5. The Social Network - David Fincher
Previously known for: Seven, Fight Club and Zodiac The Social Network is a movie that focuses on greed, the strains of friendship and the nature of the internet. It is quintessentially Aaron Sorkin given the fact that it relies heavily on dialogue to build the characters just as much as it does their actions, but also mainly features long stretches of people talking in rooms. David Fincher's directorial style is very frenetic and typically gruesome in his most well know works. The pairing of Sorkin and Fincher makes no sense on paper yet somehow works out brilliantly here. Fincher tackles topics that he had previously never developed in his movies, while he is also able to restrain his usual style to create something that honors Sorkin's script in an interesting way. Gone are the stylized sequences of Fight Club, the nihilism and dread of Seven and the thriller elements on display in Zodiac. With The Social Network, Fincher used Sorkin's words to provide the style and let his camera linger on the characters to present the most well rounded story of his career.