Alien series and the only one worth watching, in my opinion. Beautifully horrifying scenes that show the evil aftermath of a long dead society. The creatures possess extreme hive-like intelligence and no conscience whatsoever. Kind of like Maiden's 'Killer' album.

Sometimes the best movies are those that are most difficult for the viewer to watch and enjoy, and that's certainly the case with this movie. It's not easy feeling sympathy for Jake LaMotta, about whome this movie was made. The guy was a brute.

A long WW II movie that has you journeying with Nazis through the oceans of the world. S.O.D. fans will probably have this movie poster on their walls somewhere.

Inadvertantly one of the funniest movies of all time: about a hippie movie maker with no money and a drinking problem. Great Metallica riffs on the acoustic guitar.

It's a one way ticket to midnight, call it heavy metal.

If you like Graham Green novels, where characters spend their days smoking cigarettes and lying in bed, you'll like this movie about post war Europe. A classic. Smart dialogue. Impeccable acting.

The first and the original--in black and white. This is a movie you'll want to watch over and over again, despite the cheesy dialogue and bad acting.

Punk not metal, but hey.

Declining Civilizations are innately funny as they self destruct, as well as rude and obnoxious. The characters still manage to produce a moral code upon which to base their lives, a moral code based on individual conscience rather than social norms. Back when Sean Penn was cool.

A cult classic. It's about a sleep walking killer. Rob Zombie is a fan of this movie, and produced a short version of his own starring his girl friend, now his wife.

This movie expresses an element of the sublime that is insurrpassable. A very dark film, yet filled with humorous scenes and the light of art.

This is probably the best Hitchcock film, although it's a toss up between "Psycho", "North by Northwest", "Rear Window", and "Vertigo". Buy all of them.

This is Polanski's trademark film, a must own for horror fans; made before Mia Farrow was ruined by Woody Allen and Frank Sinatra.

By the end you're filled with pure dread over their inevitable fate, but at the beginning you almost want to pull your hair because the characters are so decadent. The film's release date coincides exactly with the evaporation of pop culture. Repeatedly the kids take the wrong turn. But was there ever another way out for them? Their destruction seemed preordained.

...Gregory Peck plays an epoch sea captain of the Pequod seeking a murderous white whale that devours men alive. The crew descends into primitivism as they hunt the whale across the seas of the world (kind of like a Motley Crue concert, circa 1985).

This movie captures that distinctly slow, mystical, wise quality of the deep South. This is horror on the surreal level.

I think the 1970s version is a bit better than the original; it's creepier anyway. The first thirty to fourty minutes are rivetting. If the idea of the film intrugues you, as it did me, go ahead and watch the 1950s version: which is all around better as a whole.