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

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username108 · 13/05/2020 12:40

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

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30daysoflight · 13/05/2020 15:14

Cry Freedom
Schindlers List
Boys Don't Cry
Million Dollar Baby

Lost In Translation. I know a lot of people don't like it but it is amazing.

Lsquiggles · 13/05/2020 15:15

The boy in the striped pyjamas will be engrained in my memory forever, so tragically sad Sad

TheVanguardSix · 13/05/2020 15:15

Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance!! Yes! Thank you for mentioning this. I was 10 years old when I watched this film. I am 48 now and I still listen to Phillip Glass regularly. I was mesmerized by this film. I watched it with my uncle. The Elephant Man as well. I was 9 or 10 when I saw it. It was the first film that made me cry. I never saw Bambi, otherwise it probably would have been my first tearjerker. Smile

TheVanguardSix · 13/05/2020 15:16

Lost In Translation. I know a lot of people don't like it but it is amazing.

I LOVE that film!

MitziK · 13/05/2020 15:18

Watership Down. Book is better, but the original film is profoundly moving.

Creation myths, how meaning is attached to life and natural phenomena, totalitarianism, mysticism, danger, loss, life, the will to survive, acceptance, environmentalism, the development of language, war, hope and the most tender, delicate and joyful depiction of death in literature.

'They went out past the young sentry, who paid the visitor no attention. The sun was shining and in spite of the cold there were a few bucks and does at silflay, keeping out of the wind as they nibbled the shoots of spring grass. It seemed to Hazel that he would not be needing his body anymore, so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch, but stopped for a moment to watch his rabbits and to try and get used to the extraordinary feeling that strength and speed were flowing inexhaustibly out of him into their sleek young bodies and healthy senses.

"You needn't worry about them," said his companion. "They'll be all right -- and thousands like them. If you'll come along, I'll show you what I mean."

He reached the top of the bank in a single, powerful leap. Hazel followed; and together they slipped away, running easily down through the wood, where the first primroses were beginning to bloom'

QueeenOfSheeba · 13/05/2020 15:20

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Seetheprettysnowdrops · 13/05/2020 15:23

Son of Saul. Watched it recently (it's on iplayer) and it haunted me for days

The Green Mile. The Christ like messages, the unfairness, the ending.

Valkadin · 13/05/2020 15:23

City of life and death
The Road

Ivegotnothing · 13/05/2020 15:29

I’m so glad Lost in Translation got mentioned. It’s a slow burn, but I really love it.
The Last of the Mohicans....when Alice steps off the cliff (sob)..
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence....not seen it for a hundred years, so maybe it’s dated now, but was amazing at the time (and made me fall in love with David Bowie).

Moondust001 · 13/05/2020 15:36

I agree with lots of these so I won't repeat them, but one I haven't seen listed...never got much attention at the time although it's a classic... and subsequent revelations about it's star might tarnish him but the film is still amazing... K-pax. The filmmakers made two endings and you are invited to decide which one should have been the end!

And an oldie I didn't spot in the list - To Kill A Mockingbird.

lastqueenofscotland · 13/05/2020 15:38

Generation Wealth
The Pianist

Weirdly the film about the Kursk disaster with Colin firth in it really stuck with me Confused

ElaineMarieBenes · 13/05/2020 15:42

The last film that made me cry: Wadjda

A film that still haunts me: The Gatekeepers

littlepeas · 13/05/2020 15:51

Lots of mine have already been said. Wanted to add, Inside Out (Pixar film) - it really got to me in lots of places.

empireants · 13/05/2020 15:51

I absolutely love the Before Trilogy:

Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before Midnight

The most realistic films I've seen about love and I really like how the three films follow the couple across 18 (real life) years. They're some of my favourite films.

I also love Boyhood by the same Director (Richard Linklater) where you essential watch a boy grow up and his family go through all sorts of things that many of us do. It was filmed over 12 years and is wonderful.

MellowBird85 · 13/05/2020 15:54

@Moondust001 I agree, K-PAX is a fantastic film.

cushioncovers · 13/05/2020 15:56

Alien code
Schindlers list
Inglorious Basterds
12 years a slave

28 weeks later, because it utterly terrified me.

TheVanguardSix · 13/05/2020 15:56

Moonlight

I should have added that in my last post.

totallyyesno · 13/05/2020 15:59

I also love Boyhood by the same Director

I agree. I also loved The Tree of Life which loads of people seem to think is pretentious twaddle but it made me cry.

Nowisthemonthofmaying · 13/05/2020 16:00

Yy to the Before trilogy - there's something heartbreaking about the way they go through the different stages of their lives through the films

And Call Me By Your Name is another one

ContessaferJones · 13/05/2020 16:03

Toy Story 3. That bit in the furnace...
Frozen 2 is, in my opinion, really quite profound in its depiction of grief, anxiety and the rewards of perseverance.

For more grown-up fare, I enjoyed the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Nottherealslimshady · 13/05/2020 16:05

Just mercy, the ending where they explain what happened afterwards absolutely floored me.

IHaveBrilloHair · 13/05/2020 16:06

I adore Call me by your name, can't wait for the sequel.
Also, Holding the man.

emmetgirl · 13/05/2020 16:08

Son of Saul
Monster's Ball
Moonlight

zaphodbeeble · 13/05/2020 16:14

Schindlers list, the only time I've been to the cinema and everyone left at the end in silence

EggGarnish · 13/05/2020 16:16

The Elephant Man, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless mind.

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