Mmm, I like this idea. It's hard for me to think of 5 movies as I'm not much of a connoisseur anymore. 4 movies spring to mind at least


Donnie Darko: People that haven't seen this one may have at least heard of it. It's one of those pretentious indie movies that probably gets more gushing than it deserves. But it caught me out of left field, and I've never came across people annoyingly raving about it incessantly. I could just see it happening. It's one of those head-trippy experiences that deals with time travel, alternate realities, mental instability, mind control, bullying, murder, an extreme coming of age, maybe a little nihilism, and a whole lot of WTF. And I just loved it. The premise is a little weird, but the presentation, atmosphere, and acting were all really well done


Brick: Probably one of the best film noir movies ever made that probably not a lot of people have heard of. And it takes place in a damn high school. If the folks in Japan want to set things in high school and make it interesting to adults, they need to watch this movie. Kids that aren't afraid to murder, have underground societies, secret codes and code phrases, a drug cartel, a murder to solve. And all the characters are brilliantly clever and manipulative. These kids would all be able to play "the game" in Game of Thrones no problem. It's so surreal and well done. And again, this one caught me by surprise and didn't let go. Very well done


The Dark Crystal: Now's a great time to catch up on Jim Henson's masterpiece for anyone interested in another art medium aside from live action, animation, or stop-motion. Probably the grandest of any puppet movie ever. Set in a dark fantasy world like nothing else, with little puppet people living a harsh life under a dictatorship of a council of monsters known as Skeksis that look like horribly disfigured giant birds who have an army of even more enormous beatle/crab things to go out and collect slaves to sacrifice and drain their life essence into a youth serum. And the last survivor of a race the skeksis thought they wiped out trying to find a way to infiltrate their fortress and stop a doomsday ceremony they're about to partake in. Surreal and extremely fascinating if you've never heard of or experienced anything like it before. And there is not much out there like it. And now Netflix is about to revive it in a mini-series, and I can't wait


The Princess Bride: Ah man the influence this movie has had on me, and probably many in the film industry. It's an a-typical fantasy adventure about a pretty farm girl being forced to marry a prince that nobody likes and get ends up getting kidnapped by this weird trio of memorable and even lovable rogues who just want to kill her and blame a neighboring kingdom and start a civil war for money. All of the characters are Disney Animated Feature level of memorable and well written and damn well acted, it's an extremely quotable movie for its age and an amusing and memorable adventure from beginning to end, without any of the normal tropes and cliches you tend to get with this sort of thing


I'm not sure what my number five would have have to be. I've been wracking my brain trying to think if there are any legitimate sci-fi or animated movies that I found as profound, and nothing springs to mind. So I'll have to come back later to finish my list when I'm more awake and something springs to mind