Set to “Plastic Bag Theme” from the “American Beauty” soundtrack by Thomas Newman (which I think is one of the most haunting pieces of music of the 20th century), digital filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney‘s short film, First and Final Frames is absolutely consuming me today. Swinney brilliantly edited together the first and last few frames of 55 iconic American movies. The frames are shown side by side, and the resulting compilation is absolutely hypnotic.

I’ve listed the movies in order below the video, but I think it’s more fun to watch first and see how many you can name. I was shocked at how few I got right. Clearly, I need a Netflix day to brush up!

1. The Tree of Life
2. The Master
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Her
6. Blue Valentine
7. Birdman
8. Black Swan
9. Gone Girl
10. Kill Bill Vol. 2
11. Punch-Drunk Love
12. Silver Linings Playbook
13. Taxi Driver
14. Shutter Island
15. Children of Men
16. We Need to Talk About Kevin
17. Funny Games
18. Fight Club
19. 12 Years a Slave
20. There Will be Blood
21. The Godfather Part II
22. Shame
23. Never Let Me Go
24. The Road
25. Hunger
26. Raging Bull
27. Cabaret
28. Before Sunrise
29. Nebraska
30. Frank
31. Cast Away
32. Somewhere
33. Melancholia
34. Morvern Callar
35. Take this Waltz
36. Buried
37. Lord of War
38. Cape Fear
39. 12 Monkeys
40. The World According to Garp
41. Saving Private Ryan
42. Poetry
43. Solaris
44. Dr. Strangelove
45. The Astronaut Farmer
46. The Piano
47. Inception
48. Boyhood
49. Whiplash
50. Cloud Atlas
51. Under the Skin
52. 2001: A Space Odyssey
53. Gravity
54. The Searchers
55. The Usual Suspects