What's up dear Steemians?👋
Weekend is coming! And also winter in Germany... (A big thanks to myself for the persistent earworm I have now...😄 )
Perfect time for a nice movie, right? A cup of tea or hot chocolate, some yummy snacks and a warm and soft blanket to cuddle up. But why just watch senseless or boring movies? Why not have fun watching a movie AND learn something about life or get touched by a deep and emotional story?
My husband and me live in a three room apartment and recently decided to make the smallest room our own little private cinema. We build a cosy corner and bought a Playstation 4 and a beamer. The beamer was only about 50 Euros and it is even able to project HD movies and games! That's so super cool!(My husband bought it on amazon)
You guys surely believe how much fun it is to watch and play on 2 x 1,5 m! The feeling of having our own cinema and gaming room is like a childhood dream coming true!
Here is a picture of it I made while playing „The Witcher 3“ (I love this game!!)
As you might already guess I had to take the photo with the lights out, as the beamer dosen't really like bright light 😉
So inspired by our new favourite room I present you 10 very deep and touching movies for your perfect movie weekend.
I hope you enjoy!
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The Fabulous Destin of Amelie Poulain
Amelie is a very special introverted girl who experiences life and the world in her own unique way. She is a daydreamer and wants everyone to be fine. So she tries everything to help people around her to improve their lifes in a very creative, funny and loveing style. But can she also help herself? She gets confronted with herself and this important question when she suddely falls in love with Nino...
The Way
A man who is working hard, almost never enjoying life. And his son who is a freespirit that loves to travel and experience adventures. When he decided to walk the Camino de Santiago trail and tragically dies before reaching his final goal and dream Santiago de Compostela, his father makes a decision: He takes the backpack and urn with his son's ashes to finish the way and fulfill his son's greatest wish. This turns out to be much more than a farewell. A story about the meaning of life, emotional healing, friendship and the experience of life.
The Shack
Mack and Nan have three kids, two girls and a boy. One day Mack goes camping with his children, when a traumatic experience pulls him and the rest of the family in a deep black hole of depression. When every hope and joy seemed dead, Mack suddely receives a letter inviting him to a weekend in a shack, signed with „Papa“ - his wife Nan's name for God. He first thinks of a bad joke but the fact that there were no footprints in the snow around the mailbox and the special sender, he decides to accept the invitation...
Into the Wild
Student Christopher has what most people would call a very good life. However, he is not happy with a boring, normal life and decides to give away anything he has and to leave his family to follow his inner call for adventures. When he hikes to Alaska to live into wild he makes a lot of extremely shaping and deep experiences he probably never imagined.
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Tattooed Elise and Didier are playing in a bluegrass country band. They are in love and have a very happy life with their daughter Maybelle. But one day the good times turn into a nightmare when Maybelle gets diagnosed with cancer. Elise and Didier have to be strong for their child but feel so weak and hopeless at the same time that they seem to more and more lose themselves and each other. One of the most touching movies I have ever seen. And the music is simply amazing. So worth watching!
Dead Poets Society
A really inspiring movie about a very respected and strict school which teaches old and boring knowledge to it's students. But everything gets upside down when new teacher John Keating encourages his students to think differently, life their own lifes, chase their dreams and initiates them into poetry. The class more and more starts to question the strict school system and the plans their parents had for them and thanks to Keating begin to rebell and think about what THEY want. The young people who are now freespirited and defy their parents instead of being plain and obedient, find more and more ways to express themselves and be truly happy. To the annoyance of the principal and the families of the students who get more and more nervous.
Robin Williams who plays John Keating made such a brilliant job while playing his role! A movie that touches you deep inside your heart and makes you question yourself: Am I really living MY life?
What Dreams May Come
Another super precious movie with Robin Williams in the leading role.
Chris and Annie lost their children in a terrible car accident. Annie, who is a brilliant painter, gets depressed which gets even worse when Chris also dies in an accident. She starts to feel guilty for what happened and empty inside and one day commits suicide when she can't stand the pain anymore. When Chris, who wanders through a stunning heaven which looks like Annies paintings, hears that people who commited suicide end up in hell, he decides to search for his loved wife to end her suffering. Deep and touching story with breathtakingly beautiful pictures and scenes you will keep in mind!
The Lovely Bones
Susie Salmon is only 14 years old when she gets murdered by her neighbour. She watches her family from above and sees how they suffer from her death. While her father can only think about finding the murder and almost gets blind of hate, Susie's younger sister Lindsey starts to suspect the innocent seeming neighbour. While he starts to plan his next victim, Lindsey, Susie tries everything to help her sister and let the family find healing.
Intouchables
Driss has no job and lives from unemployment benefits. When the employment office forces him to a job interview as a caregiver for the rich quadriplegic Phillipe, who can't move and has to sit in a wheelchair, he is not very motivated and only goes to the interview to continue getting his money from the office. Among all the candidates and despite his mean behaviour, Phillipe decides to give Driss the chance to be his caregiver. The young man refuses but Phillipe can convince him to at least try it. Driss accepts the offer as he never lived in such a big and wealthy family. But he recognizes that the job has so much more to offer than money and living in a beautiful big house. He and Phillipe get closer until they become best friends.
A very emotional and super funny story. The actors play their roles so authentic!
The Straight Story
Old Alvin Straight is living a simple life with his daughter on the countryside. His health isn't the best and he has to use walking sticks. But when he finds out his brother Lyle, who he is in dispute with for ten years, had a heart attack and is in a miserable health condition, he decides to do anything to visit him and make peace with his brother. As he is just a poor old man and time is running, he leaves his home and goes on a long journey on his lawnmower. 400 km through the country, a lot of inspiring and shaping experiences and encounters and a heartwarming and true story of an old man who finds his own and creative and adventurous, yet dangerous, way to be there for his brother and join hands again.
This is brotherly love at its finest!
