Primer. Time travel paradoxes. Two guys accidentally build a time machine and their tests of it cause chaos in their lives.
8½ is a pretty surreal. Considered one of the most influential films of all time. One of the earliest examples of post-modernism in film.
Every scene in Ex Machina is basically a dialogue covering different arguments in the philosophy of AI. Plus a surreal dance scene.
I was blown away by mother! when I first saw it. But looking back on it, the allegory wasn’t exactly subtle.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a meta-modern masterpiece.
Tropic Thunder, as a meta commentary on comedy, is actually really good. Aside from the great comedy itself.
you mean “mother!”?
Yes, thanks for the spelling correction.
Seems like a lot of responses think a movie needs a twist to be thought provoking. Not saying they’re wrong, but what about things that make you think about how screwed we are like “The Big Short” or “The Laundromat?” Movies like “Schindler’s List” make you think about human capacity for evil and compassion. “Blade Runner” brings up questions of what makes you a human.
Make no mistake, all the “twist” movies mentioned so far are great. Just trying to introduce another thread to the discussion.
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‘Rambo’ Laugh, if you want, but that flick made me realize how awfully governments treat Veterans. Non-Military guy here. Saw it in the nineties, must have been 11 or 12 or something like that.
Then ‘Philadelphia’ was pretty intense and made me realize reality holds more truths, than the narrow minded household I grew up in.
‘Milk’ was pretty eye opening, too.
The Man from Earth; low budget sci-fi mostly just people talking in a living room. I like how it plays with expectations about knowledge of history and explores different epistemologies of the supporting characters in their line of questions or how they engage with the core concept.
It became a meme by now but Sixth Sense when it came out and Identity.
Thanks for this thread, got a bunch of great suggestions!
Dead man walking. What it means to be against death penalty not just because of the error rate.
Also for me Sean Penn’s best performance even compared to mystic river or I am Sam
Watched Black Klansman today, just made me think more about racism even though I think about it a lot anyways. Really great movie.
I heard good things about this movie. Have it on my movie list.
Really brilliant! I’m teary thinking that this kind of shit happens.
It’s really worth it. It has a great story, that is based on true events, fantastic actors (John David Washington and Adam Driver) and a great director (Spike Lee).
A masterpiece.
After the Dark.
Thought experiment film about who would you take into a bunker to continue the human race?
I would advise that you stop watching after the students return their text books.
“Sans Soleil” by Chris Marker.
It’s a documentary that only uses “stock footage” and a woman reading letters. It’s about time and memory and other philosophical stuff.
donnie darko!
Not a movie but a limited series, Devs. You won’t know what’s going on for a while, but damn, I still think about it. Same guy who made Ex Machina and Annihilation. Great sound track.
