• DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      1·
      12 minutes ago

      That movie is damn near perfect.

      In a way I’m glad we didn’t get a sequel, because the execs would have diluted it down to a PG rating in order to maximise the merch sales.

  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
    5·
    7 hours ago

    These are not feel good movies at all but I think really send important messages. Not for kids, but at 16+ would be good. There’s very important takeaway messages in both.

    Grave of the Fireflies

    Requiem for a Dream

    • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
      1·
      10 minutes ago

      I saw Grave of the Fireflies once.

      Once.

      Could never bring myself to go through it again, despite how utterly beautiful it is.

      But my favourite thing about it is that it was originally a double bill with My Neighbour Totoro. Imagine seeing those two back to back. You’d get some serious emotional whiplash.

  • rainynight65@feddit.orgEnglish
    10·
    13 hours ago

    Lucky Number Slevin

    Man On Fire

    Syriana

    Equilibrium

    And for some solid Australian cinema: Mystery Road

  • idunnololz@lemmy.world
    122·
    14 hours ago

    Spirited Away. In my opinion the most Miyazaki movie. It’s also just amazing. I’ve probably seen it a dozen times now.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    7·
    13 hours ago

    They Live. I stumbled across it on TV while exhausted at 2 am one night and it had me locked in the whole time.

    • viking@infosec.pub
      2·
      10 hours ago

      One of my all time favorites. I usually recommend it along with I Origins. They hit differently, but scratch the same itch for me.

  • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    15·
    19 hours ago

    I get that most people are just listing their favourite movies, and that’s fair, but I feel like a lot of them are already well watched.

    My suggestion is The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

    Everything about it is a stunning piece of cinema that got massively overlooked at the time, and I don’t really know why. It stars Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, has a score by Nick Cave (who has a cameo) and Warren Ellis, and has cinematography by the mighty Roger Deakins.

    On the cinematography; you could pause it at almost any point, take a screengrab, and print it out for display. It’s a stunningly well shot movie.

    Nothing about the movie is fast. Everything takes place as it needs to, in its own time, all creeping glacially towards what you know is going to happen.

    I adore this movie. I showed it to my kid a couple of years ago, fearful that he would hate it. Turned out he loved it as much as I do. It’s the best western I’ve ever seen, but to call it a western does it a disservice.