The digital age has given birth to a new reality: infinite screen time. Rather than experiencing the natural world around us, our intake of communication, ideas, visuals, and sounds is packaged via a series of zeros and ones, waiting neatly for us to consume. This screen-dependent existence is even more prevalent and maddening for the modern-day creative. Beyond entertainment, so many artists rely on screens for work — using digital tools to create more digital experiences that are designed to be digested through yet another screen. It creates a loop that at times feels paralyzing and inescapable.

A Clockwork Orange
1971
8.2/10

Titanic
1997
7.9/10

The Big Lebowski
1998
7.8/10

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
6.6/10

The Devil Wears Prada
2006
7.4/10

The Breakfast Club
1985
7.7/10

PK
2014
7.7/10

8 Mile
2002
7.1/10

Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011
7.3/10

The Shawshank Redemption
1994
8.7/10

The Truman Show
1998
8.1/10

Shutter Island
2010
8.2/10

Ex Machina
2015
7.6/10

The Mask
1994
7.0/10

Inside Out
2015
7.9/10

John Wick
2014
7.5/10

Joker
2019
8.1/10

Rush
2013
7.7/10

WALL·E
2008
8.1/10

The Matrix
1999
8.2/10