There is something to be said for the movie that can hold your attention despite the curious lack of anything actually happening. This has to be one of my favorite genres because it allows the audience to really get to know the characters and know their motivations and their idiosyncrasies.  Any movie can have a great plotbut the delivery, if wrong, can ruin the entire movie.  Since I LOVE people and figuring out why they do what they do, this is the ideal form of art to me even though the characters are fictional, they are relateable and I often see parts of myself in the struggling heroes. 

The following are a list of my favorites. 

1. Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach dir./writer)- 5 guys graduate college and spend the entire length of the movie trying to determine what to do next and where they went wrong.
2. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater dir/writer)-2 twenty somethings meet on a train in Europe and decide to get off the train and explore Vienna discussing philosophy and falling in love.
3. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater dir/writer)-Sequal to Before Sunrise, this time the two meet up again 10 years later and determine that not much has changed and they are still thinking of one another.
4. Waking Life (Richard Linklater dir/writer)-Brilliantly animated story involving a young man in a dream meeting different people and discussing the meaning of life. 
5. Dazed and Confused (guess?–Richard Linklater dir/writer)-This one follows kids graduating from high school, great one-liners, excellent soundtrack and an all around good time.