Moving films (by moving, I mean touching/serious)

[maebach]

So I watched American History X a while back and I really liked it so I was wondering if you guys knew of any other movies of the same sort, serious films that leave a mark on you or keep you thinking. Shawshank Redemption was like this too. So far Ive got City of God on my list to watch and Schindler's List. Any others?

[skyblue12]

hotel rwanda?

[Exist2Inspire]

Dead Poets Society
Reign over Me
Coach Carter
Jarhead
The Green Mile
About Schmitd

[Impossibles]

12 angry men
Blood Diamonds
Hotel Rwanda

[3weddings]

Crash...I wasn't the same for days!!

Brokedown Palace

The Pianist

[wisdom_kid]

- Requiem for a Dream
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Perfume: Story of a Murderer
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Mysterious Skin (wierd movie)

[maebach]

Seen hotel rwanda, coach carter and jarhead and pianist.

The Green Mile and Reign Over me are good ones I should list. Ive seen most recent films, it'd be best if there were films from 1990's

[Exist2Inspire]

Full Metal Jacket (Powerful, powerful ending)
Saving Private Ryan (I'm not going to lie. I shed a tear at the end when Ryan collapsed by the grave of Capt. Miller)

[PrinceMS]

Syriana (I doubt most people will GET IT, because it is v.heavy movie, you need to know much about the world to see how close it is to the truth)

KINGDOM (2007) - MUST MUST watch to get better understanding on world politics - v.enertaining as well

American Beauty

[billdozer]

Shawshank Redemption

[Trooper8111]

Pay it Forward

Rudy

Friday Night Lights

[prvt10]

Shawshank Redemption, The Remains of the Day, Dances with Wolves. A.I.

[Talamasca]

No one has said Braveheart yet? "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our FREEDOMMMMMM!"

Also on my list: Hero, The Joy Luck Club, Ladder 49, Legends of the Fall, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Seabiscuit, and The Shawshank Redemption of course.

[cipher]

Platoon
Passion of the Christ
Rambo

[googoo]

All these posts and nobody mentions SCHINDLERS LIST!

Brent

[afong56]

All these posts and nobody mentions SCHINDLERS LIST!

Brent

uhm, the op mentioned it in his first post. . .


anyways, to the others i'd add:

united 93
into the wild
the passion of the christ


of course, there are plenty of emotionally manipulative films, but the ones i named are what i would consider "moving"

[robertalan]

Hard to beat The Notebook in this category in the past five years.

[robertalan]

All these posts and nobody mentions SCHINDLERS LIST!

Brent

Don't tell me we're expected to read these threads before posting!?!?! Sheesh!!! Next thing your going to be telling me is I'm gonna have to put some thought into my posts.

:mad:

[CSAgent]

Adam Sandler's Click! (if you can over see the comedy of it all and see it through to the end, you'll know why)

I'm surprised no one mentioned Titanic from 1997..

[watodo]

graves of the fireflies

to this day, I don't dare to watch that movie again..once is too much

[DBM]

-Billy Elliot (come on, who didn't want to dance after that movie?)
-I Am David
-Peaceful Warrior
-The Ultimate Gift
-Lord of the Flies (1963 version)
-La Vita e Bella - "Life Is Beautiful" (probably the first "moving" film I ever watched)
-October Sky
-Good Will Hunting
-Remember The Titans
-Empire of the Sun
lots more, but that's all I can remember right now...

[quikkid]

Requiem for a Dream
Reign over Me
American Beauty
Pan's Labyrinth

[bionicbadger]

Grave of the Fireflies

[CHINAdeals]

some films EVERYONE should watch:

- schindler's list
- titanic --> really.not as bad as ppl said it was imo
- life is beautiful
- hotel rwanda
- american history x
- magnolia
- closer
- blood diamonds
- walmart - cost of low price
- sicko
- faranheit 9/11
- NANKING --> just watched this yesterday...moving, disturbing, touching and sad

[batcave]

Remains of the Day

[googoo]

"Don't tell me we're expected to read these threads before posting!?!?! Sheesh!!! Next thing your going to be telling me is I'm gonna have to put some thought into my posts."

Alright alright:), I read it once, but must have skipped the last few words.

Add A Walk To Remember, a little cheesy, but I had a tear in my eye.

Brent

[sam-x]

If you don't mind reading subtitles you should try watching "The Classic" a great korean movie.

[jaws83]

City of God.


The Constant Gardener is also a really great movie by the same director. I had zero interest in seeing it, and accidentally did because I was too hungover to find anything else to do... But excellent movie.

[doubloonie]

To those who mentioned "Hotel Rwanda", I'd recommend "Shooting Dogs" which is also about the Rwanda Genocide.

Previously mentioned movies I agree with:
- Reign Over Me: really shows Adam Sandler's depth
- Titanic: a great recreation of a tragedy
- The Notebook: simply a fantastic, idealistic love story
- Life is Beautiful: humour in light of horror

Other movies I found moving:
- AI: found it very thought-provoking contrasting the idea of humans creating machines with feelings against the idea of said humans cruelly disposing of these machines
- Pleasantville: the whole thinking outside the box theme
- RENT: loved it as a broadway show and thought it transferred to film excellently
- Only You: cheesy movie - yet, I really liked how the idea of "fate" is portrayed in the sense that what you always thought was fate, wasn't really fate, but ended up being fate anyway. Confusing, I know, unless you watch the movie.

[Exist2Inspire]

I Am Sam (for those who don't know its about a mentally challanged man trying to raise his daughter... really touching and moving)

[wisdom_kid]

I'd be happy if the OP watches atleast one of the movies mentioned in the thread :lol:

[N_Raged]

Gattaca. Not too powerful, but deals with important issues.

[coopaloop]

some go back a few years, but here are some films that touched me somewhat

Big Fish
The Lion King
The Sixth Sense
Million Dollar Baby
Stand By Me
Steel Magnolias
Cast Away
Ghost
The Perfect Storm

[jackieskwong]

Big fish for sure, i cried on that one.

Blow-Johnny Dep, i cried in this one too

about to watch Ghost, heard its also really touching.

Ya, basically these two are the only that made me cry, funny thing is both of them has something sad to do with the father.

[maebach]

Thanks for all teh recommendations. I watched Schindler's list this past week and it was great. Liam Neeson did a great job.

[Exist2Inspire]

Forest Gump
Good Will Hunting (I think this one has been metioned)

I know this one may seem a bit strange, but I want to say Ray. While not really touching, it does give a great insight to one of the world's most impressive musicians.

[Madchester]

Before Sunrise

then

Before Sunset.

People waited almost a decade to find out what happened to the two leads in Sunrise. And with the open ending for Sunset, you want to know if the two of them finally get together in a third film.

Done.

[jollyeskimo]

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

[Spiderpal93]

Reign over me
Big Fish
The Green Mile

[Exist2Inspire]

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

That's the one with Jim Carey and Kirsten Dunst, right? I personally wasn't a huge fan

[scarletgerl]

one of my favourites is "the fisher king" with robin williams and jeff bridges. city of god is amazing too (pretty heavy - filmed right there as well). yes, schindlers list....hotel rwanda.....life is beautiful....shawshank redemption... braveheart.....gangs of new york.... the list goes on.
moving films but not necessarily "heavy" .... a league of their own (seriously, i laugh and cry every time i see it, yes i'm a wus, lol)....the prime of miss jean brodie... it's a wonderful life (hey, christmas is coming, this is a must see).... jesus christ superstar....forrest gump.....stand by me....wow, there are a LOT and i've left out quite a few of my favourites probably.

[M.D.]

Brotherhood of War

http://films.naver.com/Picture/Still/C66/C6666-00.jpg

[Johan Liebert]

Hmmm.... Not sure if Gladiator counts , really good if you watch it the first time.


Field of Dreams? based on that shoeless joe book. Gotta love the baseball diamond with farm land.

[boneca]

...most of the films everyone already mentioned + The Painted Veil and for some reason I cried watching A Mighty Heart :lol:

[maebach]

I borrowed Big Fish, The Pianist and The Green mile from the library. I'll go back for a others after, thanks for all the recommendations everyone!

[somemale]

Deep Inside: Kobe Tai

This movie really moved me and made me touching myself, serious.


Forrest Gump and Lion King were alright as well.

[LeetViet]

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
My favourite!

[thechampion116]

I can backup the movies Hotel Rwanda and Schindler's List.


I also watched this one movie in English Class two years ago, it was not in English, and it was a man w/ family being sent to a concentration camp. Quite a moving story. oh, i got its name. Life Is Beautiful.

[hi-tech]

The Fountain! Its such an incredible movie. So intricate, and so beautifully made. The scenes and storeline are just mind blowing and the soundtrack is just magnificent. If you really want to enjoy it, I suggest using some recreational pharmaceuticals.

Another one is Half-Nelson.

A documentary type film that actually made me cry was "God Grew Tired of Us". Its about a group of kids from Sudan who lost their parents, then walked all over Africa until they settled in to a make shift village before being given a chance to move to America. That film is beyond words as well. Its funny, sad and moving at the same time.

[pipolchap]

Bambi, when his mom gets shot... I was a kid and I still remember that.

[jopojo]

There will be blood...

You really see how mad money and power can drive people!

[CSAgent]

A Burns For All Seasons.

Let's just say it moved me... TO A BIGGER HOUSE!!

Crap, I said the loud part quiet and the quiet part loud....:lol:

[zerocool24]

Hard to beat The Notebook in this category in the past five years.

P.S. I Love you, i found to be much better.
im not sure if it was mentioned but the family man with nick cage, was very good, i try to watch it at least once a year around xmas.

[CompuNurd]

Hard to beat The Notebook in this category in the past five years.

The Notebook did hit 'home' since I lost Grandma over Alzheimer's. I watched the Bucket List earlier this week, and it moved me deeply.

[the_fm]

Into the Wild. a great movie about life. and true story

[Paranoidandroid]

Grave of the Fireflies
Hands down one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen. A few I'd like to add:

The Elephant Man
Life is Beautiful
Magnolia
Babel
United 93
The Royal Tenenbaums
About Schmidt

[Dimension]

Letters from Iwo Jima (directed by Client Eastwood?)
Pianist
Godfather
Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
Daredevil
CJ7 (Chinese Film)
Kite Runner
Downfall
Infernal Affairs (triology) (the original Chinese film which led to the Western version: The Departed)
The Queen
Babel
Bicentential Man

can't think of anymore at the moment.

[DBM]

I recently watched Bella (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482463/), and thought that it was an amazing movie, which also fits your "moving" category.

[Spor 13]

The Notebook did hit 'home' since I lost Grandma over Alzheimer's. I watched the Bucket List earlier this week, and it moved me deeply.

+1 I watched Bucket List this morning, and it moved me quite a bit too.

Among my favorite moving films:
'Bobby' moved me somewhat..got me thinking
Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
The Great Debaters
The Kingdom

Ratatouille moved me as well, the ending got me thinking

[divx]

graves of the fireflies

to this day, I don't dare to watch that movie again..once is too much

LOL, awhile ago I try to watch it, but I couldn't bare to finish it once I knew where it was headed, too unbareable.

[Symcrapico]

Stupidly enough, Stranger than fiction with Will Ferrell had me thinking for at least one day

[NLI10D]

whale rider made me tear up

[toalan]

lions for lambs is decent.

I found Juno moving, there is good humor to be found even in the worst of circumstances.

[jz1n]

graves of the fireflies

to this day, I don't dare to watch that movie again..once is too much

+1 ...like a knife through the heart

[CSR]

American Gangster

[jv77]

How about :

Following
Dark City
Memento
Old Boy

Not emotional movies but definitely thought provoking and maybe a little disturbing (but not disgusting).