King Kong (1933)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
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Damn honestly imagine you’re alive during the Great Depression and just straight chillin in your nice New York City apartment you can somehow still afford only to be murdered by some massive fucking ape for absolutely no reason simply due to the fact that some fucking white guy stole him from an island after that exact same gigantic animal completely massacred an entire village all because he was horny for some basic blonde bitch who ain’t even his same species

When I was five we used to rent this from Blockbuster and I would watch it over and over. Didn't bother me at the time but I don't know that I would show this to a five year old. I hate to take the Hays Code's side but this movie is the 1933 equivalent of showing up to the Hays Code's apartment at two in the morning soaking wet and holding a gun, shouting "give me a fucking reason!!"

Some of the all-time images of film in this bad boy. Every time King Kong looked at the screen and smiled I felt an emotion I only feel when I'm watching this movie.