This is partially inspired by @UsedJavelin's thread about Seven Samurai.
I watched a lot of the Western "film canon" when I was younger, and lately I've just been craving some good "artistic" movie content. But I don't trust the :reddit-logo: crowd nor the letterboxd nerds for serious recommendations, so I turn the question to my comrades
When people talk about Battle Royale, I always wonder if I watched the same movie with everyone else. None of the students wanted to kill each other in a battle royale, they just put one "student" in who wasn't a student at all but a psychopath. He does most of the killings.
I LOL'd at the two who committed suicide though. Never change, Japanese.