8. Man Bites Dog
Ranked high with difficult films to watch like Irreversible, Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom and Cannibal Holocaust, Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde's Man Bites Dog brings a vivacious face to Reality TV. Shot in black in white, the film centers on Ben (played by Benoît Poelvoorde) a charismatic serial killer who has allowed a documentary crew to follow him around as he goes about his daily happenings. What begins as morbid curiosity and the prize of being the first to get an exclusive on a real life psychopath, the crew get a more hands on approach to what life means to Ben when their naivety lands them in danger. For a film shot on a shoe-string budget with a handheld camera, Man Bites Dog looks incredible and the the inherent grain only adds to the realism of the film. Even better is the anamorphic widescreen. As far as sound goes, we can't expect anything more that a Dolby 2.0 but it is absolutely unnecessary for it to be anything superior to that.
While the features on this particular release are few in number, their scarcity is made up for with the inclusion of the fantastically bizarre short film No C4 for Daniel-Daniel. If the dark satirical nature of Man Bites Dog has you feeling down after its viewing, watch this short about a space buccaneer who stops a dinosaur exhibit from crushing a group of students, fights monsters and saves children from sex predators.