Webdev/Movie Canon

Those who call themselves Webdev are required by the unwritten, age-old rules of the trade to have watched, at the bare minimum, the following motion pictures. Not having watched a particular item on this list will result in raised eyebrows and must be remedied immediately.

The list

• The Big Lebowski
  • For its quotability and to develop a healthy appreciation of White Russians.
• Boondock Saints
• Code Rush (available online)
  • The 1998 documentary about Netscape and the first release of Mozilla as an open source project.
• Fight Club
• Office Space
  • For its ironic view of the software trade and corporate office culture in general.
• Pirates of Silicon Valley
  • Bill Gates quote near the end of the film is killer -- you'll know it when you hear it
• Pulp Fiction
• Blazing Saddles
• Zoolander
  • "freak gasoline fight accident"