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What are some movies that changed you / left an impact?
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:42 am
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:42 am
What are some movies that changed you or left a permanent impact on you? Any genre ... drama, thriller, horror, crime, etc...? What are some that left a deep impact on you?
Schinder's List - harrowing and gut wrenching...I remember leaving the theater in silence
Jaws - I didn't see it in 1975, but when I saw it approximately 10 or so years later, I recall not getting in the ocean that year on a trip to see some relatives in Virginia.
It's a Wonderful Life - I watch it during Christmastime every year. Just a great story all around that is all too real at times.
Schinder's List - harrowing and gut wrenching...I remember leaving the theater in silence
Jaws - I didn't see it in 1975, but when I saw it approximately 10 or so years later, I recall not getting in the ocean that year on a trip to see some relatives in Virginia.
It's a Wonderful Life - I watch it during Christmastime every year. Just a great story all around that is all too real at times.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:45 am to GentleJackJones
The Social Network
If you bully autistic kids enough, they create Facebook
If you bully autistic kids enough, they create Facebook
Posted on 7/22/25 at 11:56 am to GentleJackJones
Office Space
Point Break
Point Break
Posted on 7/22/25 at 12:15 pm to GentleJackJones
The Truman Show.
Couldn’t shake the feeling that I was actually the star of a secret TV show and there were hidden cameras watching everything I did.
The latter ended up being true.
Couldn’t shake the feeling that I was actually the star of a secret TV show and there were hidden cameras watching everything I did.
The latter ended up being true.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 12:26 pm to GentleJackJones
Saving Private Ryan. Prior to this, most if not all war movies show death as a flop by the actor and dead. SPR was as graphic as war could be, I left the theater stunned. Now I watch it every Memorial Day.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 12:27 pm to GentleJackJones
Passion of the Christ
Posted on 7/22/25 at 12:32 pm to tigerfan84
Wasn't a movie but a TV show...St Elsewhere inspired me to be a doctor
Posted on 7/22/25 at 1:29 pm to GentleJackJones
Shawshank Redemption
"Get busy living or get busy dying"
"Get busy living or get busy dying"
Posted on 7/22/25 at 2:06 pm to GentleJackJones
If you grew up with a shitty father as I did, it's impossible for this to not affect you


Posted on 7/22/25 at 2:12 pm to GentleJackJones
Unfaithful.
I've been on guard ever since.
I've been on guard ever since.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 3:02 pm to GentleJackJones
Blood Diamond - when Leo's watching the sun set on his life and says "I'm right where I'm supposed to be". I think about that scene all the time.
Big Fish - I think all men want to live an extraordinary life, travel the world, and be someone important. But more importantly, we want to be remembered.
Blade Runner - Tears in rain scene. Again, Rutger Hauer's character wants to be remembered.
Big Fish - I think all men want to live an extraordinary life, travel the world, and be someone important. But more importantly, we want to be remembered.
Blade Runner - Tears in rain scene. Again, Rutger Hauer's character wants to be remembered.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 3:44 pm to GentleJackJones
I saw my family dynamic thrown into my face by The Great Santini
Posted on 7/22/25 at 3:51 pm to StrongOffer
quote:not me. all i wanna do is retire and nap anytime i want to nap.
- I think all men want to live an extraordinary life, travel the world, and be someone important. But more importantly, we want to be remembered.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 7:44 pm to tigerfan84
quote:
Passion of the Christ
This ^^^^
Posted on 7/22/25 at 8:55 pm to GentleJackJones
The Kings Speech
Taking Chance
Saving Private Ryan
Gallipoli, (watched it a a young kid. Never forgot it)
Zulu Dawn (1979) again, watched it as a kid and never forgot it.
Rocky (1)
The Elephant Man,(1980)!I was a young kid, never forgot it.
Great question OP! Now I’m thinking of all the movies I’ve seen and did they affect me.
Taking Chance
Saving Private Ryan
Gallipoli, (watched it a a young kid. Never forgot it)
Zulu Dawn (1979) again, watched it as a kid and never forgot it.
Rocky (1)
The Elephant Man,(1980)!I was a young kid, never forgot it.
Great question OP! Now I’m thinking of all the movies I’ve seen and did they affect me.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 9:02 pm to bengalbait
Yeah, the ending of SPR. Showed the human side of war and how time doesn't fade the memories even if it does fade the soldier.
American Sniper. I had a vague idea, knowing of the story from the news, of how it ends, but the manner in which the events unfolded... wow. I got the feeling, sitting in the theatre, most in the audience didn't. One of the more surreal and somber endings to a movie I've experienced in my life.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 9:22 pm to GentleJackJones
Into the Wild and Fight Club.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 9:36 pm to GentleJackJones
Dear Zachary was pretty traumatic
The Godfather just blew me away with how beautiful and perfectly made it was
Wall-E is a wildly different category of movie but might also be perfectly made (and uncomfortably prescient)
The Godfather just blew me away with how beautiful and perfectly made it was
Wall-E is a wildly different category of movie but might also be perfectly made (and uncomfortably prescient)
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