Films that have stayed with you and why?

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Just that really?

A film that you've watched that has stayed with you and why?
Doesn't have to be a film you've ever watched again...

But recommendations welcome!

The film that has stayed with me is Ex Machina.

To be honest I’m not quite sure why it’s stuck with me, as it’s about artificial intelligence robots (which I don’t have any interest in) but I think of this film aaaaall the time. I probably wouldn’t ever watch it again, but it’s definitely worth a watch at least once.

Also loving the love for Moulin Rouge in this thread - it is truly a masterpiece! 💃🏻

Brokeback Mountain.

Epic vistas. Forbidden love. Amazing cinematography and score.

Probably my fave film of all time.

Underground and Time of the Gypsies by Emir Kusturica for the very black humour, and Balkan brass bands (I do see this is quite niche 😁)

Shadowlands.

Schindler’s List - have only managed to watch it once

Yes, Parasite is a Amazing film and deserved all the awards it won and I have watched it at least 3 times with ( English subtitles) and that’s a first for me.

I was so immersed in the film that you forget it’s not in English and trust me it doesn’t matter after the first 20 minutes as you are totally hooked and have to see it till the end.

The film and the characters will stay with you a long time and the ending is yours to decide .

@colouringindoors I couldn’t stop crying when Arrival finished. I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much at a film. It was as if it reached into me and touched a very sore spot. Wonderful film.

@ShirleyJackson Yes! Someone else it touched that way too. Amazing film and Amy Adams was excellent

12 Years a Slave. I remember crying about Lupita Nyongo’s character several days later because she was a real woman who was trapped in that appalling situation and nobody ever came to save her.

Dancer in the Dark. Tragic.

Yes. That scene is brilliant. The whole film is.

More a film documentary
young lad very sporty

Threads. Watched it at school and it never left me. I was quite traumatised by it for a long time.

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young lad very sporty lived for rugby broke his neck had to give up rugby
his pe teacher had a close relationship with and wanted to get him in road to recovery
long story short he encouraged him to swim the channel
he did it pe teacher in support boat he dived in and swim last bit with him they got out absolutely elated hugging crying jumping up and down
all of a sudden camera cuts turns out teacher collapsed and died on beach

If that’s “Their Finest” then I love that film, it’s one of my “comfort watch” fallbacks when I want something nostalgic.

Films that have stayed with me for various reasons:

Jacob’s Ladder - watched it at the cinema, barely understood it, was severely freaked out by it, could never watch it again.

Schindler’s List - for the obvious reasons; harrowing but such an important piece of film-making and such wonderful performances I am able to watch it more than once.

Three Billboards etc - a tour de force.

A Zed and Two Noughts - my introduction to art house cinema; I was fascinated by it at the time (and developed quite the girl crush on Frances Barber) but I think it was very much of its time and I suspect I’d find it very mannered and dated if I tried to watch it now.

Chicago - loved it so much I went back to see it again at the cinema a week after the first time, never done that before or since.

Damien, Omen II or whatever it’s called - I watched this waaay too young for horror films and scenes from it haunted me for years.

Sweet Sixteen - so, so powerful. A film about poverty and about being trapped by poverty. I saw it in the cinema and, despite being busy in a new profession, I just couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks afterwards.

Children of Men - I bloody love dystopian future films. Children of Men is the very best of them.

placemarking! I love Patrick Swayze and I've never heard of that.

One of mine is The Bridges of Madison County with Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. Sobfest!

Million Dollar Baby - I watched it about 15 years ago and I think I cried for a solid hour afterwards which is totally not like me. Not sure now whether it was really that sad or I was just hormonal as I had a young baby at the time but keep meaning to rewatch to find out!

I agree the descent is a brilliant film. I never drive behind trucks with scaffold poles etc on the back after watching this film!

Dallas Buyers Club ( 2013) with Matthew McConaughey
Based on a true story and he won a Oscar for his role as he and the supporting cast were just outstanding.
If you haven’t watched it then you should as it’s Fantastic

Unbreakable with Bruce Willis ( also Split and Glass which are all linked)
In Time was very memorable as the concept was so unusual.
The Skeleton Key is a good spooky one, the twist blew me away when I first watched it.
Encanto by Disney, might seem daft but it really touched me especially the sister Luisa and her fantastic song "surface pressure"

Withnail and I. A cautionary tale of going on holiday by mistake.

@CoverYourselfInChocolateGlory ,@Twawmyarse ,

Yes the Descent( 2005) was a great film and the scene with the scaffolding pole was totally unexpected but very scary as it could happen in everyday life.

Another Great Horror film and in my opinion doesn’t get the 5 stars it deserves

I'm placemarking for ideas