Inspiring Films

I'm looking to send a gift basket to a friend going through hard times. Since this person really love movies, I'm trying to think of some thing good to include. Nothing sappy, but thought provoking and inspiring.

Suggestions?

Inspiring? Hmm, I dunno. But here are some good ones that have a message, but are good movies...some old...some new...they ought to be in any man's cabinet.

Blind Side
Shawshank Redemption
A River Runs Through It
Absence of Malice
A Time to Kill
We Were Soldiers

and just becuase every man needs to have it...

True Grit.

I'm looking to send a gift basket to a friend going through hard times. Since this person really love movies, I'm trying to think of some thing good to include. Nothing sappy, but thought provoking and inspiring.

Suggestions? Originally Posted by Lauren Summerhill

Do you know of any titles she's seen that she's particularly fond of? I love film, but hesitate to suggest any without a clue as to what she normally selects.

My new all time favorite is Blind Side. It is great on sooooo many levels.

I also recommend We are Marshall (snatches victory from the jaws of defeat).

Both of the above are based on true stories.

The following are sappy (I know, I know), but also favorites:

August Rush (if you like music, this is the one for you)
What a Girl Wants (search for family + good music)

I don't like watching movies more than once, but these I have seen more than once, and some, many times.

Cinderella Man is inspiring

How about a gift subscription to Netflix? You buy online and can print the certificate that you can put in a physical basket or send it via email.

As media delivery is changing the notion of building a physical collection or being able to "put them in a cabinet" is becoming passe.

I hate getting movies as gifts because invariably they aren't the titles I would have selected & I just think "what a waste"

Yeah, money is so thoughtful.

Harold and Maude is my favorite, favorite thing to watch when I'm depressed.

Baseketball

Orgazmo!!

Not thought provoking, but sure to lighten things "Fawlty Towers"

Thought provoking, though older: two Cormac McCarthy based movies; No Country for Old Men, and All the Pretty Horses. More current: District 9.

What the Bleep do we know

A great movie that makes you think about the world and your place in it - worth watching more than once.

A great movie that makes you think about the world and your place in it - worth watching more than once. Originally Posted by Sydneyb

Yeah, I agree. But a lot of times I go to the movie just to escape. It's then I want to see mindless action.

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MOVIE - THE STATION AGENT - Review Rating $$$$$ $$$$1/2 (OUT OF 10)


A <A href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0108788/stories/2003/12/25/top10MoviesOf2003.html">TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2003 SELECTION
STARRING - Peter Dinklage (Finbar McBride), Patricia Clarkson (Olivia Harris), Bobby Cannavale (Joe Oramas), Michelle Williams (Emily), Raven Goodwin (Cleo), Paul Benjamin (Henry Styles) & Joe Lo Truglio (Danny).
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER - Thomas McCarthy (Debut)
The Station Agent is a movie filled with truths, some humorous, some not so funny. The first truth the movie explores is the fact that we each gravitate to activities and/or groups where shared interests or circumstances provide an unspoken bond. Finbar's (Peter Dinklage) membership in the train club and subsequent befriending of Olivia (Clarkson) and Joe (Cannavale) are two examples of this phenomenon.
The second truth the movie conveys is that everything is relative. While the train club isn't exactly "hip", by today's cultural standards, its enthusiastic social outcasts differentiate among members as the larger society differentiates the group as a whole. The group's version of Cliff Claven (Cheers), who provides The Station Agent with a few great moments of humour, is held up to ridicule within the group. No matter our station in life our egos demand a basis upon which to feel superior. It's why the members of the jury on Survivor, who have lied and cheated, always accuse the remaining survivors of being bigger liars and cheaters.
The third truth superbly articulated in The Station Agent is that, for most of us, our circle of true friends is quite small and vulnerable to disruption. The friendships formed in the movie are among people who, for one reason or another, are otherwise without such companionship.
The new found friendships, in The Station Agent, form the basis of movie's fourth truth, no man or woman is an island. Despite Finbar's resolve to be left alone he can neither resist Joe's over exuberant overtures of friendship nor ignore Olivia's withdrawal from the group.
This need for acceptance is The Station Agent's final truth. Finbar's desire to be left alone has been fanned by the ridicule directed at him because of his stature. Olivia is similarly hiding from the pain of attachment lost. Joe, you'll see when you watch the film, is just Joe. His willingness to share Finbar's fascination in train watching is indicative of the depth of his need to feel wanted. The Station Agent uses humour and melancholy to make this point. This theme is echoed in the movie <A href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0108788/stories/2004/01/31/movieMonsterReviewRatingou.htm l">Monster, another of my <A href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0108788/stories/2003/12/25/top10MoviesOf2003.html">TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2003, though from a very different and darker perspective.
The humour in The Station Agent, which never goes for a cheap laugh, will have you rolling in the aisles at times. Though it's not billed as a comedy its much better than most of the recent films (<A href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0108788/stories/2003/10/21/movieIntolerableCrueltyout.htm l">Intolerable Cruelty, <A href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0108788/stories/2003/11/30/movieBadSantaReviewRatingo.htm l">Bad Santa & <A href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0108788/stories/2004/01/04/movieStuckOnYouReviewRatin.htm l">Stuck On You) that claim to be comedies.
Most remarkable, perhaps, is that The Station Agent accomplishes its mission brilliantly in a scant 88 minutes. The Station Agent proves, like its main character, that length alone is an inadequate yardstick by which to take the measure of a man or a film.
The Academy, in its infinite wisdom, has overlooked this quality film. Searingly funny and heart wrenching, at the same time, The Station Agent is the story of three lonely people that shouldn't be missed.
Running time - 88 minutes
Check out my <A href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0108788/stories/2003/12/25/worstMoviesOf2003.html">WORST MOVIES OF 2003 list.
Alternative Reviews:
<A href="http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/2003/10/101710.html">Roger Ebert's Review
<A href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/TheStationAgent-1126124/">Rotten Tomatoes Reviews <A href="http://www.miramax.com/the_station_agent/">The Station Agent Official Web Site

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It's then I want to see mindless action. Originally Posted by charlestudor2005

You could just read WTF's posts.

You could just read WTF's posts. Originally Posted by Rudyard K

Hey, quit being a meanie!