30 Most Important Movies Made Since 2000

21. Hunger

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
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Acclaimed artist Steve McQueen took the plunge into cinema with this challenging and observing depiction of Bobby Sands' final days in the Maze Prison. The start of a prolific and scintillating partnership between McQueen and Fassbender, the actor put himself through Hell to attain the physique of a hunger striker.

Worth watching for the unbroken take alone.

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