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Full In the Loop

Advanced guide to getting in the loop.

Supplementary to "Civilization Essentials."

If a movie is on this list, then it has one of these:
-Pop culture reference value
-Meme value
-Example of a namedropped director/producer/actor
-Popularity + cult popularity
-Had a cultural impact regardless of quality

  • Modern Times
  • Nosferatu
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Rashomon
  • Bonnie and Clyde
  • The Karate Kid
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Shrek
  • Casablanca
  • Dazed and Confused
  • Twilight
  • A Trip to the Moon
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Citizen Kane
  • The Fast and the Furious
  • The Evil Dead
  • La Haine
  • Oppenheimer
  • Barbie
  • 27 Dresses
  • The Goonies
  • Chinatown
  • Red, White & Royal Blue
  • Bridesmaids
  • Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia
  • Baby Driver
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
  • Bridget Jones's Diary
  • The Suicide Squad
  • The Little Mermaid
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Emma
  • Booksmart
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • The Full Monty
  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • Barbie: Fairytopia
  • Bones and All
  • American Pie
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Indecent Proposal
  • Léon: The Professional
  • Hamilton
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
  • Sophie's Choice
  • Miss Congeniality
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • Wall Street
  • The Muppets
  • Ghost
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • 28 Days Later
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • My Best Friend's Wedding
  • Radio Rebel
  • Eraserhead
  • The Elephant Man
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • Juno
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Glass Onion
  • Knives Out
  • Iron Man
  • X
  • Pearl
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Dune
  • Little Women
  • The Batman
  • Little Women
  • Bodies Bodies Bodies
  • Bird Box
  • North by Northwest
  • Zodiac
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Dunkirk
  • 1917
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Jackass Forever
  • Spider-Man 2
  • Spider-Man
  • The Birds
  • s Ha
  • Easy A
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Nashville
  • Rocky II
  • Ocean's Eight
  • Ocean's Twelve
  • Ocean's Thirteen
  • Rear Window
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • 13 Going on 30
  • The Godfather Part III
  • The Godfather Part II
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
  • Maze Runner: The Death Cure
  • Before Sunrise