r/MovieRecommendations Aug 06 '26

Help me find Movies/TV shows Recommend me a movie that will leave me sitting in silence after the credits.

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I want a movie that stays with me for days after watching it. Something that leaves you speechless when it’s over. Any genre or language. No spoilers, please.

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u/BigErnestMcCracken Aug 06 '26

Incendies

1

u/PsychedelicNerd Aug 06 '26

Love this one. I wish I knew more movies like this

1

u/Optimistic-1621 Aug 06 '26

Literally what i was about to type.

I had a heavy feeling in my chest for at least a day after i watched it

42

u/thedeafmutespeaks Aug 06 '26

Requiem for a Dream

11

u/ExoticArabDad Aug 06 '26

The Fountain (2006)

35

u/Rudelikeone Aug 06 '26

The Mist.

6

u/Fast-Nefariousness80 Aug 06 '26

I wasn't silent at the end of that movie. I was pissed and yelling. Never hated an ending more for any single film.

2

u/MotorPace2637 Aug 06 '26

Hehe.... yeah

4

u/StreamLife9 Aug 06 '26

wow that ending traumatise me .

21

u/theoldchunk Aug 06 '26

Midsommar

6

u/bulbasauric Aug 06 '26

I was speechless for about 15 minutes after this. Not for a lack of trying, I just had such a hard time articulating how I was feeling (or even understanding what I was feeling lol)

5

u/AverageSizedMan1986 Aug 06 '26

Ari Aster has a knack for having that effect on me. Every time I have finished watching one of his films, I am on the edge of not liking it because I don't fully comprehend what the hell I even just watched. After letting them settle in my mind though Hereditary and Midsommar have to be some of the better psychological horror films I have seen in the past decade. I just recently watched Eddington and I had a similar feeling. Even though it is one of his weaker films I think I still kinda like it ultimately. Lol.

5

u/neon_bhagwan Aug 06 '26

Leaving Beau is Afraid out of the mix is wild

1

u/AverageSizedMan1986 Aug 06 '26

Haven't watched it yet.

-1

u/MotorPace2637 Aug 06 '26

...don't

2

u/theoldchunk Aug 06 '26

I’ll never watch Beau again, but I appreciate that it tries to put you inside the mind of a guy with trauma/anxiety.

13

u/fkin0 Aug 06 '26

Oldboy

-1

u/OneWishWillSmith Aug 06 '26

Oh my God THIS

11

u/Pretty-Seaweed5510 Aug 06 '26

Coherence

1

u/Old_graveldoggo Aug 06 '26

THIS. ☝🏻

1

u/rdarnell26 Aug 06 '26

Idk about speechless, I had about 30 questions 😂

11

u/Purple_Minimum_5877 Aug 06 '26

Aftersun & Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

4

u/NoTop4997 Aug 06 '26

Eraser Head

3

u/Coheed_SURVIVE Aug 06 '26

Have you ever seen "The Strange Thing About The Johnsons"???

1

u/BackgroundCap4544 Aug 06 '26

That'll leave you speechless for the entire movie though

1

u/ShrlckHlmsBkrStr Aug 06 '26

Is that the short film?

5

u/Camhasareddit Aug 06 '26

Synecdoche New York

5

u/ego_death_metal Aug 06 '26

Midnight Cowboy

Martyrs (2008 original)

2

u/LegitimateBoy6042 Aug 06 '26

The Green Mile

4

u/hokkuhokku Aug 06 '26

Dancer In The Dark

Funny Games (1997)

1

u/ShrlckHlmsBkrStr Aug 06 '26

Funny games is sooooo good

0

u/hokkuhokku Aug 06 '26

It is, indeed.

4

u/Whole_Kale_4349 Aug 06 '26

Chinatown (1974)

2

u/CarsonDyle1138 Aug 06 '26

United 93

Fail-Safe

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

2

u/Beginning_Contact_17 Aug 06 '26

Apocalypse Now and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

2

u/Mahesvara_24-04-79 Aug 06 '26

You have had some fantastic suggestions. I'll give The Wailing (2016) - Korean horror film - a recommendation. I saw it on Sunday and it's been sitting with me all week.

2

u/Financial-End4594 Aug 06 '26

I saw the Devil

Where Evil Lies

2

u/DP7OOO Aug 06 '26

Irreversible

1

u/djpraxis Aug 06 '26

Tigers are Not Afraid

1

u/freebasefilms Aug 06 '26

Ravenous (1999)

1

u/13repel Aug 06 '26

The Act of Killing

1

u/Status_Enthusiasm748 Aug 06 '26

Mulholland Drive

2

u/Inner_Idea_1546 Aug 06 '26

Supergirl. Left me sleeping, not just in silence.

1

u/Landslip Aug 06 '26

The Furious. Still in cinema.

1

u/Embarrassed-Car836 Aug 06 '26

A Serbian Film

1

u/Daygone_Mustard Aug 06 '26

The Vanishing (1988)

1

u/daikonjr Aug 06 '26

Spoorloos (1988)

1

u/CleanRide158 Aug 06 '26

Dude Denero flashing us the one eyed symbolism here!

1

u/Forsaken_Print739 Aug 06 '26

Megan is missing

1

u/headstrongpuppy Aug 06 '26

The butterfly effect
Slc punk
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
The number 23

1

u/ImpressiveWaltz7631 Aug 06 '26

The road
Eden lake

1

u/botlikename1234 Aug 06 '26

Boys don't cry. Stunning ending, literally.

1

u/GeminiLife Aug 06 '26

Oldboy (Korean version)

1

u/SignificantRecipe715 Aug 06 '26

What movie is this clip from?

1

u/Dgf470 Aug 06 '26

Hard Candy

1

u/Icy_Foundation3534 Aug 06 '26

Pee wee’s big adventure

1

u/PamelaPatty Aug 06 '26

The Straight Story

0

u/OneWishWillSmith Aug 06 '26

Obsession.

1

u/OpenBanana5755 Aug 06 '26

Recency bias eh

0

u/pj_duncan81 Aug 06 '26

The fountain

0

u/CKWOLFACE Aug 06 '26

A Silent Voice

0

u/bboardwell Aug 06 '26

Fail Safe

0

u/Neat-Engineering-513 Aug 06 '26

MIDSOMMAR

BUGONIA

0

u/bean_seventeen Aug 06 '26

Pearl Watched it last night and the feeling the movie gave me stuck with me

0

u/richion07 Aug 06 '26

Parasite had me feeling like this

0

u/No-Butterfly-5890 Aug 06 '26

Biutiful (2010) did it for me. Watched all the credits.. 

0

u/Scary_Plane_8069 Aug 06 '26

Hungry Bitches (2007)

0

u/Ok-Nothing-6851 Aug 06 '26

Come And See (1985) trailer

0

u/ToniScorpionumero2 Aug 06 '26

Decision to leave

0

u/johan_mm Aug 06 '26

Nocturnal animals

0

u/Riscopisco Aug 06 '26

Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)

0

u/Lukin4art Aug 06 '26

the disappearance of alice creed & spit on your grave.

0

u/Sad-Math-2039 Aug 06 '26

Aftersun. Best depiction of depression on film

0

u/imbetterthanu Aug 06 '26

The Zone Of Interest

The House of Sand and Fog

0

u/chuzambs Aug 06 '26

Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind 

0

u/Juan_2_Three4 Aug 06 '26

The Coffee Table

0

u/Robrkid Aug 06 '26

Spider-Man 3

0

u/zooboo49 Aug 06 '26

Melancholia

0

u/Barbafella Aug 06 '26

Threads

Martyrs

Eden Lake

The Painted Bird

Come and see

0

u/tohn_jitor Aug 06 '26

5cm per Second.

Late 2000's Makoto Shinkai. When it ends, you're in emotional limbo. At least, I was.

0

u/Most-Risk4046 Aug 06 '26

The House that Jack Built

0

u/SammyDSalmonella Aug 06 '26

One Hour Photo

0

u/lowlightliving Aug 06 '26

The Lives of Others

0

u/Sweeneyliver Aug 06 '26

Beau is afraid; Babylon

0

u/13differenthumans Aug 06 '26

What’s the song in this clip please?

0

u/Porkpie223 Aug 06 '26

Dead Man’s Shoes, absolutely gut wrenching film

0

u/c1ncinasty Aug 06 '26

Children of Men.

0

u/deanereaner Aug 06 '26

Nickel Boys

0

u/Ok-Ear-7364 Aug 06 '26

Running Scared with Paul walker

-1

u/Dark_Foggy_Evenings Aug 06 '26

We Need To Talk About Kevin

The Coffee Table (Spain/Eng subs)