Heavy Movies that Change You

[Anonymous]

House of Sand and Fog

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of them deal with the Holocaust:

Life is Beautiful
Schindler's List

But also some WW2 war movies like Saving Private Ryan

Going with the gay/HIV theme you might also want to check out Philadelphia and Dallas Buyers Club. Also, Angels in America.

Agree...WW2 & Holocaust

Europa Europa
Au Revoir Mes Enfants

Sad, wistful, relationship-centric

Dogfight
Joy Luck Club

[Anonymous]

Grave of the Fireflies. The most emotionally devastating movie I’ve ever seen. I cannot watch this movie again, it is just too sad.

Nobody Knows. Another Japanese film.

[Anonymous]

So many good movies here. I have so much nostalgia for 90s-early 2000s movies.

Will add two more, both about women dealing with loss, taking you through the journey of dealing with it, coming out on the other side, but not in a maudlin way.

Men Don't Leave
Living Out Loud

Oh, and one other with a similar feel/vibe of the two above
The Fabulous Baker Boys

[Anonymous]

Night and Fog
Au Revoir, Les Enfants
Aftersun
Empire of Light
The Great Beauty

[Anonymous]

So many great movies that made me both think and feel …


12 years a slave
Dances with wolves
Gorillas in the midst
Sing sing
Babette’s Feast
Life of Pi
Forrest Gump
Diary of Ann Frank
Harriet
Rabbit proof fence
Hotel Rwanda
Queen of Katwe
The boy who harnessed the wind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crash

I like your sense of humor.

[Anonymous]

A Star is Born

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Koyaanisqatsi

[Anonymous]

American History X
Shadowlands--I saw it on a plane with my sister and we were sobbing uncontrollably by the end

[Anonymous]

The Help
Philadelphia
Apollo 13
The Long Walk Home
Not Without My Daughter
One True Thing

[Anonymous]

A Raisin in the Sun. It should required viewing in high school.

[Anonymous]

If These Walls Could Talk 2
Dear Zachary
Boy Interrupted (doc)
Ordinary People
Athlete A

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grave of the Fireflies. The most emotionally devastating movie I’ve ever seen. I cannot watch this movie again, it is just too sad.

Nobody Knows. Another Japanese film.

I could not even make it through Grave of the Fireflies. Seriously sobbed and turned it off a quarter of the way through. To make matters worse, there’s a version of Sufjan Steven’s music video featuring this film to his song “Fourth of
July” and…I just can’t even.

[Anonymous]

Steel Magnolias.