The Iron Giant (1999): Saw it in theaters for its 20th anniversary, this may or may not but still probably is my most rewatched movie of all time, I've seen it close to 14 times now, and it's definitely a favorite, certainly when it comes to animated films, it's my dad's all time favorite movie too. Nothing much new to say about a film I've seen so many times, but this one never gets old. A great blend in humor and emotion, I can see why a lot of people call it a perfect movie. 10/10
Scream (1996): The movie that re-sparked the slasher genre and popularized self-aware horror genre. What's so good about this film that a lot of so called "self-aware" horror films fail to do is to actually give the self-awareness a point. While other movies try and fail to be funny because "hahah just because we make fun of tropes in a genre automatically makes our movie super funny and we don't have to do anything else to make it a quality movie, right?", Scream uses it to to actually strengthen its horror. I think this is one of the more disturbing slashers, as it definitely feels more realistic, no super over the top kills (besides the garage door), the killer isn't some magic man capable of entering dreams or seemingly teleporting everywhere, just two very disturbed teenagers who can make the same mistakes the protagonist can. Something that makes this film even more disturbing is that it only came out a few years before Columbine, and why I'm not saying anything crazy like this movie somehow predicted it, there are certainly a few odd parallels to it. Regardless of spooky coincidences, this movie does a lot right that the movies it inspired didn't. Also the cover of Don't Fear the Reaper near the beginnig is really good. I'd give this movie a high 7/10