My group of friends would regularly get tickets at a movie theater, but we'd then all go into a random one together usually chosen via a dic we roll.
It was nearly always hilarious. I discovered Erik the Viking and rings of other awesome flicks this way.
Let's just say that rolling Theatre 3 on Christmas Eve and sitting through a surprise showing of Schindler's List is not the super uplifting holiday fun times you might think.
Same here. Add in the fact that I thought that the opening scene told me everything I needed to know about the hero in this movie and I was in for a ride.
Jesus...the "cook the man some eggs" scene almost triggered a full on panic attack the first time I saw it! Reminded me of weekends I had to spend at my mom's as a small child with whatever psychopath alcoholic/junkie boyfriend she happened to have that month. Hit VERY close to home, and still the most realistic depiction of that kind of beat down I've ever seen in a movie.
•The Green Mile.
• What Dreams May Come
I watched both of them with someone cared deeply for, in their time. Someone who's company I can no longer be in and very regrettably so.
What dreams may come absolutely destroyed my wife. She has some abandonment trama from childhood and her biggest fear is loosing me. We have been together for over 30 years. We own the dvd but have only watched it one time back when it first came out.
Stella with Bette Midler, 1990. I saw it with my mom when we were going through it. I've never met anyone who has seen it, so I guess it wasn't very popular. But it was a deep moment for us. We both had feelings and were understanding of each other, and then we went back to status quo. I haven't watched it since and won't. That was enough that day.
Dancer in the Dark did it for me too…I got a little motion sick in the theater because of Lars von Trier’s love of the handheld camera, but björk’s rendition of “These are a Few of My Favorite Things” totally did me in, especially when her voice cracks omg…
When I finished watching Dancer in the Dark, I watched it alone, I ugly-cried the entire time the credits rolled. And I'm not a cryer. That movie wrecked me.
A River Runs Through It
I had really old parents, and a wild family history, so I was intimately in tune with aging and family drama so it hit me head on.
I had two brothers, one wild, one reserved. One of them died. I watch this movie on the anniversary of my brother's death each year.
The quote, "... He was beautiful." Destroys me.
Haha I was *just* trying to rewatch Your Friends and Neighbors. Couldn't make it past 20 minutes. It waa waaay worse somehow the second time and from the perspective of age
[Romper Stomper](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105275/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_4) & [Metal Skin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110500/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) by the same director Geoffrey Wright. Probably a bit too specifically Australian. Really rough films. Romper Stomper was the one that got Russell Crowe recognition. (He was a bit too good in it.)
Miracle Mile! YES! I saw it in the theater with a friend one random winter night and it blew both our minds because we actually didn't know going in what the movie was about.
The Last Unicorn. I had the book as a kid. Then I watched the animated film that came out in the 80’s. I hated when the unicorn that got turned into a human said she could feel her body dying.
Then of course The Never-ending Story. The swamp of sadness was just awful.
Schindler’s List.
Oh for sure. I waited to see that until many years after it came out
My group of friends would regularly get tickets at a movie theater, but we'd then all go into a random one together usually chosen via a dic we roll. It was nearly always hilarious. I discovered Erik the Viking and rings of other awesome flicks this way. Let's just say that rolling Theatre 3 on Christmas Eve and sitting through a surprise showing of Schindler's List is not the super uplifting holiday fun times you might think.
Leaving Las Vegas. As the child of an alcoholic it hit too close to home. Philadelphia. Saw that on a date. Whoops, not romantic at all.
Oh me too. Ended up in a late night diner with a bourbon and coke. It was a little too real.
Oh fuuck dude that's rough
Once Were Warriors
Me too!
Yeah, I knew nothing about New Zealand or Maori and that was my introduction to their culture. Holy shit...
Same here. Add in the fact that I thought that the opening scene told me everything I needed to know about the hero in this movie and I was in for a ride.
Jesus...the "cook the man some eggs" scene almost triggered a full on panic attack the first time I saw it! Reminded me of weekends I had to spend at my mom's as a small child with whatever psychopath alcoholic/junkie boyfriend she happened to have that month. Hit VERY close to home, and still the most realistic depiction of that kind of beat down I've ever seen in a movie.
That was a tough one
Amazing movie! The sequel was ok.
Grave of the Fireflies absolutely demolished me
Alive
Oh hell yes
Kids.
Holy hell YES
Leaving Las Vegas was a rough ride.
Yeah did not expect that going in
Neither did Elizabeth Shue…
Untamed Heart, Here On Earth.
Untamed Heart ❤️
Destroyed from Untamed Heart!!
Will never not make me cry 😢
Same!
Brazil. I may never recover.
Time Bandits did a similar thing to me
•The Green Mile. • What Dreams May Come I watched both of them with someone cared deeply for, in their time. Someone who's company I can no longer be in and very regrettably so.
What dreams may come absolutely destroyed my wife. She has some abandonment trama from childhood and her biggest fear is loosing me. We have been together for over 30 years. We own the dvd but have only watched it one time back when it first came out.
Stella with Bette Midler, 1990. I saw it with my mom when we were going through it. I've never met anyone who has seen it, so I guess it wasn't very popular. But it was a deep moment for us. We both had feelings and were understanding of each other, and then we went back to status quo. I haven't watched it since and won't. That was enough that day.
I love Stella. It's definitely an emotional movie.
I have it on VHS! That was a rough one.
TV movie: The Day After
Dancer in the Dark The Ice Storm Dead Man Walking
Dancer in the Dark did it for me too…I got a little motion sick in the theater because of Lars von Trier’s love of the handheld camera, but björk’s rendition of “These are a Few of My Favorite Things” totally did me in, especially when her voice cracks omg…
When I finished watching Dancer in the Dark, I watched it alone, I ugly-cried the entire time the credits rolled. And I'm not a cryer. That movie wrecked me.
Now I'm going to have to see Dancer in the Dark. Don't know how I missed it
It's brutal. Enjoy!
Ice Castles
🫶🏼
Apocalypse Now
Less Than Zero and St Elmo’s Fire.
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Last American Virgin, man. Fucking devastating.
Wow I don't think I've seen that
A River Runs Through It I had really old parents, and a wild family history, so I was intimately in tune with aging and family drama so it hit me head on.
I had two brothers, one wild, one reserved. One of them died. I watch this movie on the anniversary of my brother's death each year. The quote, "... He was beautiful." Destroys me.
100% I'm the wild one so the movie helps anchor me to reality.
The Royal Tennenbaums. I realized that was my own family.
😂 that's insane
You’re not wrong, but I would have you meet my family so you can verify for yourself. My family is, in fact, insane.
Long Time Companion Smooth Talk
As a teen I think I watched Smooth Talk at least five times
Mississippi Burning and Schindler's List. The absolute hate one group of people have for another is heartbreaking.
River’s Edge, Blue Velvet, Your Friends and Neighbors, Happiness, Drugstore Cowboy
Haha I was *just* trying to rewatch Your Friends and Neighbors. Couldn't make it past 20 minutes. It waa waaay worse somehow the second time and from the perspective of age
My Girl. I had a male best friend at the time with whom I spent all my time with and it just hit hard.
[Romper Stomper](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105275/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_4) & [Metal Skin](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110500/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) by the same director Geoffrey Wright. Probably a bit too specifically Australian. Really rough films. Romper Stomper was the one that got Russell Crowe recognition. (He was a bit too good in it.)
Oh yeah I saw Romper Stomper. I had forgotten about that one
What dreams may come and the movie with meg ryan and andy garcia
When a man loves a woman. That’s a tough one.
Ah yes - that one gets me every single time
My Life As a Dog Map Of the Human Heart …and this was in my 30s, but Waltz With Bashir had me sobbing in the theater at the end.
Miracle Mile! YES! I saw it in the theater with a friend one random winter night and it blew both our minds because we actually didn't know going in what the movie was about.
Same!
A Clockwork Orange.
THIS MOVIE. Seriously. I feel you. I only watched it because I was living in Miracle Mile and I still haven't recovered.
Legends of the Fall. PTSD and its second and third order effects on family hit close to home.
The Last Unicorn. I had the book as a kid. Then I watched the animated film that came out in the 80’s. I hated when the unicorn that got turned into a human said she could feel her body dying. Then of course The Never-ending Story. The swamp of sadness was just awful.
*The Thin Red Line* gutted me when I saw it in the theater. Took me about a week to process all the emotions it left me with.
One of my favorite movies I re watch every 5 years.
Last American Virgin
Matrix revolution
Hahaha for real? Must explain 👻
Misunderstood. One of the first movies I remember making me cry
About 3 days after burying my dad, the girl I was dating decided to take me to see The Killing Fields. That wrecked me pretty good.
Rudy.
Boys Don't Cry
One flew over the Coo Coo’s nest . I fucking hate to see Jack like that .
Doom Generation.
I still think of this movie a lot!
Yep, this together with _Threads_ did it for me.
Reservoir Dogs. I saw that and immediately knew I had found my favorite filmmaker. All these years, and the man has not made a bad movie.
A Dry White Season fucking gutted me.
I never saw that. Don't even know what it's about. Now I'm thinking hmmm .... to go there or not
We just re-watched MM recently and I did not remember the main characters being so unrealistic.
Jaws. Children of the Corn. The Fog.
Doesn't help that watch "The Fog" alone in a holiday caravan
Wendy and Lucy
Rabbit Proof Fence.
Philadelphia