The 50 Most Life-Changing Movies of All Time

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About this video essay:
After a lifetime of exploring cinema, I brought together the 50 greatest movies that most profoundly impacted my worldview, my beliefs, and of which I can genuinely say that they changed my life for the better.

0:00 The Set-Up
1:50 Part I: Existence
2:23 The Seventh Seal
5:58 2001: A Space Odyssey
9:55 Blade Runner
13:31 The Tree of Life
17:34 The Turin Horse
21:10 Part II: Time and Memory
21:45 8,5
25:47 The Mirror
30:12 Once Upon a Time in America
33:39 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
37:28 Arrival
41:25 Part III: Passion
42:03 Andrei Rublev
45:49 Amadeus
49:43 The Prestige
53:41 Synecdoche, New York
57:32 First Man
1:01:34 Part IV: Love
1:02:13 Dersu Uzala
1:06:05 Children of Heaven
1:09:40 Good Will Hunting
1:13:18 Before Sunset
1:17:05 Portrait of a Lady on Fire
1:20:48 Part V: Humanity
1:21:24 Tokyo Story
1:24:47 Land of Silence and Darkness
1:28:31 The Elephant Man
1:32:32 Satantango
1:36:20 Paterson
1:40:19 Part VI: War and Evil
1:40:55 Paths of Glory
1:44:50 Apocalypse Now
1:48:37 Come and See
1:52:18 Shoah
1:56:09 The Thin Red Line
2:00:16 Part VII: Justice
2:00:56 12 Angry Men
2:04:40 Judgment at Nuremberg
2:08:49 Harakiri
2:12:33 Memories of Murder
2:16:27 No Country For Old Men
2:20:24 Part VIII: Society
2:21:04 Network
2:24:44 Koyaanisqatsi
2:28:25 Jurassic Park
2:32:18 There Will Be Blood
2:36:19 The Big Short
2:39:53 Part IX: Psyche
2:40:29 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
2:44:32 Taxi Driver
2:48:27 Heat
2:52:24 Grizzly Man
2:56:11 Inception
3:00:40 Part X: Goodness and Virtue
3:01:20 It's a Wonderful Life
3:05:28 Ikiru
3:09:27 The Shawshank Redemption
3:13:21 The Lord of the Rings
3:17:25 Kingdom of Heaven
3:21:20 Honorable Mentions & Commentary

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Music:
Alistair Sung - Take Me Away
Luke Atencio - I'm Not Ready
Jude Cosmo - Luminance
Bytheway-May - Open Air
Luke Atencio - Hold Your Hand
Luke Atencio - Skies Speak
Gavin Brivik - We're on the Bus Home
Dexter Britain - Dream Array
Mike Casey - Venus
Ryan Taubert - Souls Battle
Stray Theories - These Mountains
Dexter Britain - Auld Lang Syne
Steffany Gretzinger - I Love You Lord

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Additional Music:
Corelli - 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
Bach - Mass in B minor
Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K 543
Oliver Michael - Taken from a Void
Smetana - Ma Vlast, Vltava (The Moldau)
Rouault - Brique a Braq
Eccles - Violin Sonata in G minor
Bach - Capriccio in B flat major, BWV 992
Purcell - Chacony in G minor
Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major K 447
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491
Kyle Preston - Illustris Simulation
Mozart - Sonata in E flat
Albinoni - Adagio in G minor
Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Chopin - Funeral March in C minor, Op. 72 No. 2
Franck - Pieces Posthumes 35 & 36
Mozart - Don Giovanni, K 527
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Wagner - Siegfried, WWV 86C
Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C minor, K 551
Toccata - Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 42
Zolnowski - Kwartet Japonski I
Chopin - Etude Op. 25, No. 1
Wagner - Tannhauser, WWV 70
Mozart - Andante Cantabile, Sonata, K. 330