10 films that made today's cinema.

1. American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973) and 2. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
Without them, we wouldn't have: Requiem for a Dream, Donnie Darko, All the Real Girls, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Napoleon Dynamite.
3. Superman: The Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
Without it, we wouldn't have: Spider-Man, X-Men, Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, Sin City
4. The Brady Bunch Movie (Betty Thomas, 1995) and 5. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
Without them, we wouldn't have: Starsky & Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Shaun of the Dead, the Scary Movie trilogy, The Blair Witch Project.
6. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonz, 1999)
Without it, we wouldn't have: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sideways, Palindromes, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, American Splendor.
7. A Better Tomorrow (John Woo, 1986)
Without it, we wouldn't have: Oldboy, Infernal Affairs, 2046, Kill Bill, Zatoichi.
8. The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998)Without it, we wouldn't have: Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies, Dude, Where's My Car?, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
9. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994) and 10. Hoop Dreams (Steve James, Frederick Marx, 1994)
Without them, we wouldn't have: Fahrenheit 9/11, Capturing the Friedmans, My Architect, Dig!

Discuss.