4. 8 1/2
Federico Fellini's quintessential masterpiece about the struggle of the creative process. In a film that gets more wildly surreal and fantastic as it goes along, 8 1/2 tells the tale of a successful film director going through a serious case of "director's block" while shooting his latest movie. What transpires are moments of utter brilliance, augmented by the standard Fellini dream sequences and broken relationships with broken women. This 1963 film at its heart tackles the subject of how much of yourself are you willing to give into your art, all the while showcasing Fellini's fantastic style that was and still is completely his own.