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More films like this?


If I were to give you this list, what would you add to it?
I'm looking for anything with this same feeling.
Quiet, personal films with good cinematography.

Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
Paper Moon (1973)
Alice in the Cities (1974)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Days of Heaven (1978)
The Black Stallion (1979)
Breaking Away (1979)
My Brilliant Career (1979)
Threshold (1981)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Never Cry Wolf (1983)
Silkwood (1983)
Tender Mercies (1983)
Testament (1983)
Country (1984)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Places in the Heart (1984)
The Stone Boy (1984)
Vigil (1984)
The Quiet Earth (1985)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Ironweed (1987)
Matewan (1987)
High Tide (1987)
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Signs of Life (1989)
An Unremarkable Life (1989)
The Long Walk Home (1990)
Rising Son (1990)
The Inner Circle (1991)
Passion Fish (1992)
On My Own (1993)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Secret Garden (1993)
A Place for Annie (1994)
Imaginary Crimes (1994)
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Dead Man (1995)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Margaret's Museum (1995)
A Family Thing (1996)
Fly Away Home (1996)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
New Waterford Girl (1999)
The Straight Story (1999)
Wit (2001)
In America (2003)
Off the Map (2003)
The Snow Walker (2003)
Old Joy (2006)
The Necessities of Life (2008)
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Winter's Bone (2010)

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Hello, Berserkerpoetry! I hope you're doing well. I think I spoke with you on another board (judging from this list, it was probably "The Stone Boy.")

Other ones I might add:
Rachel Rachel (1968)
Resurrection (1980)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Frozen River (2008)

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Sorry, can't add anything to this list. I just want to thank you for putting it together!

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You're welcome! It's the result of a lifetime spent looking for a very specific type of film.

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Georgy Girl
Crossing Delancey
Desperate Characters
Racing With The Moon
Raggedy Ann
Twice in a Lifetime
A Patch of Blue
The Entertainer
Marie

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I admit I haven't seen this film, but it sounds similar to The River (also from 1984).

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Local Hero (1983)
Comfort & Joy (1984)

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