Okay, my real top ten:
- Brick
- Hackers
- Sneakers
- Punch-Drunk Love
- Grosse Point Blank
- Spirited Away
- The Matrix
- Unbreakable
- Dancer in the Dark
- Toy Story 2 (or maybe The Incredibles, this one is pretty close)
Honorable Mention: The part of High Fidelity where Moby hits Tim Robbins in the face with a telephone
You’ll notice that only two of these movies are older than ten years, and none of them older than twenty. If I get through even a quarter of my Netflix queue this year, this list will probably change a lot; I become more aware daily that I haven’t seen most of the movies that I would like, particularly with regard to noir.
Still, I’d say seven of the above are unassailable. (Consider Hackers pre-assailed.)