Movies with stories worth watching
This is the list of movies (and series) with interesting storyline, well with plots I found compelling-interesting-touching ie worth watching and really worth watching afterwards.
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P.S. The list isn't in any particular order, it's pretty much chaotic and defies any genre and language and age criteria...
P.S.S. Sorry in advance for my English and somewhat clumsy explanations (and possible spoilers!) below.
Happy browsing!
P.S. The list isn't in any particular order, it's pretty much chaotic and defies any genre and language and age criteria...
P.S.S. Sorry in advance for my English and somewhat clumsy explanations (and possible spoilers!) below.
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- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.No comment is needed for this film - the whirlwind of thoughts, ideas and (sub)plots here is well worth watching.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin SpaceyTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.Is it necessary to say why this movie is worth watching? Not for Brad Pitt I dare say, as I really think he performed better in some other movies, but for the gripping tale of a monster lurking those two detectives following his trail and the disturbing background for his wrongdoings.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.I have the Alien Quadrilogy collection, and I have seen every single featurette in it. I really think this movie is the best of the bests horrors ever made - horror number one without even really showing the monster before the very end. The sequels are also worth watching and having, the fourth a bit lesser than the others, but this one is really the best.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.Uh, there were some parts I would rather like they weren't shown, as this film is shockingly explicit. The story is really disturbing and definitely memorable.
- DirectorLaetitia ColombaniStarsAudrey TautouSamuel Le BihanIsabelle CarréA young woman who is in love with a married doctor becomes dangerous when her attempts to persuade him to leave his wife are unsuccessful. However, when things are seen from his point of view, the real situation becomes clear.At first this movie follows the standard story for every romance gone wrong, and I felt a bit sorry for that girl, but oh when it starts presenting the other side of the coin - wow was I shocked! This film really opened my eyes and showed me that we shouldn't ever ever take everything people say for granted.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.I like this film for the mood, for the story, for the very good performances of the actors, for the questions it brings about us, about moves we might as the heroes of this film undertake in unlikely situations such as theirs were. But the sequel I dislike, despite Carlyle, the actor I really like in other movies, because the story was lame and way too predictable. Maybe I'll give that movie another shot another time, but not so soon.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsEd HarrisMary Elizabeth MastrantonioMichael BiehnA civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.This movie really showed me the lovable magic the television screen can bring in our homes. I am sorry I was way too young to see this movie in the cinema, as I would definitely be overwhelmed as every time I saw it later. I even like the extended cut more, but it's not really much different from the original version.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth BerridgeThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Well, it's hard to comment this one. This is really good biopic of a really original, weird and somewhat likable music genius :-)
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsEvan Rachel WoodJim SturgessJoe AndersonThe music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.The story isn't so much original, but the songs themselves are well worth hearing and seeing. Although, the weird hippie part in the tent I would skip.
- DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchA sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.Another one of the best roles of Kevin Spacey. At first I felt disgusted on seeing him getting an affection to his teenage daughter's girlfriend, but thankfully he fully redeemed himself later. The movie is really worth watching, at least for me, as it really shows what are the real values of life.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsFranka PotenteBenno FürmannAnna LoosA cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.Creepy German horror about, well, medicine, honor, and well, soullessness of our er... doctors-to-be. It's hard to describe what I liked about this film. The disturbing story, good actors, the suspense.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsKeira KnightleyJames McAvoyBrenda BlethynThirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.Oh dear... This film has really torn me apart. The definitely must-have novel follows somewhat different path, but the essence of the story is the same. Oh dear, that poor Briony, it's really hard to feel any sympathy for her, as she really really did something horrible and utterly unpardonable, yet I have to, because she was so young and unexperienced and scared and well, just a girl with too vivid imagination - who says we wouldn't act just the same in the same situation? Can we really condemn her, as she tries really really hard to forgive herself the same thing? I love this movie.
- DirectorMajid MajidiStarsMohammad Amir NajiAmir Farrokh HashemianBahare SeddiqiAfter a boy loses his sister's pair of shoes, he goes on a series of adventures in order to find them. When he can't, he tries a new way to "win" a new pair.I actually like many iranian movies, especially Kiarostami's, because of the lovely stories they tell, about innocence, love, life, friendship and compassion, but especially those about children as this one. How one cannot love the poor little boy who loves his sister so much he would do anything in his little power to give her... shoes? Real gem worth watching.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsNicole KidmanChristopher EcclestonFionnula FlanaganIn 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.Disturbing tale about mother of two children literally lost in her own house and mind. Worth watching for an unexpected and really sad twist.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeThrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.Yes, this show had some dull moments, but it was always unpredictable. The main characters were original and likable, and the story real-life like, on the basis what if that sf/fantasy situation really occur, as the main character belonged to our world and was literally thrown to this so unbelievable nightmarish world of not-so-kind-and-sweet aliens.
- DirectorGuy FerlandStarsTom CavanaghBen FosterRandy HarrisonTrevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.Added this film for Foster's great performance, and for really good depiction of the issue. Although I must admit in our country we didn't have these problems when we were in the high school...
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûSetsuko HaraYumeji TsukiokaSeveral people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.I liked this movie for lovely touching relationship between father and daughter, and for lovely Noriko as a girl that wanted to live freely, whatever everybody says and wishes.
- DirectorMax MayerStarsHugh DancyRose ByrnePeter GallagherAdam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.Many thoughts were generated during the watching of this film. How to cope against unwilling insensitivity? How to cope with it when the person you love can be sensitive to your feelings, but isn't aware of your need for it? There were also other questions, delivered without false pretense and big words. Despite the unsatisfying ending, very interesting movie.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsEthan HawkeJulie DelpyAndrea EckertA young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.Here comes a charming one, unpretentious little film with a LOT of talking, combining with travelling and romance, well, this one won me. The sequel is OK, also good, but it was somewhat disturbing to see how much Ethan changed, and the relationship between them didn't fit so good as in the first one.
- DirectorDavid TwohyStarsBruce GreenwoodDavid CrowMatthew DavisStrange happenings occur on a WW II submarine.Submarines are always good spots for a good scare, as this movie is. The story was good, the actors too, the period when the story occurs also fit and interesting, I really couldn't complain about this one.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsParminder NagraKeira KnightleyJonathan Rhys MeyersTwo ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.Lovely little story about a girl with limitations forced by her family and tradition, and good romance, however predictable but forgivable because delivered by charming actors.
- DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsEmilio EchevarríaGael García BernalGoya ToledoAn amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, all separately struggling to find love, find their lives transformed by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.Really sad and hard to watch story, especially if you love animals, like I do. Inarritu delivered this story splendidly, and the actors, especially Bernal, did their jobs perfectly. As much as I couldn't accept the motives for everyone's doings, I could understand them, and felt sorry for them. The ending devastated me.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Hm... Perfection beyond any imagination. Actually, no comment necessary :-)
- DirectorCaroline ThompsonStarsSean BeanDavid ThewlisDocs Keepin TimeThe fates of horses, and the people who own and command them, are revealed as Black Beauty narrates the circle of his life.This classic tale of a horse tormented in many ways, who just wanted love and care (how difficult that can be...) is simply adorable and hard to resist for any person who loves animals.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.I must admit I think that it's maybe better that this series didn't outlive its first season and the film. This way it kept its heart, interesting unpredictable charming characters and witty sparky interactions between them that might lose its attraction easily otherwise.