What's a movie you love, but you never recommend to anyone?

Is is actually Rudolph Höss, or can be spelled Hoess. The ö in German is pronounced like the u in “murder”.

He was actually called Rudolph Höss. The ö in German is pronounced like the u in “murder”.

I watched Omega Man and Soylent Green in a cinema double bill BOTH really scared me, never recommended them as they are both very different end of civilisation movies.

Apologies, ladies. I obviously don’t know how to comment on a message!

It’s The Colour Purple for me. Thought the acting was fantastic and there was a proper story. Every emotion was in there I laughed with them and cried with them. There was sadness, kindness, cruelty and love. A beautiful film.

The Heiress with Olivia DeHavilland, Ralph Richardson and Montgomery Clift. On the face of it, it's just a Victorian melodrama but the acting is so good and the plot so well planned, I love it.

Out of Africa - wonderful film. I’d be upset if I recommended it to someone and they didn’t like it! Better to keep it to myself.

Cinema Paradiso. Lovely story, and the music is haunting.

Janetashbolt

I watched Omega Man and Soylent Green in a cinema double bill BOTH really scared me, never recommended them as they are both very different end of civilisation movies.

Was that the Charlton Heston Omega Man? I was scared to go outside after dark for years after seeing that! I’m really careful about what I watch these days because once seen never forgotten; I will never watch The Blair Witch Project because of it.

I thought The Road was a brilliant film. I even read the book after seeing the film and loved that, too. But I bought the dvd and lent it to my daughter who said how could you have given me something so depressing to watch.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother starring Gene Wilder. Very, very silly but I love w.

That should say “it” not “w”!

Actually, Sparky51, to be pedantic, the exact spelling of the name is Hoess.

Ridley Scott's very first film "The Duellist's". A magical period piece spanning the Napoleonic wars.

And then he went on to do the Alien films.

National Lampoons European Vacation . I don’t usually like “silly” films but this one really makes me laugh

Arto1s

Actually, Sparky51, to be pedantic, the exact spelling of the name is Hoess.

There are a few spellings on his surname. Britannica uses Hoss. Wikipedia uses Hoss with 2 dots above the o, which I can't seem to get on my computer but was corrected by Rosamunde.

Whichever spelling is used it doesn't detract from the OP's request for films we would not recommend .

Dear Evan Hansen is a film I've seen twice and really enjoyed. But I wouldn't recommend it to friends as it's basically a film for teenagers and some might think I'm weird for liking it.

The Producers ( the original version)
I don’t recommend it to others as people’s reaction to it varies but me and all the family, Jewish btw all think it’s really funny.

Sarnia

Zone of Interest.
My Dad started taking me to the cinema when I was 5 and in the intervening 73 years I have watched umpteen films but never one like this. It is, without doubt, the most disturbing film I have ever seen.
This true story centres on Rudolph Hoss and his family life with his wife and 5 children. They have a beautiful home and splendid garden where the family enjoy entertaining, enjoying the best of everything. Through the garden gate is another world entirely. Auschwitz. Hoss is the Kommandant of this hell hole, cheek by jowl with his home. We never see inside. Jonathan Glazer, the director, makes our imagination work out the horrors. The distant screams, the sound of another train pulling in, the smoke spiralling into the sky.
I hesitate to recommend it because it has never left me and as brilliant as this film is it has the power to shock. Many would not want to watch it.

One of the best, if not the best, depicting the true horrors of the time. I have however recommended it to close friends as it’s just so good. The ‘lipstick’; if you know you know.

I could watch Billy Elliott every day, but a film that I loved and have never recommended is The Road to Perdition.
In my opinion it's one of Tom Hank's better films.

I love this question!
ROOM is an absolutely wonderful film. It isn't a film I would recommend to people because of its dark subject. The way it is written though is excellent. It is from the perspective of a little boy called Jack and begins on his 5th Birthday...
I'll leave it there, but the acting is superb, especiallythe bond between Jack and his mum. I read the book first as I like to do before I watch the film. If you do watch it let me know what you think.
It is a story that has never left me and I like to watch it now again.

TattyBluebell

I love this question!
ROOM is an absolutely wonderful film. It isn't a film I would recommend to people because of its dark subject. The way it is written though is excellent. It is from the perspective of a little boy called Jack and begins on his 5th Birthday...
I'll leave it there, but the acting is superb, especiallythe bond between Jack and his mum. I read the book first as I like to do before I watch the film. If you do watch it let me know what you think.
It is a story that has never left me and I like to watch it now again.

I agree. It is a subject matter that I thought I would find difficult but it was so well done. I mentioned it to my daughter and she said no way could she watch it so I never recommended it again to anyone.

Camelot with Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave. It has a real sentimental pull for me. Took my sister and younger brother to see it, I was about 14. It was so cinematic and sweeping, and the music is wonderful. Richard Harris was wonderful, handsome and caring.But I cannot watch it again, it meant so much to me at the time, and the music is haunting. A truly beautiful film. Another one i immersed myself in was called The Dollmaker. It starred Jane Fonda, as a young mother with young daughters, a husband who was doing his best to put food on the table. It is incredibly sad, so I cannot really tell people to watch it, for that reason.

henetha

Dear Evan Hansen is a film I've seen twice and really enjoyed. But I wouldn't recommend it to friends as it's basically a film for teenagers and some might think I'm weird for liking it.

I saw the play and loved it . Even though it’s about teenagers , it’s also about the parents .

Oreo

The Producers ( the original version)
I don’t recommend it to others as people’s reaction to it varies but me and all the family, Jewish btw all think it’s really funny.

I’ve watched the film and also saw the play in London earlier this year . I have a weird sense of humour and find it very funny