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1761
7.8
8
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Stand out character/s:
Björk: Selma Jezkova
Awards Won:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 22 wins & 33 nominations.
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Lars von Trier
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
5898
8.4
9
Stand out character/s:
Liam Neeson: Oskar Schindler
Ben Kingsley: Itzhak Stern
Ralph Fiennes: Amon Goeth
Little girl wearing red coat
Awards Won:
Won 7 Oscars. Another 65 wins & 21 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Steven Spielberg
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
2111
8.3
8.5
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Stand out character/s:
Tsutomu Tatsumi: Seita(voice)
Ayano Shiraishi: Setsuko(voice)
Awards Won:
3 Wins
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Isao Takahata
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1083
8.3
8.2
Ran (1985)
Stand out character/s:
Tatsuya Nakadai: Lord Hidetora Ichimonji
Awards Won:
Won Oscar. Another 25 wins & 15 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
4387
7.7
8.2
Shutter Island (2010)
Stand out character/s:
Leonardo DiCaprio: Teddy Daniels
Awards Won:
Pending...
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Martin Scorsese
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
4854
8
8.3
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Stand out character/s:
Ellen Burstyn: Sara Goldfarb
Awards Won:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 20 wins & 34 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1940
7.7
8.1
Hotel Rwanda (2004) (2005)
Stand out character/s:
Don Cheadle: Paul Rusesabagina
Awards Won:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 29 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Terry George
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
2862
8.3
8.3
Stand out character/s:
James Stewart: John 'Scottie' Ferguson
Kim Novak: Judy Barton
Awards Won:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 2 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
6496
8.1
8.6
Seven (1995)
Stand out character/s:
Brad Pitt: Detective David Mills
Kevin Spacey: John Doe
Morgan Freeman: Detective Lt. William Somerset
Awards Won:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 17 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: David Fincher
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
2100
7.4
7.7
Changeling (2008)
Stand out character/s:
Angelina Jolie: Christine Collins
Awards Won:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 32 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Clint Eastwood
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
2483
8.1
8.1
The Elephant Man (1980)
Stand out character/s:
John Hurt: John Merrick
Anthony Hopkins: Frederick Treves
Awards Won:
Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: David Lynch
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
269
7.6
7.9
Stand out character/s:
Temuera Morrison: Jake Heke
Awards Won:
19 wins & 1 nomination
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Lee Tamahori
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1179
7.8
8
Stand out character/s:
Mathieu Amalric: Jean-Do
Awards Won:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 33 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director:
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
3928
7.6
8.1
Million Dollar Baby (2005)
Stand out character/s:
Hilary Swank: Maggie Fitzgerald
Awards Won:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 29 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Clint Eastwood
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
2569
7.4
7.6
Stand out character/s:
Sean Penn: Paul Rivers
Naomi Watts: Cristina Peck
Benicio Del Toro: Jack Jordan
Awards Won:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 34 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
2191
8.1
8.2
Stand out character/s:
Jack Nicholson: J.J. Gittes
Faye Dunaway: Evelyn Mulwray
Awards Won:
Won Oscar. Another 18 wins & 22 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Roman Polanski
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will Survive
Lexi's rating:
1551
7.6
7.9
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Stand out character/s:
Ken Watanabe: General Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya: Saigo
Awards Won:
Won Oscar. Another 16 wins & 15 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Clint Eastwood
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1525
7.2
7.4
Stand out character/s:
Ralph Fiennes: Justin Quayle
Rachel Weisz: Tessa Quayle
Awards Won:
Won Oscar. Another 20 wins & 42 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
131
7.7
7.7
City of Life and Death (2009)
Stand out character/s:
Ye Liu: Lu Jianxiong
Yuanyuan Gao: Miss Jiang
Hideo Nakaizumi: Kadokawa
Awards Won:
5 wins & 8 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Chuan Lu
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1864
7.5
7.8
Stand out character/s:
Asa Butterfield: Bruno
Jack Scanlon: Shmuel
Awards Won:
2 wins & 5 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Mark Herman
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
7834
8.3
9
The Dark Knight (2008)
Stand out character/s:
Heath Ledger: Joker
Christian Bale: Bruce Wayne / Batman
Gary Oldman: Gordon
Aaron Eckhart: Harvey Dent
Awards Won:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 79 wins & 61 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Christopher Nolan
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
6091
7.8
8.6
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Stand out character/s:
Tom Hanks: Capt. John H. Miller
Awards Won:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 53 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Steven Spielberg
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
4461
8.5
8.7
Stand out character/s:
Jack Nicholson: R.P. McMurphy
Awards Won:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 11 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Milos Forman
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
756
7.4
7.6
Watership Down (1978)
Stand out character/s:
John Hurt: Hazel(voice)
Richard Briers: Fiver(voice)
Awards Won:
1 win & 2 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Martin Rosen
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
892
7.1
7.1
1984 (1984)
Stand out character/s:
John Hurt: Winston Smith
Richard Burton: O'Brien
Awards Won:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Michael Radford
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
1902
7
7.4
Stand out character/s:
Ralph Fiennes: Count Laszlo de Almásy
Awards Won:
Won 9 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 37 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Anthony Minghella
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
4092
8.1
8.5
The Pianist (2002)
Stand out character/s:
Adrien Brody: Wladyslaw Szpilman
Awards Won:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 42 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Roman Polanski
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
2049
8
8.1
Stand out character/s:
Robert De Niro: Michael
Christopher Walken: Nick
Awards Won:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 19 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Michael Cimino
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
3270
8.1
8.3
Oldboy (2003)
Stand out character/s:
Min-sik Choi: Dae-su Oh
Awards Won:
17 wins & 10 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Chan-wook Park
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1751
7.1
7.2
Stand out character/s:
Viggo Mortensen: Man
Awards Won:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 10 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: John Hillcoat
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
1672
7.9
8.2
Downfall (2004)
Stand out character/s:
Bruno Ganz: Adolf Hitler
Awards Won:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins & 13 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
2440
7.1
7.2
The Fountain (2006)
Stand out character/s:
Hugh Jackman: Tomas / Tommy / Tom Creo
Rachel Weisz: Isabel / Izzi Creo
Awards Won:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
3341
8
8.1
Into the Wild (2007)
Stand out character/s:
Emile Hirsch: Chris McCandless
Awards Won:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 36 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Sean Penn
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1674
7
7.6
Stand out character/s:
Will Smith: Ben Thomas
Awards Won:
2 wins & 5 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
4395
7.3
7.7
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Stand out character/s:
Heath Ledger: Ennis Del Mar
Jake Gyllenhaal: Jack Twist
Awards Won:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 78 wins & 64 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Ang Lee
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
4632
8.1
8.5
Stand out character/s:
Edward Norton: Derek Vinyard
Edward Furlong: Danny Vinyard
Awards Won:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Tony Kaye
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
5829
7.7
8
Donnie Darko (2001)
Stand out character/s:
Jake Gyllenhaal: Donnie Darko
Awards Won:
11 wins & 10 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Richard Kelly
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
2507
7.6
7.8
Stand out character/s:
Saoirse Ronan: Briony Tallis - Age 13
Awards Won:
Won Oscar. Another 23 wins & 67 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Joe Wright
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
1117
7.6
7.5
The Wicker Man (1973)
Stand out character/s:
Edward Woodward: Sergeant Howie
Christopher Lee: Lord Summerisle
Awards Won:
1 win & 5 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Robin Hardy
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
1089
7
7.3
Stand out character/s:
Abigail Breslin: Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald
Sofia Vassilieva: Kate Fitzgerald
Awards Won:
1 win & 4 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
3566
7.5
7.8
Stand out character/s:
Ryan Gosling: Noah Calhoun
Rachel McAdams: Allie Hamilton
Awards Won:
11 wins & 7 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
4606
7.3
7.8
Stand out character/s:
Brad Pitt: Benjamin Button
Cate Blanchett: Daisy
Awards Won:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 31 wins & 72 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: David Fincher
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
817
7.2
7.1
Stand out character/s:
Kang-ho Song: Priest Sang-hyeon
Awards Won:
4 wins & 8 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Chan-wook Park
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
1092
7.4
7.7
Stand out character/s:
John Lone: Pu Yi - Adult
Awards Won:
Won 9 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 12 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
2114
7.5
7.6
The Reader (2008)
Stand out character/s:
Kate Winslet: Hanna Schmitz
Ralph Fiennes: Michael Berg
David Kross: Young Michael Berg
Awards Won:
Won Oscar. Another 14 wins & 28 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Stephen Daldry
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
611
7.5
7.7
Stand out character/s:
Carice van Houten: Rachel Stein / Ellis de Vries
Awards Won:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 11 wins & 14 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Emotional/Tragedy level: Emotionally Turbulent
Lexi's rating:
1607
8.1
8.4
Stand out character/s:
Ulrich Mühe: Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler
Awards Won:
Won Oscar. Another 61 wins & 21 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
4225
7.7
8
Stand out character/s:
Bruce Willis: James Cole
Awards Won:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 8 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Terry Gilliam
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
4949
8
8.2
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Stand out character/s:
Ivana Baquero: Ofelia
Sergi López: Captain Vidal
Maribel Verdú: Mercedes
Doug Jones: Fauno / Pale Man
Awards Won:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 58 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Emotional/Tragedy level: Cry like a baby
Lexi's rating:
1533
7.1
7.4
The Orphanage (2007)
Stand out character/s:
Belén Rueda: Laura
Awards Won:
31 wins & 34 nominations
F.A.L. IMDB
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Emotional/Tragedy level: I will survive
Lexi's rating:
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F.A.L. = Full Award Listing
Cry like a baby = Suicidally, depressing, emotion shredding.
Emotionally Turbulent = Saddening in a moderate sense
I will Survive = Sad but not so bad
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