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What are the top 3 most meaningful and inspiring movies you have ever seen?
Tell us why you like your top 3 movies to inspire others to watch it as well.
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Faisel Butt
"El laberinto del fauno" (Pan's Labyrinth), Dir.: Guillermo del Toro. Amazing magic realism. Half fairytale and half brutal historical war-realism. It has some amazing heroic characters taking a stand against fascism knowing it will be their death. I have watched it six times and can't help crying every time.
"Un prophète" (A Prophet), Dir.: Jacques Audiard. This is without a doubt the most amazing prison film ever made - yes, even better than "Shawshank Redemption". Malik El Djebena's performance is one of the best I have ever seen.
"Man on Wire", Dir.: James Marsh. Hands down the best documentary I've seen. The story about Philippe Petit's guerilla wire walking between the WTC towers is suspenseful like a thriller, but most of all an amazing story of human accomplishment. Awe-inspiring!
greg dahlen 30+
"E.T." was rather touching, although it's hard to say why. It was interesting how although the alien didn't say much, you tended to like him and to cheer for him.
I saw a documentary on two African cat mothers in Africa. It might have been a lion mother, and then another big cat. It was touching and interesting to see their relations with their children, it made you think about your own relationship with your mother.
I find something meaningful about documentaries on real crimes that have happened. Although the subject is grim, you do learn a lot about the world.
Robert Galway 30+
Schindler's list is about one man making a difference.
The Rocketeer is about one man growing up with adversity, finding his passion, and doing the work to see his dreams come true.
carolyn mcauley 20+
Noel Oco
charlize burstein
2) wall-e (cartoon movie)
3) the legends of the fall
Noel Oco
charlize burstein
wall-e taught me that humans must take care of nature and do not pollute the environment. Also, it showed me the damaging side of technological improvements. People who are on the liner became fat because technological conditions make them to stay motionless.
The legends of the fall is the movie which is just a beautiful story of one family with a problems inside. There is love and other passions which, I think, makes our lives beautiful and interesting
Feyisayo Anjorin 50+
2. The Adjustment Bureau
3. Hotel Rwanda
Noel Oco
Feyisayo Anjorin 50+
In 'The Blind Side' a woman (who also influences her rich husband and family) sees the potential for greatness in a young boy from a poor family, and she helps him to become a great talent.
The Adjustment Bureau is a Sci-Fi film about a politician who chose love over political power, and had to fight against 'supernatural' forces for this woman.(seems like what I'll do for love)
Hotel Rwanda is about a man who chooses to do good, despite the dangers of doing what he chose to do. (Really good people are known only in the time of great trials).
I love films that are stories about the power of love overcoming difficult situations.
Feyisayo Anjorin 50+
In 'The Blind Side' a woman (who also influences her rich husband and family) sees the potential for greatness in a young boy from a poor family, and she helps him to become a great talent.
The Adjustment Bureau is a Sci-Fi film about a politician who chose love over political power, and had to fight against 'supernatural' forces for this woman.(seems like what I'll do for love)
Hotel Rwanda is about a man who chooses to do good, despite the dangers of doing what he chose to do. (Really good people are known only in the time of great trials).
I love films that are stories about the power of love overcoming difficult situations.
Kitty Hawk
Noel Oco
Kitty Hawk
Caution: here be Spoilers!
Gran Torino: the quintessential "angry old white man" sees everything in his life slipping away (beloved wife dies, children become dis-attached, he falls ill, etc.), but gives his life protecting his new friend, all because he talked with him long enough to overcome his racism.
Shawshank: a banker stuggles to survive in a maximum security prison, and is pushed to his physical and emotional limits. He makes every attempt to maintain his humanity by not provoking others, keeping his mind engaged, and helping his friends, but the system eventually takes its toll on him. Backed into a corner, he escapes the reach of the prison with his friend and simultaneously exposes its corruption.
Wall-E: a service robot survives centuries of disasters because he alone has learned to be curious of the world, all the while doing what he can to make it better. Fate has it that he encounters a similarly curious probe and so they bond over their shared interest, even showing her music and dance. He sees her being taken into a spaceship when she completes her mission, and he rushes to save his friend from an unknown threat. After numerous setbacks, the two are able to work together to bring the first plant sprouted in 700 years to the last remaining humans, but at a great cost. He is seemingly beyond repair by the time they return to Earth, but a mock goodbye kiss unknowingly returns the (literal) spark of life to him. Neither of them is programmed to speak, so there was no dialogue between them in the movie.
It ends with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuR8uq9J7gw
Robert Galway 30+
Noel Oco
Noel Oco