#49. Rushmore (1998)
April 4, 2021
– 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.