Mallrats

Kevin Smith's follow-up to Clerks, his hugely successful no-budget debut, flopped at the box office, but became a sleeper hit after its video release. When Brodie (Jason Lee) and T.S. (Jeremy London) are dumped by their girlfriends, they take to hanging around the food court of the local shopping mall. They then hit upon a scheme to win back their lost loves, using two delinquents, Silent Bob (Kevin Smith himself) and Jay. (Universal Pictures UK)