18.Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016): Nine years after Hot Rod, The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone) produced another masterful comedy that sadly made no money in theaters, but went onto develop a rabid following once it hit home video/HBO. Applying their signature brand of absurd, sneaky clever humor to a mockumentary that pokes fun at the shallow ridiculousness of the music industry results in a movie that is consistently hysterical, highly rewatchable and features some of the best parody songs ever written.
17.Room (2015): Room is not an easy movie to watch. It deals with topics such as sexual assault, depression, trauma, abduction and the specific set of difficulties that human beings (both adult and child) face when trying to readjust to the real world after spending such a prolonged time involuntarily removed from it in a manner that is uncomfortably realistic. As harrowing as it is, the unflinching yet compassionate way that Room deals with these distressing subjects as well as how the narrative allows the mother/son protagonists (Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay-both astonishingly good) to slowly regain a sense of normalcy after the unspeakable horrors they were experienced made this an unbelievably potent human drama that is impossible to shake after consuming.
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