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More films like this?

posted 14 years ago by BERSERKERpoetry
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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)

[–] dc63 12 years ago

See 1994's "Nobody's Fool" with Paul Newman and Jessica Tandy. Extraordinary.

A man's reach should exceed his grasp.

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[–] waldenpond88 11 years ago

A quite impressive list of movies!
You could add "Islander" (2006) with Philip Baker Hall as an aging fisherman on Vinalhaven Island in Maine. The main character is played by Thomas Hildreth.
I just discovered it thanks to Netflix and was delighted!

[–] psalmverse6-844-865746 11 years ago

Please add"Away We Go"...John Krasinski (sp?), and Maya Rudolph. Wonderfully heartening, humorous and sweet.

[–] IcySpoon 10 years ago

Several popped in my mind-

Same time next year +
Alice doesn't live here anymore +
Resurrection +(particularly admire this film-made an impression on me as a kid)
The Last Picture Show
The Last Detail
The Spitfire Grill
Breaking Away +
The Sweet Hereafter +
Metropolitan +
Mystic Pizza
Three Kings +
The Ice Storm
The Player
Bottle Rocket
Little Man Tate
A Bronx Tale
Waking Ned Devine
Election +
The Remains of the Day +

The Plus sign indicates particular favorites-the list is random-so all may not be applicable. Your list was great.

Cheers!

Christina

[–] Alfabeta 9 years ago

Empire Falls (TV Movie 2005) with Ed Harris and other known stars.