'The Graduate'

The quintessential film for the 1960s. I assume.

As a member of a latter generation that really shares no real characteristics with Benjamin, I don't know what life was like for him or why he was so scared to move forward. Or why it was so tough to move forward anyway and get your bearings later.

Benjamin, however, represents just about any and all young person in a similar set of circumstances. It was no different for Benjamin than it was for Lelaina in Reality Bites, the quintessential Generation X film about four friends trying to make their way in the 1990s following college.

It's always a time of desperation and fear because it's a crucial moment in our lives. How many lifelong stay-at-home mothers wish they had gone to college and a career instead of getting pregnant?

How many accountants wish they had followed their passion for sculpture or music? How many sculptors and musicians wish they'd done something a bit more realistic?

Benjamin and Lelaina were depressed and they didn't know if they'd ever be happy again (like Mrs. Robinson). Both did know they didn't want expensive cars and both knew they could only come close to happiness with their tumultuous relationships with Ethan Hawke and Katharine Ross.

So that would make Ben Stiller the Ann Bancroft for Generation X.