Deep, thought provoking movies?!
Question: Do you know of any films out there that I could rent, that make you think and our emotional? An example of the kind of movie I'm looking for is Philadelphia.
Answers: Do you know of any films out there that I could rent, that make you think and our emotional? An example of the kind of movie I'm looking for is Philadelphia.
Dead poets society would be really good for what you're looking for.
American Beauty.
American History X
Crash
There are tons out there but these are my three favorite in the catagory you speak of.
A Beautiful Mind, Cholera, Lars and the Real Girl, Good Will Hunting, The Illusionist (I saw this twice b/f I understood everything, really good)
"Crash"
"Traffic"
"Blood Diamonds"
The Station Agent
Lorenzo's Oil
Elephant Man
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
White Oleander
Shine (1996)
Before & After (1996)
A Cry in the Dark
Ordinary People
Awakenings (1990)
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Sum of Us
Something the Lord Made
Longford
An Early Frost
Longtime Companion
Our Sons (1991 TV movie)
The Remains of the Day
Dear Frankie
The Mighty
Life as a House
A Home at the End of the World
An Angel at My Table
We of the Never Never
My Brilliant Career
Touched (2005)
The Hours (2002)
Careful, He Might Hear You
The World According to Garp
The Dive from Clausen's Pier (2005 TV movie)
A Test of Love aka Annie's Coming Out (1984)
Requiem for a Dream~Beware because this is a tough film to watch, the tragic stories of four people who make terrible mistakes.
American Beauty
Fight Club
The Pianist
Natural Born Killers
Apocalypse Now
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2001: A Space Odyssey
Mystic River
21 Grams
It is hard to answer because of the huge number of films around.
One that comes to mind and has not been mentioned is 'The Mission' with Robert de Niro. I would say it is deep and thought-provoking as well as emotional.
Some others have been mentioned, such as 'Crash' and 'Mystic River'. They come back to haunt me.
I thought that 'Born on the Fourth of July' and 'Eyes Wide Shut' were good, if you like Tom Cruise.
'Gangs of New York' is thought-provoking, but a bit too violent. 'Thelma and Louise' is a good serious movie. 'Silence of the Lambs' is one film that is hard to forget.