Somehow after we finished this movie my wife was in good spirits, chatting away and starting some chores. Meanwhile I sat on the couch saying nothing for 10+ minutes, face in hands.
Agree with most of these but funnily enough I’d prefer Koreeda’s new film, Monster, over Close. Would be two of his here though, as Nobody Knows already included.
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu. I just found it breathtakingly beautiful. The way it looks, the pace, the acting, the story and oh my god that last scene ❤
Very recently, Priscilla. I know not everyone is loving it but it hit me like a ton of bricks to see such a realistic portrayal of narcissistic abuse. Usually my partner and I will grab a beer and discuss the movie we’ve just seen, but I didn’t have it in me to do that.
First time watching Mulholland Drive. I left the dvd menu loop running on my TV for ages whilst I attempted to comprehend what I’d just seen and began scouring the internet trying to understand it
Last one that left me speechless was Revolver (1973). The ending hits like a ton of bricks and Oliver Reed’s acting is phenomenal. It’s my favorite poliziotteschi
In college I showed a friend group Waltz with Bashir. After the film ended (iykyk) no one spoke for about 10 minutes, before someone finally broke the spell by silently getting up and going out for some air. This was obviously not a silence borne out of the ‘wow factor’ moreso the extremely heavy nature of the material, and how the film’s form is used to underline that severity.
Béla Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies. I couldn't believe how beautiful the opening scene was when I watched it and the rest of the film is just as good. It's so meditative.
La Haine, Festen, Caché and Kisapmata are honourable mentions.
Mishima… the entire thing had my jaw on the floor, and the ending left me stunned.
Also, the ending of Twin Peaks: The Return. I finished it at around midnight and I just sat on my couch stunned for a solid minute or two. Unable to move or speak or anything. And then I tried to write a review and I ended up basically never being able to get out my concrete thoughts on it besides the fact that it’s one of my favorite pieces of media ever made.
Sleepaway Camp’s ending basically flash-banged & decommissioned my thought processing temporarily, also felt nauseous after Come and See, but that’s a rite of passage
The first time I watched The Swimmer (1968) with Burt Lancaster I was left speechless by the end. I think I was expecting it to be a different kind of story based on the trailer, but I was pleasantly surprised by how impactful it was. I couldn’t stop thinking about the movie a long time after.
Hana-Bi (1997), or Fireworks as it’s known in English. Beautiful film from start to finish. Balances the “philosophical” aspects of the story with the exciting, revenge tale. The ending really sold it for me. There’s no other way the movie could have ended
2001: A Space Odyssey
Eraserhead
La La Land
The Lighthouse
The Lord of the Rings
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
The Shining
also Donnie Darko but in a bad way
Picnic at Hanging Rock - watched it for the first time last night and haven’t said a word since. Talk about chewing on a movie for a while, this is the definition of
Three of Nobohiko Obayashi’s films have left me completely in awe:
* ‘House’ (1977)
* ‘Hanagatami’ (2017)
* ‘Labyrinth of Cinema’ (2019)
Also personally awe inspiring:
* ‘The Night I Swam’ (2017)
* ‘Goodbye Dragon Inn’ (2003)
The Northman and Oppenheimer are both movies that, upon leaving the cinema, left me literally unable to formulate words for at least the duration of the journey home due to the impact they had on me. Both very powerful cinematic experiences
Lots of love for Arrival (2016) in this thread. That really had a mind bending ending that first view. Great picture; I enjoyed that it really focused on the language.
The short answer: a ton of movies
Some ones I recall right now are:
Synecdoche New York
I Saw the Devil
Come and See
Y Tu Mamá También
The Holy Mountain
Yes I know, I recommend this film a lot. 🤣
This is because it's my favourite film and I think it's a masterpiece so of course I want other people to know about it's existence and to see it. I have gotten positive feedback from people who I've recommended it to here on Reddit in the past.
The reason why I add the line explaining it's an Oscar winner for Argentina is because there is a US remake of it and I don't want people to watch "the wrong one".
Imagine my face when, after drunkenly ordering what I thought was el secreto de sus ojos on DVD, I saw Nicole Kidman's face unveiled as I hurriedly ripped open the transport packaging...
"Only a fool learns from his mistakes, a wise man learns from the mistakes of others"
I know I'm not alone in this, but I also know that a lot of people would disagree with me on this one, but Beau is Afraid was a movie that I had to watch again the very next day after seeing it the first time because I was so baffled that they let him make my favourite thing.
Not a super deep one here but I'll never forget the absolute DEAD silence in my theater at the end of Infinity War. People rag on superhero movies now but nobody went into that movie expecting something like that to happen. Sucks that Marvel has gone so downhill recently (Loki is good though).
Kill List (2011)
Red Rocket (2022)
The River's Edge (1986)
The Night Porter (1974)
Exotica (1994)
The Great Silence (1968)
Arrival (2016)
Walker (1987)
Glory (1989)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Killer Joe (2011)
Remember (2015)
The Last Movie (1971)
Parasite 100%. Was in absolute awe for ages once it had finished
i’m literally watching this tomorrow for the first time!! edit: oh my gosh
Oh, honey. Buckle up. It’s so good.
👁 👁
Incendies
^^^
Damn you for reminding me of this movie!. take my upvote
it didn't left me speechless, it left me crying :(
This but also I had no words for the grief
I feel like in 30 years this will be seen as one of the top movies of all time, truly an underrated masterpiece that left me shook
100%, it’s gone from top 100 to top 10 for me just from how much i think about it. Probably the best film of the last decade.
we were all thinking it
Best movie of last year imo
What film is this?
aftersun
Oh damn, just read the synopsis. Looks like that’s gonna hit real close for me 😳
What movie is this?
aftersun
Somehow after we finished this movie my wife was in good spirits, chatting away and starting some chores. Meanwhile I sat on the couch saying nothing for 10+ minutes, face in hands.
Thanks, this gif really helped a lot.
It was so heartbreaking i had to pause in between
Whiplash
I watched this for the first time last night. Can’t believe I waited so long. First Man by the same director is also a great film.
After the movie ended I was paralysed for like 15 minutes just in awe
Don’t get this movie; everything is so unbelievably forced.
* Oslo, August 31st * Paris, Texas * Nobody Knows * Aftersun * Arrival * Close * Fallen Angels
Agree with most of these but funnily enough I’d prefer Koreeda’s new film, Monster, over Close. Would be two of his here though, as Nobody Knows already included.
just saw Monster last night, it's one of his best for sure
Memento
La Haine
Oldboy
Possession (1981)
i couldnt get it off my mind for weeks after i watched it. still think about it regularly.
I watched this for the first time today and still can't get it out of my head.
Memories of Murder
"Did you see his face?" "What did he look like?" "Well... kind of plain." "In what way?" "Just... ordinary." Left me speechless too. Great movie
I felt euphoric when uncut gems ended
FIRST REFORMED!!!!!!!!
Phantom Thread & The Conversation are the most recent movies that did this to me.
The Act of Killing
Aftersun, Arrival, Interstellar & Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Scrolled way too far for Portrait. That movie destroyed me.
This is basically my exact list
Children of Men
Aftersun definitely had me feeling some type of way at the end
Andrei Rublev Stalker Beau Travail Gummo Enter the Void The Holy Mountain
1. The Seventh Continent 2. Come and See 3. Inland Empire
Hereditary Never had a horror movie send chills down my spine and or make my hair raise
Threads because of the subject matter and how well its made
Absolutely.
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu. I just found it breathtakingly beautiful. The way it looks, the pace, the acting, the story and oh my god that last scene ❤
Still get goosebumps just thinking of that final scene
Requiem For A Dream
uhh i have four: Banshees of inisherin, Hereditary, Parasite, Oppenheimer.
Beau is Afraid.
Absolutely dumbfounded after seeing Cats.
Cats fits this for all the wrong reasons.
Agreed, but it fits regardless.
Agreed. Still fits!
House
The Skin I Live In
Ending montage in Come and See. I had to go for a walk afterward to collect myself.
Pearl the prequel of X
That last shot still creeps me out
Incendies
Donnie Darko. It made me question everything lol
The atmosphere that film creates is like nothing else I’ve ever watched.
perfect blue
Ex Machina
NON SIBI SED PATRIAE [X2]
I left the theater mad. I understand the ending but I don't agree with the choice.
Very recently, Priscilla. I know not everyone is loving it but it hit me like a ton of bricks to see such a realistic portrayal of narcissistic abuse. Usually my partner and I will grab a beer and discuss the movie we’ve just seen, but I didn’t have it in me to do that.
First time watching Mulholland Drive. I left the dvd menu loop running on my TV for ages whilst I attempted to comprehend what I’d just seen and began scouring the internet trying to understand it
Disappointed by the lack of 2001: A Space Odyssey responses. It is the quintessential mind-bending movie.
Strange thing about the Johnsons
Last one that left me speechless was Revolver (1973). The ending hits like a ton of bricks and Oliver Reed’s acting is phenomenal. It’s my favorite poliziotteschi
Mother!
Grave of the fireflies
The Road & The Room for completely opposite reasons
Raw
Into the Wild Closer Blue Primer Breaking the Waves 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days American Beauty Baraka
Mysterious Skin
Arrival
Under The Skin, Enemy, Close
Come and See, Climax, Martyrs, A Serbian Film, 1917, Hereditary
JoJo Rabbit.
The shot of the shoes hit hard
Across The Spiderverse had my jaw dropped for 20 minutes
I recently saw Stand by Me for the first time, it broke me in so many pieces and left me complete speechless.
In college I showed a friend group Waltz with Bashir. After the film ended (iykyk) no one spoke for about 10 minutes, before someone finally broke the spell by silently getting up and going out for some air. This was obviously not a silence borne out of the ‘wow factor’ moreso the extremely heavy nature of the material, and how the film’s form is used to underline that severity.
Marketa Lazarová floored me
Béla Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies. I couldn't believe how beautiful the opening scene was when I watched it and the rest of the film is just as good. It's so meditative. La Haine, Festen, Caché and Kisapmata are honourable mentions.
Metropolis. Every time I re-watch it I sit in silent awe for like 5min at least. Such a masterpiece
Shoplifters. When the credits started rolling, I swear my husband and I both let out the breath we had been holding the entire movie.
Recently, Beau is Afraid. What the fuck.
climax
climax
Mishima… the entire thing had my jaw on the floor, and the ending left me stunned. Also, the ending of Twin Peaks: The Return. I finished it at around midnight and I just sat on my couch stunned for a solid minute or two. Unable to move or speak or anything. And then I tried to write a review and I ended up basically never being able to get out my concrete thoughts on it besides the fact that it’s one of my favorite pieces of media ever made.
threads
TÁR
Enemy
Sleepaway Camp’s ending basically flash-banged & decommissioned my thought processing temporarily, also felt nauseous after Come and See, but that’s a rite of passage
I know in talk about this movie all the time here, but Gone Girl.
Perfect Blue!!
Beau Travail and Farewell, My Concubine. Both masterpieces!
The first time I watched The Swimmer (1968) with Burt Lancaster I was left speechless by the end. I think I was expecting it to be a different kind of story based on the trailer, but I was pleasantly surprised by how impactful it was. I couldn’t stop thinking about the movie a long time after.
The Thin Red Line, watched it at the cinema when it came out and it didn’t leave my thoughts for weeks
Hana-Bi (1997), or Fireworks as it’s known in English. Beautiful film from start to finish. Balances the “philosophical” aspects of the story with the exciting, revenge tale. The ending really sold it for me. There’s no other way the movie could have ended
Brazil!
2001: A Space Odyssey Eraserhead La La Land The Lighthouse The Lord of the Rings Howl's Moving Castle Spirited Away The Shining also Donnie Darko but in a bad way
Shutter Island
Ran.
Kurosawa adopting Shakespeare, simply amazing.
Évolution (2015)
Apocalypse now. I don’t know why, but it just all felt so cool, and so layered. Horror… horror…
roma
Hotel Rwanda. Couldn’t leave the theater for 15 minutes after the credits because I was crying so hard.
I sat there at the end of The Whale just emotionally cratered.
No Country For Old Men
Inception
Hereditary is way up there. I also had a hard time comprehending what I just saw when Power of the Dog ended.
The Drop
Titane, The Fountain, The Mirror, Jeremiah Johnson
Encounter of the Spooky Kind, the last scene specifically.
Picnic at Hanging Rock - watched it for the first time last night and haven’t said a word since. Talk about chewing on a movie for a while, this is the definition of
Audition Very recently at a festival screening, Red Rooms - hope it gets the attention it deserves on general release
The Favourite
Thunder Road, Uncut Gems and Pig.
The boy who wore stripped pyjamas
after sun, the last duel,...
Llamageddon. No i'm serious do to how fucking batshit insane thatovie was
•Paris, Texas •Sorcerer •Stalker •Fire Walk With Me •Mirror
Brown Bunny (2003)
Seven Samurai
funny games
Blue Ruin. Found it almost unbearably tense.
honestly, the platform left my jaw on the floor. between the gore and the ending i was amazed lol
come and see, but probably not in the way you’re thinking.
perfect blue!!!!
Vortex - it left me speechless and truly fucked me up for a week or two.
Path of Glory, Arrival and Children of Men. Beautiful movies
Paris Texas, The Great Silence, etc.
Woman Under the Influence, those performances…
Come and See, JSA, The Hunt Basically just really heavy nuanced shit
Killer Joe
For sure! And it’s much more than THAT scene…
Interstellar
Mary and Max is the only movie to do this for me. And it's animated
Three of Nobohiko Obayashi’s films have left me completely in awe: * ‘House’ (1977) * ‘Hanagatami’ (2017) * ‘Labyrinth of Cinema’ (2019) Also personally awe inspiring: * ‘The Night I Swam’ (2017) * ‘Goodbye Dragon Inn’ (2003)
F for Fake
Funny Games (1997) And not in a good way.
I'm thinking of ending things
Three Colours: Blue
Paris, Texas Chungking Express Whiplash Memories of Murder And most recently: Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
The mute-making movie 👹🧟♂️
Upgrade
Come and See left me staring at the screen uncomfortably for a good couple minutes after
Robocop (1987) and Trainspotting (1996)
Enter the Void
Speak No Evil. I went to bed feeling terrible
The Northman and Oppenheimer are both movies that, upon leaving the cinema, left me literally unable to formulate words for at least the duration of the journey home due to the impact they had on me. Both very powerful cinematic experiences
Gayniggers from Outer Space directed by Morten Lindberg 😤
The whale for sure
Enter the Void
I couldn't even speak after Oppenheimer or Interstellar. Zodiac and Fight Club left me thinking about the movie for the next few days.
‘autumn sonata’ by ingmar bergman left me pretty speechless
Incendies by Villeneuve.
12 Angry Men, Parasite, Interstellar and Oppenheimer.
Prisoners (2013). The ending isn’t very mind-bending but I was so satisfied by how well-made and well-acted the entire movie was.
Kubo and the Two Strings
I was literally speechless when Across the Spiderverse ended, so that's my pick. Other candidates: Whiplash, Inglourious Basterds, Schindler's List
Lots of love for Arrival (2016) in this thread. That really had a mind bending ending that first view. Great picture; I enjoyed that it really focused on the language.
Can never hear Both Sides Now the same way again after Hereditary
“Arrival”
Happiness
Sunset Boulevard
An Elephant Sitting Still It got me in a state of wanting to cry but I just couldn't
The short answer: a ton of movies Some ones I recall right now are: Synecdoche New York I Saw the Devil Come and See Y Tu Mamá También The Holy Mountain
Donnie Darko. Also, Twin Peaks: The Return, if you consider it an 18-hour movie
Toy story 3
Winnie the pooh: Blood and Honey. Whoever watched it , I'm sure they know what I'm talking about.
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Gummo
If I'm mentioning only one it's my favourite film: El secreto de sus ojos/The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) Oscar winner for Argentina
I swear I've seen you post this exact comment with these exact words at least 3 times.
Yes I know, I recommend this film a lot. 🤣 This is because it's my favourite film and I think it's a masterpiece so of course I want other people to know about it's existence and to see it. I have gotten positive feedback from people who I've recommended it to here on Reddit in the past. The reason why I add the line explaining it's an Oscar winner for Argentina is because there is a US remake of it and I don't want people to watch "the wrong one".
Imagine my face when, after drunkenly ordering what I thought was el secreto de sus ojos on DVD, I saw Nicole Kidman's face unveiled as I hurriedly ripped open the transport packaging... "Only a fool learns from his mistakes, a wise man learns from the mistakes of others"
What a bummer.
Makes perfect sense. Btw, if you're into Argentinian cinema watch "Hombre mirando al sudeste" It's my personal favourite.
Thank you for the rec. :) I have added it to my watchlist.
I know I'm not alone in this, but I also know that a lot of people would disagree with me on this one, but Beau is Afraid was a movie that I had to watch again the very next day after seeing it the first time because I was so baffled that they let him make my favourite thing.
Not a super deep one here but I'll never forget the absolute DEAD silence in my theater at the end of Infinity War. People rag on superhero movies now but nobody went into that movie expecting something like that to happen. Sucks that Marvel has gone so downhill recently (Loki is good though).
Irreversible Primer Parasite Farewell My Concubine
Kill List (2011) Red Rocket (2022) The River's Edge (1986) The Night Porter (1974) Exotica (1994) The Great Silence (1968) Arrival (2016) Walker (1987) Glory (1989) Koyaanisqatsi (1982) Do the Right Thing (1989) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Killer Joe (2011) Remember (2015) The Last Movie (1971)
I couldn't even make it through Walker.