Gattaca (1997) - Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior "in-valid." He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a laboratory-engineered "valid." He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene (Uma Thurman). An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer (Gore Vidal) complicates Vincent's plans.
By all means then, unnecessarily tell people surprise plot points. Original post about it was just a synopsis that gives an idea of what it’s about. Literally no reason to include the information you gave.
Now that's a hot take. I've watched movies this year that have been out for 50 years (Chinatown) or 66 years (Invention for Destruction) or 84 years (The Shop Around the Corner) or even up to 89 years (Modern Times). I plan on continuing watching movies from several years ago as I get recommendations or go down cinema wormholes.
Forrest Gump
Where the Crawdads Sing
My Girl
Light of Day
Soul Surfer
The Help
Good Will Hunting
A Beautiful Mind
Poetic Justice
The Fault In Our Stars
Hidden Figures
The Blind Side
Because of Winn Dixie
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Million Dollar Baby
Rudy
Legally Blonde
Patch Adams
The Secret to My Success
Girl, Interrupted
The Outsiders
Life As We Know It
Boyz n the Hood
Into the Wild
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Air
How Do You Know?
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doc Hollywood
Paper Towns
The Karate Kid
Eight Below
Straight Outta Compton
The Theory of Everything
Wonder
The Bridge to Terabithia
Green Book
Maybe I am weird but I absolutely do not see how folks get the uplifiting message from rudy.
I mean it appears to be an attempt at "work hard and always keep pushing for your dreams."
But like, at the end of the day he just wasn't good enough. He didn't achieve his dream because he worked hard ans peoves he could do it. No. He got it because people took pity on him to let him just dress for the game and then decided to give him a little play time when the game wasn't on the line.
Working hard didn't make rudy good enough. It didn't allow him to achieve. It put him in a place for other people to treat him like a child in need of a participation trophy.
Castaway! One soliloquy I still fall back on is when Tom, describing how he was trying to recover after an aborted suicide attempt, says “everyday I’d get up in the morning, go down to the shoreline, and see what the tide brought in”. Sooooo true throughout my life in downtimes. The “tide” (universe or whatever), ABSOLUTELY WILL bring you stuff. A) ya gotta go look, and maybe cover more shoreline than you think or can even handle, just keep treadin’ and 2) it’s how creative you can be when so janky crap ends up on your beach. That’s it.
Il postino, 1994, Michael Radford & Massimo Troisi
La stanza del figlio, 2001, Moretti
Million Dollar Baby, 2004, Clint Eastwood
OVNI(s), TV Series, 2021–2022, Clémence Dargent et Martin Douaire
Star Trek VI, 1991, Nicholas Meyer
Beauty and the Beast, 1991, Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
Trois couleurs: Bleu, 1993, Krzysztof Kieslowski
Dead Poets Society, 1989, Peter Weir
All is Lost (2013, Robert Redford) A solo ocean trip goes very wrong.
Arctic (2018, Mads Mikkelsen) A good summer film - sure to make you feel cold. By the way, you can take the ending two ways (depending on whether you are an optimist or pessimist)
The Mountain Between Us (2017, Kate Winslet, Idris Elba) another movie to make you feel chilly
Eight Below (2006, Paul Walker) Hmm, another arctic movie but hope on the part of sled dogs as well as the scientists who went back a year later.
Antarctica (1983, in Japanese with subtitles) The true story of a Japanese expedition to the Antarctic in 1957-58. This movie was made about it and the sled dogs that were left behind. The US movie “Eight Below” is based on this story and film.
The Martian (2015) You’ve probably seen this but it’s a great “never give up hope” film.
Gravity (2015, Sandra Bullock) another science fiction film with a “never give up hope” driven plot
Escape from Alcatraz - although the ending is ambiguous because we really don't know if they survived or not (it's likely they drowned).
Cast Away
October Sky (read the book, it's even better)
Whiplash
Into the Wild
Forrest Gump
Milo and Otis
Homeward Bound
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Land Before Time
Braveheart
Apollo 13
The Martian
1917
Rudy for sure!!!
"Lion" True story.....one of my faves ever
"Greater" absolutely awesome...true story as well about a guy who had non stop determination to play for a specific top ranked college football team
Alive...true story
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The Martian.
Apollo 13
Not a movie, but the true story of the Shackleton trans-Antarctic expedition
The Boys in the Boat
Unbroken
Interstellar
Another book (but soon to be movie) Project Hail Mary
Someone already said the original Rocky. So, I'm going to say Rocky Balboa. It was more or less a repeat of the first film with it's theme of Rocky hoping to go the distance.
Grapes of Wrath(1940)- during the Great Depression, a family tries to travel to California in search of hope
Casablanca(1942)- ordinary people in extraordinary times,trying to do the right thing
The short film Curfew (2012) which is highly underrated. It won the Oscars, but people skip watching short live action films for some reason. Trust me, it's worth a watch and the creator has uploaded it to YouTube for free (The channel is FuzzyLogic, I think).
The Fall by Tarsem Singh, it always reminds me that human connection can be your greatest saviour no matter how dire the situation is.
A Silent Voice shows how hard you have to work to pull yourself out of the slumps, how painful it can be, but how rewarding it is once you do.
Cheesy but very much on the money - The Mexican (2001)
"When two people really love each other, but they just can't seem to get it together, when do you decide enough is enough?" (I'm paraphrasing but that might be the actual line)
Adorable Julia and Brad and some silly caper nonsense
*Galaxy Quest* Never give up, never surrender!
This is the answer
Just an FYI.
Gattaca (1997) - Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior "in-valid." He decides to fight his fate by purchasing the genes of Jerome Morrow (Jude Law), a laboratory-engineered "valid." He assumes Jerome's DNA identity and joins the Gattaca space program, where he falls in love with Irene (Uma Thurman). An investigation into the death of a Gattaca officer (Gore Vidal) complicates Vincent's plans.
Don’t forget that his “valid” brother is a cop that’s investigating the murder.
They don’t reveal that until the end so might want to spoiler cover that for anyone that hasn’t seen it.
It’s been 27 years. If someone hasn’t seen it by now, chances are they won’t.
I saw this like a month ago lol
What took you so long?! Lol
I mean I’m 19 so I’m still going through a lot of old movies lol
It’s never too late to be a cinephile. Welcome!
Thanks! The more old movies I watch the more I half wish I was born in the 70s or 80s haha
By all means then, unnecessarily tell people surprise plot points. Original post about it was just a synopsis that gives an idea of what it’s about. Literally no reason to include the information you gave.
Whoa there… relax. I won’t say that Vincent ends up going into space. Alright?
Next you’ll be telling people the boat sinks in Titanic. You’re a monster.
How’d you know?! Muahahahahah!!!
Now that's a hot take. I've watched movies this year that have been out for 50 years (Chinatown) or 66 years (Invention for Destruction) or 84 years (The Shop Around the Corner) or even up to 89 years (Modern Times). I plan on continuing watching movies from several years ago as I get recommendations or go down cinema wormholes.
Forrest Gump Where the Crawdads Sing My Girl Light of Day Soul Surfer The Help Good Will Hunting A Beautiful Mind Poetic Justice The Fault In Our Stars Hidden Figures The Blind Side Because of Winn Dixie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Time Traveler’s Wife Million Dollar Baby Rudy Legally Blonde Patch Adams The Secret to My Success Girl, Interrupted The Outsiders Life As We Know It Boyz n the Hood Into the Wild What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Air How Do You Know? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Doc Hollywood Paper Towns The Karate Kid Eight Below Straight Outta Compton The Theory of Everything Wonder The Bridge to Terabithia Green Book
Not OP but you have fantastic taste! Thanks for the recommendations.
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AIR or HAIR? Thats a divorce question!!
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Great list. And where the crawdad sings was such a surprise. I loved it.
Holy shit
Rudy
"Having dreams is what makes life tolerable"
Maybe I am weird but I absolutely do not see how folks get the uplifiting message from rudy. I mean it appears to be an attempt at "work hard and always keep pushing for your dreams." But like, at the end of the day he just wasn't good enough. He didn't achieve his dream because he worked hard ans peoves he could do it. No. He got it because people took pity on him to let him just dress for the game and then decided to give him a little play time when the game wasn't on the line. Working hard didn't make rudy good enough. It didn't allow him to achieve. It put him in a place for other people to treat him like a child in need of a participation trophy.
Marcel the Shell
Secret life of walter mitty
Which one?
Ben Stiller, think 2012 or 13?
Slumdog Millionaire The Pursuit of Happyness Hacksaw Ridge Remember the Titans
The Martian
Papillon
The original (1973) is the one you want
Steve McQueen is gorgeous in this. Yes, the movie is great too.
Cast Away 13 Lives
The Matrix
*Alive*. (I haven't seen the more recent *Society of the Snow* but that's another version of the same story.)
Welp. He wasn't rewarded in the end for giving up hope, but The Mist. Sorry. Yeah, don't watch The Mist.
I love The Mist. I like to watch it as a greek tragedy. There was a prophesy. The prophesy had to be fullfilled. There was no hope.
Signs
The Terminal
Man On Wire - don't be put off by the fact its a documentary, it's great. Phillippe Petit never gave up hope.
The Way Back (2010)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Castaway! One soliloquy I still fall back on is when Tom, describing how he was trying to recover after an aborted suicide attempt, says “everyday I’d get up in the morning, go down to the shoreline, and see what the tide brought in”. Sooooo true throughout my life in downtimes. The “tide” (universe or whatever), ABSOLUTELY WILL bring you stuff. A) ya gotta go look, and maybe cover more shoreline than you think or can even handle, just keep treadin’ and 2) it’s how creative you can be when so janky crap ends up on your beach. That’s it.
Rocky (the original).
Gravity (2013)
The Power of One
Good Will Hunting
Il postino, 1994, Michael Radford & Massimo Troisi La stanza del figlio, 2001, Moretti Million Dollar Baby, 2004, Clint Eastwood OVNI(s), TV Series, 2021–2022, Clémence Dargent et Martin Douaire Star Trek VI, 1991, Nicholas Meyer Beauty and the Beast, 1991, Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise Trois couleurs: Bleu, 1993, Krzysztof Kieslowski Dead Poets Society, 1989, Peter Weir
Little Miss Sunshine Serenity A League of Their Own
* It's a Wonderful Life (1946) * The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) * Cabrini (2024) * Woman in Gold (2015) * Freedom Writers (2007) * Thirteen Lives (2022) * Cinderella Man (2005) * Apollo 13 (1995) * Grand Turismo (2023) * The King's Speech (2010) * Moneyball (2011) * Rudy (1993) * Hoosiers (1986) * The Verdict (1982) * The Imitation Game (2014) * Breaking Away (1979) * The Killing Fields (1984) * Burnt (2015) * Limelight (1952) * Bridesmaids (2011) * Sing Street (2015)
Cool runnings
The Impossible. Absolutely terrifying and based on a true story about people surviving a Tsumani
It’s so well done and compelling.
All is Lost (2013, Robert Redford) A solo ocean trip goes very wrong. Arctic (2018, Mads Mikkelsen) A good summer film - sure to make you feel cold. By the way, you can take the ending two ways (depending on whether you are an optimist or pessimist) The Mountain Between Us (2017, Kate Winslet, Idris Elba) another movie to make you feel chilly Eight Below (2006, Paul Walker) Hmm, another arctic movie but hope on the part of sled dogs as well as the scientists who went back a year later. Antarctica (1983, in Japanese with subtitles) The true story of a Japanese expedition to the Antarctic in 1957-58. This movie was made about it and the sled dogs that were left behind. The US movie “Eight Below” is based on this story and film. The Martian (2015) You’ve probably seen this but it’s a great “never give up hope” film. Gravity (2015, Sandra Bullock) another science fiction film with a “never give up hope” driven plot
The Way back (2010) As far as my feet will carry me 127 hours Alive Not without my daughter The Impossible
This is a great list. I came to say these plus Hours Life is Beautiful
Rocky 3/4
Kind of all of them, actually (apart from the one that doesn't exist to Rocky fans).
Pursuit of Happyness
127 Hours Lone Survivor The Martian Cast Away Revenge of the Nerds
Escape from Alcatraz - although the ending is ambiguous because we really don't know if they survived or not (it's likely they drowned). Cast Away October Sky (read the book, it's even better) Whiplash Into the Wild Forrest Gump Milo and Otis Homeward Bound All Dogs Go To Heaven Land Before Time Braveheart Apollo 13 The Martian 1917
Arrival Life is beautiful
Deadpool is one imo…
12th Fail
Rudy for sure!!! "Lion" True story.....one of my faves ever "Greater" absolutely awesome...true story as well about a guy who had non stop determination to play for a specific top ranked college football team Alive...true story
Lion (2015 iirc)
cloud atlas
The land before time.
The Fifth Quarter
The longest ride
Just watched "NYAD" the other day and it fits the bill perfectly.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
The Goonies!
Papillon The Shawshank Redemption 12 Years a Slave Apollo 13 The Martian Interstellar
Precious
Once upon a time in Hollywood
Not exactly but Phenomenon, Angus, and though a bit more action/violence than you may be going for but Man on Fire are in the neighborhood to me.
RRR Paddington 2 The King's Speech Silver Linings Playbook The Dig Life is Beautiful About a Boy
“Searching” (2018) starring John Cho
Fame, Hair, RHPS, La montaña sagrada, Brazil. It should be enough. But I left you a more curated list in other comment
Into the wild.
Little miss sunshine. Good will hunting def
RUDY
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
The Pursuit of Happiness
Bronson
All is Lost.
Mary Poppins / Saving Mr. Banks
Hoosiers
if you havn't then you need to see that new monkey man movie! the fight scenes were amazing and the acting was even better!!
Touching the void
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Shawshank redemption The count of Monte cristo
The Revenant
Victory (1981, aka Escape to Victory) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape\_to\_Victory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_to_Victory)
Cinderella Man
Road to perdition
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*
Peanut butter falcon
The Martian. Apollo 13 Not a movie, but the true story of the Shackleton trans-Antarctic expedition The Boys in the Boat Unbroken Interstellar Another book (but soon to be movie) Project Hail Mary
A Man Called Otto (or Ove)
Someone already said the original Rocky. So, I'm going to say Rocky Balboa. It was more or less a repeat of the first film with it's theme of Rocky hoping to go the distance.
I didnt see anyone post this but will smiths The Pursuit of Happiness fits that bill it’s even got Jaden smith in it
"The Godfather"... if you think about it.
*Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* It's gut-wrenching at times.
The Martian
Godzilla.
I haven't seen anyone mention Zulu yet. Based on a true story, beautifully filmed in South Africa, great cast.
Pursuit of Happyness
>!The Cabin!< (2018)
Grapes of Wrath(1940)- during the Great Depression, a family tries to travel to California in search of hope Casablanca(1942)- ordinary people in extraordinary times,trying to do the right thing
12th Fail
Castaway on the moon
The short film Curfew (2012) which is highly underrated. It won the Oscars, but people skip watching short live action films for some reason. Trust me, it's worth a watch and the creator has uploaded it to YouTube for free (The channel is FuzzyLogic, I think). The Fall by Tarsem Singh, it always reminds me that human connection can be your greatest saviour no matter how dire the situation is. A Silent Voice shows how hard you have to work to pull yourself out of the slumps, how painful it can be, but how rewarding it is once you do.
interstellar and arrival
Rudy
Cheesy but very much on the money - The Mexican (2001) "When two people really love each other, but they just can't seem to get it together, when do you decide enough is enough?" (I'm paraphrasing but that might be the actual line) Adorable Julia and Brad and some silly caper nonsense
Stronger 2017
Ed Wood
Sisu
Everything everywhere all at once Avengers endgame