Movies with stories worth watching

No comment is needed for this film - the whirlwind of thoughts, ideas and (sub)plots here is well worth watching.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Well, it's hard to comment this one. This is really good biopic of a really original, weird and somewhat likable music genius :-)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Disturbing tale about mother of two children literally lost in her own house and mind. Worth watching for an unexpected and really sad twist.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hm... Perfection beyond any imagination. Actually, no comment necessary :-)

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.

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.

Surprisingly good story about values bigger than any lottery prize.

A Philip K Dick's classic sf about loneliness, alienation and gloomy future I wouldn't like to live in, full of stereotypes and prejudices of other yet quite familiar kinds.

I fell in love with this film right at first sight, as I perfectly understood the emotions and actions of Julianne Moore's character, and the triumphant conclusion of the film for all the protagonists, that expressed exactly what actually was the solution for their problem. Oh yes, the blind received sight...

Powerful story about greed and selfishness, and the absolute need for people to raise the voice against it in unison. The end was maybe trite, as we are all perfectly aware how we live in hypocritical world where the word of one man means nothing against bribed, duplicitous merciless men of power, politicians and businessmen alike -- but I feel it was necessary. This kind of story cries out loud desperately for such a message, however weak it may be, as I hope not every one of those above mentioned men is of such kind.

I have longer, 4,5-hour version of it, and not a single minute is a bore, at least to me. Perfect if you ever wanted to know what kind of life (and work) would that be for the soldiers in the WWII submarine, and on the wrong side too? Darn realistic, thrilling and compassionate.

I might say this one is the Chinese version of The Deer Hunter, depicting perfectly the chaos and the irreversible damage the war does to the people and the relationships they ever have had. This film I consider the best of the Woo's, the most realistic and influential one, I dare say, however odd that might sound.

The theory around which the film revolves is questionable, of course, but intriguing. The script was smart enough and the performances surprisingly good.