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Films For When Youve Just Made A Decision You Cant Undo On A Slow Sunday

Films for when youve just made a decision you cant undo on a slow Sunday. Includes The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and more, c...

You made it. You cannot go back. Now you are living in the aftermath of your own choice. These films are about exactly that -- what happens after the point of no return, and how people find their footing.

The Shawshank Redemption movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★½ 8.7/10

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Finds footing without shortcuts

The Godfather movie poster
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1972 · ★★★★½ 8.7/10

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Aftermath honesty

The Godfather Part II movie poster
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1974 · ★★★★½ 8.6/10

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Schindler's List movie poster
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1993 · ★★★★½ 8.6/10

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Aftermath honesty

12 Angry Men movie poster
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1957 · ★★★★½ 8.6/10

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Finds footing without shortcuts

The Dark Knight movie poster
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2008 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Aftermath honesty

The Green Mile movie poster
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1999 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

About living in the aftermath of an irreversible choice. No going back in this film either.

Aftermath honesty

Pulp Fiction movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Interstellar movie poster
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2014 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Finds footing without shortcuts

Forrest Gump movie poster
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1994 · ★★★★½ 8.5/10

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

The character finds their footing after the point of no return. Not quickly. Honestly.

Aftermath honesty

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