Heavy Movies

Share with me your recommendations!

Just finished watch Synecdoche, New York. It wasn't terribly depressing, but grave. Very grave indeed. I also just saw A Single Man, Helen, Manic, The Headless Woman, and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things. Any other goodies? Even ones like Before Sunrise/Sunset. I'm feeling like good thinking movies during the holidays. less

The united states of Leland, REALLY good.... hahaha crap, I'm going to have to get up and look through my movies.. I have hundreds.

Oh Um theres Shrink,
Precious,
Accidents Happen,
All My Friends are Funeral Singers,
The art of the steal(doc),
The Constant Gardener,
Ondine,
North Fork,
Brick,
Candy,
Half Nelson,
The Matador,
The Motorcycle Diaries,
Running With Scissors,
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance,
Transamerica,
Grave Of the Fireflies,
Closed Book,
Defendor,
Punch Drunk Love,
Mr Nobody,
Pretty Persuasion,
Cavemans Valentine,
Cold Souls,
Veronika Decides To Die
Youth In Resistance,
Birth,
Kabluey
Peacock,
Secretary,
The Fall,


Wuthering Heights
Onegin
Bright Star

I have to stop looking So I can get my son ready for school
Hope you enjoy a few of those! less

These may not appeal to your taste but when it comes to movies I cannot help but put my $0.02 in on the matter.

link - Intact or Intacto. An excellent film about fate and luck - who has it and who doesn't. You really have to pay attention because the plot isn't consistant but it really makes you think about life, or at least it made me think about life.

link - In The Realm of The Senses. Based on a true story. The power dynamics of a pre-war Japanese master/servant relationship will definitely have you thinking about things a little deeper.

link - A Better Place. It's Kevin Smith's finest, in my opinion. Need I say more? Very dark.

link - In The Bedroom. Very poignant look at what a husband and wife experience after the tragic loss of their son at the hands of his lover's ex-husband.

link - Closer. This movie didn't get nearly enough attention. I think it's an accurate portrayal of how real adults in real relationships deal with adultery.

link - Match Point. You'll never guess what happens, it definitely isn't what you think.

FWIW, I found Precious to be gut-wrenching with gratuitous graphic abuse. If you or someone you are viewing with has been sexually abused, raped, physically or mentally abused I strongly caution the choice to see this film. The end does not at all justify the content. This is coming from someone who owns a copy of Irreversible and Caligula. less