4. Memento

This movie portrays a man who could not form short-term memories. As the movie played out backwards, what was new to him was new to us, but not to those around him. The film required viewers to put together the pieces of the puzzle inside their own head, rewarding them for correctly understanding what was happening. The DVD release has an option to watch the film in chronological order.

3. Fight Club

Many viewers missed the point of Fight Club. Much like with Taxi Driver, the violent anti-hero isn’t meant to be seen as a figure to be emulated, but somehow that’s what many seem to have taken from it. Tyler Durden isn’t a role model, yet it appears that many a young man came out of Fight Club feeling like that was how they should try and live their life, and that Project Mayhem was a noble goal.