paddyjoe

The Kite Runner

Manuel Hong

Oh Man! That was a GREAT movie. We ended up buying it.

I just watched Like Water For Chocolate, not life changing, but simply beautiful.

__________________
Believe nothing, even if I tell it to you, unless it meets with your own good common sense and experience. - Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

movielover89

I Love these kinds of films they are meaning full and can really make a impact on you.I watch so many of these kinds of films so I am sure I have forgotten to name a bunch that I have seen so all add to this list later but for now here is a list of some of them.
Schindler's List
Titanic,
Saving Private Ryan,
Forrest Gump
Life Is Beautiful,
It's A Wonderful Life
Pay It Forward
The Pianist,
Charlotte Gray (with Cate Blanchette and Billy Crudup)
The Human Comedy

animosity

I am going to start this off with a childhood favorite.

Milo and Otis (the nature of friendship)
Fight Club (friendship, life, death, ethics)
Primer (just a great brain teaser)
Requiem for a Dream (importance of self-control, every teen in America should watch this movie)
Amelie (joy of positive pranks)
Old Boy (joy and futility of revenge)
Fido (friendship between boys and pets, Anthropomorphism)

Baraka_Guru

I agree with those who listed the original Solaris (1972).

Yes. When I saw this movie the first time, it blew me away. It's one of the few movies I actually purchased on DVD. There are fewer than a dozen in that mix. I don't tend to rewatch movies.

I derived my username from this film. I wouldn't say this has a plot, but it's more of a documentary based on themes that hinge on stark juxtaposition (nature/human...human/human) and perceptive bliss via stunning filming techniques and editing. And the scope is incredible: it was filmed at 152 locations in 24 countries. The soundtrack plays a huge role as well. It's one of those few films that doesn't require words, whether it be narration or dialogue. There is much one can get from the film, and most would benefit from multiple viewings. (Yes, this is another film I've acquired on DVD.) If you ever get a chance to see it on the big screen, please do.

Baraka is sublime.

This film had the same feel to it as did The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke. By this I mean the somewhat spacious character study. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out.

__________________
Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

amonkie

A friend and I were actually just having our own discussion of this earlier this week, funny this thread should pop back up.

On my list was:

8mm - it was not a fun movie to watch but it really asked a lot of questions

Hamburger Hill - History tops the movies every time

Requiem for a Dream



I'll have definitely have to check this list out! Lots of titles I've never heard of.

__________________
Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

Dostoyevsky

In chronological order ...

The Unbearable Lightness Of Being (1988)
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Pi (1998)
Englar Alheimsins (2000)
Vanilla Sky (2000)
Primer (2004)
The Machinist (2004)
Sunshine (2007)
Antichrist (2009)
Freakonomics (2010)

Fremen

When I was a kid, I had a neighbor that lived next door who had been in Vietnam.
When he came home he had problems that were too complicated for us kids to understand, so we always went out of our way to avoid him.

Fast forward a few years, I start watching movies like:
Birdy
In Country
Forrest Gump
This Park is Mine
and this one movie with Robert DeNiro and Kathy Bates (I forget the name)

All dealt with the different problems soldiers had when returning from Vietnam.

__________________
Google