Best movies

We all know how entertaining cinema can be, but we often forget just how important and powerful it has the potential to be as well. If we take a step back from gorging ourselves on Hollywood blockbusters, one can observe film’s capacity to change the world, to foretell social trends and challenging the way people think. Ever since cinema’s inception, it has brought about social change and affected the way we live, from our attitudes to race, gender and health, to the way in which we consume media.
Though it might not happen too often, occasionally a film will abound with the right mix of an incisive social commentary and humour, managing to entertain as it informs. Granted, not all entries on this list are entertaining – some are merely frightening social documents – but each has left an indelible mark on the world in its wake nevertheless.
Here are 10 movies that changed the world forever…