Clerks is the kind of film that says something essential about how ridiculous modern life really is. It's ugly, cheap, and cynically brilliant. Watch Clerks because it fucking matters to understand just how absurdly, hopelessly funny existence can be.

There is nothing glamorous about Clerks. It doesn’t have Pulp Fiction’s coke-fuelled cool or Reality Bites’ polished MTV Generation X angst. Instead, it’s the feeling of being stuck. Not just in a job, but in your own life. The most important part of Dante’s day isn’t the customers, the pay, or the work. It’s finding out his girlfriend has had thirty-seven previous partners.