Movies That Made You Think

[Pencey]

Garden State

 

[Erin]

The Color Purple
Forrest Gump
Closer

 

[IsolatedGrey]

The Hours..
The Life of David Gale (is that the name?.. not sure..)
Girl, Interrupted..
Unfaithful..
Leaving Las Vegas...

 

[lunabella]

most of the movies i see (which i pick out, not my friends) make me think.
especially:
dancer in the dark
brat (russian)

 

[Oria]

Oh so many, but the most recent one is Crash.

 

[*Happiness*]

Requiem for a dream
Meet Joe Black
American Beauty
K-Pax
Armaggedon (yes, I wonder if that can really happen)
The Station Agent
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

 

[Erin]

Leaving Las Vegas... forgot about that one. Powerful movie.

 

[Deep Brunette]

Philadelphia (Can't believe this hasn't gotten mentioned yet!)
The Outsiders
Sliding Doors
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Original Sin

 

[travolta]

charles and ray eames power of ten

eyes wide shut

 

[nycgirl84]

Vanilla Sky
Requiem for a Dream
Say Anything
House of Sand and Fog
Trainspotting
Bowling for Colmbine
A Clockwork Orange
Full Metal Jacket

 

[Brazilian Girl]

many movies have made me think, but the one I can think of right now is The Edukators, a German movie with cute Daniel Brühl.

Oh and, of course, the wonderful Brazilian movie City of God.

 

[tiffany]

Off the top of my head:

Hero, The Hours, Since Otar Left, Finding Neverland, The Last Emperor, Life is Beautiful...

 

[travolta]

talking heads: stop making sense..david bryne has a brillant mind

in the mood for love -- makes me think about what film could be.

 

[twilight fairy]

I love this thread, since thinking movies (oh how painful) are my favourite type of movies.

Se7en and Elephant from the ones not mentioned yet.

 

[yourbestfriend]

The Virgin Suicides
Trainspotting
Traffic

 

[cbcb]

Code 46 ... brilliantly done 'genetic engineering future' piece along the lines of Gattaca but subtler and more languid, somehow with a similar feel.

 

[pucci_mama]

Requiem for a dream
Vanilla sky

 

[sofialuv]

Some of them have already been mentioned here:

Bowling for Columbine
Fahrenheit 911
The Hours
Sliding Doors
Schindlers List
Hitler- the downfall of the Thirs Reich
Buffalo 66

...and dome more that i will have to try harder to remember...

 

[marcbymarj]

donnie darko
the virgin suicides
eternal sunshine for the spotless mind
garden state

love those movies

 

[Tudds]

Life is Beautiful