What 5 movies would best represent us?

[Doc Safari]

It's a thousand years in the future.

Archaeologists of that time have discovered a site that appears to be a well-preserved city from the late twentieth or early twenty-first century.

Several days into the dig, they discover a hollow cylinder, sealed at both ends. When they open the container, they find what appear to be shiny silver plastic discs. One of the archaeologists speculates that these must be what the ancients called "DVD's."

Since the container was sealed, the contents are perfectly preserved. Another artifact appears to be a note that reads in the ancient language of English: "These five movies were sealed in this container as being the best representation of our civilization's history, culture, and values."

What five movies does the cylinder contain?

[Outlander Systems]

Idiocracy.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Idiocracy.

Close the thread, this man just won it in the first post!

[Moose-Knuckle]

Okay my contribution.

Network.

[Doc Safari]

You guys can pick more than one movie. That's why I said "five movies."

My List:

1. Idiocracy

For obvious reasons this pretty much describes our civilization. Unfortunately.

2. Saturday Night Fever

For showing big city life and the desire to party and impress the opposite sex more than anything else.

3. Saving Private Ryan

For showing what war is really like (supposedly).

4. The Searchers

To my mind, this is one of the best and most realistic westerns ever made.

5. Gravity

I'm debating if this may be the best sci-fi film of all time. I certainly think it's the most realistic.

[SteyrAUG]

Idiocracy.

Beat me to it.

[SteyrAUG]

5. Gravity

I'm debating if this may be the best sci-fi film of all time. I certainly think it's the most realistic.

Geeze, special effects aside I thought it was a pretty crappy movie.

[SteyrAUG]

Geeze, special effects aside I thought it was a pretty crappy movie.

My five would be:

1. Best Years of Our Lives
2. Citizen Kane
3. Blackhawk Down
4. Heat
5. Death Wish

Rather than let Hollywood attempt to "represent" history in a factual way, I figured it would be more interesting to see how good movies hold up over time.

[TriviaMonster]

I don't want the future Amerikans to think (if its allowed) that we were losers, so Star Trek. Not the new ones.

[fixit69]

Geeze, special effects aside I thought it was a pretty crappy movie.

Pretty much this. It was great to look at (cg sfx), but was hard to watch.

I'm thinking:
In no particular order

Citizen Kane
Blackhawk Down/Lone Survivor( maybe not the best movies, but I like them)
Pulp Fiction(this may cause debate but its a polarizing movie)
Star Wars 1-6( yea some of it sucked, but Lucas created an amazing universe and its my list)
The best years of our lives. (Maybe not for some, but hey it's my list)