Word of mouth is one of the most powerful tools films rely on for their success. It can be challenging to win audiences over with a trailer, but once 15 of your friends mention how great a movie was, your interest might finally be piqued. Some great films, however, don’t get audiences talking immediately. Some particularly powerful movies leave audiences stewing in silence, contemplating what they just experienced, for minutes, or even hours, after viewing.
If you’re looking for a shocking or heart wrenching film that might leave you speechless, Reddit users have recently compiled a comprehensive list of the ones that left them “sitting in silence for 10 minutes after watching.” Feel free to take note of the films you haven’t yet experienced, and be sure to upvote the ones that left you at a loss for words as well.
#42
wasnt at the end but that scene in hereditary... i had to pause it on my tv and stare at the wall for a bit
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78points
#43
The original *Saw*.
Those last few minutes were wild.
I watched it by myself when it came out; I was 14. Few endings have made me feel as upset and fucking EMPTY as that one.
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78points
#45
Interstellar in IMAX, opening day. Drove all the way home in broad daylight in complete silence
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72points
#47
Mulholland Drive. I was like “what the hell did I just watch?… total mindfuck of a movie.
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64points
#48
Blair Witch Project. I was young at the time and believed all the marketing hype that it was “found footage”. My friend and I just sat there in silence afterwards…
Later I learned it wasn’t a documentary…
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62points
#49
Dancer in the Dark. It was Bjork’s only movie and the end scenes are haunting. The whole theater sat in stunned silence. It took over an hour for me to fully snap out of it.
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59points
