dandv's "Movies you'll think about"

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Some movies make you smile. Some make you think. Some do both. Some you’ll remember, some you won’t.

Yet some movies will change the way you think. I aim to collect those in this list. "Princess Bride" won’t make it. "Runaway Jury" will.

Most of these movies are not "mindfuck" movies (a movie where misdirection is used to lead to an ending that is completely unexpected, but is coherent with the rest of the movie, and even consistent with clues subtly presented during the course of the movie). Mindfuck movies (e.g. Usual Suspects) make you think then and there, while you watch the movie, but they don’t necessarily carry on a message, or teach you something. The list below is of movies that do. Movies that can shift your paradigm, change your way of thinking, increase your awareness, even a little.

The movies are vaguely arranged in the increasing order of the impact magnitude on one’s thinking, during and after the movie. What is your level?

See also my list of paradigm-shifting books,
http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61132

  1. 1.
    The Notebook (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Nick Cassavetes

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  2. 2.
    Misery

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  3. 3.
    The Shawshank Redemption
    by Frank Darabont

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  4. 4.
    Thank You for Smoking (Widescreen Edition)
    by Jason Reitman

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  5. 5.
    Lord of War (Widescreen)
    by Andrew Niccol

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  6. 6.
    Groundhog Day (Special Edition)

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  7. 7.
    Who Killed the Electric Car?

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  8. 8.
    Bowling for Columbine

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  9. 9.
    John Q
    by Nick Cassavetes

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  10. 10.
    Sicko (Special Edition)
    by Michael Moore

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  11. 11.
    Waking Life

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  12. 12.
    Vanilla Sky

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  13. 13.
    The Bridges of Madison County

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  14. 14.
    The Island
    by Michael Bay

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  15. 15.
    Hotel Rwanda
    by Terry George

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  16. 16.
    Lorenzo's Oil
    by George Miller (II)

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  17. 17.
    Runaway Jury (Widescreen Edition)
    by Gary Fleder

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  18. 18.
    Total Recall

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  19. 19.
    Fahrenheit 9/11

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  20. 20.
    The Truman Show
    by Peter Weir

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  21. 21.
    Dark City (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Alex Proyas

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  22. 22.
    The Matrix
    by Larry Wachowski

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  23. 23.
    The God Who Wasn't There

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  24. 24.
    Life of Brian

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  25. 25.
    The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition)
    by Fernando Meirelles

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  26. 26.
    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    by Michael Radford

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  27. 27.
    Beyond Borders (Widescreen Edition)
    by Martin Campbell

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  28. 28.
    Anna and the King

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  29. 29.
    The Machinist 1
    by Brad Anderson

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  30. 31.
    Memento

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  31. 32.
    Before Sunrise
    by Richard Linklater

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  32. 33.
    Before Sunset
    by Richard Linklater

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  33. 34.
    Gattaca
    by Andrew Niccol

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  34. 36.
    The Butterfly Effect (Infinifilm Edition)
    by J. Mackye Gruber

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  35. 37.
    The Last Temptation of Christ - Criterion Collection
    by Martin Scorsese

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  36. 38.
    Dot the I
    by Matthew Parkhill

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Created by dandv on Nov 23, 2007.
 

Comments

dandv
Sunnyvale

The Last Temptation of Christ — 41 weeks ago

Thie thought-provoking part of this movie starts 2 hours and 20 minutes into it – it’s the dialog between Apostle Paul and Jesus. You can safely skip the rest.


dandv
Sunnyvale

Paradigm-shifting books — 48 weeks ago