Memento (2001) - Christopher Nolan is quickly becoming the replacement of Steven Spielberg, a director whose name alone puts ass in seat. Memento was his golden ticket to notoriety, and it made a splash in the art house circuit at its release in 2001. It didn’t just receive ample critical acclaim, it also brought in 40 mil internationally. That’s gangbusters at the B.O. as far as art house is concerned. Its big attraction? Memento is told backwards, inverting the chronological order so the first scene in the movie’s timeline is its last and vice versa. Adding insult to injury, the main character, Lenny, can’t form new memories. It’s a dazzling display of subjective storytelling in film form and proves the narrative liberties usually only found in literature can be enjoyed equally as well in cinema.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)- As easy as it is to love, it’s even easier to sell. It’s one of the most famous Westerns ever made, but it‘s so modern in its make you’d mistake it for a contemporary actioner. It couldn’t be more fun, a lot of which is undoubtedly due to the two main characters. The title characters, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, are played by screen legends Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Their chemistry jumps off the screen, and it’s one of the great bromances of film history. It’s dangerous, irreverent, and fantastically thrilling fun.