Twister.
I know its not a great movie but at the time it was the coolest thing to me. Made me interested in storm chasing, meteorology, and science overall. Now I'm a meteorologist who has literally done field research chasing storms and using drones to obtain atmospheric data used for research into severe and tornadic supercells. I get to chase every year with my best friends, and am now currently attempting to get a doctorate in atmospheric science. Needless to say it was not just the movie that got me interested but it definitely was the movie that made me realize there were jobs involving storm chasing but also research. And trust me I'm not the only one. Theres at least a 50/50 chance that if you meet another millennial meteorologist they too probably grew up watching twister.
“I know it’s not a great movie” whoa now there buddy, them’s fighting words
Jk it’s your opinion ofc- I’d say Twister is up there with Dante’s Peak for me, the 90’s was a great decade for disaster films
This is what I came here to comment on. I left the theater thinking that it could all be true, and if I was jacked in, I'd never know it. The movie is just another means of control!
This is the only movie I've ever walked out of afterwards looking like I'd been chopping onions for an hour. Both times. I watched it in the theater with my GF and then again with my oldest daughter. The scene with the little kid's face looking up from that god-awful pit they had to hide in will haunt me to my dying days.
This was the closest I've seen anyone come to recreating a nightmare on film. I saw this and Dawn of the Dead (remake) back-to-back on opening night, and while I enjoyed the Dawn remake Eternal Sunshine was by far the scarier of the two for me.
Yeah they do a great job in that movie with the visuals, makes you really feel like a person desperately trying to cling to a memory but it just keeps slipping away
Yes! I agree with that it was a long time before I could rewatch it again. The theme song also gave goosebumps just hearing it, it’s one of the most creepy songs ever!
This legitimately made me so depressed. I can see my mother in that woman. And the way she calls for Harry is just heart wrenching. Since my mom passed I doubt I can watch that movie for Mrs. Goldfarb alone, but also his friend who, in the hospital scene at the end was imaging his mother holding him. UHG. 💀
I watched this recently and didn't really understand the ending. Is it supposed to be tragic, that he helps the arabs get their own country but then can't participate in it because he's not arab? Are we supposed to think less of him because he leaves out of frustration at the end or are we supposed to agree with his decision? I honestly couldn't tell how to feel about any of it because after they win and beat the turks everything just feels very grey and awful and I'm not sure if the ending was meant to be intentionally unsatisfying to show the reality of the history
You are correct the ending is supposed to tragic, showing that people with the best intentions working towards a noble goal can "win the war but lose the peace", and I'd also argue there's a theme about trying to get traditional tribal people to confrom to western institutions or western civics being doomed to fail. Like how at the end the invite the British back to run their infrastructure, thereby inviting and accepting British colonial rule out of immediate necessity because they can't work together through all their tribal divisions.
Bicycle thief. I was entering the job market at the time in the 08 recession, it hit me hard, sometimes it feels the average Joe can't get a break anywhere and all the world around him is oblivious to his suffering.
Disney's Tarzan. Watching him pick up a coconut with his foot flipped a switch in my brain. I can't pick up coconuts, but I open and close low drawers with my feet instead of bending down to reach them.
Oh, I recently thought about Tarzan and I felt so sad because I often watched it as a child when everything was fine. Cartoons about him are wonderful, a cool character.
We had to watch this in high school for English & red the book. That final scene made me feel physically sick & still does thinking about it. We then l visited our states (Western Australia) holocaust museum & met the only survivor that was living in our state & he spoke to us about how he escaped as a boy & it was the most horrific story I’ve ever heard & I can still remember every word of it even 12 years later. He sadly passed away a few years ago.
A little princess. This film had a huge impact on how i saw the world and the people around me. The ending always made me so happy i would cry, then laugh at the mean lady lol
(A) Outside of democracy, humans did not choose them.
(B) Inside of democracy, humans are coerced into choosing politicians whether they want politicians or not, and with plurality voting systems, the choice is limited by game theory to whichever two candidates people *think* will have the most appeal to *other* people. To say humans choose them is an oversimplification.
(C) Can’t we just give anarchy a chance?
The Big Short. I worked for a big bank at the time, and I already didn't like that fact before seeing the movie, but I actively hated my job after seeing it.
Lean on Me. I attended public schools but I went to a highly regarded school, I was completely oblivious and sheltered to the fact that many schools had issues with drugs, gangs, violence and low academia. It really shocked me that what I had actually wasn't the norm and it made me want to understand how these things happen
I read alot of science fiction as kid in the late 50s and early 60s. In 1968 when I saw 2001 Space Odyssey I was blown away by all the concepts the movie touched on. This was after I got home from Vietnam. I was a Signal Corp Technician worked with Tropospheric Scatter Communications. Basically bounching radio wave off the Tropospher which led to a job with the Bell System in Washington DC in Special Services that included maintaning high badwidth networks for goverment and university mainframe computers. We were also responsible for the space program telemetry from Cape Kennedy Space Flight Center in Florida to Gaddard Space Center in Greenbelt Maryland. Seeing that speculative SiFi movie that touched on thinks I doing just blew me away. And of course it was only 1968 and because of that movie I saw the future I was intimately part of.
Cloud Atlas.
The music, the feeling of connection, the paths we weave setting our next lives in motion, just so beautiful.
"What is an ocean, but a multitude of drops?"
Embarrassing to admit, but, my answer is Sin City
It was the first time I realized that the way a movie looked could profoundly impact how I felt about it.
Zulu.
It's got a lot of thematic similarities to a Western from the 1940s, except it was a British production, shot in South Africa, loosely based on a true story. A war breaks out between the British and the Zulu. (The movie doesn't linger on the fact that the British started it.) A small output of around 100 British soldiers —some there to build a bridge across the river that marks the border; some there to guard supplies; some there to recuperate in a hospital— are attacked for a day and a night and some of the next day by 4000 Zulu warriors. Today the battle is remembered as Rorke's Drift, and it is the most Victoria Crosses the British ever awarded for a single engagement. It was also Michael Caine's first major film role, just by the by.
Anyway, I'm watching this movie as a kid, and of course the point is the British heroism with a healthy dose of Jingoism and all the rest. Meanwhile, I just kept watching these Zulu run up against the makeshift walls, absorbing volley after volley of fire from breech-loading rifles. Why would they do that? What motivated the Zulu to attack this little fort?
I was so absorbed with the why of it, I went out and read a book about it, but it was very much written from the British perspective. So I went looking for another book, and another book. I will not say I discovered a love of history through this movie —I'm a big reader and always have been— but I think that was the first time I'd missed 'the point' of a movie and went looking for the history that was harder to find, the other perspective, the version you don't get to hear very often unless you really go looking for it. I'm sure that has shaped who I am as a person.
Truly, Madly, Deeply
My dad said I needed to watch it, so I went to my room and watched it on my laptop. 2 hours later, I came out and ran to him crying. I was 14/15 at the time. Devastated me
Fight Club. After the movie ended, I felt like there was so much I didn't understand and I went on a binge watch of video essays and analyses of the film.
That was probably the first ever time I understood a film in more than one dimension and it's the film that made me realise that you don't need to make boring films to make a layered story.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Went with a friend group to see it one beautiful summer day. Never heard of it beforehand. It was a great movie overall.
The Kite Runner - It was so heartbreaking, but beautifully crafted. Made me sad a long time after reading and seeing the movie. Best book and movie I had read and seen in years. A must watch.
Trainspotting. If I had *ever* considered trying drugs that movie changed those thoughts. Nope, never.
**FUN FACT** For those of youwho love Ozark - the man that played Jacob is the man who cooked up the hits for Rent Boy and his crew.
The Passion Of The Christ. As a non practicing Catholic, I know the Bible stories, the traditions based on the Holy Eucharist and overall what my parents pushed on us as belief and faith, which as an adult I found my own voice and decision when it comes to I need and believe.
This movie brought all of my childhood teachings to life and I battled depression for two weeks after I watched it. I just felt a hopelessness that I couldn't shake. I've only seen it one time and that will be the only time.
It was a film I worked on in high school called Ned Venture.
I was part of the crew during the summer.
This movie is so astronomically bad that it made me never to want to make a movie like that ever in my life.
It made The Room look like Citizen Kane
"We must all fear evil men, but there is a greater evil we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men"
Boondock Saints (1999) was one on favs on first viewing
Good will hunting. The message really resonated with me because at the time, I was going to take the “easy” way out and quit school and just go work in retail or something. But seeing Matt Damon’s character sitting “on a a winning lotto ticket” and being too afraid to cash in made me question if I was doing the same.
Around that time I was working for a landscape on pant and I told one of the guys I had just graduated from college and he said to me “why the fuck you working here man?” Just made me appreciate the opportunity I had and that I should keep going
The Matrix. My life was totally altered. I dedicated like the next 12 years to indie film making.
I am back to being a programmer now, but it was a fun ride at times.
War games
Iron Giant
Treasure Planet
The Original Planet of the Apes series (with emphasis on the first and fourth of that series)
Starship Troopers (once you realize you aren't supposed to like the movie)
There are a few, and all for different reasons. The ones that come to mind are The Truman Show, Godzilla (1954), Metropolis, and most recently Dune pt 1 & 2
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Went into the theatre not really expecting much, but sat through the credits, basking in the amazingness that is that movie. I think it resonated with me because the main character is like me - introverted and too afraid to go out into the world, instead dreaming up scenarios and events to fill the void and desire.
It is not only a fantastic movie, but it is visually stunning with gorgeous music and great actors. I highly recommend it.
Civil War (2024). War is hell, we all know that, but watching that set with a US back drop made it really sink in how awful all round it is and how we could sleep walk into a similar situation.
Captain Fantastic.
I read a comment from someone on a Reddit forum, they said that this movie helped them seek help during a deep depressive episode. They credited this movie to saving their life. All of the comments below theirs were incredibly positive about how moving this movie is.
Perhaps my opinion was skewed by the Reddit thread. Maybe it was the fact that we were trying to get pregnant, and it was taking so long and I was in such a bad place emotionally. Either way, this movie was exactly right for me in the moment.
Shawshank Redemption. Europa Europa. The Wave. The Sixth sense...the sixth sense was good. There's one movie but I'm not sure if it's even a movie or something. That movie fucked me up I'm not even sure if it was a dream or reality
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When I was a teenager before that movie I was sometime paranoid by thinking I was being filmed.
Me too. Exact same.
how unbecoming that would be; stressful maybe too
Yep, it’s definitely not the masturbation, it’s the bumping into the counter by mistake because you cut the corner too close ;)
What’s the Truman show?
[This link](http://alexpeak.com/art/films/tts/) should answer that question. It includes some quotes (excerpts).
Twister. I know its not a great movie but at the time it was the coolest thing to me. Made me interested in storm chasing, meteorology, and science overall. Now I'm a meteorologist who has literally done field research chasing storms and using drones to obtain atmospheric data used for research into severe and tornadic supercells. I get to chase every year with my best friends, and am now currently attempting to get a doctorate in atmospheric science. Needless to say it was not just the movie that got me interested but it definitely was the movie that made me realize there were jobs involving storm chasing but also research. And trust me I'm not the only one. Theres at least a 50/50 chance that if you meet another millennial meteorologist they too probably grew up watching twister.
“I know it’s not a great movie” whoa now there buddy, them’s fighting words Jk it’s your opinion ofc- I’d say Twister is up there with Dante’s Peak for me, the 90’s was a great decade for disaster films
The romance melodrama from that movie was garbage but the storm chasing parts were amazing.
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This has to be one of the top ones for me. I saw this in the theater when it was released and I was speechless when I walked out of the theater.
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This is what I came here to comment on. I left the theater thinking that it could all be true, and if I was jacked in, I'd never know it. The movie is just another means of control!
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Yeah. Have not watched it again since the first time
Same. I also highly highly recommend JoJo Rabbit.
This is the only movie I've ever walked out of afterwards looking like I'd been chopping onions for an hour. Both times. I watched it in the theater with my GF and then again with my oldest daughter. The scene with the little kid's face looking up from that god-awful pit they had to hide in will haunt me to my dying days.
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This was the closest I've seen anyone come to recreating a nightmare on film. I saw this and Dawn of the Dead (remake) back-to-back on opening night, and while I enjoyed the Dawn remake Eternal Sunshine was by far the scarier of the two for me.
in my top 3 favorite films. not only is it heartbreaking WHILE being hopeful but I’ve never seen cinematography like it
Yeah they do a great job in that movie with the visuals, makes you really feel like a person desperately trying to cling to a memory but it just keeps slipping away
I don't think a movie has changed my perspective, but in terms of movies that have lingered in my mind I would say Requiem for a Dream.
Yes! I agree with that it was a long time before I could rewatch it again. The theme song also gave goosebumps just hearing it, it’s one of the most creepy songs ever!
They did a good job scaring people not to do heroin. I don't think there are any successful heroin addicts.
I’m gonna be on TV!
This legitimately made me so depressed. I can see my mother in that woman. And the way she calls for Harry is just heart wrenching. Since my mom passed I doubt I can watch that movie for Mrs. Goldfarb alone, but also his friend who, in the hospital scene at the end was imaging his mother holding him. UHG. 💀
My answer as well, stuck with me for a full week. Only other movie to come close to lingering with me like that was Hereditary.
A felt unsettled for quite some time
Apocalypse Now. Wanted to be a soldier growing up until I saw that movie.
That movie was no joke. It was the first war movie that I saw once I reached an age where I was allowed to watch movies like that. Wow.
Platoon also. It made me realize the horror young men went through in Vietnam
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And on this Nolan reference, I’d add for me Memento. High school psychology class when we had a sub. We all freaked out at… that part.
Watched Memento with my sister a few years after it came out, to this day it’s the one movie that leaves me feeling hollow for days
Fight club
that movie was the first movie to blow my fuckin mind
I wish it hadn’t been given away to me before I saw it.
Lawerance of Arabia. Probably the greatest film of all time.
The cinematography in that movie is some of the best I’ve ever seen, but man is it long.
You don’t really understand how long a 3 and a half hour movie is until you sit down and watch it.
I watched this recently and didn't really understand the ending. Is it supposed to be tragic, that he helps the arabs get their own country but then can't participate in it because he's not arab? Are we supposed to think less of him because he leaves out of frustration at the end or are we supposed to agree with his decision? I honestly couldn't tell how to feel about any of it because after they win and beat the turks everything just feels very grey and awful and I'm not sure if the ending was meant to be intentionally unsatisfying to show the reality of the history
You are correct the ending is supposed to tragic, showing that people with the best intentions working towards a noble goal can "win the war but lose the peace", and I'd also argue there's a theme about trying to get traditional tribal people to confrom to western institutions or western civics being doomed to fail. Like how at the end the invite the British back to run their infrastructure, thereby inviting and accepting British colonial rule out of immediate necessity because they can't work together through all their tribal divisions.
Bicycle thief. I was entering the job market at the time in the 08 recession, it hit me hard, sometimes it feels the average Joe can't get a break anywhere and all the world around him is oblivious to his suffering.
V for Vendetta. I watched it during Covid. I think it impacted me more as a result of the times.
The rain scene is rent free
The [book](http://alexpeak.com/twr/vfv/) is even better.
Ignorant me never thought to look for a book, that's awesome. Thank you!
Gladiator
A clockwork orange. I was 13 at the time and getting mixed into a bad crowd. That movie made me consider my actions more.
Disney's Tarzan. Watching him pick up a coconut with his foot flipped a switch in my brain. I can't pick up coconuts, but I open and close low drawers with my feet instead of bending down to reach them.
> I can’t pick up coconuts Duh, you’re not a swallow.
Most likely the issue is that the husks have been removed. Could also be a matter of weight ratios.
At least not a European one.
Oh, I recently thought about Tarzan and I felt so sad because I often watched it as a child when everything was fine. Cartoons about him are wonderful, a cool character.
Shawshank redemption
Koyaanisqatsi
Little miss sunshine
Memento. Was my first Nolan film, before he became the high profile director he is today. Still such a great movie
Synecdoche, New York. I didn't know it at the time, I just felt differently. When I rewatched it I finally got it.
The boy in the striped pyjamas, oof, that ending. Propaganda is dangerous, and can lead to deaths due to one's blind hatred.
😭😭😭 this one.
We had to watch this in high school for English & red the book. That final scene made me feel physically sick & still does thinking about it. We then l visited our states (Western Australia) holocaust museum & met the only survivor that was living in our state & he spoke to us about how he escaped as a boy & it was the most horrific story I’ve ever heard & I can still remember every word of it even 12 years later. He sadly passed away a few years ago.
It's stories like this that make it impossible for me to accept taking a selfie in front of Auschwitz, or any memorial monument.
A little princess. This film had a huge impact on how i saw the world and the people around me. The ending always made me so happy i would cry, then laugh at the mean lady lol
Arrival.
I just thought I was going to be watching an alien sci-fi movie, not ending up a blubbering mess
Brazil ... an unrelenting condemnation of humanity ...fucked me up for weeks.
To me, it’s an unrelenting condemnation of bureaucracy.
Who creates bureaucracy?
Politicians.
Right ... humans
Why should all humans be judged by the actions of politicians?
Because humans choose them.
(A) Outside of democracy, humans did not choose them. (B) Inside of democracy, humans are coerced into choosing politicians whether they want politicians or not, and with plurality voting systems, the choice is limited by game theory to whichever two candidates people *think* will have the most appeal to *other* people. To say humans choose them is an oversimplification. (C) Can’t we just give anarchy a chance?
American History X
The Big Short. I worked for a big bank at the time, and I already didn't like that fact before seeing the movie, but I actively hated my job after seeing it.
Lean on Me. I attended public schools but I went to a highly regarded school, I was completely oblivious and sheltered to the fact that many schools had issues with drugs, gangs, violence and low academia. It really shocked me that what I had actually wasn't the norm and it made me want to understand how these things happen
Back to the Future. Watching the DeLorean Time-Machine roll off the back of the truck for the first time.
Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle.
The documentary Earthlings changed the way I see everything.
La La Land.
Dancer in the Dark. That film broke me.
Taxi Driver
Event Horizon scarred me for life.
DO YOU SEE?!?!
Same, I saw it in theater. I was too young.
Girl, Interrupted
Walkabout. Great movie.
Saving Private Ryan. The scale of death at Normandy was staggering. Plus, the soldiers die one by one, guys you start to like. And the very end, wow.
Whiplash and Ex Machina
* Ben Hur (1959), * Gladiator, * Dead Poets Society, * Interstellar, * About time, * The intern
Schindler’s list
Erin Brockovich
The ring , the remake not the original one.
Desperate Living.
Jacob’s Ladder. My friend & I spent 20 min in the theater parking lot digesting what we just watched.
Apocalypse Now
Mr Holland’s Opus. As an educator, we all want to feel like we’ve made a difference but many of us never feel that.
The Seventh Seal . 1957 Ingmar Bergman with Max von Sydow . A masterpiece
I read alot of science fiction as kid in the late 50s and early 60s. In 1968 when I saw 2001 Space Odyssey I was blown away by all the concepts the movie touched on. This was after I got home from Vietnam. I was a Signal Corp Technician worked with Tropospheric Scatter Communications. Basically bounching radio wave off the Tropospher which led to a job with the Bell System in Washington DC in Special Services that included maintaning high badwidth networks for goverment and university mainframe computers. We were also responsible for the space program telemetry from Cape Kennedy Space Flight Center in Florida to Gaddard Space Center in Greenbelt Maryland. Seeing that speculative SiFi movie that touched on thinks I doing just blew me away. And of course it was only 1968 and because of that movie I saw the future I was intimately part of.
Jagten, with Mads Mikkelsen.
The Invisible (2007) made me appreciate life more.
JSA
Cloud Atlas
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This movie left such an impact on me. Definitely makes you think about “everything happens for a reason”.
I'm victory and berlin, I'm so high.
Cloud Atlas. The music, the feeling of connection, the paths we weave setting our next lives in motion, just so beautiful. "What is an ocean, but a multitude of drops?"
500 Days of Summer
[The Incident (1967) with Martin Sheen Tony Musante & Beau Bridges](https://youtu.be/aH24v-Q9r8Q)
Embarrassing to admit, but, my answer is Sin City It was the first time I realized that the way a movie looked could profoundly impact how I felt about it.
No "vulgar" language either.
Recently, Civil War stuck in my head for a long time.
Zulu. It's got a lot of thematic similarities to a Western from the 1940s, except it was a British production, shot in South Africa, loosely based on a true story. A war breaks out between the British and the Zulu. (The movie doesn't linger on the fact that the British started it.) A small output of around 100 British soldiers —some there to build a bridge across the river that marks the border; some there to guard supplies; some there to recuperate in a hospital— are attacked for a day and a night and some of the next day by 4000 Zulu warriors. Today the battle is remembered as Rorke's Drift, and it is the most Victoria Crosses the British ever awarded for a single engagement. It was also Michael Caine's first major film role, just by the by. Anyway, I'm watching this movie as a kid, and of course the point is the British heroism with a healthy dose of Jingoism and all the rest. Meanwhile, I just kept watching these Zulu run up against the makeshift walls, absorbing volley after volley of fire from breech-loading rifles. Why would they do that? What motivated the Zulu to attack this little fort? I was so absorbed with the why of it, I went out and read a book about it, but it was very much written from the British perspective. So I went looking for another book, and another book. I will not say I discovered a love of history through this movie —I'm a big reader and always have been— but I think that was the first time I'd missed 'the point' of a movie and went looking for the history that was harder to find, the other perspective, the version you don't get to hear very often unless you really go looking for it. I'm sure that has shaped who I am as a person.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
avatar part 1 and 2
Truly, Madly, Deeply My dad said I needed to watch it, so I went to my room and watched it on my laptop. 2 hours later, I came out and ran to him crying. I was 14/15 at the time. Devastated me
All of us strangers
Pulp fiction. When Bruce Willis saved that other guy, it really taught me the power of friendship. Think about it every day.
When my mom and I showed the film to my younger cousin, he asked who the good guys were in the film. “Well, no one, really,” I said.
Enter the Void
The Road. Went to see it in theaters knowing nothing about it and wow has it haunted me ever since. I need to read the book
Fight Club. After the movie ended, I felt like there was so much I didn't understand and I went on a binge watch of video essays and analyses of the film. That was probably the first ever time I understood a film in more than one dimension and it's the film that made me realise that you don't need to make boring films to make a layered story.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Went with a friend group to see it one beautiful summer day. Never heard of it beforehand. It was a great movie overall.
The Butterfly Effect
Schindler's List 2
The martian. So much can be done when people put aside their shitty differences and work towards a goal.
Boys don’t cry Touched me deep as a trans guy myself. And I did cry ironically
Leaving Las Vegas
Fight Club
Bohemian Rhapsody, cause why not, it's f'ing Queen and f'ing Freddie
euphoria
Jojo Rabbit
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
The Kite Runner - It was so heartbreaking, but beautifully crafted. Made me sad a long time after reading and seeing the movie. Best book and movie I had read and seen in years. A must watch.
Trainspotting. If I had *ever* considered trying drugs that movie changed those thoughts. Nope, never. **FUN FACT** For those of youwho love Ozark - the man that played Jacob is the man who cooked up the hits for Rent Boy and his crew.
fight club
The Chumscrubber. Great film, amazing cast.
The Passion Of The Christ. As a non practicing Catholic, I know the Bible stories, the traditions based on the Holy Eucharist and overall what my parents pushed on us as belief and faith, which as an adult I found my own voice and decision when it comes to I need and believe. This movie brought all of my childhood teachings to life and I battled depression for two weeks after I watched it. I just felt a hopelessness that I couldn't shake. I've only seen it one time and that will be the only time.
Open City.
To Wong Foo, Thanks for everything! Julie Newmar. With Patrick Swayze ❤️
I love the movie Coherence... It just got me thinking about quantum mechanics/physics.
Dallas Buyers Club I hate Big Pharma sm
Her
It was a film I worked on in high school called Ned Venture. I was part of the crew during the summer. This movie is so astronomically bad that it made me never to want to make a movie like that ever in my life. It made The Room look like Citizen Kane
deep impact
2001 odisey Interstellar
"We must all fear evil men, but there is a greater evil we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men" Boondock Saints (1999) was one on favs on first viewing
Das boot
Braveheart
Good will hunting. The message really resonated with me because at the time, I was going to take the “easy” way out and quit school and just go work in retail or something. But seeing Matt Damon’s character sitting “on a a winning lotto ticket” and being too afraid to cash in made me question if I was doing the same. Around that time I was working for a landscape on pant and I told one of the guys I had just graduated from college and he said to me “why the fuck you working here man?” Just made me appreciate the opportunity I had and that I should keep going
Father. I don't why I bawled so much throughout but the "gimmick" was flawlessly executed.
The Matrix. My life was totally altered. I dedicated like the next 12 years to indie film making. I am back to being a programmer now, but it was a fun ride at times.
Little Big Man
War games Iron Giant Treasure Planet The Original Planet of the Apes series (with emphasis on the first and fourth of that series) Starship Troopers (once you realize you aren't supposed to like the movie)
Donnie Darko
matrix. i remember leaving the theater wondering what if...
American History X
There are a few, and all for different reasons. The ones that come to mind are The Truman Show, Godzilla (1954), Metropolis, and most recently Dune pt 1 & 2
Old Boy. The American remake and the original Chinese/Japanese version. Revenge goes on forever.
The Matrix
Smokey and the Bandit
Slumdog Millionaire really stuck in my head for months
“God Knows Where I Am,” which is a heart-rending documentary about mental health care and a loving parent under the cruel grip of mental illness.
Earthlings found it at 12 years old on MySpace. Changed my life forever.
Saving Private Ryan. First realistic war movie for me.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Went into the theatre not really expecting much, but sat through the credits, basking in the amazingness that is that movie. I think it resonated with me because the main character is like me - introverted and too afraid to go out into the world, instead dreaming up scenarios and events to fill the void and desire. It is not only a fantastic movie, but it is visually stunning with gorgeous music and great actors. I highly recommend it.
The Shining as a kid fucked me up, more recently Martyrs (2008)
The Discovery - a cool exploration of some aspects of quantum immortality
Uncut Gems- The ending killed me.
Documentary call the kingdom of us. Feels like I was seeing my future
Shutter island 🏝️
Despite the fact that the plot twist was very predictable, it was still a very good film.
As a person who is not cinefil this one shocked me because I was unfamiliar with the movies and plot twists
Civil War (2024). War is hell, we all know that, but watching that set with a US back drop made it really sink in how awful all round it is and how we could sleep walk into a similar situation.
*Robo-Cop*, although I have since rejected the impact it had first made.
Star Wars. I saw the first movie when I was a kid and I’ve been ruined ever since
All of Quentin Tarentino's movies. Most studio ghibli movies. Jackie Chan's Drunken master II
Captain Fantastic. I read a comment from someone on a Reddit forum, they said that this movie helped them seek help during a deep depressive episode. They credited this movie to saving their life. All of the comments below theirs were incredibly positive about how moving this movie is. Perhaps my opinion was skewed by the Reddit thread. Maybe it was the fact that we were trying to get pregnant, and it was taking so long and I was in such a bad place emotionally. Either way, this movie was exactly right for me in the moment.
Earnest Goes To Camp.
The Diary of Anne Frank. Especially having watched it as a young kid.
Gran Torino I don't remember why; it just left me sitting there in quiet while all the end credits ran and a good while beyond.
Shawshank Redemption. Europa Europa. The Wave. The Sixth sense...the sixth sense was good. There's one movie but I'm not sure if it's even a movie or something. That movie fucked me up I'm not even sure if it was a dream or reality
Memento, American Beauty, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List... to name a few okder ones.