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

Hakshaw ridge (I think may have miss spelled but an amazing Film WW1 I think

I think Rain Man deserves a mention. I know it's probably partially responsible for certain stereotypes but it was the first time I'd really heard about autism and I was in tears by the end.

Did you know the guy Rain Man was based on didn't even have autism? He was a savant and had a learning disability but wasn't autistic. But even if that wasn't the case I'd still hate the film. Not just because of the whole special talent thing but because i hate the way films like that are all about "how to connect with autistic people" and all that crap. Like we're a different species or something.
Not to mention the "normal" person finding redemption through the disabled person thing. Though to be fair you'd be hardpressed to find a Hollywood film about disability that doesn't do that.

Grave of the fireflies

Candy

Kids

The Wave

Midsommar.
The Killing of A Sacred Deer.
The Fountain.
Annihilation.
Apocalypse Now.
Donnie Darko.
Black Swan.
Interstellar.
Jacob's Ladder.
The Handmaiden.
The Neon Demon.
Super 8.
The Nines.
Arrival.
The Lobster.
Dogtooth.

@MitziK I agree. Many incredible films mentioned here but Watership Down was the first one that really profoundly affected me.

Untouchable. Gorgeous French film about a paraplegic man and his carer.

Another vote for Life is Beautiful and also I think a first vote for Alone in Berlin I think.

The film of Alone in Berlin, really? Have you read the book? The book i would say is very profound but the film is a mess. I've never been so dissapointed in a film before, i thought daniel brühl would save it but nope, still a mess. Totally butchered the ending too. They miss so much out in the film it doesn't even compare to the book. A magnificent book like that deserves a better adaptation.

Pan’s Labyrinth
Little Big Man
Biutiful

Harold and Maude

A thousand times goodnight. Beautiful and deep

Following

Utopia film Documentary by John Oliver
Schindlers list
To kill a mockingbird
12 years a slave
Rabbit proof fence

Probably quite a few more

John pilger

@Samtsirch absolutely! Watched once and never again. Kathy Burke was outstanding.

In the heat of the night
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Mississippi Burning

@TheSandman thanks, as I thought, MULHOLLAND Drive is a film made for film studies students 🤣

YY to Parasite

@TheSandman Great quote

Agree with some of the films already mentioned. I also saw an Italian film called ‘I’m not scared’ a few years back that came immediately to mind when I read the Op.

I agree with lots; these especially:

Dancer in the Dark (my immediate thought; left me reeling)
Grave of the Fireflies & Totoro
The Deer Hunter
Apocalypse Now
Dead Poets Society
Cry Freedom

I don’t find it hugely profound, as such, but Little Miss Sunshine is a film I can watch again and again, and that I completely love.

I will add to the list:

Amadeus
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Cook, The Thief etc

I just read Lord of the Flies again; don’t know about the film so much but blimey, I’d forgotten how amazing the book is. “Roger has sharpened a stick at both ends”... so subtly terrifying.

Shadow Dancer: about IRA informers.

Spotlight: Paper vs Catholic Church

Oranges and Sunshine

Night and Fog: Holocaust

Life is Beautiful: A father trying to protect his son from Nazis.

Sorry I’m a boring ex history student!

Orlando

Ghost. I know some people think it's just a cheesy rom com but it does make some really interesting points about grief and the after life (if there is one) and it's just a really well made film. A similar film is Stir of Echoes which I also love and I watch it nearly every year, it never gets boring and it doesn't make you sob the way Ghost does.

Forgot about Rainman! Amazing film and Dustin and Tom were incredible. Played their parts perfectly.

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