Philosophically Good Movies Thread

One by one, if you will…

Mindwalk

Blade Runner

Primer

It’s hard for me to separate “philosophical movies” from movies I like because I end up thinking intently about all of them. If you’re like me then you know what I mean.

[tab]List just one? That proves too difficult for me.

The Last Lions
Waking Life
Michael Clayton
Contact
Gattaca
Minority Report[/tab]

Yep

I only watch philosophically good movies. O:)

I meant that a great many more movies can be considered philosophical if you extend and interrogate movie themes and events with a philosophical frame of mind.

Indeed. I want you to suggest any movie that you consider fits here at the time that you write it.

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I know

I was just deliberately misrepresenting your statement and then gloating. O:)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crash
Gattaca
Minority Report
Alvin and the Chipmunks :smiley:

One that is not very obvious but definitely amazing: The United States of Leland.

This one really should have a drum roll:

The Seventh Seal

2001: A Space Odyssey

And of course Fight club: anarchism and violence, how could that not appeal to the philosopher, no matter what his want?

The Matrix Trilogy

Really? You are including Reloaded and Revolutions?

I always thought the politician was the most convincing character in this film. His points actually came down to earth.

Other great films in this genre:

Pi, Quest For Fire, 21 Grams, Ran etc.

Please guys, post one at a time. There is a point to that.

*Akira

A Battle of Wits (1996… only movie I’ve seen with Mohist Philosophy at it’s core)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRv3P1IhvuQ[/youtube]

Confucius (2010… pretty badass movie centered around Confucius’ life)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLgGKojIiT0&feature=related[/youtube]

Kin Dza Dza! (Soviet movie… about the 1980s, best movie ever made under Marxism, in two parts, quite long and hilarious)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBPFwbobYA[/youtube]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (back when she still looked good)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA1TyMMJedM&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GiLxkDK8sI[/youtube]

The Holy Mountain (by Alejandro Jodorowsky… everyone was literally put on LSD in the movie while it was filmed)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHiA3w6Y3KA[/youtube]

Zardoz (1974… Sean Connery is the Nietzschean crossdressing Superman killing off the human race)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGVIdA3dx0[/youtube]

The Pervert’s Guide to the Cinema (the philosopher Zizek made a movie about all the flicks he used to jack to)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBBoxXEBrxU[/youtube]

Dune 1984, Dune Miniseries and Children of Dune
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYKzIMyXzpU[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rBwTJRbXP0[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVOpazpgi8M[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgKMqwVjg7s&feature=related[/youtube]

Solaris (three versions, two soviet, one american, I haven’t finished the russian ones, started both- still finishing up soviet cinema)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4sJA-E51bQ[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdwtyLjQ_0Y&feature=related[/youtube]

Гипнэротомахия
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW_iRZMZlx0[/youtube]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnerotomachia_Poliphili

We Are The Strange
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuyNlVAjSc&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLDAC03881A0D4D506[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1wD3hGCVco[/youtube]

Lol no just no to all of them. :laughing:

“There is no spoon…”

“Yeah there is you pale little retard look.” :stuck_out_tongue:

My favorite film.
But violence and anarchy are simply plot devices. That’s not what the movie is about at all.