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My novel Innocents and Others is a book about artists, about making and engaging with art. Two filmmakers (Meadow and Carrie) are main characters. In the coming-of-age part of the book, we see them growing up and developing their artistic sensibilities through passionately engaging with films they love. Some of those films are on this list. But the most important film scenes in the novel occur in the imaginary films that these characters make and watch. In imagining these made-up films, I drew upon real-life films that I thought would influence these characters. Some of those films are also on this list. Of course, you don’t have to have seen any of these films to read the book, but scenes from them are easily found on the Internet if you are curious. And beyond that, these are all fascinating films that I think are worth watching (and watching again)...