I'm in the mood for some good ole thinking movies, not necessarily old, but I dont think theres many recent ones I can think of that really stimulated my brain. Some good ones I've seen in the past, are:

A beautiful mind
Goodwill Hunting
Pi
Memento

Any more good ones you guys recommend?

DarkGhost]Coon[

United States1471 Posts

April 07 2005 13:14 GMT

The Shawshank Redemption

MoltkeWarding

5195 Posts

April 07 2005 13:17 GMT

I didn't like any of those movies quite frankly, apart from Pi which I never watched. I have no clue what a thinking movie is....when I watch a movie its to unwind, not to stimulate anything. Having said that, im going to look on my ymdb list to see which movies might fit that category.

I think Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligar, Metropolis, Petrified Forest, Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Tale of Two Cities fit that category as in posing thoughtful issues on film.

Of all of these I especially recommend Petrified Forest

It's a fun film with Leslie Howard as a nomadic bohemian in search of meaning in life

taeWook

United States1367 Posts

April 07 2005 13:19 GMT

wait, you dont like any of these movies, except for one movie that you've never seen before?

Deleted User 3420

24492 Posts

April 07 2005 13:20 GMT

how could you not like good will hunting

pheered.user

United States2603 Posts

April 07 2005 13:24 GMT

what about 'Saw'

B.GoD_AnGRY

Chile334 Posts

April 07 2005 13:24 GMT

kubrick movies...

IntoTheWow

is awesome32278 Posts

April 07 2005 13:28 GMT

Adaptations : )

gLyo

United States2410 Posts

April 07 2005 13:32 GMT

2001: A Space Odyssey
Fight Club
Donnie Darko

ReBanned

1929 Posts

April 07 2005 13:36 GMT

#10

Donnie Darko is sexy

RiSE

United States3182 Posts

April 07 2005 13:48 GMT

#11

... not :/

2001newbie

United States336 Posts

April 07 2005 13:51 GMT

#12

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LTT

Shakuras1095 Posts

April 07 2005 13:53 GMT

#13

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead :>

Edit: 300 \o/

useLess

United States4781 Posts

April 07 2005 13:54 GMT

#14

Fight Club
Clockwork Orange

mahc

United States874 Posts

April 07 2005 14:02 GMT

#15

There's an anime one called "Spirited Away"

It's weird.

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

April 07 2005 14:14 GMT

#16

awsome thread, im a huge movie buff and my school has a file sharing program that has basically everything (19,000 students linked) so i can dl basically any movie that comes to mind, keep posting with good movies plz!

draeger

United States3256 Posts

April 07 2005 14:21 GMT

#17

Check out "Waking Life". It's not a surprise ending - try and guess it - sort of ending.. but more of a philosphical movie with many various rants or strongly opinionated arguments on various aspects of life.

SoLsiTO

United States573 Posts

April 07 2005 14:21 GMT

#18

What is an intellectual movie?

Anyways, I suggest Midnight Cowboy.

splat

Seychelles358 Posts

April 07 2005 15:20 GMT

#19

A short list, in no special order:
Mabarosi (suicide, and finding meaning in life)
Russian Ark (90 minutes in one continuous scene; you will never see a film like this ever again)
Blade Runner (what is the difference between being human and being an android?)
Clockwork Orange (anarchy versus the ethics of mind control)
Kieslowski's "Three Colors" Trilogy
Scarface (beautiful story arc, a study in extreme yet repressed masculinity)
The Deer Hunter
To Kill a Mockingbird (stupidity of racism, beauty of innocence)
Citizen Kane (complex character study)
The Seventh Seal
Ran (Kurosawa meets Shakespeare)
Farewell My Concubine
Bread and Tulips
American Beauty
...

RivetHead

United States842 Posts

April 07 2005 15:35 GMT

#20

nice list splat, i especially like your choices of scarface (which is uncoventional but the movie does show the consequences of immorallity and money doesnt equal happiness) and ran (which is one of my favorite movies of all time and one of the most beautiful and depressing movies ever). i love movies, and i see tons of them but for the most part i get bored with them. some of the best movies i have seen are japanese, so its a good bet to look at some of those. some of my favorites are cure, audition, and ikiru. you should see metropolis, an old german movie, too. sorry if i sound incoherent but im drunk.