6. Go (Pi)
Despite being one of the oldest and most complex games known to man, Go is deceptively simple. Black and white pieces are placed on a large grid and are captured when they're surrounded by the enemies pieces. In Aronofsky's debut techie-noir thriller, a brilliant but troubled mathematician has unlocked a code which may be the secrets of the stock market, or possibly to the world as we know it. But before his life spins out of control in a series of crippling migraines and assaults from Hasidic Jews, he plays Go with his colleague and mentor. As they discuss their project over the game, Max learns that the long string of numbers he believed he'd received in error may actually be the key to his success. While the film is shot in black and white and they play a board game of countless black and white pieces, the pieces of Max's own life are far from so neatly dichromatic as he toes the line of madness and brilliance.