Your favorite Movies and Shows with zero-to-minimal action/explosions/loud noises/loud music

January 01, 2019, 10:33 AM

Sir Guy

Hey, nice topic idea, and great suggestions so far.

Let’s see.

Let the Right One In (the original Swedish version, not the American remake)
Lost in Translation
Apollo 13
Spy Game
Whale Rider (you might cry)
Crash
Adaptation
Schindler’s List

January 01, 2019, 11:37 AM

bendable

Meet john doe,
Angel and the bad man,
3 god fathers, Cuckoo's nest,
Les Mis (1932 version)
Its a wonderful life, Cool hand luke,

Blind side, green mile,
blast from the past

January 02, 2019, 08:54 AM

k5blazer

To Kill a Mockingbird
Casablanca
The Graduate

January 02, 2019, 09:09 AM

doc45

Many of my favorites have already been mentioned so I’ll only add one:
Dinner Rush

January 02, 2019, 09:15 AM

2017

The Big Sick
The Florida Project

January 02, 2019, 10:33 AM

DSgrouse

October sky
Big fish
Second hand lions

January 02, 2019, 10:41 AM

rainman64

Raingirl and I watched Money Ball
Interesting look into modern Baseball.
Brad Pitt did an excellent job.

January 02, 2019, 11:47 AM

Black Pepper

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

January 02, 2019, 01:04 PM

TMats

quote:
Originally posted by Black Pepper:
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Trilogy

Yeah, good nominations

January 02, 2019, 01:28 PM

Floyd D. Barber

"Of Mice and Men"
The original and also the remake.

"The African Queen"

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January 02, 2019, 02:46 PM

LastCubScout

5 of my favorite movies with zero explosions that take place during the course of one night:

1. After Hours
2. Before Sunrise
3. Night on Earth
4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
5. American Graffiti

5 of my favorite movies with zero explosions that take place on a road trip:

1. The Sure Thing
2. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
3. Two-Lane Blacktop
4. Nebraska
5. Away We Go

5 of my favorite movies with minimal explosions that feature Saoirse Ronan:

1. Lady Bird
2. Brooklyn
3. Atonement
4. Byzantium
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel

10 of my favorite movies with minimal explosions that take place in the San Francisco Bay Area and that are not Vertigo:

1. Fearless (1993)
2. Time After Time (1979)
3. Harold and Maude
4. Zodiac (2007)
5. So I Married an Axe Murderer
6. Experiment in Terror
7. Dark Passage
8. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1979)
9. The Doctor (1991)
10. The Room - "Oh, hai Mark."

January 02, 2019, 04:49 PM

lyman

lots of good stuff mentioned,

minimum, blowy up stuff,
layercake

and as far as redford,
Brubaker was a pretty good movie
and Sneakers

January 02, 2019, 09:53 PM

mr kablammo

quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
quote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

I can't believe I forgot to mention that one.

It's my #1 favorite film.

Sullivan's Travels
I Married a Witch
Dumbo, original
Jungle Book, original
Life of Brian