Movies that make you feel empty inside

and of course, American Beauty!

Thanks for the replies, guys.

I've been in sort of a romance/drama mode ever since watching this movie, though I haven't found something that left me with the same feeling as this one. Most of them were good movies though.

I've checked IMDb for some of the same keywords which led me to movies like Almost Famous, Stand By Me and Breakfast Club. Neither of those can be directly compared to Perks, though.

It annoys me that I can't come up with any other movies that made me feel like this before, cause I know I have. The only thing I can come up with is when I finished the last Harry Potter novel a few years back.

Anyways, next movies on my list are "3 Idiots", "Before Sunrise" and "Garden State". The last one has been mentioned many times on this board, so I'm a bit eager to check it out.
But please, keep the suggestions coming, folks!

Seriously, IMDb - WHEN will you separate the signatures from the posts? This is *beep* annoying.

Mystery Skin. It's a similar story with a much different theme. Once it's over, you'll just want to curl up and wish your mum was holding you as a child.

I agree with you completely and I love aAmeile but that doesnt make me feel empty at the end it only reafirms my love of life and all the beauty in it. Its my go to film when im depressed.

Other films a bit like perks I can think of are

Dazed and confused
Igby goes down

il post more later

Another heart wrenching movie this one reminds me of is "Last Change Harvey". It doesn't relate to stressful teen years, but is similarly sad.

I just saw the movie too.. then I saw your post. I must say I'm getting quite the exact same feeling right now. Its a strange feeling.. happens to me quite often with films like that .. I wish I could 'hang out'with them a little longer to see how things progress.

- The Beach
- Keith
- The Butterfly Effect (I can't understand why people don't like this movie)
- The Notebook
- The Time Traveler's Wife

Those are all I can think of right now that leave me with mixed feelings at the end. Like I want to cry, but not really because it's sort of a happy ending.

I'm 19 and I watched this with my girlfriend last night (I suggested watching it, not her). I too like action films but I also love Animations and I can sit through 'girly' films. Honestly, I feel the exact same as you. I lay in bed last night and I couldn't sleep at all because I had so many thoughts racing through my mind. I really did enjoy this film and it saddened me that it was over.

I think the part that really hit me bang in the sweet spot was when he phoned his sister. I know his sister from The Vampire Diaries which my girlfriend watches and she always come across as a bit snobby and whiney. They didn't seem that close in this film and only really shared brief encounters in scenes like where she gets slapped by ponytail derek and he tries to step in which she then quickly tells Charlie to go away. I never really felt the connection with them until the end when he phones her while she's by the pool and straight away she tells her friend to send the police to her house. I don't know why but it felt like somebody had kicked me in the gut.

I really did love this film, Charlie reminds me of myself a lot and I thought Patrick was brilliant. I'm a bit low on friends at the moment due to various reasons like moving away and working full time with people older than me and I really do wish I had a Sam and Patrick walking into my life.

One thing I didn't quite grasp was the age difference of them though. I assume that Sam and Patrick had to be at least 3 or 4 years older than Charlie if they were seniors but it never really seemed portrayed that way? Charlie looked very similarly aged to them and they all acted like they were the same age.