Films that changed your life

[zinfamous]

So...I could go on and on in the movies that are Shockingly bad thread, but what about those that are genuinly good? It's hard for anyone to label "The Greatest" Film of all time; so what are the movies that affected you in some way, Good or bad?

I'll start with my all-time most important films:

8 1/2
The Deer Hunter
Godfather 2 (1 and 2 are great, but 2 *silghtly*>1)

What affected me for the worse; but it's a film I love?
Requiem for a Dream

There are others...but I'll start light

 

[Feldenak]

There are no films that changed my life.

 

[her209]

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut

 

[chrisms]

The Godfather.. I ended up going to Sicily and reading both The Godfather and The Sicilian while there. While not a direct result of me watching the movie and then flying to Sicily, I doubt I would've gone had it not been for the film. Ended up being my favorite place on Earth.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I guess two stand out:

"To Kill a Mockingbird" was my first B&W movie. I refused to watch B&W before that.

"Jean de Florette" & "Manon of the Spring". Foreign/subtitled films became cool after those two.

 

[adairusmc]

I did not change my life or anything, but "Big Fish" makes me think of my grandfather every time I see it.

 

[Juno]

requiem for a dream.

i've never touched any drugs in my life (ignore caffeine and ibuprofen)! and my friend played the role of brody as well!

 

[ttown]

A Clockwork Orange

 

[Orsorum]

12 Angry Men

 

[gamepad]

Scarface.
When I was younger, this movie taught me a thing or two about confidence and standing up for myself.

How to have sex in the 90's.
I was 11 years old at the time...

 

[bennylong]

Debbie Does Dallas. I haven't been able to kick the VHS porn addiction since.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Requiem For a Dream

 

[StevenYoo]

Supersize Me

 

[Saint Nick]

Little Miss Sunshine, Donnie Darko...

Metallica's Some Kind of Monster? I can't think of anymore.

EDIT: Oh yeah, OFFICE SPACE! Office Space greatly made me think about what I want to do before I have to get into the "real world"... so I'm trying to get as much done as soon as I can.

 

[regnez]

Originally posted by: adairusmc
I did not change my life or anything, but "Big Fish" makes me think of my grandfather every time I see it.

Big Fish for me too. Not necessarily life changing, but it does make you think.

 

[DainBramaged]

Payback. It made me decide that some things are worth standing for.

 

[TheDro]

Ghost in the Shell 2... really blew me away when I first saw it, pretty deep movie.

 

[ultimatebob]

Office Space. I'll never look at Work the same way again

 

[PhaZe]

Cinema Paradiso

 

[ChooChooChooseMe]

Red Dawn, WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!

 

[animalia]

Good - Braveheart, Passion of the Christ,

Bad - Godfather..
many, many more

 

[BillGates]

Happy Gilmore - it taught me that I must hate Bob Barker from that time forward.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: BillGates
Happy Gilmore - it taught me that I must hate Bob Barker from that time forward.

Funny... That movie made my like Bob Barker even more. The old man can kick some ass!

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: Orsorum
12 Angry Men

Agreed.

I will add Clerks and The Godfather II to the list.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: PhaZe
Cinema Paradiso

ditto