Matrix (The Matrix, 1999). USA

Thomas Anderson is a brilliant programmer working for a respectable software company. But outside work he is Neo, a hacker who one day receives a mysterious visit? The start of one of the most influential sagas in contemporary fantasy cinema.

• Direction: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
• Cast: Keane Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carry-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano
• Running time: 131 min.

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[REC] (2007). Spain

A 21st-century horror classic which launched a genre. A television programme, Angela the journalist, Pablo the cameraman, a zombie invasion at a block of flats in Barcelona, the girl Medeiros? Nothing was ever the same again.

• Direction: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
• Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferrán Terraza, Pablo Rosso, Carlos Lasarte, Javier Botet
• Running time: 76 min.