When watching movies, it's not just about box office effects. There are often many human aspects of the shock that are far more violent than the special effects. Watching a good movie will make people think deeply, and it is a very risky attempt to make this dark side of human nature in ordinary life into the movie. Here are 8 thought-provoking movies with high scores on Douban.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight (2008</h1>).
Average review score: 9.2
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bell / Heath Ledger / Alan Eckhart / Michael Kane / Maggie Gyllenhaal et al
Genre: Drama / Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime
Region: UNITED STATES / UNITED Kingdom
This movie is still the best comic book movie. The second in Nolan's Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Batman, who is dedicated to reducing Gotham's crime rate, meets The Joker, played by Heath Ledger. A great war between good and evil, between carrying and human nature, is on the verge of breaking out.
The Joker has always been the most terrifying and evil villain in the Batman series, and what he does is simple and complicated. His presence threatens a lot of people around Batman. It even made Batman shake his resolve for a while. Bale's Batman is already very good, but throughout the film he is overshadowed by the Joker played by Heath Ledger. Heath Ledger took the Joker's madness and evil to the extreme. As for why this movie is so classic, I believe that unlike other comic films, it is a deep reflection on human nature. After encountering various tests of human nature, Batman finally chose to serve as the "Dark Knight" in the dark.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > Hunt (2012</h1>).
Average review score: 9.1
Director: Thomas Winterberg
Starring: Max Mickelson / Thomas Bo Larsen / Annika Wedekopf / Ruth Fogstrom / Susie Ward et al
Genre: Drama
Location: Denmark / Sweden
The intention of the film is very novel, the fairy tale is not taboo, the innocence is really evil, and few films will expose the topic of human nature from the starting point of children. The suspenseful suspense is well laid out in the first half, the emotional control is directly in the second half, and the ending is the finishing touch of the movie. The whole film is not dragged with mud and water, and it is very worth watching.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > The Furnace (2011</h1>).
Average review score: 9.3
Director: Hwang Dong Hyuk
Starring: Kong Liu / Jung You-mi / Kim Hyun-so / Jeong In-so / Baek Seung-hwan and so on
Region: South Korea
Based on sexual violence at a school for the deaf and dumb in Gwangju between 2000 and 2004, the film depicts the tragedy that caused during that time and the story of the school's teachers and human rights activists working together to uncover the dark curtain. Since its release, the social and campus issues reflected in the film have been widely concerned by the society, and the film has also been called "the film that changed the Korean country". In the case of a low-budget and restrictive film, the movie "The Melting Pot" has a great impact. This film tells us to pay attention to these problems, and how to educate and solve them. A lot of times reality can be harsher than the movies.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > Dogtown (2003</h1>).
Average review score: 8.4
Director: Ras von Thiel
Starring: Nicole Kidman / Harriet Anderson / Lauren Whitecall / Paul Bettany / James Keane et al
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Thriller
Location: Denmark / Sweden / Norway / Finland / United Kingdom / France / Germany / Netherlands / Italy
Set in the United States in the 1930s, the film tells the story of Grace's journey from escaping from the city to dogtown and her nightmarish experiences in dogtown. The protagonist flees to the town, where he gains understanding and shelters by doing some miscellaneous things for the townspeople, and when the townspeople discover that she is a fugitive with a heavy reward, the townspeople quickly change their attitude. Then a series of terrible things happened to the heroine. The problem of human nature is vividly embodied in the film, presenting the evil of human nature in a straightforward way, but infinitely enlarging the evil in this condensed world movie from the perspective of a bystander, exposing the greed that is deeply rooted in human nature.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Clockwork Orange (1972</h1>).
Average review score: 8.6
Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Malcolm McDowell / Patrick Markey / Michael Bates / Warren Clark / John Clive and others
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Crime
Region: United Kingdom / United States
Adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel of the same name, the film tells the story of Alex, an innocent teenager who voluntarily receives special personality therapy in order to regain his freedom in advance after being imprisoned, but is persecuted by justice after "recovering". The film has been controversial since its release, initially listed as a banned film, and was not lifted until after the director's death. Should this film's philosophy of human nature limit people's thinking? Complete good and evil are as inhuman as the most important moral choices.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > The Seven Deadly Sins (1995</h1>).
Average review score: 8.8
Director: David Finch
Starring: Morgan Freeman / Brad Pitt / Kevin Spacey / Gwyneth Paltrow / Andrew Kevin Walker et al
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Thriller / Crime
Region: United States
The Seven Deadly Sins of the Catholic Church: Arrogance, Jealousy, Rage, Laziness, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust are human nature in themselves, and who dares to say that they have not committed these seven deadly sins? This is just the original sin of mankind. In the serial killings that take place in the city, the dead happen to be people who have committed these teachings. The murderer's mysterious modus operandi has plunged the veteran and calm police officer Samose and the flesh-and-blooded new police officer Mills into the mystery of solving the case. The film exposes people to these darkest places of human nature.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > The Beautiful Legend of Sicily (2000</h1>).
Average review score: 8.9
Director: Giuseppe Tornadore
Starring: Monica Bellucci / Giuseppe Sur faro / Luciano Federico / Mathilde Piana et al
Genre: Drama / Erotic / War
Region: Italy / USA
The goddess-like heroine Marlena conquers this paradise on the seashore, and many things happen later that make her gradually fall into an increasingly dark situation. The film adopts a linear narrative method, and the uncomplicated plot lines in the film are spread out under the beautiful picture of the tone, slowly extending with the music, so that the film itself has a neat and gorgeous powerful aura. The film represents an insurmountable artistic peak of Italian cinema and is also a classic in the history of erotic films around the world. The film does not show a beautiful scene, in the film in addition to the young Reinaldo's sexual growth experience, probably in the war or crisis in the darkness of human nature, men's hypocrisy, women's jealousy.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > The Mist (2007</h1>).
Average review score: 8.0
Director: Frank Delabonte
Starring: Thomas Jane / Marcia Guy Harden / Laurie Houden / Andrew Brower / Toby Jones et al
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror
Adapted from Stephen King's 1980 novella of the same name, the film is about a group of citizens trapped in a supermarket by an unknown fog, and some terrible monsters outside, who are killed one after another. In the end, it is not only the monsters that are terrible, but also the human heart. It is a thriller movie worth pondering, and I still remember the despair and shock of the ending.
The above are the 8 high-scoring movies I recommend for you on the exploration of human nature, I don't know which one is your favorite?