[mke]

1) It’s a classic and perhaps a cliche, but The Shawshank Redemption will profoundly change your view of the world.

2) Then, on the nature of competition, obsession and greatness The Prestige and There Will Be Blood

4) And then there are days where I still wonder to myself, what the heck happened in Primer ?

[Markoff]

1) how? I consider The Shawshank redemption romantic movie for women, if you want more realistic portrayal of prison and impact it does on people I recommend German Das Experiment. I served in military which was sort of like prison where you were totally under someone's control and I experienced changes shown in Das Experiment first hand, when your are noob and older dudes bully you and later you turn into them

[mke]

I meant that it can change your world view on the nature of forgiveness, not of prison psychology. Surely I was influenced seeing it at 14 years old. Das Experiment is for a much finer palate!