This strikes me as being one of the more haunting films I have seen in quite some time. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions besides the list provided below. I am sure there are many more, so recommendations are welcome. Cheers
1. Interiors
2. The Virgin Suicides
3. We Don't Live Here Anymore
4. Picnic at Hanging Rock
5. Lantana
6. Rebecca
7. Gates of Heaven
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The Hours. I can't watch that movie ever again, though, or I'll committ suicide.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
in the company of men
that movie is so god damned haunting.
Waking Life, Vanilla Sky, City Of God, Leon, American Beauty, Forrest Gump, The Truman Show
Perfume. Ahhhhhhhh!
Marie Antoinette.
Lost in Translation. But in a way that I didn't and don't know what to make of it.
I don't know. A haunting film is hard to come by. This one takes the cake.
In the company of Men was powerful as hell. Your list includes many of my most haunting, except for Forrest Gump :) We would have a great movie club.
shareAgree with you and never seen Waking Life so must check it out. Cheers for the hint.
shareCandy, with Heath Ledger, had me crying for a good hour after the credits... I bought the DVD but I can just never bring myself to watch it again...
SLAUGHTER!
One of the nicest people on the TDK board
Mister Lonely
Sileni (Lunacy)
Salo or a 120 days of sodom
bodysong
Network
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
white oleander
shareIn no particular order:
MYSTERIOUS SKIN - Two victims of child abuse grow up and attempt coping in very different ways. Very graphic, disturbing and hard to watch, though insightful and neccessary.
WHITE OLEANDER - Although the film version is certainly toned down from the novel, it still packs a punch as the main character goes through the L.A. foster care system.
GARDENS OF THE NIGHT - A boy and a girl are kidnapped very young, but through braving (implied, not graphic) horrors together they grow up to live on the streets. Very memorable and a good movie.
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO - River Pheonix and Keanu Reeves star as two troubled street hustlers. This movie may be flawed, but it is very emotionally memorable.
PEYTON PLACE - This movie was a landmark in the 1950s, showing an average town as it turns a blind eye to the problems of its teens. This movie is beautifully done, and contains some haunting subject matter. Although not visually graphic, it definitely is mentally. Still one of my favorite movies.
And, of course, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.
All of these movies deal with their subjects very well, without exploitation, so I would reccommend all of them. Just don;t go in looking to be happy afterwards (although with PEYTON PLACE you will really enjoy it, so you won't be depressed...it is a resolves movie, if I can put it that way)
And I'll also add:
AN AMERICAN CRIME
Dead Poets Society
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
No one's mentioned either of them! They're supposed to be the touchiest films of all time.
I am definitely with you on the "cuckoo's nest" movie, I was wondering why nobody had mentioned it. When I finished watching it, I was left with this empty feeling, not bad empty, but like when you lose something and you feel like crying for days, but don't. I don't know, it still haunts me, I remember that last scene and I just wanna curl up in a ball and rock in a corner while pulling my hair. Excellent movie!
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That was longer than a heartbeat!
YES! This movie never leaves you. I often think of Chief's lines about how society "worked on" his father. Gives me chills just thinking about it. Brilliant, brilliant film!
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