The Social Network (2010)

David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin turned the founding of Facebook into a Shakespearean tragedy of ambition and betrayal, with Jesse Eisenberg’s Mark Zuckerberg as a tragic anti-hero. The rowing scene, the depositions, the relentless score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—it pulses with the cold, anxious energy of the digital age. This is the contrarian pick: it’s young for a list of all-time greats, but its razor-sharp dialogue and prescient critique of power earn its seat.