10 Modern Movies That Will Be Viewed As Classics In Years To Come

7. Kill List (2011)

One of the most prolific horror directors of the moment, Ben Wheatley is also one of the most accomplished - his experimental mushroom odyssey A Field in England and warped comedy Sightseers could just as comfortably have taken a place on this list. But Kill List is the director's finest work to date, one that will some day be regarded alongside The Wicker Man and Witchfinder General as one of the classic British horrors. Nasty, gothic and raw, Kill List begins as a social-realist drama about two hitmen before veering off course into supernatural, pagan horror. Kill List is an unnerving film from its first shot, when a droning score plays over a scene of domestic strife, with soldier of fortune Jay (Neil Maskell) growing tired of life at home after a botched job the year previous sent him back to his family. When he and partner Gal (Michael Smiley) take on another job for the cash, in the form of a 'kill list', we realise something's off from the start: Jay begins to perform hits on names not even on his list, some of whom thank him and tell him "it's an honour", and a vicious hand wound spreads to the rest of his body, suspicious black marks eventually cabling across his torso. It all leads to an eerie scene of ritual sacrifice, and the suspicion that nothing you've seen in the film previous was even real.