My friend Andrew and I have been having several discussions over the nature of art.

    We were talking about movies recently and he described how much he liked The Incredibles. I said I enjoyed it too, but it could not exactly be considered a “great” movie because a great movie is technically brilliant but also says something profound.

    He replied by saying that I simply prefer intense movies where people usually die, and I said I could name 5 profound movies where nobody died.

 Here’s my list:

Rain man

The Apartment

Annie Hall

Being There

Groundhog Day

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

 Raging Bull

Chariots of Fire

 Awakenings

Beautiful Mind

To Kill a Mockingbird

A Face in the Crowd

Amelie

Stand by Me

Whale Rider

To Sir with Love

12 Angry Men

A Raisin in the Sun

My Dinner with Andre