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Movies that impacted your life or moved you

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So many movies, so many directors, so many stories. But there are only a select few for each of us that truly meant something to us and envoked deep thought and may have even impacted our daily life.

What movie is that for you?

For me: Cidade de Deus(City of God)

It really made me view society, and life in general completely differently. Show me how delicate life is and how it just comes and goes among many other things. It really made me emotional which pretty much no movie can do. I would *HIGHLY* recommend it to anyone who hasnt seen it.. easily the best movie ive ever, ever seen.
 
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the diving bell and the butterfly

it also made me think about how delicate life is and how everything can change in an instant. even tho he was paralyzed and could only blink his left eye lid he still wrote a book and kept his sense of humor which i think is real important because u gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit in life... and be patient. also to enjoy the simple things in life while u can cause ya never know when its ur time to go. carpe diem
 
The Shawshank Redemption has made more of a positive impact on my life than any other piece of art EVER has by such a large degree, it is incalculable.

In addition to vividly painting the singular most beautiful portrayal of genuine deep friendship I have ever seen on screen, the overall message of hope - not prayer, but rather hope based on a combination of persistence, will and belief in oneself is absolutely spectacular.

In fact, during a very trying time in my life way back in 1997, I re-re-re-re-watched a seminal scene (probably forty or fifty times in a row - a very therapeutic way to spend a Saturday afternoon - having to press rewind and then play each time on my Video Cassette Recorder):

Andy and Red sitting against the wall, with Andy reminiscing about the wonderful life he enjoyed in his distant past . . . and then, as he recalled the destruction of what used to be the life of his dreams, his life having crumbled before his very eyes, Andy poignantly and FINALLY forgave himself:

"Bad luck.

It floats around.

It's got to land on somebody.

Just turned out that that somebody was me."

Even more poignant, though, were the words Andy followed up with - words which were later repeated by his best friend, who needed them to cling to just as much as Andy did:

"It all comes down to a simple choice:

Get busy living.

Or get busy dying.

That's goddamned right."

Shawshank is the closest thing I have to a religion, and I am overflowing with gratitude that this masterpiece has been committed to celluloid. <3
 
^ one of my favorite movies as well. every scene is so monumental. i particularly like the quote when red sat in front of the parole board and they asked him if he feels he's rehabilitated and he says his piece about how he doesn't even know what the word means.

of course there's also the scene when andy works a deal with the warden in order to get them a day of work outside under the sun with some cold beer to feel like free men again. when asked if andy would like a beer he replies (not necessarily verbatim) "no thanks, i don't drink."

and naturally the scene when he locks himself in the wardens office and plays the opera vinyl over the PA system.

that movie is so beautiful from beginning to end!
 
i dont know if anyone has ever seen it, but the wackness was like one of the coolest movies ever to me, just how the main character was into music and shit, how he fell in love.. it reminds me alot of my self, minus the selling drugs haha..
 
it did in the way that no one really understood the main character, and alot of times i feel the same way when i try to express how i feel when it comes to the music and other things i produce
 
^good movie, i related much more to Ben Kingsley's character


Im going to add Lost in Translation and 25th hour. Both of which had great character development and interactions. They left me with alot of emotions and made me see the beauty and sadness in the world. those feelings tend to fade with time but i like to revisit them, makes me feel human for a while.
 
man oh man, Shawshank is such a good movie!


for me it is Into the Wild (i know...McCandless was retarded)

after reading the book, it made me want to walk to Alaska...seeing the movie just made it that much more real. I swore up and down i was going to do it last year...but i couldn't leave, so i've postponed it until 2015.
 
As many movies as have moved me, I can think of only one that wormed its way into my everyday consciousness: The Last Temptation of Christ. I deeply sympathized with Dafoe's tormented character and endlessly contradictory actions, and the fact that he never knows what the point of his life is until he's in extremis, when he reclaims it triumphantly. I know that makes me sound like I have a martyr complex, until you realize how important guilt has been in my own personal development.

Anywho...
 
I have watched a few movies that have impacted my life but i saw this movie called The Fall in the movie theatre that my freind works, and it was really visually and mentally intense. also the basketball dairies is a favorite book/movie since jim carroll is the shit
 
Movies that have affected me deeply in different ways..

It's a Wonderful Life
The Bicycle Thief
Primal Fear
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
American History X
Mary Shellys Frankenstein
 
For me, i'd have to say the following:

Equilibrium (2002) - a great distopian movie on how society can be artificially dumbed-down to emotionless slaves and on the other hand, ruled by a hand full of people who are driven by emotional urges for power and rule. and the moves in the gun-kata were totally awesome.

Party Monster (1998) - after watching this movie a couple of years ago, i didnt touch any kind of drug for a month or so.

Network (1976) - words sometimes could be stronger than weapon. found out that brutal honesty can be a means to freedom. indeed.. freedom can sometimes cost your life.

There will be blood (2007) - this movie left me in awe for weeks.. couldn't stop thinking about it. i mean, there is no action in the movie, but the suspense.. it will drive you crazy.

A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints (2006) - may not be a life changer, but totally worth a mention because of the great acting, the realism, the relationships, a complete movie, just the way i like 'em.
 
I completely agree with Lost in Translation. Changed my outlook on how I see companionship and to really cherish the time we have to spend with those people you really connect to.
 
I'd have to really think about this, but off the top of my head Waking Life. It really made me think about reality in a different light. While the movie itself wasn't immaculate or groundbreaking, it did pique my curiosity enough to where I pursued the topics it touched upon (i.e. lucid dreaming, quantum mechanics, linguistics, etc)

Definitely a great movie though, highly recommended.
 
Donnie Darko completely changed my view of movies. Rare in the sense that you really have to do your homework (watch all deleted scenes, commentary, read The Philosophy of Time Travel) to really wrap your mind around it.

Shawshank Redemption, of course. It's perfect in every way. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins are perfectly cast. I'd like to see them do another film together.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a beautiful love story. It makes you remember why you fall in love in the first place. All of the pain and arguing are worth it , if only to be able to hold on to the happier memories.

Pulp Fiction is another one that changed the way I watch movies. There is so much depth to this movie. The stories intertwine beautifully and the acting and dialogue are phenomenal.
 
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