I am looking for movies that moved your soul...

[w8liftinglady]

I have separated from my man,and started a new life.I watched "Shawshank Redemption" today,and felt renewed.What are some other films that made you feel uplifted?

[Aristus]

1. My perennial favorite for soul-uplifting: "Local Hero".

I just adore that movie. It makes me feel like everything is going to be all right...

[Mendocino]

36. Local Hero seconded

"I'll be a good Gordon....Gordon"

[Aristus]

37. "Breakfast is at eight; seven in the fishing season.

It's not the fishing season."

[Mendocino]

58. "Naah, thet wis Jems Stuuuert"

[Aristus]

68. "Mister Mac, that wooz a telefyoon cull frum Ameedica. There's a Mister Happer

cummin' t'see ye. Happer...H-A-P-P......P-E-R. He spelt it fer me."

:D

[Mendocino]

80. "Normal...extra normal"

[Paladin]

105. Absolutely Glorious Movie. Good Choice. (n/t)

[schmuls]

2. "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. Some old, some new....

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Meet John Doe
Fly Away Home
Little Buddha
Love, Actually
Enchanted April
12 Angry Men

[dropkickpa]

79. I really liked Love, Actually

Very sweet!

[charlie and algernon]

4. "Pay it Forward"

If you're not moved and weeping at the end of that movie, it'll never happen.

[NMDemDist2]

9. I'll vote for that one too n/t

[TheCentepedeShoes]

77. You just don't

that ending coming.

Edit for improper punctuation

[Rambis]

5. The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ireland, 1920. Damien and Teddy are brothers. But while the latter is already the leader of a guerrilla squad fighting for the independence of his motherland, Damien, a medical graduate of University College, would rather further his training at the London hospital where he has found a place. However, shortly before his departure, he happens to witness atrocities committed by the ferocious Black and Tans and finally decides to join the resistance group led by Teddy. The two brothers fight side by side until a truce is signed. But peace is short-lived and when one faction of the freedom-fighters accepts a treaty with the British that is regarded as unfair by the other faction, a civil war ensues, pitting Irishmen against Irishmen, brothers against brothers, Teddy against Damien.... Written by

Brutal but moving- DO NOT WATCH WITH WEE ONE'S ABOUT

[ceile]

10. On my Netflix list

Love Irish period pieces. However, the Magdelene Sisters was almost too much to watch....

[Rambis]

16. be prepared for this one too

it is an emotional film-
great band in the film
http://www.thefuchsiaband.com/Site/Welcome.html

[Mad_Dem_X]

31. I need to see that - I love Cillian Murphy nt

[Downtown Hound]

6. V for Vendetta

I caught that one on TV the other day after having not seen it since it came out in the theaters. God, what a wonderful movie. It always gets me pumped up and ready to keep fighting.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Ratatouille, WALL•E, etc...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. Finding Nemo...

I love "kid's" movies!

[Fire Walk With Me]

103. Technically, Ratatouille, WALL•E and Incredibles aren't kids movies...

although there's plenty there for kids to like.

The common theme of finding your own level of excellence regardless of the mindless opposition is extremely uplifting, and is done with such marvelous levels of light and insight..

[ghostsofgiants]

8. A documentary called "The Take."

It's about workers in Argentina who reopened the factories where they worked after they were shut down upon Argentina's economic collapse.

[MrCoffee]

11. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters; Life is Beautiful; Where the Day Takes You

Where the Day Takes You is wildly depressing, but the very very end is worth it.


Of course, whenever I feel run down, I throw Hackers into the VCR and laissez les bon temps rouler!

[DS1]

13. Nice post, Zerocool!

<<< The King Kong of Douchebags

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. I so wanted to punch that guy in the throat.

[MrCoffee]

18. Tell me you weren't uplifted by the ending, though

Best documentary feature since Capturing the Friedmans.

[MrCoffee]

15. Mess with the best, die like the rest

You've seen Hackers? janesez will be so very excited. She and I were the only people I've ever heard of who've seen it. Welcome to the club.


Signed,

The Plague.

[DS1]

17. This guy's on a 14.4 modem

Holy shit!

[MrCoffee]

19. RISC is good.

[DS1]

20. On a PCI bus!

[MrCoffee]

22. Shut up. Hackers is the shiz-nits.

It's got everything. The Gibson run by Penn Gillette. Razor and Blade and their bizzare robot gun. Lord Nikon with his photographic memory. Angelina Jolie's nipple. Fisher Stevens on a fucking skateboard.


And the best line in the history of film: "It's in that place where I put that thing that time."


Best movie of the 1990's by a mile.

[DS1]

23. With 3D file navigation and "The Price is Wrong" interactive skull and bones firewall system!

[BarenakedLady]

27. I've seen it.

Don't tell anyone.

[MrCoffee]

29. Excellent

And did you love it completely and without reservation?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times."

[medicswife]

21. Children of Heaven

It's an Iranian movie, about a little boy who loses his sister's shoes......and they can't tell their parents, because they are afraid. So, they take turns wearing his shoes until he can get her some more....

It was fabulous.

Really, really good film.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

45. Yep.

:thumbsup:

[MissMillie]

24. Amazing Grace and Chuck

super sappy, unrealistic and

dammit, just wonderful.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

25. The Shawshank Redemption

Is a great movie - I love the end - it was believable -

As for a movie to make you start all over, why not go for crazy? I say watch The Big Lewbowski.

[coffeenap]

26. Benny and Joon.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

28. ma vie en rose

[panhead1961]

30. What dreams may come

[MotorCityMan]

54. Second vote for "What Dreams May Come"

I actually liked the book better, but the movie followed it closely.

[Mad_Dem_X]

32. Brokeback Mountain, Shawshank, Philadelphia

[panhead1961]

33. The world according to Garp

[BOSSHOG]

34. The Verdict with Paul Newman

Kind of a dark, dreary movie with dark, dreary characters. Newman plays an alcoholic lawyer taking on the Catholic Church in a big case. The "Verdict" in the case is very uplifting.

[lizziegrace]

35. Under the Tuscan Sun

Diane Lane was great and the message is terrific - full of hope. :)

[sarge43]

38. Mine

Babe, Big, Bull Durham, Contact, The Dish, The Lion in Winter, Moonstruck, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Quest for Fire, The Secret of Roen Inish, Stand By Me, Tootsie, The Wind and the Lion

[Tikki]

39. Grand Canyon.....

To me it was an analogy for trying to live a liberal life that truly counts:
Compassion, Intelligence, Devotion and trying to live your life free of hypocrisy.

Tikki

[HEyHEY]

40. All the president's men and Stand by me

[bigwillq]

41. Brokeback Mountain

:( :cry:

[Project Grudge]

42. Fellini

8 1/2

[pokerfan]

43. Paring it down to a top five was hard

• October Sky
God damn, this movie is uplifting! Literally. A true story of a West Virginian coal miner's kid who was so inspired by Sputnik he starts building rockets of his own.

• Rob Roy
This revenge tale was overshadowed by Braveheart which was released the same year but I think it's far superior. It's not as epic in scale which allows for a much more intimate view of the characters. The sword fight at the end is the best I've ever seen.

• The People vs. Larry Flynt
This choice might be somewhat controversial but the supreme court decision in the end supporting free speech (allowing free satire of public figures, even Jerry Falwell) made me want to cheer. Really.

• Good Will Hunting
"I gotta see about a girl." 'Nuff said. I watched this recently and always thought the "it's not your fault" repeated twenty times was kind of stupid. But Will's breakthrough was being able to allow himself to honestly feel sad for himself without indulging in self pity. To see himself objectively and then move on.

• The Killing Fields
"Nothing to forgive, Sydney. Nothing." A rather depressing film but the reunion at the end is a great moment. If you want to really be depressed, research what happened to the actor who played Dith Pran.

[w8liftinglady]

44. thank you all...I've started my list

[Fighting Donkey]

46. A Clockwork Orange...

Really affected me. Made me feel up for a bit of the old.... UltraViolence....

[LadyoftheRabbits]

47. The Namesake

One of the best movies I've ever seen. I cried through most of it, but some of it was good crying. :hi:

[aaronbees]

97. Oh, that was a wonderful movie

Totally underrated. And the book by Jhumpa Lahiri is even better.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

48. VERY hard to find, but the 1995 "Les Miserables du Vingtieme Siecle"

It's on the "save" list at Netflix and can be ordered in Region 2 format from Amazon, but I saw it in a theater in Portland when it first came out. I'm amazed that it's not available on DVD yet, because the reviewers on Internet Movie Database all give it rave reviews.

Not to be confused with "Les Miz" or any of the other period pieces it's based on, it's about an illiterate truck driver in France, who befriends a Jewish couple and their daughter during the German occupation. As he drives them through the countryside hoping to take them to safety, they read to him from "Les Miserables," and parallels begin to emerge between the story of the four main characters and the plot of Victor Hugo's novel.

A highly original and moving film, with touches of humor. Look for the 1995 film that stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as the truck driver.

[Fighting Donkey]

49. Into The Wild - movie and book by Jon Krakauer

[Lydia Leftcoast]

50. An anime: Tokyo Godfathers

Three homeless people--an elderly alcoholic, a drag queen, and a runaway teenage girl--find an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. At first they consider keeping her, but then they go off in search of the parents. In the course of their quest, changes come to all of them. A fine story and amazingly realistic and clever animation.

[Fighting Donkey]

51. Freddy Got Fingered, starring Tom Green

[Fighting Donkey]

52. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, featuring Ben Stein

[Tikki]

53. A great Brasilian Movie...with big subtitles..Central do Brasil (Central Station) from 1998..

The story deals with a woman who for a fee writes letters for the illiterate and in the process turns into a good Samaritan.
The movie won the 1998 Berlin Festival main prize, the Golden Lion.

Tikki

[Resuscitated Ethics]

55. The Last Waltz

goosebumps

[WinkyDink]

56. Uplifted? Well, I loved "Mamma Mia"! What is better than Pierce Brosnan on a Greek isle?!

Wait! It's Pierce Brosnan AND Colin Firth on a Greek Isle!

"E.T".
"Hoosiers".
"The Full Monty".

[quip]

57. BUT.... Brosnan singing SOS??????

:puke:

It was a fun movie/play, though :D

[graywarrior]

59. Immortal Beloved

I could watch that a brazillion times and cry each time. I love that movie.

[WCGreen]

96. I love that movie...

When Little Ludwig is floating in the pond with the reflection of the Stars swallowing him up while the 9th is playing....

[ColbertWatcher]

60. "You Can Count On Me" (IMDb link inside)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203230/

[Tallison]

88. Yes, understated and powerful

I wish more American filmmakers could discern how that works.

[ColbertWatcher]

93. It was slow to start, but there was a huge payoff in the end. n/t

[Tallison]

94. Go to bed! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

95. Ha! What about you! YOU go to bed! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

61. The Object of My Affection (IMDb link inside)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120772/

Didn't move my soul, but still a cute little movie.

[ColbertWatcher]

62. Everything Is Illuminated (IMDb link inside)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404030/

[S n o w b a l l]

63. A Patch of Blue nt

[ColbertWatcher]

64. Ed Wood (IMDb link inside)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109707/

Not a "soul--mover" but the funniest, yet touching buddy movie of recent years.

[JeffR]

65. To Kill A Mockingbird

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The Green Mile

What Dreams May Come

[ColbertWatcher]

66. Good Bye, Lenin! (IMDb link inside)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

German comedy/drama, with subtitles.

Funny, touching.

[Left Brain]

67. Dead Man Walking

.

[Tallison]

89. What a monster performance by Sean Penn in that

So tense. Should have won an Oscar. He's waaaay overdue for one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

70. The Year of Living Dangerously.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

71. Rosewood.

That shocked my soul, and moved me to tears.
It's the story of a white woman who is having an affair on her husband, lies and tells him that a black man raped her. This prompts the vigilante idiots in town to go around killing every black person they see. Then they burn their own town to the ground. It is a true story of how a small group save most of the children in town. It is worth a look.

To Kill A Mockingbird is the greatest movie ever made. There is just something innocent about it, yet terribly poignant at the same time. I can't watch it enough.
Duckie

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. Seven Years in Tibet

Beautiful movie...

[eShirl]

73. The Sound of Music

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(film)

[elshiva]

74. What Dreams May Come

:)

[Tallison]

90. Okay, that's the third mention on this thread

I now must add it to my Netflix cue.

[elshiva]

99. Yes, even if you don't believe in heaven and the supernatural

that is such a great movie. Probably one of Robin Williams' best roles. :)

[w8liftinglady]

75. thank you all SO much! have my nights planned for the next few weeks;)

[Whisp]

76. The Big Lebowski

some dudes do abide.

[dropkickpa]

78. I really liked Grace of my Heart

Ileanna Douglas is one of my favorite actresses.

[Fire Walk With Me]

81. Amelie.

[crim son]

82. Out of Africa.

Groundhog Day! Lady Jane. These are three of my all-time favorites. I'd add "Barry Lyndon" but it isn't uplifting, just very beautiful and quite funny and sad. Plus it stars Ryan O'Neil as a young man, in a good role... you can't go wrong.

I'm sorry that you must go through the pain and turmoil that comes with a separation. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Tallison]

92. Great scene in which he's washing her hair n/t

[lady raven]

83. To Kill a Mockingbird

I saw the movie as a child, before I read the book. It still moves me deeply.

[JTG of the PRB]

84. "The Iron Giant" me more consistently than any other movie I've ever seen...

The ending scene, for those of you who know what I'm talking about.

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

:cry:

[Hobarticus]

86. You don't have to be a gun....

Words to live by. Great pick.

[NanceGreggs]

85. "Monsoon Wedding"

Don't ask why - just watch it. I guarantee you'll be moved to look at life and love in a whole different way.

Trust me on this one.

[Zavulon]

87. I wouldn't say "moved my soul,"

since I can't name a movie that did that, but a good comedy always takes my mind off of whatever's got me down at the moment.

Try Major League (you don't have to like baseball to like this movie) or Bruce Almighty.

[Tallison]

91. Last Temptation of Christ (hands down) and The English Patient n/t

[Brewman_Jax]

98. "Pump Up The Volume" and "Just Another Girl On The IRT"

2 great, IMO, indie films that are worth the time. :thumbsup:

[YankeyMCC]

100. A recent one: Himalaya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalaya_(film)

And it isn't just a simple feel good movie, it is in the native langague of the Dolpo people but of course with subtitles and not difficult to follow. There is real human challenges and conflict and but also moments of accomplishment and hope and the ending while not 'Hollywood happy' by any means is very uplifting IMHO.

It is definitely become one of my favorite films (stories really).

[behave]

101. Babel.

[CampLo]

102. The Lives of Others

german movie

[tishaLA]

104. to my mind, perhaps the best film of the past decade

[Paladin]

106. It's On My Top 5 Movies Of All Time List

I'm a sucker for movies depicting characters whose lives evolve and change for the better, and there's never been a better cinematic depiction of that than "The Lives Of Others." Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it....