I like Nakatomi Tower gunfights and D-Day movies and concert films and classic horror with dumb white girls screaming at lake side cabins and the rest, because "America ... Fuck Yeah..." , but not exclusively, and not always.

And this isn't necessarily limited to dialogue driven "wordy" examples, and isn't genre or era dependent either, but sometimes I like actively watching (or having things on in the background) that are both good *and* of fairly consistent tone and dynamic range... audibly consistent and without jarring gotchas or bombs or screams or whatever else.

Happy, sad, funny, creepy, westerns, sci-fi, drama and more, even quality romance-y stuff I suppose (quality chick-flicks, if that's not an oxymoron), from courtroom dramas to ensemble pieces by Altman to brooding or foreign films, just no screams, explosions, etc.

And with that in mind, what are your favorites?

What about tits?

If they're not off limits, Mulholland Drive, and much of David Lynch's stuff was the first to come to mind for me.

One of my favorite comedies is Kung Pow.

Some of these may be on the edge of the noise/violence threshold but will not be excessive.  Some B&Ws.

America, America
Ugetsu
Ikuru
Life of Oharu
Stray Dog
The Bicycle Thieves
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Cabin in the Sky
Green Pastures
Lost Horizon
Champagne for Ceasar
The Day the Earth Stood Still, original
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
The Golem, How It Came into the World
Stormy Weather
A Captain's Paradise

In color.
Napoleon Dynamite
My Dinner with Andre
Sleepless in Seattle
The Lives of Others
Tomorrow I Will Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea
The Gods Must be Crazy, I & II

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A Few Good Men;
Absence of Malice;
Beverly Hills Cop;
Conagher;
War Games;
Overboard.

Forest Gump

What leaps to mind for me is The Ghost Writer, Phenomenon, Always, and Breaking Away.

I watched Zorro and the Gay Blade two nights ago. I don't think the OP mentioned lots of sword fights would disqualify any film. Such a fun show. And, I need to find a copy of Kentucky Fried Movie. I still can't watch the original Enter the Dragon without laughing my ass off.

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What leaps to mind for me is The Ghost Writer, Phenomenon, Always, and Breaking Away.

I watched Zorro and the Gay Blade two nights ago. I don't think the OP mentioned lots of sword fights would disqualify any film. Such a fun show. And, I need to find a copy of Kentucky Fried Movie. I still can't watch the original Enter the Dragon without laughing my ass off.

Big Jim Slade

The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
The Sea Hawks
Captain Blood
Local Hero
The Gods Must be Crazy
Napoleon Dynamite
Moonstruck
Eight Below
Groundhog Day
The Day the Earth Stood Still original
The Thing

I know the Errol Flynn swashbucklers do have cannon fire.

Usual Suspects
The Game
Dave
Blues Brothers
Man in the Iron Mask

Ordinary People Robert Redford's incredible directorial debut, and masterful performances from all the cast, Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, and Timothy Hutton. Even perfect supporting role performances. Won 4 out of its 6 Academy nominations.

From the bottom of pg1 of the lair. Wind River, a bit of action, but a lot less than a lot of shoot em up shows.

Howard’s End
Much Ado About Nothing (Branaugh’s version)
Murder on the Orient Express (any of them)
Judgement at Nuremberg
+1 for Roxanne
Shetland... though it is a police procedural.
Serendipity
White Christmas
Singing in the Rain

Dersu Uzala

The Legend of 1900

A River Runs Through It.

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A favorite.

Another favorite of mine is Never Cry Wolf.
I think of it as having very little dialog. In truth there's narration throughout the movie, but little of the dialog is between two people.

I tried to re-watch All is Lost the other night, only to see it was no longer on Prime. It wasn't amazing, but I liked the movie. What I really liked is there's pretty much no dialogue in the whole film.

Bridge of Spies

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Favorite movies and shows with zero-to-minimal action/explosions/loud noises and music.

Whoa! Those are the only restrictions? That's insane! That still leaves a field way too broad for me! I'm gonna need to add an extra filter.

Here's some of my favorite movies and shows with zero-to-minimal action etc. currently available on Netflix streaming.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Her
Coraline
Kicking and Screaming (1995)
Beautiful Girls
Frances Ha
Spring Breakers
Atonement
Sunshine Cleaning
Arrested Development
Anne with an E
Mad Men
The Haunting of Hill House

I thought Renaissance Man was good, had some noise and action but not over done.