Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles [Criterion Collection]

In this experimental film about a middle-aged widow driven to desperation by the crushing boredom of making beds, cleaning bathtubs, cooking, dusting, and even just eating, the real-life time needed to make that bed or to cook is exactly the time used in the film -- an effect which makes some viewers just as bored and restless as the widow, and which brings home the point of the film quite well.