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99. Seven (w/Brad Pitt & Morgan Freeman)

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Name a movie that just floored you. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2017 OP

Arrival. n/t CincyDem Mar 2017 #1

I agree lunatica Mar 2017 #24

I'd read the short story a while ago so that dulled the impact a little sweetloukillbot Mar 2017 #138

American History X JNelson6563 Mar 2017 #2

I agree. demmiblue Mar 2017 #15

That was my first thought too stopwastingmymoney Mar 2017 #120

Same here. JNelson6563 Mar 2017 #142

Babel. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2017 #3

Carol Chiquitita Mar 2017 #4

Brokeback Mountain Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #5

Those final ten minutes are some of the most gut-wrenching moments in movie history. LonePirate Mar 2017 #62

It is a brilliant movie. With a brilliant director. Chipper Chat Mar 2017 #102

Winter's Bone SharonAnn Mar 2017 #6

When we learned... yallerdawg Mar 2017 #35

So true. pressbox69 Mar 2017 #45

I agree. kairos12 Mar 2017 #55

I would offer Sherman A1 Mar 2017 #7

Yes pressbox69 Mar 2017 #47

Dances with Wolves Bayard Mar 2017 #8

"Star Wars" 1977..first one. Stuart G Mar 2017 #9

I waited 10 hours sab390 May 2017 #282

Jacob's Ladder jodymarie aimee Mar 2017 #10

Great movie! Big Blue Marble Mar 2017 #17

Yes!!! Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #63

Yes great movie! n/t femmedem Mar 2017 #85

Oh yeah. AwakeAtLast Mar 2017 #130

The Nightmare Years katmondoo Mar 2017 #11

The King's Speech (nt) Paladin Mar 2017 #12

Absolutely with you on that, Paladin ailsagirl Mar 2017 #184

The Third Man Basic LA Mar 2017 #13

and postwar Vienna...an incredible work of cinematic art BeyondGeography Mar 2017 #95

Lincoln sarge43 Mar 2017 #14

Definitely a top film ailsagirl Mar 2017 #212

Didn't he just sarge43 Mar 2017 #213

He did ailsagirl Mar 2017 #214

It was true to the man sarge43 Mar 2017 #215

Melancholia demmiblue Mar 2017 #16

I love this movie. chelsea0011 Mar 2017 #75

OMG, the final scene creeped me out for days OKNancy Mar 2017 #164

Brilliant film. applegrove May 2017 #276

99 Homes SecularMotion Mar 2017 #18

Yep. That is an eye watering movie. kairos12 Mar 2017 #56

I could not get past the first 10 minutes... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #193

Blade Runner Ron Obvious Mar 2017 #19

BOOM! Zoonart Mar 2017 #31

An artistic tour de force Cicada Mar 2017 #34

Me, too getting old in mke Mar 2017 #36

Opening scene. Flames over Los Angeles. Ready4Change Mar 2017 #134

I liked Blade Runner without Harrison Ford's narrative LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2017 #136

Absolutely. Dave Starsky Mar 2017 #161

Life of Pi. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #20

How about Darren Aronofsky's "Pi" TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #225

I might check that out sometime. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #226

Deliverance. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #21

Uh, yeah. yesphan Mar 2017 #37

Oh yeah, that happened! yallerdawg Mar 2017 #44

"It's Such a Beautiful Day" FSogol Mar 2017 #22

And his short World of Tomorrow is incredible, too. n/t femmedem Mar 2017 #86

Completely agree. Emily Prime! n/t FSogol Mar 2017 #152

There Will Be Blood Mendocino Mar 2017 #23

I drink your milkshake! hibbing Mar 2017 #26

👍🏾 BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #248

It's in my top ten Mendocino May 2017 #298

OMG, I loooove that one. BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #310

Robert Mitchum Mendocino May 2017 #313

Wow, the remake was so scary I had to stop watching! BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #316

I like the Mendocino May 2017 #320

That's what was so scary, the stalker slasher theme. BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #324

Captain Phillips hibbing Mar 2017 #25

Office Space metroins Mar 2017 #27

I endorse your choice with my TPS reports. I need you to repost this over the weekend. Yeaaaaahhh!! kairos12 Mar 2017 #59

What would you say.... ya do here? Initech Apr 2017 #242

I have people skills!!! sharp_stick May 2017 #290

I saw this video a few years ago - it is still hilarious: Initech May 2017 #292

I like "Office Space" and watch it when ever it's on as I was a cublicle denizen once. brush May 2017 #274

too many movies have touched my soul, but the latest to do so was Moonlight JHan Mar 2017 #28

Lawrence of Arabia progressoid Mar 2017 #29

ditto. lapfog_1 Mar 2017 #229

Fruitvale Station. Absolutely floored me. bettyellen Mar 2017 #30

The Red Violin getting old in mke Mar 2017 #32

Very haunting katmondoo Mar 2017 #82

Brazil progressoid Mar 2017 #33

DeNiro as the AC resistance fighter. Unforgettable. kairos12 Mar 2017 #58

Loved this movie. Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #119

Powder yesphan Mar 2017 #38

Schindler's List. ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #39

Yes I felt sick after watching it. So intense. mucifer Mar 2017 #158

"The Conversation" with Gene Hackman mucifer Mar 2017 #159

Great movie, great soundtrack n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #231

Most recently, "The Sound of My Voice." yallerdawg Mar 2017 #40

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest madamesilverspurs Mar 2017 #41

Yeah, gut wrenching. Best ending in history when the chief throws that shower thing through window. MrPurple Mar 2017 #126

Agreed Hugo24601 Mar 2017 #131

to me, that is still the best movie ever Skittles Mar 2017 #185

Yes, this movie floored me..So powerful, gut wretching..magnifcent film... Stuart G May 2017 #245

best movie ever Skittles May 2017 #294

Arrival Polly Hennessey Mar 2017 #42

Too many to name but most recently Hidden Figures TNLib Mar 2017 #43

Loved This One DarthDem Mar 2017 #204

That's the one that came to mind most recently for me, too... Phentex May 2017 #289

Do the Right Thing Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #46

Trump Wins 2016 Presidential Election benld74 Mar 2017 #48

Arlington Road. Garden State. Silence of the Lambs. Cape Fear (Dinero) underpants Mar 2017 #49

Yep, Arlington Road, that was intense. JudyM Mar 2017 #125

I'd never even heard of it nor had any idea what it was about underpants Mar 2017 #150

I love when that happens. Great ending. JudyM Mar 2017 #160

Arlington Road. Dawson Leery Mar 2017 #128

Agree on Cape Fear with DeNiro as Max Cady. muntrv Mar 2017 #182

This year pressbox69 Mar 2017 #50

The first time we watched it... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #141

The Thin Blue Line Freethinker65 Mar 2017 #51

. . . watrwefitinfor Mar 2017 #106

Jackie Brown neeksgeek Mar 2017 #52

Saw that 3 times over a span of several years. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #194

What I liked about Jackie Brown... neeksgeek Mar 2017 #205

I think it is a perfect lil gem dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #207

I love Jackie Brown LeftInTX May 2017 #246

6th Sense MFM008 Mar 2017 #53

That was my first choice. Although... Binkie The Clown May 2017 #303

The House of Sand and Fog. kairos12 Mar 2017 #54

Absolutely this elehhhhna Mar 2017 #96

fight club unblock Mar 2017 #57

Henry V with Kenneth Branagh (1989) justhanginon Mar 2017 #60

Really? I still haven't seen it despite having strangers tell me back then... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #123

there will never be a better Henry V. JNelson6563 May 2017 #259

Yes, this. n/t ms liberty May 2017 #267

Close Encounters C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #61

I just watched You've Been Trumped from 2011 Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2017 #64

Too many, 12 Yrs a Slave & maybe recently Whiplash stood out JDC Mar 2017 #65

12 Years - MyOwnPeace May 2017 #283

The Life Of David Gale Runningdawg Mar 2017 #66

Several FrankfurtCat Mar 2017 #67

The Deer Hunter Sedona Mar 2017 #68

Yes that literately left me with my mouth hanging open through the entire credits elehhhhna Mar 2017 #87

This was what first came into my head. Squinch Mar 2017 #109

The Pawnbroker, The Killing Fields, A Man for All Seasons, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #69

Platoon. nt pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #70

Ghost... TheDebbieDee Mar 2017 #71

Sophie's Choice applegrove Mar 2017 #72

That really got me elehhhhna Mar 2017 #89

Close encounters of the third kind elehhhhna Mar 2017 #90

Let's not forget the exorcist elehhhhna Mar 2017 #92

The Ring elehhhhna Mar 2017 #93

American Beauty elehhhhna Mar 2017 #94

Oh, me too Sucha NastyWoman Mar 2017 #140

Here's three, of many: Chinatown, Usual Suspects, Schindler's List... First Speaker Mar 2017 #73

The movie that just won Best Picture..Moonlight chelsea0011 Mar 2017 #74

Not floored other than on it laughing Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #76

Serpentine Shel! Serpentine! progressoid Mar 2017 #121

You beat me to the classic line. longship Mar 2017 #137

Kundun catbyte Mar 2017 #77

I loved Kundun! Squinch Mar 2017 #110

13th, by Ava DuVernay. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #78

Amadeus, Sophies Choice, gopiscrap Mar 2017 #79

I meant to add these to my list. FrankfurtCat Mar 2017 #166

I learned to hate the theme song from that movie gopiscrap Mar 2017 #169

Mom had the soundtrack and played it endlessly for a while! FrankfurtCat Mar 2017 #186

"Carol" and "Henry and June". LisaM Mar 2017 #80

Deer Hunter gopiscrap Mar 2017 #81

The Machinest Metsie Casey Mar 2017 #83

Pan's Labyrinth. femmedem Mar 2017 #84

That's my pic as well Orrex Mar 2017 #91

My two are "The Pawnbroker" and "Pan's Labyrinth" rurallib Mar 2017 #114

I'll have to look for The Pawnbroker! femmedem Mar 2017 #116

Early 60s rurallib Mar 2017 #118

That was my first pick, too. A STUNNING movie. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #177

Whale Rider elehhhhna Mar 2017 #88

Oh yeah! That would be about my third choice. Excellenty movie! n/t Binkie The Clown May 2017 #304

Apocalypse now elehhhhna Mar 2017 #97

Yes. yardwork May 2017 #299

The Bicycle Thief. femmedem Mar 2017 #98

Good choice ornotna Mar 2017 #174

Seven (w/Brad Pitt & Morgan Freeman) Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2017 #99

Yes, definitely. Also The Usual Suspects, The Star Chamber, & Coma. JudyM Mar 2017 #127

They Shoot Horses, Don't They. watrwefitinfor Mar 2017 #100

Shoot Horses for me too.. And the theme resonates MORE today.. annabanana May 2017 #317

Fahrenheit 9/11. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #101

Places In The Heart. skylucy Mar 2017 #103

The very last scene laurieu Mar 2017 #209

Yes! skylucy Mar 2017 #218

Platoon. I left the movie theater sobbing. nt pkdu Mar 2017 #104

Yes that was great movie making. applegrove Mar 2017 #113

City of God. Surprised no one mentioned it yet... Locut0s Mar 2017 #105

Yes, that's a great one. Someone at work today said it was his favorite movie, too. n/t femmedem Mar 2017 #117

That was powerful! Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2017 #132

Pulp Fiction Kilgore Mar 2017 #107

I described PF as the ultimate cinematic mindfuck. no_hypocrisy Mar 2017 #155

A lot of movies affect me that way. Here are just a few of them... Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2017 #108

Butterfly demmiblue Mar 2017 #111

Mississippi Burning demmiblue Mar 2017 #112

The only time I've been "floored" was in 1968: Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #115

"My stars! It's full of God!!" lastlib Apr 2017 #240

A Clockwork Orange Zorro Mar 2017 #122

I am floored by the subtleties and the details of people's lives...especially when they play out... Tikki Mar 2017 #124

Did you ever see Down by Law? mahina Mar 2017 #234

I believe I have seen all of James Jarmusch's movies.... Tikki Mar 2017 #238

Me too. mahina Mar 2017 #239

Harold and Maude Quixote1818 Mar 2017 #129

Requiem For A Dream AwakeAtLast Mar 2017 #133

No such movie! Shutupshutupshutupshutup!!! Iggo Mar 2017 #202

Sorry to stir things up AwakeAtLast Mar 2017 #203

was going to post that one KT2000 Mar 2017 #232

The Fisher King Ready4Change Mar 2017 #135

Bob Roberts Sucha NastyWoman Mar 2017 #139

"Eraserhead". oasis Mar 2017 #143

That's one you never forget. WhiteTara May 2017 #257

Yup, maybe 40 years ago. Eerie to the max. nt oasis May 2017 #275

Memento AJT Mar 2017 #144

So many that have already been mentioned. And one specific line from PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #145

2 happy feet Mar 2017 #146

Quite a few for me (in fact, I posted a few days ago asking people to post movie scenes Upthevibe Mar 2017 #148

The American President..... fNord Mar 2017 #147

The Crying Game Lint Head Mar 2017 #149

Loved that movie! n/t TexasBushwhacker May 2017 #311

Coming Home.. whathehell Mar 2017 #151

That one tore me up. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #195

Me too, whathehell Mar 2017 #198

The Accountant 2016. stonecutter357 Mar 2017 #153

JFK Va Lefty Mar 2017 #154

Requiem for a dream dewsgirl Mar 2017 #156

They shoot horses, don't they? NT raccoon Mar 2017 #157

The Killing Fields cvoogt Mar 2017 #162

Throne of Blood cagefreesoylentgreen Mar 2017 #163

Presumed Innocent hamsterjill Mar 2017 #165

The Lives of Others BainsBane Mar 2017 #167

My choice too lanlady Mar 2017 #200

My forever favorite. mahina Mar 2017 #233

Fight Club Initech Mar 2017 #168

How could I have forgotten The Lives of Others! Also, Primal Fear....did not see THAT coming. n/t Upthevibe Mar 2017 #171

Schindler's List. Texasgal Mar 2017 #170

Hell or High Water El Viejo Mar 2017 #172

Yep. Native Texan here (but have lived in CA most of my adult life). IMHO a great movie! Upthevibe Mar 2017 #175

tx El Viejo Mar 2017 #187

Yeah, I think it's much more common in small towns TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #224

Synecdoche, New York skypilot Mar 2017 #173

Hidden figures, Spotlight, Pride (2014 one) Amaryllis Mar 2017 #176

Lion in Winter... lisa58 Mar 2017 #178

"Wolf Of Wall Street" muntrv Mar 2017 #179

The man who shot liberty valence and Doctor Zhivago bronxiteforever Mar 2017 #180

Straw Dogs Dustin Hoffman tetedur Mar 2017 #181

Arrival iamateacher Mar 2017 #183

Altered States ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #188

The Secret of Roan Inish frogmarch Mar 2017 #189

That film doesn't get the love and recognition it deserves n/t sarge43 Mar 2017 #217

"The Miracle Worker" with Ann Bancroft and Patty Duke ailsagirl Mar 2017 #190

Loved the b&w photography laurieu Mar 2017 #210

Such an incredible film ailsagirl Mar 2017 #211

Joe CanSocDem Mar 2017 #191

Hearts and Minds. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #192

I can't actually think of one. LWolf Mar 2017 #196

Arrival mvd Mar 2017 #197

Conspiracy. Iggo Mar 2017 #199

Earthquake, it just knocked me whistler162 Mar 2017 #201

Goodfellas... lame54 Mar 2017 #206

Places in the Heart laurieu Mar 2017 #208

Deliverance when it first came out lunatica Mar 2017 #216

Citizen X Kennah Mar 2017 #219

Swimming With Sharks Kennah Mar 2017 #220

The Bridge on the River Kwai Kennah Mar 2017 #221

Moon. miyazaki Mar 2017 #222

Boyz in the Hood oberliner Mar 2017 #223

Incendies and the Lives of Others. mahina Mar 2017 #227

Incendies was just devastating WellDarn May 2017 #262

Right? mahina May 2017 #263

District 9 iamateacher Mar 2017 #228

A few... I can't pick just one lapfog_1 Mar 2017 #230

Schindler's List northoftheborder Mar 2017 #235

Downfall egduj Mar 2017 #236

Seven Pounds Frogg Mar 2017 #237

The Dark Knight Initech Apr 2017 #241

the others orleans Apr 2017 #243

The Flowers of War HeiressofBickworth May 2017 #244

Towering Inferno did it for me. Boyfriend took me to the theater in 1974. LeftInTX May 2017 #247

Serpico - 1973 Stuart G May 2017 #249

Here are two that would floor just about anyone here DFW May 2017 #250

Rudderless. A little movie, KatyaR May 2017 #251

tales of the paddlesnake by Milt Aitken . stonecutter357 May 2017 #252

Lawrence of Arabia...Blade Runner....Saving Private Ryan Thomas Hurt May 2017 #253

Night and Fog....32 minutes of total horror. Stuart G May 2017 #254

6 th Sense MFM008 May 2017 #255

2007's "Children of Men"... pepperbear May 2017 #256

Oh Brother where art thou MythosMaster May 2017 #258

Seven Beauties. Croney May 2017 #260

Beasts of the Southern Wild WellDarn May 2017 #261

J'accuse (1919) nt Kahuna7 May 2017 #264

Breaking the Waves and Moonlight did it this year. chelsea0011 May 2017 #265

Gran Torino Doreen May 2017 #266

The Wicker Man DoBotherMe May 2017 #268

Fantastic almost forgotten film sharp_stick May 2017 #291

Being There -- Peter Sellers earthshine May 2017 #269

"Kid Thing" (2012/2013)...written by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner. Tikki May 2017 #270

The Seventh Seal Zorro May 2017 #271

"Don't Look Now" (1973), Directed by Nicholas Roeg John1956PA May 2017 #272

"Death in Venice." (Dirk Bogarde) "No Way Out." (Kevin Costner) "Old Yeller." "I Want to Live." WinkyDink May 2017 #273

"Our Kind of Traitor" Like watching a storyline from Rachel Maddow. oasis May 2017 #277

Eating Raul enid602 May 2017 #278

The Book of Eli mia May 2017 #279

Adding Get Out- not since the best Hitchcock have I felt deep dread and yet laughed hard.... bettyellen May 2017 #280

Grand Illusion sab390 May 2017 #281

Rosemary's Baby mainstreetonce May 2017 #284

Life of Pi mainstreetonce May 2017 #285

Believe it or not, it was a porn film. MicaelS May 2017 #286

Haha. My first porn film was "Flesh Gordon". What a piecve of crap that was! n/t Binkie The Clown May 2017 #306

Glengary Glenross Mr.Bill May 2017 #287

On The Beach (1959) spiderpig May 2017 #288

Moneyball - Not in a Good Way Leith May 2017 #293

"Fearless Freaks"...the 2005 documentary of the band The Flaming Lips. Tikki May 2017 #295

SHINGODZILLA! yuiyoshida May 2017 #296

Francis (Farmer, not the Talking Mule) PassingFair May 2017 #297

In Your Eyes (2014) Denis 11 May 2017 #300

Oldeuboi Eko May 2017 #301

Midnight Cowboy 1969 saidsimplesimon May 2017 #302

I have to agree with you on this one. My first Citizen Kane viewing floored me as well. nt Kahuna7 May 2017 #307

Orson Welles saidsimplesimon May 2017 #308

After MC and CK I was like, what did I just watch? However, Kahuna7 May 2017 #318

Saving Private Ryan. Schindler's List. Sixth Sense. Whale Rider.... Binkie The Clown May 2017 #305

The Grand Budapest Hotel PoorMonger May 2017 #309

Pi (Darren Aronofsky) TexasBushwhacker May 2017 #312

The Quiet Earth. spiderpig May 2017 #314

How could I forget Paths of Glory? spiderpig May 2017 #315

House of Sand and Fog. Book too. kairos12 May 2017 #319

Here are mine discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #321

Collateral Beauty. The Fifth Element. Star Trek: First Contact. The Bucket List. Akoto May 2017 #322

I tend to prefer light-hearted movies, so these will... 3catwoman3 May 2017 #323