Released: 2008

Director: Danny Boyle

Starring: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan

Yeah, the hype got a little extra, but Slumdog is definitely worth however many rupees your Netflix bill converts to. Boyle brings his white-man eye into the slums of Mumbai for the heart-lifting story of an orphan who spends his whole life fighting the odds for love...and one million dollars! Cue triumphant bhangra music!

YOU AUGHTA KNOW:

The big pit of shit that young Jamal leaps into was—thankfully—not made of real human excrement. It's actually a combo of peanut butter and chocolate. No wonder lil' homie looked so excited to be covered in it!