Postmodern Movies, Postmodern List Movies

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988

7.5 /10

Pepa resolves to kill herself with a batch of sleeping-pill-laced gazpacho after her lover leaves her. Fortunately, she is interrupted by a deliciously chaotic series of events.

Run Time: 88 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Mar 25, 1988

Director: Director: Pedro Almodvar,

Stars: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Mara Barranco, Rossy de Palma,

Enter the Void 2009

7.2 /10

This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda. When Oscar is killed by police during a bust gone bad, his spirit journeys from the past -- where he sees his parents before their deaths -- to the present -- where he witnesses his own autopsy -- and then to the future, where he looks out for his sister from beyond the grave.

Run Time: 161 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Jun 17, 2009

Director: Director: Gaspar No,

Stars: Paz de la Huerta, Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno,

Adaptation. 2002

7.7 /10

Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald. While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean, Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'.

Run Time: 115 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Dec 06, 2002

Director: Director: Spike Jonze,

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Tilda Swinton, Jay Tavare,

Requiem for a Dream 2000

8.3 /10

The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.

Run Time: 102 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Oct 06, 2000

Director: Director: Darren Aronofsky,

Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald,

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003

6.3 /10

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

Run Time: 109 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Jul 02, 2003

Director: Director: Jonathan Mostow,

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, Earl Boen,

Starship Troopers 1997

7.3 /10

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

Run Time: 129 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Nov 07, 1997

Director: Director: Paul Verhoeven,

Stars: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris,

Natural Born Killers 1994

7.2 /10

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Run Time: 118 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Aug 25, 1994

Director: Director: Oliver Stone,

Stars: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore,

Pulp Fiction 1994

8.9 /10

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Run Time: 154 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Sep 10, 1994

Director: Director: Quentin Tarantino,

Stars: John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames,

Blue Velvet 1986

7.7 /10

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Run Time: 120 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Jan 01, 1986

Director: Director: David Lynch,

Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, Hope Lange,

The Terminator 1984

8.1 /10

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Run Time: 108 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Oct 26, 1984

Director: Director: James Cameron,

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen,

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

8.6 /10

Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

Run Time: 137 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Jul 03, 1991

Director: Director: James Cameron,

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Joe Morton,