10. Young Slackers Are Smarter And Better Than Everyone Else - Reality Bites
Reality Bites is a thoroughly entertaining and superbly acted film that is extremely relatable for a lot of people, as it details that awkward transitional period so many of us have gone through between the end of education and the start of your actual life. The crux of the film is Leleina's (Winona Ryder) decision between two men, the first of whom is Michael (Ben Stiller), a sensible man who works hard and has a nice car as well as various other fruits of his labours. The other guy is Troy (Ethan Hawke), a philosophical lay-about who eschews regular employment in favour of mooching off of his friends wherever possible. The film paints Hawke as the hero of the piece, and it's really pretty immature; the guy hasn't got a job, has a ridiculous sense of entitlement, and is constantly trying to get back at "the man" for undisclosed reasons. Meanwhile, Stiller's Michael, who is really just your average guy trying to get by in life, is painted as a a soulless sell-out who isn't worthy of Leleina. The way the characters, namely Leleina, mock anyone who is older than them or, you know, has their life together suggests that young philosophers are, of course, really just better and smarter than the rest of us.