The Matrix (1999)
Back in the day, I found The Matrix one of the most inspiring movies ever. I was a bit obsessed with it when the first one came out.
It made me even more interested in technology and the way we interact with machines.
It was also one of the first movies (after Hackers) that I'd seen which made being a geek sitting in front of a screen look really cool:
Dead Poets Society (1989)
In a similar way as The Matrix, I liked Dead Poets Society because it made something that I enjoyed doing at the time (writing poetry) seem cool and edgy.
Even though I've kind of lost the 'poetic muse' that used to inspire me to write weird little verses in the style of William Borough, I still think it's an awesome (albeit tragic) film:
