Philosophical Movies – I want them

All movies made by Kim Ki-duk but especially “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring again” and “3-Iron”. There are no intellectual conversations. In fact the main characters say at most a few words in the entire movie so be prepared for almost no talking. But they do contain a lot of meaning.

I loved Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring again, also I really liked Samsara.

“Man from earth”. This one is not really philosophical, but covers a very interesting idea. Kept me glued to the screen.

Neale D Walsh

Memento and The Prestige are both fantastic examinations of the fabric and structure of reality. Inception I believe I would lump in there as well, since it has some very Descartian ideas running through it, mostly the notion of whether reality exists or if it’s merely a mental construct. The Machinist does this as well, but in a different way, as does Total Recall. Splice does a great job raising some good ethical questions, and it’s just a good film anyways, and Cube is a fascinating examination and treatise on the behavior of humans.

Philosophy can be found in any intelligent film (and even some unintelligent ones), you just have to open your mind to the analysis of it.

Well said Matt I very much agree. All the movies you listed above are really good! Although I have not seen the machinist yet so I think Im going to watch that right now then possibly inception, Ive only seen it once and wanted to watch it again due to the fact that I kept getting interupted during the movie. Has anybody seen Baracka?

FIGHT CLUB!! Maybe my favorite movie of all time. It makes you look at your life in a radical way. It’s so long and takes it’s time setting up that after a sit through of that movie I feel like going in and quitting my job the next day and starting a local fight club to free myself from society.

I’m going to be “that guy” who recommends The Matrix.

Now, I know that you have probably seen the movie before, and that you might be bored of people who fancy themselves philosophers just because they’ve seen it. HOWEVER, The first two movies of the series package some very complex philosophical ideas in a very consumable format. I also highly recommend you watch the documentary “The Matrix: Return to the Source” it helps to explain and flesh out these philosophies.

Here’s a link to the full version on YouTube (however it’s very likely to be removed):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkVfPL2mosc

Crash.
Donnie Darko.
The Fountain.
Ink.