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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)

[–] CarlosPC 14 years ago

Broken Flowers
The year of the dog

[–] ARH 14 years ago

The Jimmy Show - Also about somone with very little losing even that.

[–] ynisfre 14 years ago

The most direct reference point for Wendy and Lucy is Umberto D., the 1952 Italian neorealist film about a pensioner who can't afford to live, and whose only companion is his dog.

This would make a great double feature with that or Into the Wild.

[–] ARH 14 years ago

It would make a good double bill with any neorealist film really. While watching it I kept thinking of 'The Bicycle Thief'

[–] SetFreegirl 14 years ago

Into the Wild
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Day Night Day Night
Good Dick
Cherish
Brick
A tout de suite
Hannah takes the stairs

[–] IndiegroundFilms 14 years ago

Thank you everyone who has posted in this thread. My netflix queue has been meh lately, and Wendy & Lucy is one of my favorite movies of the last decade (along with Broken Flowers). I look forward to checking out more movies like it. I'll also add The Celebration to the list.

[–] ARH 14 years ago

Get 'Old Joy' by the same director.

[–] IndiegroundFilms 14 years ago

Yeah, Old Joy is great. I'm a fan of Will Oldham's music, and intrigued by the fact that he was starring in a movie. Good movies, both of them, though I like Wendy & Lucy more out of the two.

[–] cooleon 14 years ago

Sztuczki
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1094278/

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

[–] BERSERKERpoetry 14 years ago

Yes, "Old Joy" was very good. I agree that this film was better, but they're both quite good.

[–] VonAntero 14 years ago

The Station Agent (2003)
I highly recommed to check this out. It has more humour in it though, but I think that makes it even better.

Winter Passing (2005)
Dunno if this is exaclty waht you are looking for, but somehow this came to mind.

[–] keef22 14 years ago

A Boy and His Dog (1975)

[–] cooleon 14 years ago

I'm not sure about English subtitles, assuming you are an English naive.
but i can help you if you want the film file.

One Fine Spring Day (2001)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295192/

Nobody Knows (2004)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/

Grave of the Fireflies

The Chorus (2004)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372824/

Whisper of the Heart (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113824/

My Summer of Love (2004)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Kappa no ku to natsu yasumi (2007)

Memories of Matsuko (2006)

La gloire de mon père (1990)

My Mother's Castle (1990)

Saving Face (2004)

The Man from Earth (2007)

Waitress (2007)

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.