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Topic·The man✕clear

By the "Establishment," I do not mean only the centers of official power-though they are certainly part of it-but rather the whole matrix of official and social relations within which power is exercised.

1955

★ 1.7

Film · Science fiction (film) · Action (film) · Science fiction · Action

You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken.

The Matrix · 1999

★ 1.9

There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop!

1964

★ 3.4

Film · Coming of age (film) · Comedy (film) · Coming of age · Comedy

Man, it’s the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. You know, if it ain’t that piece of paper, there’s some other choice they’re gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what Randall "Pink" Floyd wants to do, man. Let me tell you this: the older you do get, the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin’, man, L-I-V-I-N.

David Wooderson

Dazed and Confused · 1993

★ 3.6

Film · Musical comedy (film) · Comedy (film) · Musical comedy · Comedy

Give up, just quit, because in this life, you can't win. Yeah, you can try, but in the end you're just gonna lose, big time, because the world is run by the Man. The Man, oh, you don't know the Man? Well, he's everywhere. In the White House, down the hall, Miss Mullins, she's the Man. And the Man ruined the ozone, and he's burning down the Amazon, and he kidnapped Shamu and put her in a chlorine tank, ok? And there used to be a way to stick it to the Man. It was called rock 'n roll, but guess what, oh no, the Man ruined that, too, with a little thing called MTV! So don't waste your time trying to make anything cool or pure or awesome 'cause the Man is just gonna call you a fat washed up loser and crush your soul. So do yourselves a favor and just give up!

School of Rock · 2003

★ 3.6

Song · Rock music

Meet the new boss Same as the old boss.

Won't Get Fooled Again · 1971

★ 3.7

Film · Neo-noir · Action (film) · Action

Fuck management.

John Wick · 2014

★ 3.7

Film · Road movie · Drama (film) · Drama

Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.

Easy Rider · 1969

★ 3.8

Film · Road movie · Drama (film) · Drama

They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you represent to 'em.

Easy Rider · 1969

★ 3.9

I fought the law, and the law won.

I Fought the Law · 1961

★ 5.3

Song · Album · Rock music

We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. Teacher, leave them kids alone. Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!

Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 · 1979

★ 5.3

Film · Prison drama (film) · Drama (film) · Prison drama · Drama

What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach.

Captain (Cool Hand Luke)

Cool Hand Luke · 1967

★ 6.9

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.

Gravity's Rainbow · 1973

★ 6.9

Film · Action (film) · Crime (film) · Action · Crime

This was never about money for us, it was about us against the system. That system that kills the human spirit. We stand for something. To those dead souls inching along the freeways in their metal coffins, we show them that the human sprit is still alive.

Point Break · 1991

★ 6.9