The 50 Most Life-Changing Movies

Start your free month of great cinema now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-50-most-lifechanging-movies-ever-made Review the list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tomvanderlinden/list/like-stories-of-olds-50-most-life-changing/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomvanderlinden.bsky.social About this video essay: After a lifetime of exploring cinema, I brought together the 50 greatest movies that most profoundly impacted my worldview, my beliefs, and of which I can genuinely say that they changed my life for the better. 0:00 The Set-Up 1:50 Part I: Existence 2:23 The Seventh Seal 5:58 2001: A Space Odyssey 9:55 Blade Runner 13:31 The Tree of Life 17:34 The Turin Horse 21:10 Part II: Time and Memory 21:45 8,5 25:47 The Mirror 30:12 Once Upon a Time in America 33:39 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 37:28 Arrival 41:25 Part III: Passion 42:03 Andrei Rublev 45:49 Amadeus 49:43 The Prestige 53:41 Synecdoche, New York 57:32 First Man 1:01:34 Part IV: Love 1:02:13 Dersu Uzala 1:06:05 Children of Heaven 1:09:40 Good Will Hunting 1:13:18 Before Sunset 1:17:05 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 1:20:48 Part V: Humanity 1:21:24 Tokyo Story 1:24:47 Land of Silence and Darkness 1:28:31 The Elephant Man 1:32:32 Satantango 1:36:20 Paterson 1:40:19 Part VI: War and Evil 1:40:55 Paths of Glory 1:44:50 Apocalypse Now 1:48:37 Come and See 1:52:18 Shoah 1:56:09 The Thin Red Line 2:00:16 Part VII: Justice 2:00:56 12 Angry Men 2:04:40 Judgment at Nuremberg 2:08:49 Harakiri 2:12:33 Memories of Murder 2:16:27 No Country For Old Men 2:20:24 Part VIII: Society 2:21:04 Network 2:24:44 Koyaanisqatsi 2:28:25 Jurassic Park 2:32:18 There Will Be Blood 2:36:19 The Big Short 2:39:53 Part IX: Psyche 2:40:29 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 2:44:32 Taxi Driver 2:48:27 Heat 2:52:24 Grizzly Man 2:56:11 Inception 3:00:40 Part X: Goodness and Virtue 3:01:20 It's a Wonderful Life 3:05:28 Ikiru 3:09:27 The Shawshank Redemption 3:13:21 The Lord of the Rings 3:17:25 Kingdom of Heaven 3:21:20 Honorable Mentions & Commentary Business inquiries: [email protected] Say hi: [email protected] Music: Alistair Sung - Take Me Away Luke Atencio - I'm Not Ready Jude Cosmo - Luminance Bytheway-May - Open Air Luke Atencio - Hold Your Hand Luke Atencio - Skies Speak Gavin Brivik - We're on the Bus Home Dexter Britain - Dream Array Mike Casey - Venus Ryan Taubert - Souls Battle Stray Theories - These Mountains Dexter Britain - Auld Lang Syne Steffany Gretzinger - I Love You Lord Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/162521 Additional Music: Corelli - 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Bach - Mass in B minor Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K 543 Oliver Michael - Taken from a Void Smetana - Ma Vlast, Vltava (The Moldau) Rouault - Brique a Braq Eccles - Violin Sonata in G minor Bach - Capriccio in B flat major, BWV 992 Purcell - Chacony in G minor Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major K 447 Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491 Kyle Preston - Illustris Simulation Mozart - Sonata in E flat Albinoni - Adagio in G minor Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Chopin - Funeral March in C minor, Op. 72 No. 2 Franck - Pieces Posthumes 35 & 36 Mozart - Don Giovanni, K 527 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Wagner - Siegfried, WWV 86C Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C minor, K 551 Toccata - Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 42 Zolnowski - Kwartet Japonski I Chopin - Etude Op. 25, No. 1 Wagner - Tannhauser, WWV 70 Mozart - Andante Cantabile, Sonata, K. 330