Conversation Starters

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Created by Rywaba.

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If you want to have something to talk about with a friend, watch one of these movies together and you should be set for conversation for a while. I didn't select each of these movies individually; rather, I used a stupidly complicated "discussability" formula that I devised to generate this list. I have another list called "Discussable Movies" with a better formula, but I lost that formula and couldn't recreate it, so this here is my best attempt.

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  1. 131 -1

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 905 +68

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 733 +2

    The Thin Man

    1934, in 14 top lists Check
  4. 238 +15

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 88 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 657 -23

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 525 +8

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 929 +12

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 170 +12

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 462 -23

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  11. 458 +53

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 223 +16

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  13. 168 +3

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 728 +84

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  15. 153 +1

    Dial M for Murder

    1954, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 249 +2

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  17. 224 +6

    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 191 -3

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 368 -22

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 315 +7

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  21. 565 -11

    Anatomy of a Murder

    1959, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 58 -1

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 289 +15

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  24. 66 -4

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 870 +22

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 154 -5

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 323 -38

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 271 +5

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
  29. 584 +14

    In the Heat of the Night

    1967, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 451 -46

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 177 +10

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 344 +53

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  33. 484 -7

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 637 -16

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  36. 274 -10

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 527 -39

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 995 new

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 354 +11

    Paper Moon

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 561 -13

    Papillon

    1973, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 566 -13

    Serpico

    1973, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 120 -4

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 25 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  44. 115 -7

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 937 -2

    Mitchell

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 41 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  47. 176 -7

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 183 +3

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  49. 582 -44

    Blood Simple

    1984, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 219 +7

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
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