What movies have rendered you speechless?

#1

What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:00pm

You know the deal... You see a movie so powerful/brilliant/profound/unique, that you don't talk about it for the time following the film. Here's my list, and it will probably go as time goes on:

Sophie's Choice
House of Sand and Fog
Before Sunrise
Moulin Rouge
AI: Artificial Intelligence
The Hours
Donnie Darko
From Here to Eternity
The Color Purple
Terms of Endearment
Schindler's List
Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann)
Requiem for a Dream
Howards End
E.T.
Se7en (I know, I know. An odd choice.)
Talk to Her
21 Grams
Dancer in the Dark
Far From Heaven
Million Dollar Baby

Updated On: 2/22/05 at 02:00 PM

#2

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:01pm

Finding Neverland
Little Women
POTO
Saving Private Ryan
The Patriot
Moulin Rouge- I cry...a lot..

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#3

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:03pm

Schindler's List

The Color Purple

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#4

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:03pm

In addition to some already mentioned, I would add:

The Fisher King
Shine
Powder

#5

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:04pm

Philadelphia

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#6

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:07pm

Also:

Full Metal Jacket
Platoon

#7

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:08pm

Sophie's Choice and Phildalphia are the two that make me cry like a newborn.

Showgirls left me speechless...but for an altoghether different reason.

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#8

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:10pm

"Showgirls left me speechless...but for an altoghether different reason."

I know what you mean...

#9

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:12pm

My favorite film, THE ICE STORM.

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#10

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:13pm

Definately Finding Neverland.

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#11

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:19pm

A Day In October.

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#12

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:20pm

Beav - I'm not sure you can EVER really truly finish that therapy

Another one: Urbania

#13

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:20pm

Monster, Million Dollar Baby and that made for TV Anne Frank movie

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#14

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 2:22pm

I don't recall ever seeing a film that left me speechless; although THE MIRACLE WORKER came close.

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#15

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 3:21pm

In The Mood For Love
3 Women
The Color Purple
Far From Heaven
Vera Drake
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Requiem For A Dream
Bowling For Columbine
All About My Mother

#16

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 3:28pm

Errico-

I see that you have "All About My Mother" on your list. Have you seen "Talk to Her", also by Almodovar?

#17

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 3:29pm

PHILADELPHIA

#18

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 3:30pm

It's a masterpiece. I cried.

#19

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 3:31pm

Likewise.

#20

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 3:36pm

Did you see Bad Education?

#21

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 4:08pm

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

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#22

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 4:12pm

Schindler's List
The Color Purple
Empire of the Sun
The Hours
Looking For Mr. Goodbar (which I will NEVER see again)

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#23

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 4:13pm

IRIS
Million Dollar Baby
The Horse Whisperer
Boys Don't Cry
The Magdalene Sisters
The Silence of the Lambs

#24

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 4:13pm

MEF-

I loved "Bad Education". It was my pick for the best foreign language film of the year.

#25

re: What movies have rendered you speechless?

Posted: 2/22/05 at 4:14pm

The Hiding Place - we went with our church youth group in junior high school. I've perhaps never been so disturbed.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson