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 dont 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 youre 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 havent yet experienced and be sure to upvote the ones that left you at a loss for words as well. #1 The Green Mile. Some friends and I went to see this in the theater. We walked out in silence sat in the car for a good 30 minutes in silence (long drive to the theater) and one of us finally said 'Wow.' Image credits: Ambitious-Ad8206 #2 Parasite. Parasite made me silent after the movie ended silent with no radio playing on the drive home silent when I went to bed and silent when I woke up. Thats not hyperbole. Image credits: mybackhurtsouch #3 Grave of the fireflies. This! I got a Studio Ghibli set for my birthday from my husband. We started a movie marathon watching all the movies from the set. We stopped after this one because both of us were bawling. We both just kinda sat there trying to pull ourselves back together. Image credits: The_Hot_Stepper #4 The Pianist a movie from 2002 about a Jewish pianist during WWII. Loved this movie with a masochistic passion because it hurt just as much every time I watched it. But Adrien Brody's acting in it was phenomenal. Image credits: Zenmron #5 Requiem For A Dream Image credits: SO_SOAKED #6 Coco broke my heart when Miguel sings Recuérdame to Coco that set me off and when her picture was on the Ofrenda the next year and Hector could finally be with his family I just lost it. Such a beautiful film I watched it for the first time not long after I lost my grandmother :( Talk about UGLY-CRYING. Can't make it through that scene without sobbing. Image credits: miz_moon #7 Saving Private Ryan. As people got up and left it stayed quiet nobody said a word. The opening scene my god. Heard the veterans could smell diesel when they saw that. Image credits: martun-baker #8 Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind. Oh man. I watched this in the theater with my partner at the time. Looking back our relationship was in its death throes and that was a reaaal uncomfortable watch. We had a 30-minute drive home from the theater and Im not sure we said a word the entire drive. Image credits: Cristinky420 #9 Midsommar. Saw it in theaters and I had to take a shower when I got home. Now its one of my favorite films though! Image credits: dead_neptune #10 Jojo Rabbit Holy cow did that one deliver a gut punch. Such a good film. The silence in the theater when that one was over was nothing I'd experienced before. Image credits: LittleJP34 #11 Se7en... My mouth was open after watching this the first time and I felt a heaviness that I haven't felt in a movie before this. Image credits: TechnicalBard #12 Marly and me. Didn't say anything for a good while after that. I wish I could say I was silent. But I was like 7 when I went to see it and my mom tells me I left the movie theater fucking sobbing uncontrollably to the point where strangers stopped us to ask if I was okay. LMAO. Image credits: RealTrueGrit #13 Infinity War. I'd avoided all spoilers and the snap had everyone just silent. Yeah the audience was in shock. It reminded me of watching The Empire Strikes Back as a kid. Someone said as the credits rolled something like 'Diddid the good guys just..LOSE?' It was unexpected since Star Wars was such a triumphant ending. I remember we all liked Empire but were shocked at what happened. Image credits: scarletmanuka #14 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. Image credits: Minifig_Monkey #15 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Image credits: jb108822 #16 Everything Everywhere All At Once. This movie had me crying and laughing at the same time (not even crying from laughing too hard but actually crying) so good. #17 Promising Young Woman. I was so filled with rage and despair and realized I really needed to talk to someone about the film but at the same time couldnt recommend it to just anyone to watch it. I watched the entire movie while on an airplane and I didnt have headphones so I could only read the subtitles. Even with subtitles I was absolutely drawn in. I had to rewatch it (with sound!) when I got back home. #18 The Mist. The whole theatre slumped out in silence. What a gut punch #19 Once Were Warriors. I sat staring at the screen for ages. WTF? I had to watch it again immediately because I was very confused as to whether I enjoyed it or not. It was just as moving the second time. #20 Not a movie but The Haunting of Hill House. After every episode I sat in silence for a bit to take it all in. #21 The Menu. That movie was wild. #22 No Country for Old Men (2007) Image credits: EerieArizona #23 Oldboy (the original from Park Chan Wook not the remake). This was the first movie I've watched where the twist came out of nowhere. I was enjoying the fight scenes and I'm thinking Yeaaah kick some ass and get your revenge. Then the plot twist happened and my jaw dropped. Image credits: cavallo_goloso #24 Disney's Soul. Put me through a good ol existential crisis. Criminally underrated movie. #25 The fox and the hound. Im 36 and have refused to watch it again since I was a kid. #26 Children of men. I had no idea what to expect from the movie and was only looking for something to fill the time while out of town on a business trip. I saw a movie theater within walking distance from my hotel and went there. I was stunned. I recommended the movie to anyone who was willing to hear me talk about it. Image credits: Fit-Cardiologist6144 #27 Pursuit of happiness. This!!! I can never watch it again. HEAVY. #28 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 Image credits: sunflowersflow #29 City of God. This also broke my heart and just did a number on me well after the film ended. It was one of those movies I was glad to have seen but wished I hadnt. My son was very little at the time and I just cried and held him for a very long time after I turned the TV off. Image credits: NedRed77 #30 The Whale #31 Mulholland Drive. I was like what the hell did I just watch? total mindfuck of a movie. #32 Der Untergang (Downfall) #33 American history X #34 Moonlight. It was one of the single most original and unexpected movies I watched in a long time. I watched it knowing nothing about it (had never even heard of it until a few weeks before). Yes it was the last movie to really hit me like that emotionally. #35 Inception. Im still impressed how good and tricky it was. #36 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 wasnt a documentary #37 Not a movie but a series . Ending scene of Mind hunter season 1 . I have seen every kind of horror movies i have seen things but that damn last scene send me into full panic attack . #38 The Prestige. I thought it was pretty amazing that the movie blatantly reveals whats happening but its not till the very last second you understand the scope of what Robert was doing. That alone left me saying holy st Then I learned that the entire movie was intentionally setup with the three step structure of a magic trick and I said Hooooooly st! #39 Come and See Truly a nightmare #40 Dancer in the Dark. It was Bjorks 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. #41 Banshees of inisheerin #42 Memento #43 Ex Machina. God I love that movie. #44 Her Just because it took me a second to move beyond Theodore's sadness and understand what exactly happened by the end. #45 12 Years A Slave #46 Not a movie but Game of thrones season 3 episode 9. The Red Wedding... The lack of music during the credits was just right #47 Black Swan #48 Well a show. Season 6 Episode 7 of Better Call Saul. Good lord. #49 Arrival #50 Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father went into it blind and it was quite something. #51 Schindlers List. #52 All quiet on the western front #53 Not a moviebut the Sopranos finale. I went through all kinds of emotions that day. #54 It's not a movie but the last episode of The Good Place. #55 Full Metal Jacket when I saw it in the theater in 1987 #56 Dead Poets Society. I was just shocked how much it touched me. #57 Up 3 mins in #58 Under The Skin - little known movie with Scarlett Johansson in it. The director used common people to act in the movie that they met while filming in Scotland(?) not just actors. Won't spoil it and suggest watching without reading a synopsis. It was something else... #59 We Need to Talk About Kevin. #60 Clockwork Orange watched it at 15 years old. Word of advice: don't do that. I was shook. #61 Martyrs (French movie) i was silent and depressed for far more than 10 minutes. #62 First time I ever watched Shutter Island. Leo got me good. Real good. #63 Logan. When the screen faded to black and you saw Logan. The whole theater was quiet except for a few people sobbing. #64 Prisoners. #65 Interstellar in IMAX opening day. Drove all the way home in broad daylight in complete silence #66 Sausage Party. Whole theatre was quiet after that st show. #67 Spotlight took a bit of time to digest. Great movie though #68 Amadeus #69 BlacKkKlansman - Good movie but after it ended Spike Lee takes real footage and swings one final time for the gut.69 People Share Movies That Shocked Or Affected Them So Much They Then Sat In Complete Silence

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.

#1

The Green Mile.

Some friends and I went to see this in the theater. We walked out in silence, sat in the car for a good 30 minutes in silence (long drive to the theater), and one of us finally said, 'Wow.'

Image credits: Ambitious-Ad8206

#2

Parasite.

Parasite made me silent after the movie ended, silent with no radio playing on the drive home, silent when I went to bed, and silent when I woke up. That’s not hyperbole.

Image credits: mybackhurtsouch

#3

Grave of the fireflies.

This! I got a Studio Ghibli set for my birthday from my husband. We started a movie marathon, watching all the movies from the set. We stopped after this one because both of us were bawling. We both just kinda sat there trying to pull ourselves back together.

Image credits: The_Hot_Stepper

#4

The Pianist, a movie from 2002 about a Jewish pianist during WWII.

Loved this movie with a masochistic passion, because it hurt just as much every time I watched it. But Adrien Brody's acting in it was phenomenal.

Image credits: Zenmron

#5

Requiem For A Dream

Image credits: SO_SOAKED

#6

Coco broke my heart, when Miguel sings Recuérdame to Coco that set me off, and when her picture was on the Ofrenda the next year and Hector could finally be with his family I just lost it. Such a beautiful film, I watched it for the first time not long after I lost my grandmother :(

Talk about UGLY-CRYING. Can't make it through that scene without sobbing.

Image credits: miz_moon

#7

Saving Private Ryan. As people got up and left it stayed quiet, nobody said a word.

The opening scene, my god. Heard the veterans could smell diesel when they saw that.

Image credits: martun-baker

#8

Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind.

Oh man. I watched this in the theater with my partner at the time. Looking back, our relationship was in its death throes, and that was a reaaal uncomfortable watch. We had a 30-minute drive home from the theater, and I’m not sure we said a word the entire drive.

Image credits: Cristinky420

#9

Midsommar. Saw it in theaters and I had to take a shower when I got home. Now it’s one of my favorite films though!

Image credits: dead_neptune

#10

Jojo Rabbit

Holy cow, did that one deliver a gut punch. Such a good film. The silence in the theater, when that one was over, was nothing I'd experienced before.

Image credits: LittleJP34

#11

Se7en...

My mouth was open after watching this the first time and I felt a heaviness that I haven't felt in a movie before this.

Image credits: TechnicalBard

#12

Marly and me. Didn't say anything for a good while after that.

I wish I could say I was silent. But I was like 7 when I went to see it, and my mom tells me I left the movie theater fucking sobbing uncontrollably, to the point where strangers stopped us to ask if I was okay. LMAO.

Image credits: RealTrueGrit

#13

Infinity War. I'd avoided all spoilers and the snap had everyone just silent.

Yeah, the audience was in shock. It reminded me of watching The Empire Strikes Back as a kid. Someone said as the credits rolled something like, 'Did…did the good guys just..LOSE?' It was unexpected, since Star Wars was such a triumphant ending. I remember we all liked Empire but were shocked at what happened.

Image credits: scarletmanuka

#14

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.

Image credits: Minifig_Monkey

#15

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Image credits: jb108822

#16

Everything Everywhere, All At Once.

This movie had me crying and laughing at the same time (not even crying from laughing too hard, but actually crying) — so good.

#17

Promising Young Woman. I was so filled with rage and despair and realized I really needed to talk to someone about the film but at the same time couldn’t recommend it to just anyone to watch it.

I watched the entire movie while on an airplane and I didn’t have headphones, so I could only read the subtitles. Even with subtitles, I was absolutely drawn in.

I had to rewatch it (with sound!) when I got back home.

#18

The Mist. The whole theatre slumped out in silence. What a gut punch

#19

Once Were Warriors.

I sat staring at the screen for ages. WTF? I had to watch it again immediately because I was very confused as to whether I enjoyed it or not. It was just as moving the second time.

#20

Not a movie but The Haunting of Hill House. After every episode I sat in silence for a bit to take it all in.

#21

The Menu.

That movie was wild.

#22

*No Country for Old Men* (2007)

Image credits: EerieArizona

#23

Oldboy (the original from Park Chan Wook, not the remake).

This was the first movie I've watched where the twist came out of nowhere. I was enjoying the fight scenes and I'm thinking, Yeaaah, kick some ass and get your revenge.

Then the plot twist happened and my jaw dropped.

Image credits: cavallo_goloso

#24

Disney's Soul. Put me through a good ol existential crisis.

Criminally underrated movie.

#25

The fox and the hound.

I’m 36 and have refused to watch it again since I was a kid.

#26

Children of men.

I had no idea what to expect from the movie and was only looking for something to fill the time while out of town on a business trip. I saw a movie theater within walking distance from my hotel and went there. I was stunned. I recommended the movie to anyone who was willing to hear me talk about it.

Image credits: Fit-Cardiologist6144

#27

Pursuit of happiness.

This!!! I can never watch it again. HEAVY.

#28

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

Image credits: sunflowersflow

#29

City of God.

This also broke my heart and just did a number on me well after the film ended. It was one of those movies I was glad to have seen but wished I hadn’t. My son was very little at the time, and I just cried and held him for a very long time after I turned the TV off.

Image credits: NedRed77

#30

The Whale

#31

Mulholland Drive. I was like “what the hell did I just watch?… total mindfuck of a movie.

#32

Der Untergang (Downfall)

#33

American history X

#34

Moonlight. It was one of the single most original and unexpected movies I watched in a long time. I watched it knowing nothing about it (had never even heard of it until a few weeks before).

Yes, it was the last movie to really hit me like that emotionally.

#35

Inception. I’m still impressed how good and tricky it was.

#36

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…

#37

Not a movie but a series . Ending scene of “Mind hunter season 1 “ . I have seen every kind of horror movies , i have seen things but that damn last scene send me into full panic attack .

#38

The Prestige.


I thought it was pretty amazing that the movie blatantly reveals what’s happening but it’s not till the very last *second* you understand the scope of what Robert was doing.


That alone left me saying “…holy s**t”


Then I learned that the entire movie was intentionally setup with the three step structure of a magic trick and I said “Hooooooly s**t!”

#39

Come and See

Truly a nightmare

#40

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.

#41

Banshees of inisheerin

#42

Memento

#43

Ex Machina. God I love that movie.

#44

Her

Just because it took me a second to move beyond Theodore's sadness and understand what exactly happened by the end.

#45

12 Years A Slave

#46

Not a movie, but Game of thrones season 3 episode 9. The Red Wedding...

The lack of music during the credits was just right

#47

Black Swan

#48

Well, a show. Season 6, Episode 7 of Better Call Saul. Good lord.

#49

Arrival

#50

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, went into it blind and it was quite something.

#51

Schindlers List.

#52

All quiet on the western front

#53

Not a movie…but the Sopranos finale. I went through all kinds of emotions that day.

#54

It's not a movie, but the last episode of The Good Place.

#55

Full Metal Jacket when I saw it in the theater in 1987

#56

Dead Poets Society.

I was just shocked how much it touched me.

#57

Up, 3 mins in

#58

Under The Skin - little known movie with Scarlett Johansson in it. The director used common people to act in the movie that they met while filming in Scotland(?), not just actors.

Won't spoil it and suggest watching without reading a synopsis. It was something else...

#59

We Need to Talk About Kevin.

#60

Clockwork Orange, watched it at 15 years old. Word of advice: don't do that. I was shook.

#61

Martyrs (French movie), i was silent and depressed for far more than 10 minutes.

#62

First time I ever watched Shutter Island. Leo got me good. Real good.

#63

Logan. When the screen faded to black and you saw Logan. The whole theater was quiet except for a few people sobbing.

#64

Prisoners.

#65

Interstellar in IMAX, opening day. Drove all the way home in broad daylight in complete silence

#66

Sausage Party.

Whole theatre was quiet after that s**t show.

#67

Spotlight took a bit of time to digest. Great movie though

#68

Amadeus

#69

BlacKkKlansman - Good movie, but after it ended Spike Lee takes real footage and swings one final time for the gut.

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