To ask for the most profound films you have ever seen? *contains spoilers*

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Mine would be - Tokyo Story, Mulholland drive, Mary and Max, Good will hunting, Whats eating Gilbert Grape, Forrest Gump

Wow some excellent suggestions. I will be adding these to my imdb watchlist!

Dita73
I know what you mean.
It's a beautiful made film but my god it head messy.

Another vote for the Before trilogy. I’ve never seen any other films that so succinctly capture love, loss and longing. I’m still not sure what Synedoche, New York was about, but it’s deep and multi layered, definitely one for the thinkers.

The Whistleblower. Its about a very bleak subject (sex trafficking and murder by DynCorp employees in Yugoslavia) but its on my 'must watch' list.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whistleblower

Not RTFT and maybe not profound, but spine tingly:

Thelma and Louise
Bridges of Madison County

Oh, and The Croods. Lots about anxiety and taking risks in life

The Killing Fields.
The Cave
Both true stories and made with extreme attention to detail and historical fact.
Both include cast members who experienced what actually happened.
Extraordinary stories of bravery and heroism by ordinary people.

The man who played Dith Pran went through so much. He was an extraordinarily humble man. He wasn't even an actor. He was asked to play the role because he had endured the killing fields and watched his wife die in childbirth. He was a doctor.
He moved to USA after the film was released.
Then he was killed on his own doorstep for ten dollars.

A room with a view
Big fish
Brokeback mountain

All of them left me with that sense of yearning for an alternate ending

@Gepetto
Philadelphia is a good shout. The track of the same name (from in the film) is quite haunting but beautiful piece of music.

@Chopbob do you mean alternate ending for your life or in the film?

Enjoying this thread

Code 46.

I love Educating Rita, but I wouldn't say it's profound :)

Life itself

I like The Hours, when Virginia Wolf walks into the river. I find it so moving.

"The Magdelene sisters"

I disagree slightly there. If you read about what those places were really like, they could have done something much, much more subtle that would have had a stronger impact.

Angela’s Ashes. So sad, and an insight into what real poverty is.

Also The Pianist, my neighbour totoro, disney's the hunchback of notre dame, Anastsia.

Dancer in the Dark. I sobbed for hours

Requim for a dream

12 years a Slave
Schindler's list
The book thief
The notebook
The boy in the stripped pyjamas

Oh god night mister tom

Bawdrip Dancer in the Dark is amazing, at the end I was literally shell shocked.

Last Night - about the last night before the end of the world.
Happiness. Portrays sad lives, including a paedophile.

Profound is subjective, no?

For me -

Muriels Wedding
Mr Holland's opus
Inside I'm dancing
Dead mans shoes
The Truman show.

Captains Courageous
Imitation of Life
Madam X
Lawrence of Arabia (killed the bloody horse didn't they!)😧
Gorillas in the Mist