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Essential Viewing

This is a non-exhaustive list of movies that have, at some point, reached into my little brain and rewired it for better or for worse. It is not a list of favorites. The Truman Show is not on here because seriously $@&$ The Truman Show.
The first five are important. After that point, they are in alphabetical order.
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What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)
6.9
2
National Velvet (1944)
National Velvet (1944)
100%7.3
3
The Little Prince (1974)
The Little Prince (1974)
6.5
4
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
69%7.2
5
Wings of Desire (1987)
Wings of Desire (1987)
98%8.0
6
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
44%6.8
7
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
100%6.9
8
The Aristocats (1970)
The Aristocats (1970)
64%7.1
9
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
69%5.0
10
Below Her Mouth (2017)
Below Her Mouth (2017)
21%5.5
11
The Book of Life (2014)
The Book of Life (2014)
83%7.3
12
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
41%6.7
13
Calamity Jane (1953)
Calamity Jane (1953)
73%7.2
14
Call Me Madam (1953)
Call Me Madam (1953)
80%6.8
15
Colorado Sunset (1939)
Colorado Sunset (1939)
6.5
16
D.E.B.S. (2004)
D.E.B.S. (2004)
42%5.3
17
Dinotopia (2002)
Dinotopia (2002)
18
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
98%8.4
19
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
16%4.0
20
Eight Below (2006)
Eight Below (2006)
72%7.3
21
Electric Dreams (1984)
Electric Dreams (1984)
44%6.5
22
Enough Already! (1996)
Enough Already! (1996)
23
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
83%8.0
24
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
70%8.8
25
Freaky Friday (2003)
Freaky Friday (2003)
88%6.2
26
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
98%7.1
27
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
57%6.4
28
Gravity (2013)
Gravity (2013)
96%7.7
29
Hairspray (1988)
Hairspray (1988)
98%7.0
30
Hairspray (2007)
Hairspray (2007)
92%6.7
31
Harold and Maude (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
86%7.9
32
Hell's Angels (1930)
Hell's Angels (1930)
75%7.3
33
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
87%8.2
34
In July (2000)
In July (2000)
89%7.7
35
Interstellar (2014)
Interstellar (2014)
72%8.6
36
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
70%7.5
37
Ladyhawke (1985)
Ladyhawke (1985)
68%7.0
38
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
100%7.7
39
The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King (1994)
93%8.5
40
New York Stories (1989)
New York Stories (1989)
75%6.4
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