#1: The Man From Earth
(Most here have seen it)
#2: Jeff Who Live At Home Slow moving (very), but worth it for the last 5 minutes of the movie.
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#72Princess Mononoke [1] (1997) had an impact on how I value our environment and also was my gateway into anime [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke
This film is wonderful. It touched me. I recommend it to everyone.
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#73The Matrix
This movie came out at the perfect time in my life to have my mind blown and develop a budding interest in philosophy. I loved that when the ultimate DVD collection came out it contained commentaries from academic philosophers who discussed what it might mean, instead of the movie creators giving definitive explanations.
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#74Wall-E.
The first like 15 minutes have no dialog. The rest of the movie is a profound commentary on modern life told as a children’s story
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#75To be watched with your loved ones:
What Dreams May Come;
Ameli
Those which make you question our society (not mentioned so far): The Platform; Snowpiercer
Others: OtherLife; The Origin; The Wave (it would have bigger impact if I watched it earlier in my life)
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#76Couple of them: Children of Men, The Matrix, Le Jetée, Behind the Curve
There’s a couple others I can’t for the life of me remember the name of but I can recall very vividly.
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#77Couple of them: Children of Men, The Matrix, Le Jetée, Behind the Curve There’s a couple others I can’t for the life of me remember the name of but I can recall very vividly.
Children of Men is amazing.
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#78As a European, I thought I had a basic understanding of the dynamics of racism in the U.S. until a friend of mine from Mississippi recomended I should watch "Free State of Jones".
That film made me realize in a shocking and eye-opening way, how much more of a "fresh wound" race issues are in the US comparing with other places in the world with different history and timelines.
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#79My answer might sound like a joke, but I'm being sincere -- the Adam Sandler movie "Click" had a profound impact on me. I saw that movie in theatres on a total whim when I was a teenager. After watching the movie, I felt extremely emotionally affected -- I literally spent the drive home sobbing. I felt so moved by how the movie showed time passing by, especially as the main character started to lose control of how qu…
Both Click and "The Family Man" with Nic Cage had that same impact on me.
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#80Ikiru / To Live (1952, Kurosawa)
Only saw it once long ago, among many other masterpieces. It immediately and singularly became my deeply ingrained reference model for the mechanics of fateful changes in life, following your heart, the absolute happiness of meaningful sacrifice, cathartic paradigm shifts, and a host of other vital concepts that are otherwise difficult to visualize.