Films to expand yourself.

Off the top of my head......

"Battleship Potemkin".

"Jean de Florette" and the second part of the story "Manon des Source".


I'll think of more, no doubt.

I'm not usually a Stephen King fan, (kind of sometimes, but not really) but I love The Shawshank Redemption. I've watched that movie over and over. My copy of that is one of my most precious possessions. It's one of the few movies I ever bought for myself.
I really like Morgan Freeman and Tim Roth as actors in this. I like the ensemble cast. I love King's writing as narrated by Morgan Freeman. I love the story from beginning to and especially the end.

I also really like Swingblade. Again, the acting is superb. Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, and the little boy in this movie are just outstanding. I can't remember who played the female lead right off the top of my head, but I do remember thinking she was excellent too.
Really good, accurate description of a sleepy, southern town.

Two older ones that I saw as a kid and still watch over and over today when I feel nostalgic:
The Heart is A Lonely Hunter stars Alan Arkin when he was a young guy - I think it was made in the sixties. Anyway, another sleepy southern town. Alan Arkin plays a deaf man who befriends a young teen-aged girl who is going through growing pains. I love their friendship.

Patch of Blue with Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters - she won an oscar for her role as the drunken, slovenly mother of this blind girl who befriends a black man- I think it was made in the fifties or early sixties.

I love movies, so I could probably think of a million, but these are four that influenced my life, and that I feel enriched having seen.