Now that Tweeting has made e-mails obsolete, perhaps emojis can make moviegoing a thing of the past. For those non-Japanophiles out there, an emoji is the cuter Asian cousin of the emoticon, and its diverse selection of adorable characters takes us back to our caveman days of communicating through pictures.

It's about time we put this craze to the test by hashing out the plots to ten of our (and presumably your) favorite flicks through the emoji meatgrinder, and here are the results.

'Back to the Future' (1985)

'Die Hard' (1988)

'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994)

'Before Sunrise' (1995)

'Marvel's The Avengers' (2012)

'Citizen Kane' (1941)

'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' (1998)

'Ratatouille' (2007)

'Reservoir Dogs' (1992)

'Stand By Me' (1986)