Can anyone come up with a decent film for....

12 Angry Men

James Cagney, Angels with dirty faces

Bigmo - I haven't seen the 1997 one but the original(?) is excellent.

Only thing is, these kids might not be able to stick anything too "wordy" for too long.

Great suggestion though! Any others?

lfc - I like that but these kids won't do "black and white" old stuff!

Leon

Rain Man ...Dustin Hoffman

Schindler's List

Saving Private Ryan

Gangs Of New York
Donnie Darko
Secretary
Walkabout

These kids have low attention spans but there are

some crackers there, chaps. Ta!

Keep 'em coming!

In no particular order I'd recommend the following:

The Kings of Summer
The Way Way Back
Life is Beautiful
Seven Years in Tibet
Into the Wild

For a description of each film take a look at imdb.com

Rush is a pretty good film not for the girls I would have thought though.

Hard to get in the 16-20 mindset many posted just wouldn't suit I would have thought.

In Time - with Justin Timberlake my 17 year old liked it anyway

Saturday Night Sunday Morning. Albert Finney stars.

Kids will be thinking 'did people really live like that?'

Donnie Darko, they still wont get it and will need to watch it a few times.

Thanks for ALL your suggestions, chaps! Dead handy!

One of my favourite films of all time is Very Annie Mary

Funny and sad but definitely a feel good movie.

Read the first few reviews on Amazon and see what you think.

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Annie-Mary-Rachel-Griffiths/dp/B00206U62Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468058832&sr=8-1&keywords=very+annie+mary

Ta, Diva.

The Usual Suspects would be perfect imo.

Muriel's Wedding

sorry Mariel

Gorillas In The Mist
Dead Man Walking
Mississippi Burning

Zootopia will make them think - Disney Animation  - brilliant film

a suggestion and one anecdote (re black and white) from me...

Picnic at Hanging Rock might make them think, although I prefer My Brilliant Career.


Re 12 Angry Men; watched it with my two daughters (15 and 12 at the time?).  First ten minutes elicited the usual boring dad rubbish and it's not even in colour.  Between 15 and 20 minutes in, they were arguing like jurors. I remember it like it was yesterday and feeling peculiarly proud.

I'm no fan of black and white films, but I did watch 12 Angry Men recently and really enjoyed it.

It's a v good film by black & white standards but depends what you want to make them think a bit about

Into the Wild they would love based on a True story , quite long but very fun & watchable with a thought provoking end

twelve angry men - i don't agree with the verdict, but saw it at age twelve made an impression.
incredible shrinking man - grant williams. perfect B movie
little murders.
madwoman of chaillot.
to kill a mockingbird
miracle worker - anne bancroft.
day the earth stood still - f' original version.
robert wise films
failsafe
a face in the crowd
the red tent
remo williams
april fools
how to murder your wife - awesome film - terry thomas.
crooks anonymous
attack - jack palance
the big knife
Do the Right Thing
breaking away - cyclist
savage messiah - helen mirren buff - serious film though.
the ruling class - peter o'toole




any film based on a stage play - character driven plots.

Thanks lads , just watched 12 angry men ,what a film ,brilliant .

Midnight Express
Papillon
Being There
All Quiet On The Western Front

Treasure of the Sierra Madre will teach them about greed. Brilliant film.

Stand by me.....takes you back to your childhood/youth.
based on a Stephen King novel.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

All Quiet On The Western Front, the original, a brilliant film. The remake, with John Boy Walton, rubbish.

Papillon and Midnight Express very good too. Never heard of the other. Will check it out.

Life, comedy drama, is a brilliant film with Eddie Murphy.

Will check Stand By Me too. Will given the Texas Chain Saw Massacre a miss

Mac, Being There was Peter Sellars last film, he passed away shortly afterwards, it's an absolute masterpiece. 10/10 job.

I love Peter Sellers films slippy. He was brilliant. Will definitely watch that tonight. Never seen that one. Thanks!

What sex are they?

The original television play of twelve angry men that was made into the first movie is on youtube.

12 Angry Men works BECAUSE its in Black & White if that makes sense
Being There is a very underrated film Sellers is excellent.
Midnight Express is still the only film I ever went to see twice at the cinema


Pulp Fiction could be an interesting watch for that age group if they have not seen it.
Groundhog Day also

I love most of the films mentioned, being an oldie, but just one thought about Leon.

Jean Reno who played Leon was so sexy in it, and he is not at all attractive.  He was sexy in the film because he played a hard man who had a soft, kind side - irresistible to women.

I saw Jean Reno in other films after that but he was not at all sexy in them.  I always say about an actor if I find him sexy that it was the part he played, not him.

I was also thinking Midnight Express but wasn't quite sure what he'd want his 16 yr old to be watching .. it's like the original Shawshank .. Class film !


If you really want a Great Gritty Film to get ino watch Prisoners ,, Quite moving but Fantastic twists to the storylines

2013 film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWhS0xN3C0g

Very Bad Things , they will love it if they have not seen it before.
Le Grand Bleu , just for Annie.
Requiem For A Dream
A History Of Violence
The Cooler

Gallipoli, 1st World War film about Australian involvement, but not too heavy as it follows the journey through it of two young friends from the sticks.

Always leaves a mark on me when I watch it, but I'm always pleased I have seen it. Educational, moving, sad.

Gallipoli is a great film

Thanks, dunlaying

Gallipoli is a fine anti-war film, but Breaker Morant is better.

Edward Woodward - great film.

Best anti war films, imo, are Paths Of Glory and the two German films All Quiet On The Western Front and The Bridge.

any film involving the KKK always worth watching

Hi Mac. Hope you are well, Paths of Glory is a fine film.  my dad (still a film buff at 89.) always says anyone who says Kirk Douglas cant act, just watch Paths of Glory. I mentioned this fred to him this evening and he said Das Boot

show them the Godfather - done.  they'll grow 1-3 years watching that film

Hi blackbarn. Fine mate. Hope you and your dad are too. Das Boot was brilliant but a tv series rather than a film, lol. Kirk Douglas was terrific. Ask your dad if he ever saw Ace In The Hole where Kirk starred as a local newspaper reporter covering a story about a man trapped in a mine? He was brilliant in that. If your dad likes war movies, there are some great Russian ones with subtitles which put some off watching. We Fought For Our Motherland was very good.

....  The Rainbow Jacket is one of my favourite all time films. Some great old colours in it, lol.

Whites lives matter's!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnteojMwNnU

Rope

as mentioned by blackbarn
Breaker Morant

Ed Woodwooodwould..

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck.

700 quid

Guinness - Judy Dench and others used to call EW, Ewar Woo war, after the old joke "why does EW spell his name with three d's".

Edward Woodward would, would Woody Woodpecker?

Have faith in the younger generation - Casablanca is great for everyone

Schindlers List

Series are the new movies......you can't do much in 90mins.

Movies are less important

Life is Beautiful....though is a must see !

Review Imdb :

This is one of those movies that have a lasting effect on you. After watching it, I found that it has less to do with the Holocaust and more to do with the human feelings and the beautiful relationship of a father and his son. The holocaust provides the ultimate context, that brings and highlights the story and adds yet another deep dimension to the movie. No such piece of art has ever before combined laughter and tears of sadness in me before and that is the miracle of the movie. The realism of the movie is not its strong point, but then again it is not supposed to be; this helps in bringing the audiences to a state of mind away from reality, focusing on the feelings generated by forgetting about all external events and developments of the war. Despite that, the movie does not fail to point out an element of the nazi psychology demonstrated by the doctor who was obsessed with riddles. This portrayed the nazi 'state of mind' (if ever such an expression existed) as a sick mentally disturbed state. Life is really beautiful as you watch Guido's relentless efforts to make a lovely exciting experience of the concentration camp to his son. You get exhausted just watching him going through his painful day and yet you smile as he speaks to his son and makes him laugh. One can go on forever describing the creativity of this movie, but one will not be able to capture all its beauty in writing.

Always liked Billy Liar, beautiful writing, funny, moving and thought provoking with some great acting performances.