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[Orkidea]

Have you ever seen a movie that satisfied you completely when it finished and you just kinda sat there in awe thinking about what you watched?

 

[EdibleKnife]

Lion King, The Dark Knight and The Avengers probably. Can't remember much else.

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Seeing Jurrasic Park in theaters was the first movie to pop in my head. I never thought I'd see effects like that or seeing dinasours from my imagination realized like that on the big screen

 

[SpaceWolf]

Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties.

 

[Geno Breaker]

Shin Godzilla. That scene is burned into my memory. Everybody who's seen it knows what I'm talking about.

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

Children of Men hit me like a ton of bricks.

 

[Auctopus]

When me and a friend went to see Birdman, it was on a relatively big screen and the entire audience was in silence throughout. One of my favourite cinema experiences.I think that's the only time I heard a bit of a clapping in a UK cinema when the credits rolled.

 

[Strangelove77]

Off the top of my head - the first Lord Of The Rings. Up to that point I hated fantasy. I was dragged by my cousins to go watch it and it turned out to be amazing.

 

[Grimm Fandango]

Mad Max Fury Road

 

[BronsonLee]

Mad Max: Fury Road
Children of Men
Before Sunrise
In The Mood For Love

 

[Rosvoja Torilla]

I think Mad Max: Fury Road. I walked out like what the fuck just happened.

 

[Hopfrog]

There Will Be Blood.

Left the theater just stunned by what I had seen.

 

[Joe T.]

The Matrix and Fight Club both did it for me.

 

[PantherLotus]

You kids might not remember it but when The Matrix came out, it was absolutely mind blowing.

 

[Achire]

Went to see Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev at (my country's) national film archive. That was quite an experience. The ending purposefully gives you time to reflect on what has occurred in the film.

 

[Hexxen-Panda]

Most recent example I can remember was Martin Scorsese's Silence. The whole theatre was just stunned.

 

[EdibleKnife]

There Will Be Blood.

Left the theater just stunned by what I had seen.

Mention of this reminded me of No Country for Old Men. That left me stunned

 

[Clawww]

Most recently, Arrival.

 

[120v]

saving private ryan really blew me away and stayed in my memory for months. i guess it wouldn't be as big a deal today but at the time i had no idea a movie could be so gritty and raw.

i remember several elderly folk exiting the theater on the beach scene lol. the tension in the audience was palpable, a collective "this... isn't what we signed on for"

 

[marimorimo]

First Lord of the Rings
First Mummy
The Dark Knight
Inception
Tangled

...the usual suspects

The King and the Clown (Korean movie)

 

[Bronx-Man]

I was stuck in my seat for what felt like the longest time after watching Get Out trying to just take it all in. I was still shook the entire car ride back.

 

[Moppeh]

I didn't watch it in a theatre but Mulholland Drive comes to mind.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

E.T.
I was young and thought it was about science and would be boring and over my head.
It was amazing.

 

[massoluk]

The Dark Knight got me legit shook. The Clown Prince of Crime was total chaos, got chilled multiple time in the theater

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

I don't know about satisfied completely but I was stunned the entire drive back from mother! And when I got home I had to immediately lie down and process what I'd seen.

 

[Matrix XII]

Fellowship of the Ring

Cloverfield

 

[LilWayneSuckz]

Jurassic Park
Spider-Man 2
The Dark Knight
Moonlight

 

[Zen Aku]

The Avengers, Winter Soldier, Mad Max Fury Road, John Wick, and IT are some.

 

[TiredofWinning]

Moonlight most definitely.

Haven't seen a movie that good since Raging Bull.

 

[Blackpuppy]

There were two films released more or less within the same year that affected me physically like no other film has done:

Requiem for a Dream
Dancer in the Dark

The former was a punch to the gut whereas the latter just sent us all home shocked out of our brains.

Seeing Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen was pretty incredible as well.

 

[Ushojax]

The Matrix
Fellowship of the Ring
Blade Runner
Interstellar

 

[AlexMeloche]

Inception
Toy Story 3
Mad Max : Fury Road

 

[holygeesus]

Recently, mother!

 

[DiipuSurotu]

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Mad Max: Fury Road
Spider-Man 2
The Avengers
The Dark Knight

 

[Broken Joystick]

Another vote for Fury Road.

John Wick too.

 

[Yaboosh]

Fellowship of the Ring and Fury Road.

 

[Possumowner]

Close encounters of the 3rd kind,Jaws and Jurassic Park.....I have a pattern

 

[Represent.]

The Revenant with its GOAT cinematography.

 

[kai3345]

Recently Get Out and Mother

Went into both completely blind so I had no idea what to expect.

 

[ButteryPie]

Arrival and The VVitch are the most recent I can recall.

Rogue One and The Force Awakens, too, but more so out of shock

Spoiler

that Leia shows up in the last two seconds and that Episode 7 wasnt a train wreck

and less because of any actual mindfuckery or how good those films were.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

Avatar

Say what you want about the story, but I was absolutely stunned by the visuals. It remains the only movie I've ever watched in 3D (and from what I hear, one of the few movies to do 3D right), which probably helps.

 

[ZorroMcNube]

The Wind Rises. What an amazing film.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Logan
Fury Road
Mother
Winter Soldier
Don't Breathe
The Neon Demon
Scott Pilgrim
Force Awakens

These come to mind. In terms of intensity, quality, and surprise.... Left the theater having adored them, instantly feeling like I just saw something special that I'll actually care about for a long time (vs. most movies just being enjoyable/probably won't watch again)

Seems like a long list but I go to the theaters fairly often. Easy to impress I suppose

 

[realwords]

Mad Max: Fury Road and Get Out.

 

[Wag]

Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark

 

[Krev]

Just including things I've seen in a theatre:
Silence
The Wind Rises
Inside Llewyn Davis
Cemetery of Splendour
Holy Motors
Inland Empire
Into Great Silence
Happy Together
Blue Velvet
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Repulsion
Cleo from 5 to 7
L'Atalante

 

[Diabelli]

I'm gonna throw my name into the Mad Max hat, too.

 

[lucebuce12]

Mad Max: Fury Road

Oh yes, this movie.

 

[O.DOGG]

Interstellar, most notably.