Shot in a single, 96-minute-long take, Russian Ark is a visually remarkable film about the Russian Hermitage museum and its role as a guardian of culture and history.

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei uses a sea of 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds to show what he loves and loathes about his homeland.

Bringing folk and blues music into the age of psychedelic rock, Willy and the Poor Boys is an accessible album that celebrates uniquely American sounds.

A black comedy created out of nostalgia for the former Yugoslavia, Underground follows the birth and death of a country through the eyes of a group of people living in a basement and the couple who keeps them there.

La Marseillaise's marching tune belies lyrics that point to the struggles of the bloody French Revolution.

Telling the story of how Indians adopted cricket in their struggle against colonialism, Lagaan is a crowd-pleasing epic musical and a great intro to Bollywood cinema.

Dungeons & Dragons has been entertaining players for over 40 years, but still can't completely shake a reputation for being a portal to evil magic.

Marilyn Manson's breakthrough album Antichrist Superstar, about a worm that rises to power through other people's hatred, would become a self-fulfilling prophecy as religious, political, and media groups targeted Manson for his supposed negative influence on children.

Though Blackboard Jungle focuses on a teacher trying to rein in his unruly class of inner-city kids, it quickly became feared for showing teenaged rebellion and featuring rock and roll music.

Judas Priest's album Stained Class is known for two reasons: for getting Judas Priest put on trial for backmasking, and for changing the sound of heavy metal.

Doom attracted controversy for years after its release, but that didn't stop it from influencing first-person shooters and multiplayer gaming for years to come.

Bonnie and Clyde's popularity with young people sparked waves of worry over film violence turning impressionable youngsters into savage criminals.

Though the world of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is cold and alienating at first, its mystery and desolate beauty makes it an unforgettable place.

While Tales of the Arabian Nights is lighter on mechanics than most board games, its massive Book of Tales will take you and your friends on a journey through the world of Middle Eastern mythology.

Yeelen creates an epic fantasy story with dazzling scenery from West African legends and folk tales.

Guillermo del Toro's first feature film Cronos goes beyond its cheesy horror aesthetic to present a story about immortality and letting go.

One of the best action anime of the early 90s, Yu Yu Hakusho takes ideas from Buddhism, Shintoism, and East Asian mythology to create a colorful, detailed world.

In a world filled with bland film adaptations of classic fantasy stories, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons attempts to capture the action and silliness of the original Chinese novel.