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12. Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects (1995) Before watchingThe Usual Suspects, place yourself in the shoes of Agent Kujan, who’s tasked with investigating a massacre on a ship. He’s left to interrogate one of the two survivors and try to interpret his convoluted stories. In his shoes, you’ll better appreciate the iconic twist. Verbal KintofThe Usual Suspectsis the archetypal unreliable narrator. His unstoppable yapping, his shaking, his stutters—they all point to the fact that something is amiss....

12. The Bigger, The Better It’s obvious: the bigger the blade, the more destructive it is. Huge swords depict that their wielders are brutally strong as they’re apparently able to carry and swing a massively gigantic blade, slashing every enemy they come across. Yoru of Mihawk (One Piece) and the Executioner’s Blade of Zabuza (Naruto) are notable examples of big anime blades. What about guns? Well, bigger guns are sure to be more explosive, with huge bullets packed with gunpowder—or even magic....

12. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018) The Man Who Killed Don Quixoteis notable for being one of the longest films to be stuck in development. It took 29 years—from 1989 to 2018—for Terry Gilliam to reach the final cut. At the start, Gilliam started production despite funding troubles, casting Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp in the lead roles. Little did he know what an arduous journey awaited him!...

13. Malcolm in the Middle (2000) Malcolm in the Middleis an iconic sitcom of the 2000s, centering on a family of six, set in a suburban Californian home where the money is tight and the antics are endless. Like most sitcoms, the family in question is dysfunctional at best, with a ruthlessly strict mother, a dopey father, and four misbehaving boys (until later when a fifth is born). The middle child of Lois (played by Jane Kaczmarek) and Hal (played by Bryan Cranston) is Malcolm (played by Frankie Muniz), the only character in the show to break the fourth wall....

13. Blade Runner (1982) Produced during the 1980s New Wave of Sci-Fi,Blade Runnerwas a hot mess that somehow became a cinematic masterpiece In it, director Ridley Scott married old-fashioned film noir with a dystopian cityscape for his (very loose) adaptation of Philip K. Dick’sDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The cult classic hit proved difficult from start to finish, with director Ridley Scott and star Harrison Ford clashing constantly. In fact, there were ill feelings all around in every which direction....