10 Blockbuster Films You Won't Believe Are Turning 20 Years Old
7. Bowling For Columbine
Two years before his investigative feature on the Bush administration's motives for war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's breakthrough documentary was released in 2002.
Directed, produced, written and narrated by Michael Moore, Bowling For Columbine is Moore's fifth documentary overall, focusing on the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and the United States' relationship with gun violence overall.
The documentary is littered with huge names - with South Park co-creator Matt Stone, NRA's then-president Charlton Heston, and Marilyn Manson all interviewed - and sees Michael Moore question the crime rate in the United States, and visiting Columbine High School while looking into the potential motives of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold - the two students responsible for the school shooting and attempted bombing which saw 12 students and one teacher killed.
Bowling For Columbine was critically acclaimed, winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature among others, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest documentaries in film history.
The budget for the movie was a mere $4 million, and it grossed over $58 million worldwide. Bowling For Columbine was the highest grossing documentary in the United Kingdom before being surpassed by Moore's own Fahrenheit 9/11.
How has the film aged? Well, sadly, many of the themes included are still prevalent today, and it's a rather poignant watch when you realise how little change there's been in 20 years - but through a purely cinematic lens, the documentary is still almost flawless two decades on.