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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Remains of the Day
BERSERKERpoetry — 15 years ago(February 26, 2011 09:29 AM)
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)
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The_White_Hotel — 15 years ago(March 11, 2011 07:05 AM)
Off the top of my head (and without dates)
About Schmidt
Wonderland (the Michael Winterbottom film, not the one starring Val Kilmer)
The Sweet Hereafter
Sling Blade
Garage (2007 - I know that one and it's hard to find without the date)
Far From Heaven
The Hours
Broken Flowers
Trees Lounge
Ghost World
The Ice Storm
Lost in Translation
Long Day's Journey into Night
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Another Woman
All That Heaven Allows
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tobydale — 14 years ago(April 07, 2011 03:34 PM)
Some truly great films in your list BERSERKERpoetry !
Dolores Claiborne, The Long Walk Home and Passion Fish are particularly good choices.
Can I respectfully add;
Babette's Feast
Jean de Florette/Manon des Sources
Le Glorie de mon Pere
Hope and Glory
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tobydale — 14 years ago(April 08, 2011 12:26 PM)
Hi again
Been thinking and would also need to recommend these films on the themes of quiet personal and/or well photographed;
Carrington (VERY good film - superb soundtrack). Again about people & feelings)
A Room with a View
The Good Girl
The Piano (Great soundtrack)
On related themes I also like;
Family Man (One of my favourites - I must review it on IMDb)
Amelie
Chocolat
Groundhog Day (A bit more of a populist film)
American Beauty (a tremendous movie)
Fargo
Fried Green Tomatoes (Kathy Bates again)
PS - Your list is terrific - I have written IMDb reviews for Paris, Texas and Remains of the Day -
MrBullo — 11 years ago(August 19, 2014 03:16 AM)
I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned The Age of Innocence, a similar movie involving suppressed love but set in NE USA society. Set a few decades earlier it is also a sign of times long gone.
Coincidentally both films were released within 6 months of each other and both had great actors filling the major roles. -
MoviemanCin — 9 years ago(June 22, 2016 09:18 PM)
Wow!
Those are some impressive lists of films, some of which I had never heard of. All of you are obviously students of film. I added 19 of them to my list of films to see.
Thanks!
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angelosdaughter — 9 years ago(August 17, 2016 01:58 AM)
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" a quiet personal film that purports to be the backstory of the girl in Vermeer's masterpiece. The girl, a serving maid to Vermeer's family is drawn into a world of art complicated by the family dynamics of the household and her own need to secure her place in the world of her time and place in spite of her being drawn to the artist and his craft.
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mark5000910 — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 02:05 PM)