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ETA: The Professional.
That was one of my favorite movies! It's impossible to choose just 3. Impossible.
ETA: The Professional.
That was one of my favorite movies! It's impossible to choose just 3. Impossible.
Yes, impossible. By virtue of my age, I thought most people would have not seen my choices!! LOLOL
cheers--Sharon
Some of you may have seen these, but these are some of my favorite, slightly obscure films.
1. What Dreams May Come - Robin Williams and Ababella Sciorra in a dark drama/fantasy film, but it has the the best depiction of what I hope heaven is, except I want more animals.
2. Sliding Doors - Gwyneth Paltrow in a drama hinging on missing a single subway ride and how all of life changes due to that one single moment.
3. Wind River - Jeremy Renner in a whodunit drama in a very dramatic setting, with a smidge of vigilantism thrown in for good measure.
Some of you may have seen these, but these are some of my favorite, slightly obscure films.
1. What Dreams May Come - Robin Williams and Ababella Sciorra in a dark drama/fantasy film, but it has the the best depiction of what I hope heaven is, except I want more animals.
2. Sliding Doors - Gwyneth Paltrow in a drama hinging on missing a single subway ride and how all of life changes due to that one single moment.
3. Wind River - Jeremy Renner in a whodunit drama in a very dramatic setting, with a smidge of vigilantism thrown in for good measure.
HI:
Anyone seen Ronan? It is one of my favs but not everyone's cuppa.
cheers--Sharon
This was my first thought too. Somehow simultaneously incredibly uplifting and completely heartbreaking. For me most movies go in one eye and out the other - this one's different. Images from this one have stayed with me for months.Great thread.
1. The Lives of Others. Powerful movie about privacy and obsession in Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
HI:
American Werewolf in London
Amadeus
The Contender
Road to Perdition
Arlington Road
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
(Ok this is 3 x 2 LOL)
cheers--Sharon
OMG! This one gave me nightmares for weeeeks!!
If you're talking about Ronin, the 1998 film starring Robert DeNiro and Natascha McElhone, YES YES YES, it's one of my all-time favorite movies!
The Mission
The Princess Bride ( I’m surprised how many people have not seen it)
Brave (Disney)
This was my first thought too. Somehow simultaneously incredibly uplifting and completely heartbreaking. For me most movies go in one eye and out the other - this one's different. Images from this one have stayed with me for months.
My other suggestion is Pan's Labyrinth. Another foreign film - called "a fairy tale for adults" and deserving of that epithet in every way. Beautiful, haunting, and visionary.
Just reading through this to see what I'm missing. @missy "We need to talk about Kevin" may be the most disturbing movie I've seen.For 2 weeks after I saw I absolutely could not get it out of my head. I really wish I hadn't seen it. Requiem for a Dream is another wish I had never seen.
the English patient - absoltluly stunning and also not a bad novel
the hunt for the wilder people-(also based on a book) A NZ movie filmed in the back blocks but more relatable to me than some other very good NZ movies
Rabbit proof fence (also a book) about some Australian aboriginal girls who run away rather than be put into state care for their own good - the stolen generation
oh and honerable mention to a 1998 German thriller called Run Lola Run
about a young woman who has to obtain a large amount of money very quickly to save her boyfriends life
If we’re talking disturbing movies, I nominate “Old Boy” which is both highly disturbing but also acclaimed by many horror fans as being excellent. It’s like cinematic messed up Greek tragedy set in modern day Korea. Definitely not for the faint of heart.
Some of you may have seen these, but these are some of my favorite, slightly obscure films.
1. What Dreams May Come - Robin Williams and Ababella Sciorra in a dark drama/fantasy film, but it has the the best depiction of what I hope heaven is, except I want more animals.
2. Sliding Doors - Gwyneth Paltrow in a drama hinging on missing a single subway ride and how all of life changes due to that one single moment.
3. Wind River - Jeremy Renner in a whodunit drama in a very dramatic setting, with a smidge of vigilantism thrown in for good measure.
I loved Billy Elliott. Such a great movie.