Swank's casting -- when a trans actor could've been cast instead -- shows we've come a long way since 1999 in terms of trans representation.
Its soundtrack is incredible, it features Burt Reynolds best performance, and it blew up the careers of Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Heather Graham, to name just a few.
It's the flat-out coolest movie ever made, filled with mystery, surprises and more flavor than a five-dollar shake.
Patrick Swayze as Bodhi, the ringleader of a surf gang robbing SoCal banks in ex-Presidents masks.