Top Experiential Films of All Time

As experiential creators, we’re constantly running from one place to the next. There are venue walk-throughs to conduct, event technologies to test and activation environments to build. Sometimes, you just want to come home after taking 15,000 steps around a site visit, turn your brain off for a few hours and watch a movie. But, of course, our work follows us home. Name any movie that doesn’t have some sort of experiential element to it. I’ll wait… Everything from the Andersons’ party in downtown Chicago in Adventures in Babysitting to Zoolander’s “straight walk-off, old school rules,” events and experiences are unavoidable in media because they’re so damn entertaining. And when you think about it, even the act of watching a film is experiential. According to Indepth Cine, the best movies “have a story which is both engaging and which functions in presenting an insight, or truth, about the human experience.” Good filmmakers create experiences for their audiences by impacting their feelings and/or inspiring action within them. In some cases, viewers are able to identify with specific roles or scenarios on screen and apply it to their own lives. Other times, audiences can feel so motivated by the glamour and luxury...