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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

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • Heathers
  • The Breakfast Club
  • Ghostbusters
  • The Addams Family
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • Zootopia
  • Clueless
  • Pretty Woman
  • Men in Black
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • Mrs. Doubtfire
  • The Shape of Water
  • The Evil Dead
  • Saw
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • Catch-22
  • My Fair Lady
  • Big
  • The Conjuring
  • White Chicks
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • M*A*S*H
  • Poltergeist
  • Freaky Friday
  • Sleepless in Seattle
  • It
  • The Maze Runner
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
  • Pacific Rim
  • The Fast and the Furious
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  • The Conjuring 2
  • Showgirls
  • Dumb and Dumber
  • The Babadook
  • The Ring
  • Child's Play
  • The 40 Year Old Virgin
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Ready Player One
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • It
  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  • Alita: Battle Angel
  • Weekend at Bernie's
  • I, Robot
  • Tron
  • Scary Movie
  • Sex and the City
  • Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
  • Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
  • St. Elmo's Fire
  • Friday the 13th
  • Chicken Little
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Flowers for Algernon
  • The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
  • Children of the Corn
  • Baywatch
  • Suicide Squad
  • The Kissing Booth
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • A Trip to the Moon
  • Twilight
  • Dazed and Confused
  • Casablanca
  • Mission: Impossible
  • The Karate Kid
  • Bonnie and Clyde
  • Rashomon
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Nosferatu
  • Modern Times