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Virginia Neely's avatar

I'll resist naming the Lord of the Rings series. Besides those, these are my 3 favourites of all time: The Neverending Story, Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans.

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Adam Ming's avatar

All Epic!

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Michael Brugh's avatar

Nice choices, Adam.

Even though it is a series, I thought Andor was top notch.

The second: The Wild Robot. Being an animation nerd (and wanna be animator) it has a story to match. Made this old(er) man tear up several times, which is not easy to do. 🙂

Finally, “Flow.” It is a crime that it has not been released on 4K yet. But it’s on Max. Without dialogue, your heart gets tugged in so many directions. Eye waterworks again for this one.

It’s another singular animation triumph.

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Adam Ming's avatar

Love these choices, thanks!

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Joanne Wong's avatar

Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Amelie. :)

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Abby Paradis's avatar

Once, Whale Rider, Slumdog Millionaire (also Shtisel... a series, but so good.)

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Patricia Reynoso's avatar

I echo Michael Brugh's recommendation for Wild Robot. Fantastic in every way. AND a lead female protagonist for a change. You asked for thematically-related films so my second is Pixar's A Bug's Life which I revisited recently and it's still great. Both have themes of characters (in nature) working together to protect their community against some baddies. Sorry don't have a third.

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Kimberly Corle's avatar

Ok, you got me one this one, movies are my zone - coming in hot with new category -how about the recent HIT MAN, the older ABOUT TIME (fabulous!) and CRAZY RICH ASIANS - all good and fun and just fun.

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Adam Ming's avatar

Sounds great, thanks!

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