Anthony, 24
Baton Rouge, LA
In my opinion, it's Forrest Gump. It doesn't get any better than that.
Nicole
Elk Grove, CA
There's been a lot of changes over the past hundred years so to pick a movie that covers it all is tough. It would have to be a film that covers the effects of change on a variety of subjects and then finds the common grounds in an interesting way. I don't think one's been made yet. But if it means anything my favorite films are True Stories (with The Talking Heads) and Willard.
Alias Irrelevante
St. Elmo's Fire. It shows a number of men AND women graduating from college, what they go through as they move into adulthood, love, loss, single parenthood, rich, poor, success, failure, and through it all the closeness of friendship. It also has one of the most positive songs to ever grace a soundtrack (Man In Motion).
Lindsay, 21
Harrisonburg, VA
I think that's an extremely difficult question, because most movies only cover a very specific period of time. If they are spread out over generations or whatever, as in Legends of the Fall, they're confined to a specific culture.
The little clips in between scenes of Mr. Holland's Opus were good summaries, but they didn't cover the whole century or the whole world by any means. . .
Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames, IA
Oh wow, tough question. I would have to say American Beauty. It's a film that shows how the family has evolved throughout time, but keeps in mind the individual. Plus, American Beauty proves that the quest for beauty, love, and truth is still alive and well.
Amy, 23
Baton Rouge, LA
What film of the last 100 years sums up the tone and character of the last 100 years the best? Any James Bond movie.
Good vs Evil
Glamoring overconsumption
Techno-tchotchkas
Women as objects
Putting white Anglo-Saxon men on a pedastal
I'm feeling just a little cynical today.
Laura, 34
Lowell, MA
I'm not a movie goer and not one to parrot other people's opinions.
Jill, 59
Saylorsburg, PA
I think Network, the 1976 movie that was written by Paddy Chaefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. .
It's funny, fast, cynical and sad. . . It's sentimental moments(mainly between the William Holden character and his screen wife(who won a Best Supporting Actress for the part, despite being in only about two or three scenes)) are riveting and heartbreaking. . .
mothmc, 35
Pensacola, FL
Citizen Kane. Driving ego, image, empire, success, failure, love lost, fame, fortune, loneliness, longing, lost youth, media, power, and so much more that defines the 20th century. Not to mention it was a groundbreaking, cinematic masterpiece.
Felicia, 34
Somerville, MA