#49. Rushmore (1998)

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– Director: Wes Anderson

– Stacker score: 89.1

– Metascore: 86

– IMDb user rating: 7.7

– Runtime: 93 minutes

American auteur Wes Anderson followed up his indie hit “Bottle Rocket” with this idiosyncratic story of a high school playwriting wunderkind (Jason Schwartzman) who befriends a downtrodden businessman (Bill Murray) as they both fall for the same woman. The film transformed Murray from big-budget comedy star into indie film darling, and earned Anderson an Independent Spirit Award for Best Director.