that may never be repeated because the movie was just so awesome that it may take years to recreate such an extravagant impact on the viewer:

taxi driver (because robert deniro will never be that young and creepy again, every other creepy character will just remind me of this movie)
hero (for creating a scene too beautiful to actually be a fight, e.g. the water scene. also the story was pretty damned good, too)
crouching tiger hidden dragon (for awesome fight scenes never before seen)
matrix (for obvious reasons)
fight club (cause, damn, that was a good book and good books like that rarely come wandering around with such good on-screen adaptation, just look at blade runner)

i'm sure there are loads more. :)

I'm not sure what this thread is. Movies that had a big impact on me? Here's a few.

Breathless (best french new wave film, the movement that brought us modern film)
Dr. Strangelove (fantastic poignant satire)
Three Colors Trilogy (the use of color to lead the viewer through the stories and emotions is absolutely stunning)
Raging Bull (best acting I've ever really seen and an amazing piece of art)
Evil Dead (taught me to appreciate B movies)

I'm not sure what this thread is. Movies that had a big impact on me?
yeah, it can be that. :) i was meaning movies that changed a genre or what have you, but movies that have a big impact on people, yeah, that matters, too.

movies that had a big impact on me:

1. Rad
2. Friday
3. Wall Street

no, im not being sarcastic. These are just movies Ive seen so many times i can recite them line for line....

Grizzly Man- An amazing film by acclaimed director, Werner Herzog. Truly remarkable. As remarkable as the fact that it has seen less distribution than Rob Schneider’s new “comedy”. Again, truly remarkable.
Old Boy- A cruel, sadistic, ****ed up, yet somehow brilliant and emotional film. The plot’s revelation is less a Hollywood sucker punch, and more of gut shot. And what a gut shot it is. As per usual, Hollywood is preparing a remake because cheap imitations and remakes is all they’re capable of. And you can be certain they won’t recreate this film’s ending. Not ever.
Dr. Strangelove- see post #2.
The Thing- Hell of a horror film. And it has aged well.
Pulp Fiction- Not one of my favorites to be honest, but at the time I remember being surprised by how much I was entertained by the dialogue as I was the almost surreal situations the characters found themselves in. Far too many imitations of it have sort of cheapened the film, but it's still solid.

The Manchurian Candidate (1960)
Forbidden Planet
Blade Runner
2001
My Neighbor Totoro - never laughed more during a movie
Spirited Away

I think one of the movies that I walked out with my jaw on the ground was American History X...

I think one of the movies that I walked out with my jaw on the ground was American History X...
Everyone loves this movie. I just don't get it, my friend and I were laughing throughout the entire movie when we saw it we thought it was so bad. Sure, the moral curve is good, but it was so horribly scripted and directed it was laughable. Norton is a great actor, but even he couldn't salvage that piece of turd.

I have been thinking about this, and my answer is Nemesis. I choose Nemesis because I did not see the end coming for Data, but it was fitting.

:confused: Nemisis changed/defined a genre? I'm not sure I buy that, even if it is an opinion.