Synecdoche blowback has me excavating other uncommented-upon-here masterpieces such as Atom Egoyan's terribly sad poem, one of the best of the '90s.

Charlie Kaufman's pain becomes clear in the most confusing fashion possible.   This is a masterpiece.

Rarely seen for almost four decades, French director Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows received great critical acclaim during its theatrical re-release in 2006. But is the famed French director's micro-dissection of the French Resistance really a forgotten masterpiece?

The Coen Brothers' secret masterpiece?

Following his Death Trilogy, Gus Van Sant once again navigates the waters of adolescence through untimely circumstances in this visionary masterpiece.

The greatest American film of the decade?