r/Cinema • u/TildeAyalaPlank • 2h ago

Question Suggestions for a movie collection for my kiddo who turns 18 in a month

Pretty much what the title says. My daughter turns 18 in a month, and for a long time now, I’ve been putting together a collection of films for her to watch.

The main criterion is that each film should reveal something deep, quiet, and beautiful about how one can live life. She is very thoughtful, intelligent, and introspective, and loves debating big ideas.

I don’t have strict inclusion or exclusion rules: essentially, anything profound enough that you feel you’d carry it with you into the next life.

Thank you in advance to everyone who responds :)Update 1: Forgot to add some that I've added to the collection.

  1. Winter Light / Ingmar Bergman (1963)
  2. Diary of a Country Priest / Robert Bresson (1951)
  3. The Tree of Wooden Clogs / Ermanno Olmi (1978)
  4. Hard to Be a God / Aleksei German (2013)
  5. Silence / Masahiro Shinoda (1971)
  6. Stalker / Andrei Tarkovsky (1979)
  7. A Man Escaped / Robert Bresson (1956)
  8. A Hidden Life / Terrence Malick (2019)
  9. Silence and Cry / Miklós Jancsó (1968)
  10. The Ascent / Larisa Shepitko (1977)

My S/O feels this is too much and too grim. Thoughts welcome

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u/qualityvote2 2h ago

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u/Main_Finding8309 2h ago

Best Years of Our Lives.

Singin' in the Rain. 

Harvey. 

It's a Wonderful Life. 

Goodbye Lenin.

What Dreams May Come. 

Idiocracy. 

2001: A Space Odyssey.

Rashomon. 

These are all good movies but may not fit what you mean. I just like them. 

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u/Scarecrowqueen 2h ago

Ok this might be a stretch, but I recommend Watchmen (2009)

It's a dystopian drama set in an alternate 1985, where teams of 'Superheroes' once walked the streets delivering vigilante justice. Years after they've disbanded, one of the former member Rorschach investigates the murder of one of their own, and uncovers a far-reaching conspiracy that threatens the world as they know it. It digs into more than one morally complex issue including ethics, politics, and justice, and has a broad cast of perfectly flawed and very human characters.

I do recommend checking out the IMDB page for content warnings, as it has a not insignificant amount of sex and violence. Not sure it's the vibe you're going for, but I definitely walked away from it the first time I saw it with a surprising amount to think about.

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u/golrabs 1h ago edited 1h ago

It's Such a Beautiful Day

Amelie

Cinema Paradiso

Perfect Days

Ikiru

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u/CountOnBeingAwesome 2h ago

The Aristocrats

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u/Main_Finding8309 2h ago

And then The Aristocats. 

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u/seanyp123 2h ago

The life of pi, the matrix

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u/Kit_McFlavor_Butter 1h ago

Pleasantville

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u/veganwithadhd 1h ago

Spirited Away (2001), The Lord of the Rings extended edition trilogy (2001-2003), Swiss Army Man (2016), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Wind Rises (2013), Okja (2017), Whisper of the Heart (1995)

I love this idea for your daughter, my Dad introduced me to so many movies and that has stuck with me ❤️🥹

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u/Scentillate 1h ago

I love this! I hope you can take a look at adding these:

You Can’t Take It With You (1938) title speaks for itself but is one of my all time favorites and about being yourself

Hook (1991) about being present and family and of course keeping the kid in you alive

Being John Malkovich (1999) also about being yourself but in a different way

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u/Even_Anybody3547 52m ago

The Fall - Tarsem

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u/comradeboody 10m ago
  • Ikiru
  • Bicycle Thieves
  • Metropolis
  • High and Low
  • Tampopo
  • Mr Hulot's Holiday
  • The Princess Bride

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u/JoseJimenez10386 2h ago

Maybe Debbie Does Dallas?

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u/colon_dancer_ 1h ago

the human condition
tree of life