50. Pulp Fiction (1994) d: Quentin Tarantino
This was lightning striking at the cinema. Tarantino was a video store clerk who watched everything, then put his knowledge in a Cuisinart and made a film that was at once part of cinema history yet fresh and new.
49. Jerry Maguire (1996) d: Cameron Crowe
Never has a crisis of conscience been so entertaining. We already knew Tom Cruise is a star, but this informed us Cuba Gooding Jr and Renee Zellweger are too.
48. War of the Worlds (2005) d: Steven Spielberg
This set the disaster movie on its ear, showing the carnage from the point of view of the fleeing survivor, yet not minimizing the horror of death surrounding.
47. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) d: Danny Boyle
Boyle's unique storytelling ability finally met a script at his level, (Although Trainspotting is close.)
46. Bullet in the Head (1990) d: John Woo
Woo's masterpiece not only has his stylized violence but also shows how a life of that violence can rot the soul.
45. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) d: Steven Chbosky
One of the best high school movies ever hits a third act twist that turns it into something much more.
44. Talk to Her (2002) d: Pedro Almodovar
Almodovar won his Oscar for a film only he could make, with his typical craziness but a level of heart his films rarely find.
43. Heavenly Creatures (1994) d: Peter Jackson
Jackson's big breakthrough puts us in the mindset of two homicidal teenagers, and it is hypnotic and unnerving. The two unknown teens in their first film are Melanie Lynskey and Kate Winslet.
42. Grand Canyon (1991) d: Lawrence Kasdan
Kasdan is remembered for The Big Chill, but his look at modern confusion in the early 1990s has sadly been forgotten. It shouldn't be.
41. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) d: Jonathan Demme
One of the most unnerving films of all time gets its chills not from gore but simply from the performance of Anthony Hopkins.
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