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Sat May 6, 2017, 02:21 PM

May 2017

Breach (2007)
FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

No Way Out (1987)
A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Lord of War (2005)
An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an Interpol agent.

Taking Lives (2004)
An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.

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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