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. 314 +24

    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 614 +132

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 375 -9

    All the President's Men

    1976, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 94 +1

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  5. 533 -14

    Apollo 13

    1995, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 518 +10

    Argo

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 43 -3

    Band of Brothers

    2001, in 1 top list Check
  8. 873 +15

    Black Hawk Down

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 691 +50

    Boardwalk Empire

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 200 -4

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  11. 800 +22

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 558 -17

    Empire of the Sun

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 706 -56

    Frost/Nixon

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  14. 496 -25

    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 502 +19

    Gangs of New York

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 414 +3

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 161 -1

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 202 -7

    Hotel Rwanda

    2004, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 255 -7

    In the Name of the Father

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 748 -28

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 910 +32

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 110 -1

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 900 new

    L'armata Brancaleone

    1966 — a.k.a. For Love and Gold, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 603 -

    The Last King of Scotland

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  25. 523 -13

    The Last Samurai

    2003, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 563 -12

    Letters from Iwo Jima

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 438 +32

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 433 -2

    Milk

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 593 +14

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 15 +3

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 735 -5

    Tombstone

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 965 new

    Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei

    2004 — a.k.a. Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow, in 1 top list Check
  33. 166 -3

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 424 -13

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 539 +125

    The World at War

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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