To coincide with our “Five movies to watch with a group,” post from the summer, it’s time for the foil. Here are movies that we think you’ll get a deeper understanding from if you kick out the guests and block out the rest of the world. While the group movies offer visceral thrills and outlandish humor, these movies use a sometimes understated, subtle way of telling the story that can’t be appreciated with a loud group of people.
There Will Be Blood- We both named Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic the best movie of the 2000s, but we’ve never watched it together. Something primal about Anderson’s direction and Daniel Day-Lewis’ performance (also topping our best male performances list) leaps off the screen and speaks right to you. If you’re in a crowded room, you won’t hear it as well.
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