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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. I came across an interesting list the other day, of the 50 most life changing movies. It isn't just a countdown, but split into ten themes, with five movies for each theme. It's been really interesting for me to discuss initially what makes a film life changing, and then afterwards which films meet that bar for me personally.
Here is the original list I found on YouTube, to provide a basis for discussion:
0:00 The Set-Up
1:50 Part I: Existence
2:23 The Seventh Seal *
5:58 2001: A Space Odyssey *
9:55 Blade Runner *
13:31 The Tree of Life
17:34 The Turin Horse
21:10 Part II: Time and Memory
21:45 8 1/2
25:47 The Mirror
30:12 Once Upon a Time in America
33:39 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
37:28 Arrival *
41:25 Part III: Passion
42:03 Andrei Rublev
45:49 Amadeus *
49:43 The Prestige *
53:41 Synecdoche, New York
57:32 First Man
1:01:34 Part IV: Love
1:02:13 Dersu Uzala
1:06:05 Children of Heaven
1:09:40 Good Will Hunting *
1:13:18 Before Sunset
1:17:05 Portrait of a Lady on Fire
1:20:48 Part V: Humanity
1:21:24 Tokyo Story
1:24:47 Land of Silence and Darkness
1:28:31 The Elephant Man
1:32:32 Satantango
1:36:20 Paterson
1:40:19 Part VI: War and Evil
1:40:55 Paths of Glory
1:44:50 Apocalypse Now *
1:48:37 Come and See
1:52:18 Shoah
1:56:09 The Thin Red Line
2:00:16 Part VII: Justice
2:00:56 12 Angry Men
2:04:40 Judgment at Nuremberg
2:08:49 Harakiri
2:12:33 Memories of Murder
2:16:27 No Country For Old Men *
2:20:24 Part VIII: Society
2:21:04 Network
2:24:44 Koyaanisqatsi *
2:28:25 Jurassic Park *
2:32:18 There Will Be Blood *
2:36:19 The Big Short
2:39:53 Part IX: Psyche
2:40:29 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
2:44:32 Taxi Driver
2:48:27 Heat *
2:52:24 Grizzly Man
2:56:11 Inception *
3:00:40 Part X: Goodness and Virtue
3:01:20 It's a Wonderful Life
3:05:28 Ikiru
3:09:27 The Shawshank Redemption *
3:13:21 The Lord of the Rings *
3:17:25 Kingdom of Heaven *
I've asterisked the films I've seen, only 17 out of the 50, but I'd like to see a few more.