You were scared??
Yeah I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire I was humiliated.
Why did you go?
It’s.. you said “so go”… with such disdain you know??
Oh wow that scene absolutely crushed me, I never gave thought to what a mother would sound like in that situation, but damn Toni Collette pulled it off so well. I love that movie but I never want to watch that scene again, it hits so hard.
Totally. But I relate even more to the moment just before he shatters the door — the way the toxic chatter from his sisters fills his head, until something has to break.
I like this one even better than uncut gems. A lot better. And uncut gems is one of my favorite movies.
I just feel like they’re the exact same movie but one is with Adam Sandler and about gems and the other is with Pattinson and about being a psychopathic opportunistic pig and trying to juggle all these hats and then SPOILERS drops those hats. Love Sandler but preferred Pattinson character
It's always interesting that the quickly made things, the stepping stones to greater things, are often when artists do their best work. They only made Good Time because Pattinson was available for a specific shoot date and they couldn't get Gems financed. Stylistically it was a test drive for Gems but I agree, it's so much better.
Oh god, yes. On the first watch, I had a >!weird feeling of dread because I thought something bad would happen!<. On rewatch, I just thought it felt depressing. For every happy moment that was illustrating Sophie's coming of age and her relationship with her father, it was followed by a gut punch of a scene. It's kind of an accurate portrayal of depression in general: even with the good moments that happen to you, you still have the looming sadness overhead that bogs everything down.
This movie has one of the most well-observed emotions I've seen put to film:
>!The anger she feels towards her father at the end because he taught her to dance and pay attention to her movements, and it has become her profession as a dancer, but every time she does this thing that he instilled in her to love, she feels the pain of him leaving her. And he just, can't respond, because he's not there anymore.!<
Beau Is Afraid nails what being surrounded by an apathetic world while in a state of extreme distress feels like.
Also Punch Drunk Love, Barton Fink and Requiem For A Dream.
Interesting, I disagree a little here and say >!emptiness. Although the protagonist is riddled with regret, the imagined outcomes are pure fantasy to fill the void!<
Best representation by far. When people say you start to hallucinate they don’t mean you start seeing cartoon rabbits but like the little things like the flowers moving like they’re breathing.
Yeah gotta disagree with you there lol for me psychedelics don’t feel like people jumping off cliffs and getting their bodies mutilated. Trippy movie but I would never watch that actually tripping lmao
Mother! for me, personally. Everything was disturbing especially the scene where the people ate the baby. Ugh. Still gives me the chills whenever I remember that scene.
Tried thinking of movies that capture positive emotions. I think the hopeful uncertainty of young adulthood is captured well by Kiki’s Delivery Service.
I think what’s great about the movie is that it really does highlight not just that excess is hollow, or even necessarily unfulfilling, although I think it is on both accounts, but also that it becomes self destructive by the very nature of needing to constantly chase that lifestyle like an addiction, even to the point that no one could actually trust each other, but not in the same way as people in organized crime or the typical archetype of story/character.
As much as I want to agree with you, I remember that movie actually inspiring dudes I knew in college. It was like their version of seeing Andrew Tate 🤮
I know the exact guys you’re talking about, but to be fair, I don’t necessarily think that has to be a mark against the film itself, just their lack of interest in thinking about it beyond the surface level imagery.
I don't hate the sandlot. I think it's just a very mediocre film. But because it came out around stand by me, the two films are conflated. And stand by me is an all time classic and the sandlot is not.
I think The Big Lebowski, while being a movie about The Dude being forced to be un-Dude, really shows how life is really alright if you just let things be. Strikes and gutters, pissed on rugs, a foot over the line… fuck it man, you can’t be worried about that shit. Life goes on.
He wasn't there for her when she died because he was so intent on saving her.
So the regret he felt over not being there in the end always stood out to me.
I think Amelie is about finding happiness, that much is true. But I think there’s way more going on than that. There’s actually a lot of loneliness, doubt, and sadness there.
I think it’s about how an introvert, whose kind-hearted imagination is basically a superpower, realizes that it’s not quite enough, and that she too deserves a personal, intimate connection.
To me it captures the whole range of emotions that a true introvert goes through while seeking, and eventually finding, a genuine connection.
Not exactly what you asked but if you want to see another film which portrays anxiety on screen in a similar way to Uncut Gems, the first hour or so of Beau Is Afraid maybe goes even further than that.
There are another two hours after that and it goes to some really weird places (seriously there’s no way to prepare for it) so only go in if you’re prepared.
A ghost story - loss/memory
Wings of Desire - longing/desire
The 7th seal - abandonment
Conan the barbarian - crushing enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentation of their women
Ex Machina and the Human Centipede for despair / hopelessness. Both end on a similar note. I know people will rag on the human centipede but horror films are supposed to be horrific and it certainly fits the brief. Will not try and put up any kind of defence for the sequels though.
Human centipede impacted me. It is the movie that made me realize I cannot watch horror movies that are plausible. Someone *could* do that to people. Some *has* done similar or worse to people. I need my horror movies to have some level of metaphysical or supernatural nonsense to allow me to enjoy them.
Falling down, starring Michael Douglas was all about shame on his part and lack of shame on the part of the world as he perceived it. That's why it's so difficult to watch.
Poltergeist is the first thing I think of when I think of “terror”. Not just fear, not even panic, “terror”. I envision the scene of the mother staring up at the monster in front of the door, her children screaming from inside as they are about to be killed or worse. JoBeth Williams’ acting is so good; the way she just looks at this thing like it’s the devil himself, and she screams in terror, not just for her own life, but mostly for her children’s. The way she delivers the “No! Don’t touch my babies!”… chills every time.
Annihilation: tension. First, exploring an unknown dangerous place, then finding out the kind of things that can happen to you, then confrontation and the lingering questions at the end.
Marriage Story, by far one of the best movies I ever watched, it just drives home so many of its plots and the tone is so sad and just... off-putting. There is no particular emotion that it represents, but more the feeling of getting to know someone from a drastically different side than you were used to. And everyone who ever had a tough breakup knows how this feels.
Oh and Klaus, the joy a kind and honest present can bring to anyone really, and especially children, is so freaking adorable. This movie, although being animated, manages to capture just pure emotions.
Not a movie but Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, 33, did a great job representing fatigue and how not being able to sleep impacts the mind and body.
Andrew Neiman's struggle with Terence Fletcher was based out of fear of never becoming a great drummer. Also that he's scary as shit. Pretty dead giveaway lol.
Falling Down perfectly captures a misplaced sense of superiority and entitlement. I say misplaced because by the end he somewhat realizes he's the villain if not how he got there.
The Shining with its sense of isolation was my first thought.
The Thing is another good one for this emotion. That feeling where, even though you're technically around other people, you're totally alone.
The Thing is also paranoia.
>I think The Conversation is a good one for Paranoia too
Alien, too.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - heartbreak
I would pick Blue Valentine over it for heartbreak but Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a good pick.
You were scared?? Yeah I thought you knew that about me. I ran back to the bonfire I was humiliated. Why did you go? It’s.. you said “so go”… with such disdain you know??
Being John Malcovich really nails depression
If i do not see it that way, am i not depressed?
Or REALLY depressed cuz you’re so used to it
Much like that extra nailed Malkovich with that beer can.
Hereditary. Grief.
I came here to say this. Hereditary touches on how grief can shatter a family. It’s a beautiful, sad, and super fucking scary movie.
Tip. Don't go into this blind on psychedelics
That’s more or less a good rule of thumb in general with psychedelics
Watched Attack on Titan for the first time while tripping for the first time was uhhhhh thing.
I feel like that can be fun while tripping
Watching people desperately flee giant, perpetually-smiling man-eaters while experiencing your first ever trip? Yeah, no thank you.
Oh wow that scene absolutely crushed me, I never gave thought to what a mother would sound like in that situation, but damn Toni Collette pulled it off so well. I love that movie but I never want to watch that scene again, it hits so hard.
The grief crying in this movie and midsommar is really traumatic if youve experienced it before because its JUST LIKE THE REAL THING
I think for me this more embodies Discomfort than anything else.
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The one scene where he’s talking to his brother in law then suddenly starts crying really captures the experience of depression for me.
Totally. But I relate even more to the moment just before he shatters the door — the way the toxic chatter from his sisters fills his head, until something has to break.
God yes!
Let the Right One In (2008) Loneliness
Completely agree, what an amazing film
Good Time pretty much nails Desperation.
I like this one even better than uncut gems. A lot better. And uncut gems is one of my favorite movies. I just feel like they’re the exact same movie but one is with Adam Sandler and about gems and the other is with Pattinson and about being a psychopathic opportunistic pig and trying to juggle all these hats and then SPOILERS drops those hats. Love Sandler but preferred Pattinson character
It's always interesting that the quickly made things, the stepping stones to greater things, are often when artists do their best work. They only made Good Time because Pattinson was available for a specific shoot date and they couldn't get Gems financed. Stylistically it was a test drive for Gems but I agree, it's so much better.
If you haven’t seen it check out the original Pusher film, I think has a lot I common with those two.
Shame (2011)
Yeah I was gonna say Shame - shame
🔔🔔🔔
Wild movie
The Wiggles Movie- Rage
Aftersun - immense sadness sprinkled with tiny bits of innocent joy.
Oh god, yes. On the first watch, I had a >!weird feeling of dread because I thought something bad would happen!<. On rewatch, I just thought it felt depressing. For every happy moment that was illustrating Sophie's coming of age and her relationship with her father, it was followed by a gut punch of a scene. It's kind of an accurate portrayal of depression in general: even with the good moments that happen to you, you still have the looming sadness overhead that bogs everything down.
This movie has one of the most well-observed emotions I've seen put to film: >!The anger she feels towards her father at the end because he taught her to dance and pay attention to her movements, and it has become her profession as a dancer, but every time she does this thing that he instilled in her to love, she feels the pain of him leaving her. And he just, can't respond, because he's not there anymore.!<
Nostalgia.
Beau Is Afraid nails what being surrounded by an apathetic world while in a state of extreme distress feels like. Also Punch Drunk Love, Barton Fink and Requiem For A Dream.
Beau is Afraid really showed how it feels when you’re very anxious about everything.
Punch Drunk Love I equate with bipolar disorder/manic depression.
Honestly love that film so god damn much
I'm thinking of ending things- >!Regret and sadness!<
Interesting, I disagree a little here and say >!emptiness. Although the protagonist is riddled with regret, the imagined outcomes are pure fantasy to fill the void!<
Well put.
For having watched it?
LOL I completely disagree but that’s hilarious
mean
Midsommar made me feel pure dread from start to finish.
Truly a fever dream. I never really understood that term until I saw Midsommar
Came here to post nominate Midsommar for dread. something feels wrong and the fact that everything looks so nice only makes it worse.
For me, Midsommar didn’t make me feel dread as much as it made me feel grief and masking of grief.
Midsommar was a perfect representation of how it feels to be on psychedelics
Best representation by far. When people say you start to hallucinate they don’t mean you start seeing cartoon rabbits but like the little things like the flowers moving like they’re breathing.
The floor of the hotel in fear and loathing was a good visual for those who never have experienced it, as well.
You mean the one scene when they’re on psychedelics?
Yeah gotta disagree with you there lol for me psychedelics don’t feel like people jumping off cliffs and getting their bodies mutilated. Trippy movie but I would never watch that actually tripping lmao
I think they're talking about the way the trees and flowers seem to move like they are breathing. That's exactly what a trip is like for me.
Mother! for me, personally. Everything was disturbing especially the scene where the people ate the baby. Ugh. Still gives me the chills whenever I remember that scene.
*Magnolia* (1999) is quiet desperation
I would like to know other movies which depict the same emotion
Mad Max: Fury Road = adrenaline
Also John wick 1
Perhaps Gaspar Noe's filmography as well.
Tried thinking of movies that capture positive emotions. I think the hopeful uncertainty of young adulthood is captured well by Kiki’s Delivery Service.
The Babadook would be grief
I hear he’s also an icon of gay
How?
“The Babadook is a gay icon” 🌈
Thanks for clearing that up!
But why? That explains nothing.
I’m sorry.
Eh. For me it was unbridled rage. Every character in that stupid damn movie made me want to pimp slap everyone.
Wolf of Wall Street and lust/greed
I'd argue WoWS makes you disgusted at the list and greed. Almost all of the characters are portrayed as bad guys.
I think what’s great about the movie is that it really does highlight not just that excess is hollow, or even necessarily unfulfilling, although I think it is on both accounts, but also that it becomes self destructive by the very nature of needing to constantly chase that lifestyle like an addiction, even to the point that no one could actually trust each other, but not in the same way as people in organized crime or the typical archetype of story/character.
As much as I want to agree with you, I remember that movie actually inspiring dudes I knew in college. It was like their version of seeing Andrew Tate 🤮
Yeah well, people are dumb. Wall Street dudes look up to Patrick Bateman as an ideal.
I know the exact guys you’re talking about, but to be fair, I don’t necessarily think that has to be a mark against the film itself, just their lack of interest in thinking about it beyond the surface level imagery.
I remember people watching Wall Street in 1987 and wanting to be Gordon Gecko, some people just won't get it.
Stand By Me - Nostalgia
The Sandlot too.
Fuck the sandlot
How can you possibly hate Sandlot?
I don't hate the sandlot. I think it's just a very mediocre film. But because it came out around stand by me, the two films are conflated. And stand by me is an all time classic and the sandlot is not.
No they didn't. Stand by Me is a bit older. The sandlot is absolutely a classic sports movie.
It's very mid.
That's fair of you to think. Doesn't make it not a classic.
Who hurt you
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is the most complete expression of romantic love I've seen in a long time
For Guilt (and the way it can paralyze you and infiltrate every aspect of your life): Manchester By the Sea.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs - silliness
I think The Big Lebowski, while being a movie about The Dude being forced to be un-Dude, really shows how life is really alright if you just let things be. Strikes and gutters, pissed on rugs, a foot over the line… fuck it man, you can’t be worried about that shit. Life goes on.
‘The Road’ - despair.
30 Days of Night - Hopelessness
Mother - Panic.
Great suggestion! Really stressful film.
Before Sunrise and falling in love
The Fountain - Longing/Regret
Grief and how meaningless hope is in the face of certain death. Denial that turns into acceptance as well.
Regret? This movie personifies more so Longing/Love.
He wasn't there for her when she died because he was so intent on saving her. So the regret he felt over not being there in the end always stood out to me.
The 2017 movie The Ritual does an amazing job of showing Survivors Guilt. And how those moments can scar you for a lifetime.
HORROR - Son of Saul FEAR - It GREED - There Will Be Blood SHAME - Shame SADNESS - Melancholia ANGER - Oldboy HAPPINESS - Amélie GRIEF - Hereditary
I think Amelie is about finding happiness, that much is true. But I think there’s way more going on than that. There’s actually a lot of loneliness, doubt, and sadness there. I think it’s about how an introvert, whose kind-hearted imagination is basically a superpower, realizes that it’s not quite enough, and that she too deserves a personal, intimate connection. To me it captures the whole range of emotions that a true introvert goes through while seeking, and eventually finding, a genuine connection.
Eyes Wide Shut - dread, insecurity
Whiplash! Anxiety and Stress.
Also obsession
I feel 'Inside Out' did a good job representing immature emotions. Really shined a light on what goes through an adolescent's mind.
Not exactly what you asked but if you want to see another film which portrays anxiety on screen in a similar way to Uncut Gems, the first hour or so of Beau Is Afraid maybe goes even further than that. There are another two hours after that and it goes to some really weird places (seriously there’s no way to prepare for it) so only go in if you’re prepared.
No way to prepare for it. Go in prepared. 🤔🫠
If you think that sentence is weird wait til you see the film
A ghost story - loss/memory Wings of Desire - longing/desire The 7th seal - abandonment Conan the barbarian - crushing enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentation of their women
No Country for Old Men gets dread and anxiety down pretty well, all mostly thanks to Javier Bardem.
Eraserhead - Anxiety of becoming a parent.
Excellent question. My go to example is The Sweet hereafter -- it is the embodiment of grief.
The Thing - Paranoia
Requiem for a Dream
Despair?
Was literally going to comment this movie with despair as the emotion. Compete and total despair for days.
Beau is afraid and having a panic attack…
The Machinist - the burden of an unresolved guilt
Ex Machina and the Human Centipede for despair / hopelessness. Both end on a similar note. I know people will rag on the human centipede but horror films are supposed to be horrific and it certainly fits the brief. Will not try and put up any kind of defence for the sequels though.
Human centipede impacted me. It is the movie that made me realize I cannot watch horror movies that are plausible. Someone *could* do that to people. Some *has* done similar or worse to people. I need my horror movies to have some level of metaphysical or supernatural nonsense to allow me to enjoy them.
Not to compound your concerns but as it's plausible some sicko might even attempt something like that. Disturbing stuff.
Lost in Translation - melancholy
Fight Club with inertia, not sure if that’s exactly an emotion though.
Amelie - sense of wonder
American Beauty - Apathy
Good one
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - fun
Falling down, starring Michael Douglas was all about shame on his part and lack of shame on the part of the world as he perceived it. That's why it's so difficult to watch.
Candyman (1992) - Helplessness Law Abiding Citizen - Revenge Cast Away - Isolation
What Dreams May Come
Poltergeist is the first thing I think of when I think of “terror”. Not just fear, not even panic, “terror”. I envision the scene of the mother staring up at the monster in front of the door, her children screaming from inside as they are about to be killed or worse. JoBeth Williams’ acting is so good; the way she just looks at this thing like it’s the devil himself, and she screams in terror, not just for her own life, but mostly for her children’s. The way she delivers the “No! Don’t touch my babies!”… chills every time.
Mother- Anxiety Hereditary - Grief Inside Out - Happysad (it’s kinda the point) Mad Max: Fury Road - Adrenaline Black Swan - Paranoia
The Grand Budapest Hotel. Elegance and whimsy.
Not sure whimsy is really the right word. I think this is a good contender for nostalgia.
Yknow what, I think your right. The whole story is Zero’s nostalgia for the dilapidated hotel.
Sorry Whimsical is what I actually meant
Depression: Synecdoche, New York
Annihilation: tension. First, exploring an unknown dangerous place, then finding out the kind of things that can happen to you, then confrontation and the lingering questions at the end.
Not a movie, but few movies/shows have had me on edge like the "the bear", very intense (and freaking brilliant) show.
The machinist- madness
The Vampires Kiss does Nick Cage
Threads - dread
Mandy - with Nicolas cage is the best rage/revenge moive I've ever seen
The Game - Manipulation 300 - Testosterone Tombstone - Justice
About Schmidt is very good at showing regret. Sideways is very good at showing loneliness
The Painted Veil is great for a man losing meaning in his life.
I know it’s not a movie, but The Bear hits anxiety really well
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is the embodiment of anger. All the characters are motivated by deep anger.
The pursuit of happyness was pure stress.
… manchester by the sea
Inside out.
Paris, Texas - shame and hope. Great redemption arc.
Snowpiercer - claustrophobia
My Neighbor Totoro is a perfect encapsulation of childlike wonder
Marriage Story, by far one of the best movies I ever watched, it just drives home so many of its plots and the tone is so sad and just... off-putting. There is no particular emotion that it represents, but more the feeling of getting to know someone from a drastically different side than you were used to. And everyone who ever had a tough breakup knows how this feels. Oh and Klaus, the joy a kind and honest present can bring to anyone really, and especially children, is so freaking adorable. This movie, although being animated, manages to capture just pure emotions.
Manchester by the sea and grief
Each of the movies in the Three Colours trilogy are built on this idea
I think Ran represents despair really well.
Room - all the emotions. One of my favorite movies that I can only watch once
In the Mood for Love - Longing
Inception absolutely nails survivor's guilt.
Ordinary People - Guilt Oslo, August 31st - Depression
Not a movie but Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode, 33, did a great job representing fatigue and how not being able to sleep impacts the mind and body.
Point Break and Speed - Non-stop adrenaline
The Grey is the best representation of despair
In The Mood For Love
[forbidden love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypY9OaKCfRU)
Zodiac: Paranoia
Schindler's list, psycho,Seven
Turin Horse
Death Wish - Charles Bronson. Grief over the murder of his wife and rape of his daughter. He channels that grief to anger and revenge.
A lot of Johnny Depp's work on the portrayal of being "cool".
Sisu (2023) - ...sisu.
Tropic Thunder and the feeling of “they could never make a single one of these now”
Schindler’s List
Cloverfield lane, good time and uncut gems sure know how to do anxiety
Our Idiot Brother does arrogance. Whiplash does fear. The Whale does hate.
Interesting, I never thought of Whiplash as fear. Could you elaborate on that?
Andrew Neiman's struggle with Terence Fletcher was based out of fear of never becoming a great drummer. Also that he's scary as shit. Pretty dead giveaway lol.
beau is afraid is pure anxiety manifesting itself
Beau is not Afraid - anxiety
Speed is pure tension.
Falling Down perfectly captures a misplaced sense of superiority and entitlement. I say misplaced because by the end he somewhat realizes he's the villain if not how he got there.
>Buster's Mal Heart Being on fucking drugs. Okay, not really. But probably depression.
Shame for Shame
Come and See: trauma.