3. The Imagination Trilogy
The Films: Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988).
Why So Awesome: After showing he could do more than just direct his friends with the criminally underrated Jabberwocky, Terry Gilliam ended up spending the next decade creating what is now known as The Imagination Trilogy. What makes this trio stand out against the rest on this list is that while the films remain unconnected, its the director whos dubbed them a trilogy. This trilogy takes us through imagination (duh) of three different ages. Each of the films, which saw Gilliam rise to greatness as a proper director and not just a former-Python, have a bent similar to their protagonist. The trilogy presents three differents types of imagining events which mirror how human obsessions change as we grow older. As children (Time Bandits), we live in the now, imagining an altered present. As adults (Brazil), we look to a future away from our current existence. And in old (ish) age (Baron Munchausen), we go back and reinvent the events we've lived.