Fight Club, Interstellar and Whiplash would be my vote.
I made a letterboxd list with some of the movies mentioned here. https://letterboxd.com/whygodwhy/list/hn-films-that-made-you...
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#333"Days of Wine and Roses" influenced my life completely. I saw it when I was a teenager and never took a drink of alcohol because of it and the book "I'll Cry Tomorrow" about Lillian Roth that I read at almost the same time. Anyone can become an alcoholic and it starts with taking one drink. I never took that drink because of the movie and the book.
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#334Hable con Ella (Talk to Her) by Pedro Almodovar: I was young when I watched it, the impact it made on me was how important is to stop talking and listen.
Interstellar: I loved it the first time I watched. I recently watched with the perspective as a father to a daughter and it hit me differently. It emphasized the importance of the father/daughter relationship. One quote has stayed with me since: "Cooper: Parents are the ghosts of their children's future."
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#335Going in a slightly different direction, the two saddest films I have ever seen are 火垂るの墓 / Grave of the Fireflies (1988 - Ghibli - Japan) and Hiss Dokhtarha Faryad Nemizanad / Hush! Girls Don't Scream (2013 - Iran). In both of them you can feel the exact moment when the protagonist loses hope and it really hits you. Both of them deserve a pretty strong warning--I guess the second one more of a true "trigger warning"…
Grave of the Fireflies is a devastating and a timeless tail. Even the most jaded viewer, immune both to sentimental schmaltz and posturing brutality in cinema, finds their resistance slipping away as they watch. Many cite it as one of the most beautiful and devastating films they’ve seen, and it has become something of a cliché to say it’s a film you cherish and never want to see a second time because of its impact.
I saw this as a teenager and never have I sobbed as hard as I did watching a movie. It was devastating and I too will never watch it again, even though it's a beautiful movie.
In contrast, I must have watched "Spirited Away" at least 50 times and have gifted it as present to the young ones in my extended family. Not only is the animation compelling but so is the story, the characters and the soundtrack. It's a message about resilience and adaptability and encompasses the spiritual and the fantastical.
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#336I would add What We Did On Our Holiday, it is a comedy and you will laugh but more it is a film about family and how painful you can hurt the ones you love while showing the love you have and at the same time of the pain you can cause when trying as well
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#337I know this is an late comment and won't be seen, but I have to say 'Come and See' made me realize just how much I had in a time when I thought I was suffering.
I found myself identifying with the boy, but also the soldiers who did the most horrible things ... and I realized I could be a monster under the right circumstances.
I have spent my life trying to make myself not be that kind of person no matter what my circumstances were.
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#338For Sama
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#339Movies with great impact on me: 1. Untouchable - must see 2. Gattaca - are we going there? 3. 1984 - must see 4. Idiocracy - initially looks like joke/stupid movie, but it's more real then we may want to agree 5. Life of others (made in Ge) 6. Amelie Poulain (made in Fr) 7. Turtles can fly (made in Ir) 8. Stalker - the russian original (3 parts) (made in Ru) 9. Metropolis Other good movies: Lost Horizon The Bucket Li…
Gattaca is one of my favorite movies
Yes. I can't believe there are so few mentions of it here. "I never saved anything for the way back."
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#340Synecdoche, New York As to why, Roger Ebert said it best[1]. [1] https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/synecdoche-new-york-2008
This movie is a masterpiece. I find something new every time I watch it.