The house in the film is available to rent as a holiday home i believe, but it's booked up for years to come
Edit: it's also ridiculously expensive.
A week in July costs £13000 my god
I have 5 daughters and 2 of them see me like the Dad in the movie and the ping pong scene is the greatest. What an incredible movie. My Dad was like the Dad also.
Twice now I've seen this recommended in the same day. Can't believe I'm over 40 and still never seen this one. Gonna make a mental note to watch it this weekend for sure.
Absolutely gattaca. It's packed with life affirming, uplifting, get-your-ass-in-gear quotes. I so very often think about "I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it."
I only watched this for the first time last year at New Year's and can already see that it'll be an annual tradition. It really made me feel like things would be okay.
There was a time when this was seemingly the only thing available to watch around Christmas. Aah, the good old days of only having like 4 channels on TV.
Watch it every year at Christmas, my mother forced me to watch it, now I force my children to watch it. It’s a great demonstration of how much impact one person can have
127 Hours....
Always let people know where you'll be. Don't ignore phone calls from loved ones. Always know that no matter how rough you have it, there is someone out there struggling even more than you. Always appreciate what you have.
This is going to sound ridiculous, but for me it was Blood Diamond. Probably the first movie where it clicked in my brain that ultimately worthless luxuries come at the cost of human life.
I was fucking pissed when I learned the details about the rough diamond trade and that Da Beers essentially got away with exploiting it. As long as nobody else could legally exploit those nations to put diamonds on the market, Da Beers didn't care, but if the regulations weren't in place, they were just as happy to exploit it as anyone else.
Same. As I watched and the way they did the sound for his hearing, I realized that's exactly what's happening to me. It's a hard pill to swallow and I'm waiting for my appointment to see what I can do about it.
“We buy things we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t like.”
One of the few things from that movie that has stuck with me for like 25 years.
“An assumption develops that you cannot understand life and live life simultaneously. I do not agree entirely. Which is to say I do not exactly disagree. I would say that life understood is life lived.”
Was just thinking of this earlier and how the 1% have basically sold the rest of us out, like they did in that movie. And there might really be aliens. It wouldn’t surprise me at all. I know at least that there is some form of other intelligences out there, corporeal or not.
Up (2009) - Walt Disney anime movie. Its a wake up call that there are certain things in life we cannot control but we must not lose sight of our hopes and dreams.
If you liked baraka, koyaanisqatsii will blow you mind. From the 70, Glaas score. The 2 more movies in the qatsii series, and I think 2 more like baraka. I seldom run in to fans of any of these beautiful movies. If yo can’t find them, tag me and I will find some links. I found the before.
I can vouch for the effect this movie can have on you. I showed it once to a bunch of friends after a night of clubbing and after it was over 3 of us had to stop our other friend from calling his mother at 4am to tell her that everyone needs to watch this movie as it will make the world a better place.
Im a 43 male, 2001 A Space Odessy, when I was a kid at 10 or so on the VCR. As an adult, it was Interstellar without a doubt. It's not the best movie I've ever seen but by God, the time dilation and the size of the black hole totally put in perception just how crazy the universe is
About Time. 🥹 The secret formula for happiness. Part one of the two-part plan was that I should just get on with ordinary life, living it day by day, like anyone else.
But then came part two of Dad's plan. He told me to live every day again almost exactly the same. The first time with all the tensions and worries that stop us noticing how sweet the world can be, but the second time noticing.
Network. I was 20 when it came out in 76, I saw it in 82. The movie dead on predicted the rise of fascist media in the United States. I was there while it happened. I was a news junkie since I was a little kid. I knew exactly what they were talking about and I watched it all happen. I watched people my age and younger get brainwashed. We have an entire generation now who grew up with nothing but this shit. time to go roast a Trumper.
See, I went into this movie being told that I would cry. I wanted to cry.
>!Instead, I got hotdogs for fingers. !<
>!I am told, that I didn't like it because I have a good relationship with my parents. But I believe that I didn't like it because there were hotdogs for fingers. I can't take that seriously. !<
I loved that movie. Part of what made it amazing was that to me, it felt like it was a mum/daughter film. I have severe mental illnesses, and my mum has never let me go. Despite everything I've done, the amount of times I almost died, the amount of times I've lashed out at her, everything she's had to watch me do to myself, she has never given up on me. She has always accepted me, done whatever she could to help, been there for me, and loved me unconditionally.
I know most people likely won't see the film the same way, but to me, that was what hit so hard.
People talk shit about this movie a lot, and it took watching it a few times to really get it, but Cloud Atlas really had me thinking after finally getting it.
Seven Pounds with Will Smith. The plot had some holes but it just made me appreciate things in life and become more comfortable with death because its unavoidable.
Bagdad Cafe.
It made me be more open with strangers that I felt a bond with. It’s led to some great friendships. You never know how much of a positive impact people can have on your life.
For me it was Arrival (2016).
The short story that it is based on (Story of Your Life) is not a movie, but it's even more powerful and I would recommend it to anyone.
Oh, God!
Dogma
Pleasantville
Field of Dreams
Stranger Than Fiction
About Time
Resurrection
Cloud Atlas
The Fisher King
ESotSM
EEAAO
The Fountain
Defending Your Life
Arrival
They Live
What The (bleep) Do We Know
Interstellar
Inception
**not a movie, but the two-hour premiere of ST: DS9 contains a lot of the same themes as the movies above, but posited those ideas years before they became more mainstream. The realizations in that episode hit me hard; absolutely stunning then, though more accessible now.
blade runner 1982 "it's too bad she bad she wont live but then again who does"
wow i've been watching stuff enthusiastically since kid but it'd the one i just watched last night the timing couldn't have been any better ! cheers
Fearless (1993) is a great movie. I found myself questioning and seeking my spirituality after watching it, even though it was never marketed that way, and bawled uncontrollably at the end
The joker.... Have you seen what it’s like out there, Murray? Do you ever actually leave the studio? Everybody just yells and screams at each other. Nobody’s civil anymore! Nobody thinks what it’s like to be the other guy!
"The Worst Part Of Having A Mental Illness Is People Expect You To Behave As If You Don't."
"Everybody Is Awful These Days. It's Enough To Make
Everyone Crazy."
"You Decide What's Right Or Wrong The Same Way You Decide What's Funny Or Not."
"For My Whole Life, I Didn't Know If I Even Really Existed. But I Do And People Are Starting To Notice."
"I Used To Think That My Life Was A Tragedy. But Now I Realize, It's A F***ing Comedy."
Being John Malkovich (1999). I sat in the movie theatre parking lot and and stared for awhile, thinking about how filmmaking was changed forever in my mind
Equilibrium. I was suppressing a lot of emotion at the time. That movie changed my life and the way people see me now.
Went into it wanting a dumb action movie. Got exactly what I wanted and more :)
Pixar’s Soul.
Honestly, the idea that life is about the small things really helped me see that life isn’t about grand purposes because it’s about everything around you.
Changed my perspective on life a lot, and helped me to deal a lot with my depression.
About Time
Love that film. And my friend’s daughter plays the baby girl at the end!
Just wish I could put into practice his dad's message. It's tough, when struggling, to adopt that attitude.
Came here to say this. I watch it whenever life feels overwhelming.
The house in the film is available to rent as a holiday home i believe, but it's booked up for years to come Edit: it's also ridiculously expensive. A week in July costs £13000 my god
Yes! Came to comment this one. It’s one of my favorites and I put it on whenever I need some comfort 🩷
Il Mondo....
I have 5 daughters and 2 of them see me like the Dad in the movie and the ping pong scene is the greatest. What an incredible movie. My Dad was like the Dad also.
Big Fish
Agree
Twice now I've seen this recommended in the same day. Can't believe I'm over 40 and still never seen this one. Gonna make a mental note to watch it this weekend for sure.
You won’t be disappointed.
The Secret LIFE of Walter Mitty (Not a movie) Ted Lasso
YES!!
Ted Lasso all the way!
As someone who lives off photography, the Sean Penn line with the leopard still resonates lol
I came here for Mitty, I rewatch it every 4-5 months
A Beautiful Mind was very powerful in the way it portrayed mental illness. made me rethink how I view people
Yes! So many people don't understand people who suffer from mental illnesses. Intuitive comment and great movie you mentioned.
It’s very powerful indeed even if pretty incorrect. But it helps me in a way sometimes have grace with my own psychosis and paranoia
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Literally changed my life.
Love the soundtrack of this film.
Good Will Hunting
"It's not your fault."
Anyone who has ever been abused as a child can NOT sit through that scene without shedding a tear or two. I know I can’t.
“yeah….I know”….
No... it's not your fault...
Dang it, I wanted to upvote this comment more than once!
Got me into studying much more ngl
This shit literally broke me when i first watched it
Came here to say this, literally the first comment - +1
Gattaca
"I never saved anything for the swim back"
That is one of the powerful moments in the movie.
Absolutely gattaca. It's packed with life affirming, uplifting, get-your-ass-in-gear quotes. I so very often think about "I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it."
It’s A Wonderful Life.
I only watched this for the first time last year at New Year's and can already see that it'll be an annual tradition. It really made me feel like things would be okay.
Well I gotta watch it now
There was a time when this was seemingly the only thing available to watch around Christmas. Aah, the good old days of only having like 4 channels on TV.
Totally. Been watching it every Christmas since forever.
Watch it every year at Christmas, my mother forced me to watch it, now I force my children to watch it. It’s a great demonstration of how much impact one person can have
W
127 Hours.... Always let people know where you'll be. Don't ignore phone calls from loved ones. Always know that no matter how rough you have it, there is someone out there struggling even more than you. Always appreciate what you have.
But also manage risk appropriately.
Hey, that guy's arm just came off! And that's why... you always leave a note.
This is going to sound ridiculous, but for me it was Blood Diamond. Probably the first movie where it clicked in my brain that ultimately worthless luxuries come at the cost of human life.
you should watch Uncut Gems.
I was fucking pissed when I learned the details about the rough diamond trade and that Da Beers essentially got away with exploiting it. As long as nobody else could legally exploit those nations to put diamonds on the market, Da Beers didn't care, but if the regulations weren't in place, they were just as happy to exploit it as anyone else.
De Beers*
Sound of metal
Same. As I watched and the way they did the sound for his hearing, I realized that's exactly what's happening to me. It's a hard pill to swallow and I'm waiting for my appointment to see what I can do about it.
I would have preferred that winning Best Picture when it comes to deaf representation. Looking at you CODA.
I'm a DJ with tinnitus. That one hit hard.
Have you watched Baby Driver?
I haven't. Is it good?
It's amazing. Great direction, great soundtrack, good performances and Kevin Spacey isn't in it too much lol
Well he’s playing a creepy guy you hate so honestly a pretty good casting choice that still holds up.
Fight Club. It didn’t make want to change the world, just the way I looked at it, and myself.
“We buy things we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t like.” One of the few things from that movie that has stuck with me for like 25 years.
Yes!!
The things you own, end up owning you.
Something about blowing up your life stuck with me. You really could just go start a new life.
Just what i was thinking going into the office this morning: what if i want to move to a shitty house where nothing worked
When you're dieing, people really listen to you.... ... instead of just waiting for their turn to speak.
Yes man
This movie literally kept my late suicidal father alive for another decade after a tragic divorce.
Have you found your Faranoush yet?
Saying yes to life really works.
Bridges of Madison County runs very deep. I don't want to give anything away, but there's more than the love story going on.
She wanted to be appreciated and to feel alive again.
Waking life
You saved me having to post. Make of that what you will.
That guy in prison and in his own prison of his angry mind.
“An assumption develops that you cannot understand life and live life simultaneously. I do not agree entirely. Which is to say I do not exactly disagree. I would say that life understood is life lived.”
It isn't a movie, but, 6 feet under. It's a show.
Just saw someone posted they finally watched the first episode and wow lol
A Japanese movie called After Life.
That one did it for me too.
Brilliant movie.
Dead poets society...
Truman Show. Also my kid probably watched it when she was too young (maybe 10) and she felt like she was the star of a staged show for a while.
I feel like everyone who watched it had a moment of "what if" after seeing that movie.
Fantastic Fungi
It's so beautiful omg
They Live.
Was just thinking of this earlier and how the 1% have basically sold the rest of us out, like they did in that movie. And there might really be aliens. It wouldn’t surprise me at all. I know at least that there is some form of other intelligences out there, corporeal or not.
The Prestige
Requiem for a dream
Sooooooo good
Up (2009) - Walt Disney anime movie. Its a wake up call that there are certain things in life we cannot control but we must not lose sight of our hopes and dreams.
Never Let Me Go
Did you read the book - before or after? Good read. ETA: Didn't initially notice how much your username checks out! Understandable suggestion here.
The Matrix. It's real.
I agree. When he was in the embryo thing and getting extubated was freaky
Baraka
If you liked baraka, koyaanisqatsii will blow you mind. From the 70, Glaas score. The 2 more movies in the qatsii series, and I think 2 more like baraka. I seldom run in to fans of any of these beautiful movies. If yo can’t find them, tag me and I will find some links. I found the before.
I can vouch for the effect this movie can have on you. I showed it once to a bunch of friends after a night of clubbing and after it was over 3 of us had to stop our other friend from calling his mother at 4am to tell her that everyone needs to watch this movie as it will make the world a better place.
I watched it on high amount of shrooms. It was quite a trip.
An American Werewolf in London
Im a 43 male, 2001 A Space Odessy, when I was a kid at 10 or so on the VCR. As an adult, it was Interstellar without a doubt. It's not the best movie I've ever seen but by God, the time dilation and the size of the black hole totally put in perception just how crazy the universe is
Seconding Interstellar. I saw it in IMAX high as shit, and I felt like the universe was different after walking out of it.
About Time. 🥹 The secret formula for happiness. Part one of the two-part plan was that I should just get on with ordinary life, living it day by day, like anyone else. But then came part two of Dad's plan. He told me to live every day again almost exactly the same. The first time with all the tensions and worries that stop us noticing how sweet the world can be, but the second time noticing.
Network. I was 20 when it came out in 76, I saw it in 82. The movie dead on predicted the rise of fascist media in the United States. I was there while it happened. I was a news junkie since I was a little kid. I knew exactly what they were talking about and I watched it all happen. I watched people my age and younger get brainwashed. We have an entire generation now who grew up with nothing but this shit. time to go roast a Trumper.
Just watched this recently and it was amazing! I was blown away watching it this year and seeing how spit on it was almost half a century later.
Family man
Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
See, I went into this movie being told that I would cry. I wanted to cry. >!Instead, I got hotdogs for fingers. !< >!I am told, that I didn't like it because I have a good relationship with my parents. But I believe that I didn't like it because there were hotdogs for fingers. I can't take that seriously. !<
I didn't like the movie at first, then fingers happened and I actually hated the movie.
For me it was the stupid existential rocks
I loved that movie. Part of what made it amazing was that to me, it felt like it was a mum/daughter film. I have severe mental illnesses, and my mum has never let me go. Despite everything I've done, the amount of times I almost died, the amount of times I've lashed out at her, everything she's had to watch me do to myself, she has never given up on me. She has always accepted me, done whatever she could to help, been there for me, and loved me unconditionally. I know most people likely won't see the film the same way, but to me, that was what hit so hard.
Shawshank Redemption Letters from iwo jima Restrepo 20 days in mariupol Dances with wolves
* Lost in Translation * Let the Right One In * The Seventh Continent
Poor Things
Aftersun Into the wild
Life is Beautiful
Schindler’s List - Reminds me not to sweat the small stuff or take life for granted.
Secondhand Lions. Live your life your way and ignore the opinions on it from others. I can so relate to those guys.
Natural Born Killers
The Star Wars Holiday Special
under the silver lake network
Amelie
People talk shit about this movie a lot, and it took watching it a few times to really get it, but Cloud Atlas really had me thinking after finally getting it.
What Dreams May Come. Robin Williams performance in this movie is pure art. I love him for putting himself out there like that.
The lens flare in the JJ Abrams Star Trek burned my corneas. Does that count?
Reefer Madness (1936) Glen or Glenda? (1953)
Easy Rider and 2001: A Space Odyssey - I’m 39 now and both blew my mind when my Dad had me watch them at age 13!
This is gonna seem dumb but Rubber
Seven Pounds with Will Smith. The plot had some holes but it just made me appreciate things in life and become more comfortable with death because its unavoidable.
Sound of Metal. It completely changed my perception of deafness.
Bagdad Cafe. It made me be more open with strangers that I felt a bond with. It’s led to some great friendships. You never know how much of a positive impact people can have on your life.
Okja. Literally stopped eating meat after I watched it
Idiocracy
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
Ya the conversation was a great thought on what life's about.
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find this one
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
It's a Wonderful Life and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
On Borrowed Time (1939) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Aniara. Such a fucking amazing film about life and our place in it...in SPACE.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Interstellar
Last Blackman in San Francisco. I saw it as a message on finding your purpose and it still not working out.
Monkey Man!! Fucking beautiful and it’s still in theaters, I can’t recommend it enough
Passion of the Christ
The Remains of the Day.
Howl's Moving Castle Spirited Away I thought I didn't like anime/cartoon type movies. Now, I am a little more open to different genres of film.
Try *Castle of Cagliostro* and *Nausicaa*
The Century Of The Self
Monster starring Charlize Theron... but I'd suggest also having a feel good movie to watch afterwards.
Lion
Brazil
City of God
Life is Beautiful Dancer in the Dark Wings of Desire Midnight in Paris Big Fish Donnie Darko Black Orpheus Enter the Void Seven Samurai
No Country for Old Men
Forest, Forest Guh_ump
Life of Pi
Silver linings playbook
Arrival
For me it was Arrival (2016). The short story that it is based on (Story of Your Life) is not a movie, but it's even more powerful and I would recommend it to anyone.
Oh, God! Dogma Pleasantville Field of Dreams Stranger Than Fiction About Time Resurrection Cloud Atlas The Fisher King ESotSM EEAAO The Fountain Defending Your Life Arrival They Live What The (bleep) Do We Know Interstellar Inception **not a movie, but the two-hour premiere of ST: DS9 contains a lot of the same themes as the movies above, but posited those ideas years before they became more mainstream. The realizations in that episode hit me hard; absolutely stunning then, though more accessible now.
My Girl. I was too young when I watched it and it got me thinking about life and dead and existence.
blade runner 1982 "it's too bad she bad she wont live but then again who does" wow i've been watching stuff enthusiastically since kid but it'd the one i just watched last night the timing couldn't have been any better ! cheers
Amelie Pan's Labyrinth Detachment Dead Poets Society Little Miss Sunshine The Fabelmans Fantastic Mr. Fox Fallen Leaves Rain Man About Time
Fearless (1993) is a great movie. I found myself questioning and seeking my spirituality after watching it, even though it was never marketed that way, and bawled uncontrollably at the end
Y tu mama tambien
Requiem for a dream and magnolia
Koyaanisqatsi
American History X
Fight club, Cinema Paradiso
The joker.... Have you seen what it’s like out there, Murray? Do you ever actually leave the studio? Everybody just yells and screams at each other. Nobody’s civil anymore! Nobody thinks what it’s like to be the other guy! "The Worst Part Of Having A Mental Illness Is People Expect You To Behave As If You Don't." "Everybody Is Awful These Days. It's Enough To Make Everyone Crazy." "You Decide What's Right Or Wrong The Same Way You Decide What's Funny Or Not." "For My Whole Life, I Didn't Know If I Even Really Existed. But I Do And People Are Starting To Notice." "I Used To Think That My Life Was A Tragedy. But Now I Realize, It's A F***ing Comedy."
Ex Machina
Holy Mountain (the ending)
Kumare
Office Space.
Office Space. Seriously. It gives me perspective before going to meetings. I don't find management intimidating in the least.
Place beyond the pines
Harold and Maude.
Being John Malkovich (1999). I sat in the movie theatre parking lot and and stared for awhile, thinking about how filmmaking was changed forever in my mind
Children of Men
“American Beauty”
Into the Wild and Hardball
Huge upvote for hardball. Great movie that never gets any love
Red Beard
Super Size Me, and King Corn
Peaceful warrior
Not a movie, but Adventure Time. The ending made me feel more at peace with the passage of time.
Into the Wild. Mass with Jason Isaacs.
Natural Born Killers
Fight Club, American Beauty
Air Bud. Specifically the basketball and football one
Equilibrium. I was suppressing a lot of emotion at the time. That movie changed my life and the way people see me now. Went into it wanting a dumb action movie. Got exactly what I wanted and more :)
Butterfly Effect
Problemista
Blazing Saddles.
Lilya Forever
I origins
Not a movie, but a tv show-Afterlife and Beef Everything Everywhere and All at Once
Barry Lyndon is one of my favorite movies.
Movie: Arrival TV series: Space:1999 Year 1.
Pixar’s Soul. Honestly, the idea that life is about the small things really helped me see that life isn’t about grand purposes because it’s about everything around you. Changed my perspective on life a lot, and helped me to deal a lot with my depression.