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100 Best Movies About American Life

Roger Ebert once said about (one of my favorite movies) Hoop Dreams that it was "one of the best movies about American life" he had ever seen. So I made a list based off of him saying that.
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12 Years a Slave (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
2
25th Hour (2002)
25th Hour (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
3
8 Mile (2002)
8 Mile (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
4
American Beauty (1999)
American Beauty (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
5
American Graffiti (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
American History X (1998)
American History X (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
7
American Splendor (2003)
American Splendor (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
8
Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
9
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
10
As Good as It Gets (1997)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
11
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
13
Big (1988)
Big (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
14
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
15
The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Birdman (2014)
Birdman (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
17
Black Swan (2010)
Black Swan (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
18
Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
20
The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
21
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
22
Capote (2005)
Capote (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
23
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
24
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
25
Clueless (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
26
Coming to America (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
27
Crash (2005)
Crash (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   74%
28
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
29
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
30
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
31
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
32
Easy Rider (1969)
Easy Rider (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
33
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
34
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
35
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
36
Field of Dreams (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
37
Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
38
The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
39
The Fisher King (1991)
The Fisher King (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
40
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   70%
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