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. 7 +2

    Fight Club

    1999, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 22 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 13 +3

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 1 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 317 +53

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 108 +9

    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 12 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 40 top lists Check
  8. 42 +2

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 4 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 51 +9

    American Beauty

    1999, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 344 +53

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 35 top lists Check
  12. 107 +6

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 17 +3

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 6 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 33 top lists Check
  15. 30 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 18 -3

    The Lion King

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 9 -1

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 24 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 8 -1

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 5 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 33 top lists Check
  21. 2 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 49 +2

    The Departed

    2006, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 143 +13

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 31 top lists Check
  24. 25 -

    The Godfather: Part II

    1974, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 15 +3

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 32 top lists Check
  26. 356 +35

    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 16 +1

    American History X

    1998, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 242 +15

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 35 +1

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 100 -4

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 41 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 63 +3

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 406 +72

    Black Swan

    2010, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 40 +2

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 21 top lists Check
  35. 95 +3

    Fargo

    1996, in 26 top lists Check
  36. 69 +2

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 52 +1

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 97 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 35 top lists Check
  39. 74 +15

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 347 +54

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 521 +167

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 119 +3

    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 33 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 212 +6

    Children of Men

    2006, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 73 +1

    Casablanca

    1942, in 36 top lists Check
  46. 62 +2

    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 167 -2

    Big Fish

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 46 -1

    Catch Me If You Can

    2002, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 216 +16

    The Social Network

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 230 +11

    La vita è bella

    1997 — a.k.a. Life Is Beautiful, in 19 top lists Check