12.Kick-Ass (2010): Deadpool gets credited for starting the ultraviolent, meta R-rated superhero comedy movement. Something that the cinematic history books aren't likely to say is that Kick-Ass did the same schtick six years earlier. Not only did Kick-Ass beat Deadpool to the scene, for my money it did a far better job of being a properly fucked up take on a widely popular genre. Aided by a magnificent set of morally questionable characters (Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular hero, Chloe Grace Moretz as the foul mouthed Hit Girl, Nicolas Cage as Hit Girl's vigilante father Big Daddy, Mark Strong as the ruthless mob boss Frank D'Mico, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as D'mico's punk son who desperately want to get involved in the family business), Matthew Vaughn brought Mark Millar's graphic novel to life with an ideal mix of depravity and hilarity that allowed it to become an instant cult classic.
11.Marriage Story (2019): I sincerely wasn't prepared for Marriage Story. Noah Baumbach created a story about divorce that spends so much time establishing its characters, why their relationship deteriorated and how their initially civil separation process devolves into a nasty custody battle that the wall of fiction that typically exists in a narrative film gets broken down. Every situation, word, emotion and person on the screen feels completely authentic and that deep, almost eerie foot in reality is what makes Marriage Story such a singularly devastating film to sit through.
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