2. The Departed
"This movie is why I have no faith in the real-life justice system," you friend said, utterly shocked, emotionally drained, and completely dead to anything positive that could ever happen in his life during the opening credits of The Departed. "It's all corrupt even past the '70s, and it hurts common people who want to do good. This world truly is despair." Then, something incredible happened. You finally snapped. "Why are you watching it then?" Your friend didn't notice your tone in the least. "Because it's just so awesome! We have to remind people how awesomely everything sucks. This is art at its best. Because everything sucks." "Why don't you do something ab" You stopped, thought better, and changed the subject. "What about the Dragnet movie?" you encouraged. "You like the Dragnet movie." "Yeah," your friend half-smiled. "I do like the Dragnet movie." "Thatta boy. Now how about listening to Hugh Grant's narration at the beginning of Love Actually?" "I can't argue with that. After we finish this movie." You sank a little further into yourself as your a**hole friend protested at everyone (you) and everything for the next two hours about the amazing true despair of The Departed. But throughout your friend's scathing indictments, you still believed in positive things, as well as meaningful art (like The Departed for instance) to make things better. Even during the ultimate test of the top movie on this list.