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I have compiled a list of brilliant films, exquisite works of art, that I feel everyone must watch. The thing is, these movies are so emotionally drenching, gut wrenching and hazardous to a delicate heart, I can never bring myself to watching them a second time as now I know what’s ahead of me and cannot go through such turmoil again.

Compliance (2012) – Director: Craig Zobel

 
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) – Director: Lynne Ramsay

 
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) – Director: Kurt Kuenne

 
Dancer in the Dark (2000) – Director: Lars von Trier

 
Requiem for a Dream (2000) – Director: Darren Aronofsky

 
Boys Don’t Cry (1999) – Director: Kimberly Peirce

 
 
* As with any of my ‘Top 10′ lists, upon publishing they usually don’t have 10 items in them as I like to leave room for future additions.

A friend needed to give a lecture on consumerism and asked for some assistance. Following is a list of films, quickly composed off the top of my head. I thought I’d share it (listed in chronological order):

Extra credit:

No Impact Man (USA, 2009) – Directors: Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein – documentary

Food, Inc. (USA, 2008) – Director: Robert Kenner – documentary

Fast Food Nation (USA, 2006) – Director: Richard Linklater

Our Daily Bread (Germany, 2005) – Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter – documentary

Super Size Me (USA, 2004) – Director: Morgan Spurlock – documentary

* Well, not really about food in general, but about the global and local impact of corporate production of our food.
** As with any of my ‘Top 10′ lists, upon publishing they usually don’t have 10 items in them as I like to leave room for future additions.

Brilliant piece of contemporary art in the form of a video mashup:

H/T: @mwesch
Lyrics after the jump.
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