Do Movies Inspire You / Give You Hope?

[mikebird]

What are your favourites?

Gattaca
Pursuit of Happyness
Gran Torino
Harry Brown
The Beaver
Gladiator
History of Violence
28 Days Later

 

[bigcat1967]

Rudy - 'nuff said...

 

[kihira]

loss, despair, friendship, hope, patience, belief, trust, courage, instinct


The Horse Whisperer - Coming Back to Life - YouTube

 

[elek2ronik]

'blow' with johnny depp

 

[Hamelech]

King Lear (1971) - Grigori Kozintsev - Clip 2 - YouTube

 

[Sora]

yeh they definitely do for me, heres just a few that keep me going:

the pursuit of happyness
7 pounds
facing the giants
fight club
final fantasy vii advent children
coach carter​

probably a ton more too

 

[Kiwong]

Yes they do

A Beautiful Mind
Shawshank Redemption
Awakenings
Pans Labyrinth
Look both ways

 

[Silatuyok]

Me and You and Everyone We Know. Love love love love love it.
But it's not for everyone.

 

[BlueDays]

Seabiscuit.
Shawshank Redemption.
Castaway.
Places in the Heart.
Fried Green Tomatoes.

 

[lonely_drummer]

Yeah I'm with you mike, gattaca is up there on my list, but into the wild is on the top for me

 

[vj288]

A walk to remember

 

[gazelle]

Yes a good movie very much can.The last ones I remember are
Seraphine and kungfu Panda!(I know it's a cartoon but I believe it's been made more for grownups lol)

 

[upndwn]

Some of my favorites from the top of my head:

Watchmen
Sin City
Pan's labyrinth
Lord of the rings
The mist
Hellraiser
Gladiator
The lion king
The Hangover
The thing
Die hard movies
The expendables
The A-team
Ip man 1 and 2
Face off
Transformers movies
Lethal weapon movies
Rambo movies
The green mile
Jacob's ladder
Silent hill
Resident evil movies
Terminator movies
Robocop 1 and 2
Dawn of the dead (Original and remake)
Day of the dead (original only)
Dead alive (a.k.a braindead)
Bad taste
Død snø (Dead snow)
Trolljegeren (Trollhunter)
Martyrs
Brotherhood of the wolf

and probably a thousand more I can't remember right now

 

[Feathers]

Yeah, some really do Series or books too...

Some more recent ones:

How to Tame a Dragon
King's Speech
The Social Network
some Japanese and Korean dramas, vampire series etc

lol stay away from too nihilistic films, Beatrice!! Some are beautiful indeed, but at least try to balance'em with something more 'upbeat' or only watch when feeling reasonably okay-ish...? (or bad enough that these movies might actually seem upbeat? Anyway, observe yourself and stop if needed!! )

 

[stevelee24]

for me its bed knobs and broomsticks

 

[BlackPuma]

Yes a good movie very much can.The last ones I remember are
Seraphine and kungfu Panda!(I know it's a cartoon but I believe it's been made more for grownups lol)

I'll often like animated movies a lot more then equivalent acted ones. Particularly the fluid choreographic motions/situations in them.

KungFu Panda actually being a good example of just that.

 

[tenuous~hold]

i'm with beatrice - i too tend to gravitate toward more depressing movies, which seems stupid. it's just that i get little from comedies (& definitely nothing from action flicks), & i feel like i want some substance when i'm watching a movie.

one of the most beautiful, touching movies i found is relatively unknown, & called "the fountain". if you have a couple minutes, check this preview out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMn3g3NCX4Y

note: the background in most of the unusual scenes were created in a lab (petri dish), instead of on a computer. there are a lot of "regular" scenes in the movie (in other words, it's not all artsy odd stuff).

 

[stevelee24]

SUPER, really good film

 

[AsTimeBurns]

My top 5 is (in no particular order):

The Fountain
Donnie Darko
The Man From Earth
The Shawshank Redemption
Mary & Max

 

[YellowBird]

Me and You and Everyone We Know. Love love love love love it.
But it's not for everyone.

I love that movie so much too!It's the sweetest