Name: Top 10 Movies That Define Generation X
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We think you should watch these movies or don't we?

And today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 gen X movies.

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We're looking at films that were important for the generation born between 1961 and 1981 otherwise known as Generation X.

Although this generation is often stereotyped as apathetic, thes films speak to what many were thinking and feeling at the time.

In other words, they're more than just popular.

They helped capture the spirit of a generation.

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Ruth, please note we won't be including Spike Lee's Do the Right thing or Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

However, as their appeal is something that's transcended generations.

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Filmmakers Larry Clark and Harmony Corinne are no strangers to controversy.

And it was this 1995 film that first brought their unique and challenging ideas and visuals to the big screen.

Kids tells a very simple story about inner city kids and their experiences with sex, drugs and boredom.

This ties into the overarching apathy that many Gen Xers were feeling around this time, while also serving as a dramatic shift from the feel good kids films of the 19 eighties.

How am I gonna get him after what he did?

Well, what did he dio he still have virginity.

Corinne Screenplay is harsh and unforgiving, while Clark directs the film with a lurid I that raised critical eyebrows then and continues to do so today.

No, I can't My mom will let me have with number nine boys in the hood.

Realistic depictions of inner city life weren't exactly commonplace on the big screen in 1991.

Manu was scary Cat, My momma say a bullet don't have no name on it.

And perhaps that's why Generation X responded so intensely to writer director John Singleton's feature directorial debut, Boys in the Hood.

It's a coming of age tale but told from a fresh and honest perspective while covering thematic ground that was long overdue.

Boys in the hood doesn't sugarcoat or apologize for the life choices of its characters, and it makes us care about the story being told, even if there is a whole lot of gray area in between right and wrong.

Moreover, Singleton's film introduced actors like Angela Bassett, Cuba Gooding Jr and Ice Cube audiences that were ready to embrace them as the future stars.

They would become Man, pick Chris Up, pump my start trip.

That's the food pressure Hey e even got my gap number eight office space.

Mike Judge had already endeared himself big time to Gen Xers with his hit animated series Beavis and Butthead before jumping to the big screen.

So it makes sense that his first live action feature film also resonated with, um, Office space came at the right place in the right time, capturing the desire of Generation X to break away from the dreary 95 doldrums.

Yeah, you apparently didn't put one of the new cover sheets on your TPS reports.

The film achieves this end with a whole bunch of great satire and quotable humor.

But office space, like many Mike judge projects, is a lot smarter than it might seem at first glance.

Oh, Oh, I gotta wake my ass up at six AM every day this week, drag upto Alaska Linda's.

Yeah, I'm doing the drywall up there at the new McDonald's.

Many comedies seem dated right after they hit theaters, but office space continues to strike nerves and funny bones.

Years later, it looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately, I wouldn't say I've been missing it.

That's number seven Singles Singles was another hit for former Rolling Stone writer and fast times at Ridgemont High screenwriter Cameron Crowe and an example of just how adept the director was at connecting with young people across generations.

Remember how old 23 seemed when you were little?

I mean, I thought people were gonna be traveling in airlocks and I would have five kids.

Generation X was the intended target this time, and with grunge rock at an all time high, singles hit a bullseye by setting it's romantic comedy story in Seattle.

I mean, don't treat this like casual sex.

There are few movies Mawr, quintessential e nineties than this one, right down to members of Sound Garden and Pearl Jam appearing as supporting characters.

Okay, okay, so the haircuts and fashion choices and singles probably haven't aged all that well.

But for viewers of a certain age, Cameron Crowe's story just hits all the right wistful buttons.

Number six Empire Records so is working in a record store Really, like living out Empire Records?

But that didn't stop in entire generation of people, from daydreaming about the kinds of adventures and lives drama and all that these very cool and very pretty people enjoyed on a daily basis.

Oh, I've decided I'm going to start a band.

Empire Records stood out from the often cynical portrayal of Gen X Youth and film by presenting a group of friends who seemed to genuinely enjoy each other's company.

The fact that the film boasted a killer soundtracks certainly didn't hurt matters any four viewers today, Empire Records is just pure nostalgia.

Ah, look back at a time when we could all pretend that slinging CDs and tapes could actually pay the bills.

Typical Nutty Teenager in America Number five Before Sunrise Before Sunrise is a unique film on this list and that it seems to have more in common with the slow burn cinema of the 19 seventies.

Director and co writer Richard Linklater capitalized on the success of his 1993 hit Dazed and Confused to create this sweet, smart and touching love story.

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