Care to list the films you regard as monuments to "the human condition"?

The Pianist.
Interstellar.
Glengarry Glenn Ross.
Wolf of Wall Street.
Full Metal Jacket.

The grapes of wrath
To kill a mockingbird

The 400 Blows
The Bicycle Thief
The Apartment
Marty
Annie Hall
Kramer vs Kramer
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Sideways
The Wrestler
Man on Wire
127 Hours
Boyhood

I like many of the ones listed above. I will add, Shawshank Redemption.

Patch Adams
What The Deaf Man Heard
This is where I was going to put Shawshank Redemption
Braveheart
The Sound Of Music

Stellar lists. Every one of them!

Twelve Angry Men
Inherit the Wind
Enchanted April
Life of Brian
About Time

The history of the world Part 2.
Young Frankenstein.
Saving Private Ryan.
We Were Soldiers

Grand Illusion
Rashamon

A Christmas Carol
Gentleman’s Agreement
The Best Years of Our Lives

Casablanca

Great picks, @janbb and @rockfan.

The Deer Hunter.
another vote for We were Soldiers Once.

Taxi driver
Sunshine
Gattaca
One flew over the Cuckoo’s nest
The world’s fastest indian
Apocalypse now
White

@rockfan Excellent taste

@ARE_you_kidding_me Sunshine is so great!

Frozen River
Ghost World
Sunset Boulevard
No Country for Old Men
Pan’s Labyrinth

@Haleth Some inexcusable flaws in science (like the part with them floating in space without a pressurized suit) but epic none the less. One of the most visual movies I have seen.

@Pachy: Which version of “A Christmas Carol” do you like best?

Mine is the musical version with Albert Finney.

My Left Foot
Empire of the Sun

Survival survival survival survival…