Dune
Dune endures because it excels at integrating a cornucopia of interesting ideas into a seamless whole, without force feeding the reader and actually encouraging them to develop their own thoughts on the subject matter.
Personal Canon
The Hit
The film’s shift away from the gangster tropes of its introductory scenes to a more contemplative and philosophical mode of storytelling makes the final scenes much more jarring.
Solaris
Mankind does not understand itself deeply, and yet we persist in our investigations into the mysterious and risk being overwhelmed by things we can’t comprehend.
Le Samouraï
He is skilled at his profession, but takes no joy in it—not a glamorized hitman, but an isolated man, stripped of his humanity, enduring a downward spiral toward his own personal eschaton.