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15 Movies That Changed The Way People Saw The World
15 Movies That Changed The Way People Saw The World

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time08-07-2025

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15 Movies That Changed The Way People Saw The World

Even though most of us watch movies as a form of entertainment, sometimes we catch a film that literally changes our perspective on certain things. So when Reddit user Intrepid_Moment_8879 asked: "What's a film that changed the way you saw the world?" so many people shared their insights. Here's what they said below. "Honestly, it's Inside Out for me. The whole idea of how important it is to feel and process all our emotions instead of locking them away and putting a joyful facade was an epiphany for my teenage self. Loved how they portrayed depression as a lack of emotions and not too much sadness. Also, the movie is hilarious! The whole 'triple mint gum running' gag lives in my head rent-free. Such a flawless masterpiece; Pixar nailed it with this one!" —sonanona"I love Sadness; she's probably my favorite Disney character of all time. And she's so important to the story in a way I wasn't expecting. When she sits down with Bing Bong and just listens to him and validates his feelings, it fucks me right up, and I'm a grown-ass adult.""I've struggled with depression most of my life and Sadness as a character really helped fix me up in a way that's hard to explain. The way she touches all the memories and 'fixes' them again? Thinking about my childhood, ugh, I just ugly cry every time.""When they go into the mom's mind, and you realize that Sadness is in charge in the way that Joy was in charge in Riley's mind? It...I don't know, normalized that for me and let me see that of myself not as useless sadness, but as empathy and openness and kindness that is integral to who I am as a person.""All that, and she's so funny to boot. 💙💙💙"—quillseek "Office Space. Work, money, and happiness. In today's world, the ability to simply be content and happy is a luxury. Doesn't matter the money or job, being content and happy with life does wonders." —Hussard"Watching that movie in high school is why I will never work in an office."—OlyNoCulture "I was maybe 10–12 when I first saw Magnolia with my dad. I had a great childhood and was probably a little sheltered, so I had never seen a lot of adults being depicted as broken and scared and embarrassed and angry. It was wildly informative to see how plausible it is for things to just not go right in life." —doctor_parcival"When I was growing up, I thought all movies were kinda the same. They all spoke a common language.""And then this movie blew my mind open, even more than The Matrix, which came out the same year. Three little vignettes to open the film before the story begins? Matching dolly-in-whip pans between each of the concurrent stories and everyone breaking out into song, despite not being a musical? It's the first film that I remember seeing where I became aware that it's not meant to be pretty but to feel more grounded and real.""It made me realize and appreciate cinematic language is a far bigger and more creative force than I had previously thought possible."—RyzenRaider "Blood Diamond made me never want to buy a diamond. Seeing how child soldiers can be brainwashed really troubled me." —bluejester12 "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Love and breakups are quite the life lessons." —Primary-Picture-5632 "Koyaanisqatsi. One of my all-time favorites and possibly the best original score of all time. I've seen it 15 or more times, and it's a different experience each time. I was lucky enough to see it on the big screen a couple of years ago at a local indie theater." —palpebral "Fight Club." —JoMoReMa"It affected me on so many different levels over time. At 16, I wanted to be the badass ripped Tyler Durden. At 25, I saw it as a nihilistic anti-establishment capitalism critique, and now, at over 30 and guys like Andrew Tate on the rise, my focus lies on the toxic masculinity commentary in the movie."—slothPreacher "Boyz n the Hood. As a white male from a small town, when I watched that way back then, it hit me hard." —riraven"I used to wish Laurence Fishburne would be my dad. Now that's a great example of a father and positive male role model."—AF2005 "Interstellar for me! Can't believe it took me so long to watch it, but I went to watch it in IMAX last year and loved it! It's well-written and directed, and the soundtrack is so good! It makes you think about life and the concept of love." —seafoodboil247 "Perfect Days. I learned to appreciate life more. Then, a few days later, I became depressed and pessimistic again." —Mikyay_ "Cloud Atlas. Whenever I'm feeling a touch out of sorts, I'll find myself returning to it. 'Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.'" —Villordsutch"The movie was terrific, but the book resonated so hard for me. When I was reading, I figured out what he was doing, and I thought the second half would be necessarily anticlimactic. Instead, Mitchell nailed every ending."—Jean_Genetic "As a person with ADD, Everything Everywhere All at Once." —Theslootwhisperer"That movie is exactly what it's like to have ADHD. The main character is extremely ADHD coded; the constant 'channel changing' with her thoughts, the poor emotional regulation, the struggle to settle into a vocation or manage her life, and being unaware of how she neglects the important relationships in her life; they all but say it out loud."—we_are_sex_bobomb"One of the co-writers of the movie [Daniel Kwan] was researching ADHD for the Michelle Yeoh character and ended up being diagnosed with ADHD. The film is very much like the experience of living with ADHD: chaotic and difficult to follow. As an ADHD person, I felt tremendously seen after watching it. My neurotypical wife literally said, 'What the fuck did I just watch?' I cannot think of another film that better captures the ADHD experience."—Yamuddah "The Matrix." —iniumbuilder"I think the power of this movie is hidden underneath the awesomeness of it. It truly was a great action movie inside a stylized mind fuck, but the power of it was how skillfully they disseminated the guise of reality."—DaBlue357 "Back in middle school, when it came out in theaters, What Dreams May Come had quite an impact on me. I haven't seen it in 15 years or so, but I'm curious to rewatch it." "We lost a family friend around that time (she was 13), and my mom debated whether or not to suggest the film to her mom, given how harrowing things get at times. Ultimately she did, and our friend's mom found a lot of comfort in it."—Help_An_Irishman"This one was hard for me. I was still drinking at the time and very, very depressed. When I saw Annabella living in the 'physical' world of depression, I was crying in the theater. I couldn't shake it for days. Now, sober 23 years, I see the beauty in the message."—Lasherola "Schindler's List. It's impossible to imagine how people can be that hateful." —BROS-MOTO"That movie did it for me, but for an unexpected reason: I'd actually seen it before (my dad would rent anything about WWII), but in the eighth grade, they showed it to us in history class. I remember when it ended there was the natural amount of sniffling and whimpering in the from a guy I considered to be an utterly heartless jackass. Like, the sort of proto-troll you'd probably expect to carve Nazi symbols into a desk — not because he actually was one, but to get a reaction from people and be a jerk.""Couldn't ever see that dude in the same light after he had tears in his eyes from Schindler's List. People aren't always the face they show to the world."—LupinThe8th Is there a film that changed the way you saw the world? Tell us what it is and why in the comments or anonymously in the Google form below:

Celebrities Who Cheated Death In Wild Ways
Celebrities Who Cheated Death In Wild Ways

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time28-06-2025

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Celebrities Who Cheated Death In Wild Ways

Do you love dark stories? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get your weekly dopamine fix of the macabre! It's a scary good time you won't want to miss. If there's one thing that makes celebrities "just like us" it's the fact that we all die at some point. And it turns out A LOT of celebrities have actually already had near-death experiences. Here are some that truly made my jaw drop: Leonardo DiCaprio — Leo has actually had not one, not two, but THREE encounters with death. The first incident occurred in 2006, while he was filming Blood Diamond in South Africa. Basically, he'd gone scuba diving and was in a cage when a great white shark "jumped" into his cage. He told Wired, "They leave the tops open [of the cage] and you have a regulator line running to the surface. Then they chum the water with tuna. A wave came, and the tuna sort of flipped up into the air. A shark jumped up and grabbed the tuna, and half its body landed inside the cage with me. I sort of fell down to the bottom and tried to lie flat. The great white took about five or six snaps an arm's length away from my head. The guys there said that has never happened in the 30 years they'd been doing it." DiCaprio later explained that the shark flipped itself back out again, in case you're wondering. Leo's second brush with death was in 2010 when the actor was on a Delta flight from New York to Moscow. Shortly after takeoff, the plane LOST AN ENGINE and had to circle back for an emergency landing. Speaking again to Wired, DiCaprio said of the nightmarish experience, "I was in business class, and an engine blew up in front of my eyes. It was right after 'Sully' Sullenberger landed on the Hudson. I was sitting there looking out at the wing, and the entire wing exploded in a fireball. I was the only one looking out at the moment this giant turbine exploded like a comet. It was crazy. They shut all the engines off for a couple of minutes, so you're just sitting there gliding with absolutely no sound, and nobody in the plane was saying anything. It was a surreal experience. They started the engines back up, and we did an emergency landing at JFK." Leo's third near-death experience was a 2010 skydiving incident where, during a tandem dive, both his main and backup parachutes got tangled. In that same Wired interview, Leo explained, "It was a tandem dive. We pulled the first chute. That was knotted up. The gentleman I was with cut it free. We did another free fall for like another 5, 10 seconds. I didn't even think about the extra chute, so I thought we were just plummeting to our deaths. He pulled the second, and that was knotted up too. He just kept shaking it and shaking it in midair, as all my friends were, you know, what felt like half a mile above me, and I'm plummeting toward the earth. And he finally unravels it in midair. The fun part was when he said, 'You're probably going to break your legs on the way down, because we're going too fast now.' FYI, Leo did not break his legs and managed to walk away with just a few bruises. Sharon Stone — Survived a massive stroke due to a brain hemorrhage in September 2001. She was given just a 1% chance of survival and had to relearn basic skills. Stone suffered a massive stroke caused by a ruptured vertebral artery, which led to a nine-day brain bleed. Initially, the medical staff actually "missed" the brain hemorrhage when they took an angiogram, and Stone was nearly sent home before her best friend advocated for a second scan that revealed the true severity. "I would have died if they had sent me home," she told Vogue UK. George Clooney — While filming Syriana in 2004, Clooney sustained a serious head and neck injury after falling off a chair. The pain had been so excruciating that it caused him to have thoughts of suicide. Clooney told the Guardian, "Before the surgery it was the most unbearable pain I've ever been through, literally where you'd go, well, you'll have to kill yourself at some point, you can't live like this." Clooney eventually underwent multiple blood-patch procedures (up to ~15 myelograms) and had a nine-hour brain surgery on Christmas Eve 2005 to repair the damage. Emilia Clarke — In 2011, Clarke suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, causing a subarachnoid hemorrhage — a life-threatening type of stroke that is caused by bleeding in the space around the brain. Then, in 2013, she had a second aneurysm. For the first aneurysm, although Clarke had to undergo a minimally invasive surgery, she still woke up from the procedure with "unbearable" pain. She also could not remember her name due to aphasia, which was caused by the brain trauma. The second time, the procedure failed, and doctors had to go through her skull, which was a far more painful surgery and even harder recovery. Ozzy Osbourne — Osbourne has had numerous brushes with death, including a serious ATV accident in December 2003 that put him in a coma for several days. While riding an ATV on his estate in England, Osbourne crashed and was thrown off, suffering a broken neck vertebra, multiple broken ribs, and a collarbone. He even stopped breathing, flatlining until his bodyguard performed CPR. As a result, he fell into a coma for eight days before recovering. Harrison Ford — Was in a serious plane crash in March 2015 when his vintage WWII-era plane suffered engine failure. He ended up having to crash-land on a golf course in Los Angeles, and even clipped a tree during the descent. Ford sustained pretty severe injuries, including fractures to his pelvis, ankle, and back, as well as a head laceration. Speaking on Jimmy Kemmel Live!, Ford said of the traumatic event, "I remember the engine stopping; I remember that part very well. And then I remember the tower; I remember their suggestion. Their suggestion was that I take the normal route to land, and I knew I wasn't going to do that, so I said, 'no.' And that's the last thing that I remember until five days afterwards, actually."The NTSB later determined the engine failure was due to a loose/worn carburetor metering jet, which caused a fuel-air imbalance and power loss. 50 Cent — 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson) was shot nine times at close range in May 2000. He was hit in the hand, arm, hip, leg, chest, and left cheek. Jackson had been sitting in a car outside his grandmother's home when an unknown assailant opened fire on him. Jackson spent 13 days in the hospital undergoing multiple "life-saving" surgeries, followed by months of recovery. Brendan Fraser — While filming The Mummy in 1996, Fraser was "choked out accidentally" during a close-up shot of his character being hanged and actually lost consciousness. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Fraser said of the incident, 'I was stuck on my toes — I had nowhere to go but down. And so he [a crew member holding the rope] was pulling up, and I was going down, and the next thing I knew, my elbow was in my ear, the world was sideways, there was gravel in my teeth, and everyone was really quiet." Travis Barker — Nearly died in a harrowing Learjet 60 crash on September 19, 2008, following a show in Colombia. Barker suffered second- and third-degree burns on roughly 65% of his body, and four others died in the crash. As the jet accelerated down the runway, all four tires blew out due to severe under-inflation, damaging the hydraulic and braking systems. The pilot attempted to abort takeoff, but the plane went off the runway, smashed through a fence, crossed a highway, hit an embankment, and burst into flames. There were six people on board. The two survivors were Barker and DJ AM. The four others who died were two crew members, Barker's assistant Chris Baker, and his security guard Charles 'Che' Still. Charlize Theron — While filming Aeon Flux in 2004, Theron suffered a serious neck injury that required surgery and almost left her paralyzed. While attempting a series of backflips during a choreographed fight scene, Theron landed on her neck, resulting in a herniated disc between her C3 and C4 vertebrae — dangerously close to the spinal cord. Doctors told her she had been "a centimeter away from being completely paralyzed" for the rest of her life. Kanye West — In October 2002, West was in a serious car accident that left his jaw wired shut. This incident inspired his breakout hit, Through the Wire. While driving home late from a recording session in Los Angeles, West reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into an oncoming vehicle, suffering serious injuries, including nasal fractures and his jaw shattering in three places, resulting in having a metal plate put into his chin and his mouth being wired shut for over a month. The other driver broke both his legs. Isla Fisher — Fisher nearly drowned while filming Now You See Me in 2013. She got stuck in a water tank for almost 3 minutes while filming an underwater escape scene. The stunt involved her being submerged and chained in a water tank. However, during one take, the chain connecting her handcuffs and leg restraints got jammed under a tank slat. Believing she was acting, the crew didn't realize she was in danger. Despite there being a quick release switch and a stunt person standing by with oxygen, Fisher eventually "doggy-paddled" to the bottom of the tank and released herself. Liam Hemsworth — When Hemsworth was a kid, he had a near-drowning incident while surfing in Australia. Hemsworth explained to US Magazine that his surfboard's leg rope became entangled tightly around his body, trapping him underwater like a ball. Struggling in waist‑deep water, he was unable to surface and 'almost drowned' before finally being able to break free. Orlando Bloom — When he was 19, Bloom fell several stories from a window and broke his back. Doctors told him that he might not ever walk again. Bloom told People that he was climbing up to a roof terrace when the drainpipe he was holding onto collapsed. After spending 12 days in the hospital, Bloom was fitted with plates and screws, discharged on crutches, and later wore a back brace for months. Ryan Reynolds — While working towards getting a skydiving license, during his 13th jump, Reynolds' parachute didn't open, leaving him "flapping uselessly" in the wind and spinning out of control. Although he had a reserve chute, Reynolds froze from fear, afraid that it might also fail. However, he was able to "snap out of it" and eventually pull the cord. The incident left him scarred and with a fear of flying. Post Malone — Post Malone was involved in a serious plane emergency in August 2018, where the jet he was on blew two tires during takeoff. After the tire blowout, the plane circled to burn fuel and attempted an emergency landing at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Massachusetts. However, the plane was diverted to Stewart International Airport in New York, where it safely landed. Bear Grylls — In 1996, Grylls was involved in a serious parachuting accident. While training in Zambia, his parachute malfunctioned, causing him to fall from 16,000 feet. He ended up landing on his back, which resulted in three vertebrae fractures. Grylls underwent a year of rehabilitation and, despite the severity of his injuries, he made a strong recovery and, less than two years later, became the youngest Briton (at the time) to summit Mount Everest. Eric Roberts — In June 1981, Roberts was driving near his home in Connecticut when he lost control and hit a tree. He suffered severe injuries and remained in a coma for three days. Roberts sustained neurological damage that required extensive rehabilitation, including relearning to walk, speak, and remember. Finally, Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe bassist) — In December 1987, Sixx overdosed on heroin and was declared clinically dead for roughly two minutes before paramedics revived him with an adrenaline injection to the heart. Sixx was found unresponsive in his apartment, and paramedics administered adrenaline in the ambulance, which revived him. Sixx entered rehab the following month and ultimately got sober. Like this kind of content? Subscribe to the That Got Dark newsletter to get a weekly post just like this delivered directly to your inbox. It's a scary good time you won't want to miss.

Prime Video is about to lose one of the best Leonardo DiCaprio movies you (probably) haven't watched — stream this 90%-rated war thriller while you still can
Prime Video is about to lose one of the best Leonardo DiCaprio movies you (probably) haven't watched — stream this 90%-rated war thriller while you still can

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time20-06-2025

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Prime Video is about to lose one of the best Leonardo DiCaprio movies you (probably) haven't watched — stream this 90%-rated war thriller while you still can

'Blood Diamond' is a 2006 movie seared into my psyche. That's not necessarily because I've rewatched it loads of times, but rather it's because for about a decade, my family's DVD copy took up permanent residence on top of our player. I guess we were all too lazy to put the case back in the adjacent bookshelf. Years later, and with that dusty DVD copy probably now in a landfill somewhere or sitting neglected in a thrift store, 'Blood Diamond' is a movie I don't hear people talk about very often. In some ways, that's a little surprising considering it stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Sheen and Djimon Hounsou, so there are a lot of recognizable names involved. Plus, Leo scooped an Oscar nomination for his work on the picture. While scrolling the list of movies being removed from Prime Video at the end of this month (on June 29, 2025), I stumbled across 'Blood Diamond' and figured now would be a good time for a long-overdue rewatch while it's still available on one of the best streaming services. The movie is carried mostly by the strength of its cast and isn't without its flaws, but if you're looking for something to watch on Prime Video this week, 'Blood Diamond' is a chunky action-thriller that viewers really love. Set in 1999, "Blood Diamond" opens as Sierra Leone is in the midst of a bloody civil war, with a ruthless revolutionary force roaming the countryside and forcing locals to harvest valuable diamonds to fund their campaign of terror. Stuck in the middle of the conflict is Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a fisherman separated from his family and forced into a work camp. After discovering a seemingly priceless diamond and burying it in the ground to avoid having to give it up to the authorities, he becomes involved with a South African mercenary, Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio). The two strike up a reluctant agreement to work together to retrieve the diamond, along with help from an American journalist (Jennifer Connelly). But getting back to the stone's location will force them to venture into rebel territory, a price that might be too great for even such a valuable treasure. 'Blood Diamond's' biggest asset is definitely Leo. The A-lister gives one of his finest performances as Danny Archer, and completely captures your attention in every single scene. Archer is a well-realized character, at first seeming entirely self-serving but eventually revealing a capacity to care for others and striking up a romance with Connelly's Maddy. And his tragic backstory only adds more dimension. DiCaprio brings Archer to life beautifully. No wonder he was nominated for an Academy Award. Plus, he's got a pretty great South African accent to boot. But that's not to say DiCaprio completely outshines his castmates. Djimon Hounsou is the movie's heart, and rightfully received an Oscar nomination of his own. Vandy's emotional journey to be reunited with his family is the movie's best character arc, and by the end, don't be shocked if you shed a few tears. The movie's biggest failing is that it gets bogged down repeating its thesis. Its comments on man's greed and the craven exploitation of the innocent civilizations in society (particularly during periods of conflict) are valuable. However, this worthwhile commentary is too often presented in a rather cookie-cutter, very Hollywood manner. Some subtlety would be nice. But even when 'Blood Diamond' verges into emotional manipulation, DiCaprio and Hounsou are so darn good that they easily sell you the material. And while it presents an African continent torn apart by Civil War, it still manages to highlight the undeniable beauty of the region. Viewers wanting bombastic thrills and frenetic firefights are well catered to, with several high-production action sequences. While the adrenaline-pumping moments perhaps feel at odds with the movie's message, they are quite well crafted, and there is one scene in particular involving Hounsou's son, which is smaller in scale, but it really leaves a devastating mark. The movie received a mixed reception from critics. It currently scored a middling 60% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, viewers found a lot more to like about 'Blood Diamond,' rating it a strong 90%. Recent reviews praise the cast, and one even calls it 'one of the greatest films of all time.' I'm not sure I'd echo that sentiment, but clearly lots of viewers liked this one quite a lot. As noted, you have until Sunday, June 29, 2025, to watch 'Blood Diamond' on Prime Video. So don't throw this one in your wishlist and forget about it (we all do it!), give it a stream as soon as possible. Meanwhile, if you want some alternative picks which aren't expiring soon, here's a rundown of everything new heading to Prime Video this month. Watch "Blood Diamond" on Prime Video until June 29, 2025

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