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. 1 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 2 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 28 top lists Check
  3. 4 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 33 top lists Check
  5. 6 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 32 top lists Check
  6. 7 +2

    Fight Club

    1999, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 8 -1

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 29 top lists Check
  8. 9 -1

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 12 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 38 top lists Check
  10. 13 +3

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 23 top lists Check
  11. 15 +3

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 16 +1

    American History X

    1998, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 17 +3

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 18 -3

    The Lion King

    1994, in 22 top lists Check
  15. 22 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 24 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
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    The Godfather: Part II

    1974, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 26 +1

    Sátántangó

    1994 — a.k.a. Satantango, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 30 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 33 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 35 +1

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 40 +2

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 41 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 32 top lists Check
  24. 42 +2

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 43 -3

    Band of Brothers

    2001, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 46 -1

    Catch Me If You Can

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 48 +1

    The Pianist

    2002, in 19 top lists Check
  28. 49 +2

    The Departed

    2006, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 51 +9

    American Beauty

    1999, in 22 top lists Check
  30. 52 +1

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 53 -6

    The Room

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  32. 55 +4

    Breaking Bad

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 57 +1

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975 — a.k.a. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 62 +2

    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 63 +3

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 67 +2

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 69 +2

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 73 +1

    Casablanca

    1942, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 74 +15

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 10 top lists Check
  40. 78 -2

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 79 -4

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 17 top lists Check
  42. 80 +4

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 32 top lists Check
  43. 81 -35

    The Tree of Life

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 84 +3

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 88 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 32 top lists Check
  46. 89 -3

    Modern Times

    1936, in 29 top lists Check
  47. 90 +9

    Ai no mukidashi

    2008 — a.k.a. Love Exposure, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 91 +3

    Game of Thrones

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 94 +1

    Amadeus

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  50. 95 +3

    Fargo

    1996, in 23 top lists Check