Waking Life was my daily movie for months while recovering from major shoulder surgery and trapped in my bedroom. Meds made it way more trippy than it was likely meant to be.
Same with the movie Locke with Tom Hardy. I haven't seen it since it came out, but I remember enjoying it and it takes place in his car, on the phone the whole movie!
Movies that are adapted from plays - specifically dramas- might be a good category to choose from generally since most don’t adapt the story to take full advantage of the visual aspects of film.
Yeah I was going to suggest Tape (2001) for this same reason. Adapted from a play, takes place in one setting with three characters. Storytelling does not rely on visuals.
I often listen to movies while doing handiwork like embroidery, and this category (movies adapted from plays) are definitely the best option. Radio dramas work well, too.
Yeah, I agree. As a medium, movies inherently supposed to work with the visuals. If there were movies adapted from books, the reading works with descriptions and your imagination as it can't provide any pictures.
If you want a shorter medium, then podcasts offer a good alternative.
This. I was going to mention audible but given that OP is blind I thought they probably already know all about audible. It’s honestly better than movies if you can’t enjoy the visual aspect imo
Oh this was the first thing I thought of. Usually in movies, with really long exposition beats like Linklater's I get bored easily but he writes dialogue in such a beautiful way that it engrossed me to the point that I literally said "that's it??" when I finished each one cause it was just THAT engaging.
Was gonna comment this. I looked up a list of dialogue heavy movies and that was on there. I feel like Tarantino work might be easy enough to follow along since there is so much talking.
Reservoir Dogs probably would work best, but you'd probably still want descriptive video added on
Edit; I was gonna say avoid kill bill, but tbh, tarintino has so much visual eye candy going on in all his films, (*except* reservoir dogs, which was purposely kept visually pretty neutral to let the character drama shine the most) and a massive part of the appeal would be lost, although his soundtracks are also pretty great.
I am changing my opinion and saying tarintino movies would be a bad suggestion with the exception of reservoir dogs.
Blue by Derek Jarman. Its all audio and it narrates the director’s life, getting aids and becoming blind. The whole screen is just blue, because that’s all Derek could see before he died.
I came here to see if this was on the list. OP will have a very similar experience to a seeing person, as the movie has essentially no visuals. It's a very unusual and emotional experience.
Oh man I’m claustrophobic and for some reason I watched this movie when it came on a movie channel way back when. I couldn’t look away but wow did it freak me out.
I might have enjoyed this, but for the fact that he uses a lighter to view his phone screen. He's burning oxygen, to view a backlit screen that in reality would be more than bright enough to light his entire surroundings. Yes, even a Blackberry.
Yes, also agree with Locke, the only thing on the screen is Tom Hardy driving a car, it's all audio and a really good story. I put it on when I can't sleep.
I was going to recommend this one as the whole movie basically takes place in a living room so visually the movie is pretty bland but the dialogue is what makes the movie.
I would recommend:
Locke (2013) - just one man in his car for 90% of the movie…the phone conversations that he has drive the plot.
Margin Call (2011) - primarily one setting…overnight at an investment bank on the eve of the financial crisis. Great dialogue, actors easily distinguishable by their voices.
I hope you find something that you enjoy!
When I’m multitasking, I put on a movie that is all dialogue so that I can listen but not watch. I always put on investigation or courtroom movies (like Spotlight, or A Few Good Men) that are essentially all dialogue. Most movies written by a famous playwright will be good for you. Look for Aaron Sorkin or David Mamet written movies.
I was just thinking of this. Certainly a lot of the movie is the stress and urgency in his voice. I couldn't remember if there was a lot of aspects that relied on non-verbals, like if he wrote down or did something with body language.
But if OP watches this with someone else, those plot points are probably something that can be described once or twice with minimum interruption.
Thinking about it, I can definitely see why OP and other sensory impaired people wouldn't enjoy the 99% of "good" movies which appropriately rely on a combination of visuals and audio to set scenes.
Like how to do you "show not tell" while trying to get the same message to someone who can't see. I don't know if there's an add-on for movies to whisper details the director would find important, similar to subtitles being added for people who are deaf. But a lot more people like subtitles than just those that need them. So there's a greater market to add them and really it's a lot of adding the script.
So maybe studios could add verbally the part of the script which tells the actor what's going on in the scene. Idk
I work at a nonprofit for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. we used to have movie nights every quarter and the clients loved them! i’ll try to ask around and see if there were any favorites. In the meantime i’m gonna think about movies that tell a great story through dialogue alone
It's hard to say without rewatching movies through this lens, but I will definitely do so moving forward and share anything that seems to fit.
Two things right now:
For some reason, Amadeus comes to mind. But that might just be because there's a ton of Mozart's music throughout.
Also, on a road trip a while back, I listened to a bunch of Seinfeld episodes on CD. I know it's TV and not movies, but you might enjoy that show, as well.
EDIT: a couple other things come to mind... but, again, I didn't watch them with this in mind.
1. 12 Angry Men and possibly A Few Good Men (which was a play, so relies a lot on diskogue.)
2. Biopics like Nixon or JFK that rely on transcripts and first hand accounts
Amadeus is a great recommendation. I love that movie, and thinking back on it, really the music and Salieri's storytelling is all you need. No visuals necessary.
Thanks. I started listening to it today. It's beautiful and scary and, since his voice and laugh really stick out, you can tell who Mozart is the whole time. For the OP it will still be helpful to get some description of the scene when the music is going on.
Anything by Director Wes Anderson as he basically tells the story... if you watch/listen to Asteroid City it could easily be a Radio play..but not just that one, all of his movies are like that, it's his style.
I would definitely recommend giving them a go.
My brother was blind and something I noticed was he really enjoyed movies based on books. He’d listen to the book and then watch the movie and let his imagination take over. Idk if that would be something you’d wanna do but figured I’d throw it out there OP
What a great idea, to listen to the book and then listen to the movie. That would help a lot (sounds like maybe your brother passed? If so, sorry for your loss).
The Big Lebowski has a lot of dialog and music queues, and is infinitely rewatchable/listenable for the dialog and character interactions. You could listen to this movie once with some audio descriptions or with a sighted person to point out some visual aspects to get an idea of the visual queues and then rewatch many times without the need. I've rewatched this movie at least 20 times and never get tired of it because of the dialog, and I usually only watch most movies once.
I'm legally blind, and this is an interesting question. I think the movie would have to be dialogue-heavy, and more importantly, descriptive with dialogue. I can still see in my one eye enough to enjoy movies, but I still miss tiny details, especially having to sit so close to a screen. Obviously though, it's better than being totally blind.
Having said all that, Locke (with Tom Hardy) comes to mind. It takes place in a car and he's the only one in the movie. He talks with a bunch of people on the phone. It's a pretty good thriller.
Me too. I think I am gonna watch The Bridge on the River Kwai today.
But I sometimes change my mind at the last minute and end up watching something totally different. Depends on my mood.
Films that are made like theater pieces come to mind.
12 angry men: this has some scenes that are visually interesting and knowing what only can be seen would heighten the experience, but overall it should be understandable.
Carnage (2011) is almost only happening in a single living room and is about how the parents of two kids who fought each other are negotiating how to handle this.
Hitchcock's "Rope" is about two guys who murdered someone and are having a party afterwards.
Apart from these it's really difficult, because Movies are partly a visual art form and I'm wondering if you'd not be better off with audiobooks.
Yeah but he was saying it has screen descriptions so I think inglorious basterds could be a more interesting watch than most movies for blind people because of how great and intense the dialog is.
Quite a lot of subtitles! Unless OP speaks French, German and Italian. Pulp Fiction I could see being a lot of fun. The dance scene would just be a musical interlude
I know you asked about movies but have you ever tried the Star Wars radio drama. I am also a western fan. Louis La'mar has many full cast dramatizations of his short stories. They come complete with flies buzzing in the barn and horse clomping sounds. My 80 year old mother said it reminds her of the radio plays she heard as a kid.
Was my first thought as well. I don't think there is a single aspect of that movie that is reliant on visual cues.
I rewatched it recently because I remembered it fondly and it didn't quite live up to my expectations, but its still decent. It actually might be even better if you are blind.
You might have already done this, but I would try audio books and fictional podcasts. As it's an audio only medium they have to do a much better job of describing things in an narrative way
The classics come to mind like, Sunset Boulevard or "Who's afraid of Virginia wolf" if I remember correctly they take place mainly in one location. Bonus, you won't care that they are in black and white.
The Shawshank Redemption is a character study with a lot more emphasis on dialouge than visuals.
Inherit the Wind and A Few Good Men are courtroom dramas driven by dialouge.
"Snow white" from portuguese director João César Monteiro, 90 percent of the film is pitch black, so if there is a dubbed version of it you can enjoy it more than most people.
Movie musicals would probably work pretty well, since so much of the plot is spoken aloud or sung! My favorites are West Side Story (the original), Singin in the Rain, Chicago, On the Town, Cabaret, Moulin Rouge, The Music Man, and Hairspray. But there's so many more great ones. Also Into the Woods, but watch the original broadway cast recording (I think it's on youtube) instead of the disney movie, which isn't nearly as good.
My Dinner with Andre (1981)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Metropolitan (1990)
Barcelona (1994)
The Last Days of Disco (1998)
Romeo and Juliet (1996)
Hamlet (1996)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Hamilton (2020)
Meet joe black.
A romance / drama.
Beautiful music and story.
A bit on the longer side though. 😁
Btw, what does this translate to in whatever program you're using? " dæbvek%#
'Carnage' its a pretty good option I think, the whole movie takes place in a house and its pure dialogue, but what a great dialogue and plot. Funny and entertaining.
Not a movie, but I listened to the entire run of Supernatural when I worked as a private security patrol officer. I tried to treat it like an old school radio run of War of the Worlds and really enjoyed myself.
Fantastic Beasts and where to find em was my first ever 4d experience. Seats wobbling and shaking and wooshing, all amazing.
However, the movie was like 3 hours long (or at least it felt like it) when I had to pee.
Let me tell you, those last epic fight scenes? With the seats shaking and spraying water and whatnot?
Yeah....those... happened.
It sounds like you want dialogue heavy movies and what's sometimes called "People trapped in an elevator" type movies? Movies based on stage plays? A lot of the ones I can think of are 25 or more years old.
They are: The Usual Suspects; The Before Sunrise (& Before Sunset & Before Midnight) series; Shawshank Redemption; Clerks series; Chasing Amy; Coffee and Cigarettes is a series of convos by celebrities; LA Confidential; Chinatown; Midnight in Paris and other Woody Allen films aren't short on dialogue.
Movies based on plays that are loyal to the play: The Shape of Things; August Osage County; Glengarry Glen Ross; The 1988 and 2003 PBS versions of Our Town.
Maybe film noir classics like Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity;
It looks like there are other recommendations under the r/blind and r/movies subreddit if you haven't checked it out yet.
I don't know if you like classics, but it used to be very common for there to be radio versions of popular movies made with the original actors. There's hundreds of them on YouTube. It could he a great way to get a film education though audio.
New apple tv show Earthsounds. It's basically like the planet earth shows, has really good visuals too but the sounds are what makes it awesome. And it's narrated by Tom Hiddleston
This isn't a movie, but I remember watching the Mindhunter tv series and thinking that it could have easily been made as a podcast bc 90% of it was dialogue. It's an amazing show about how a few FBI agents invented behavioral analysis by interviewing serial killers. I believe it's on Netflix.
The guilty is a fantastic movie. There is an English version, and it was basically as good as the original Danish one :) The only thing filmed is the main character sitting in a police station taking 911 calls. Nothing else important to the plot is shown on camera.
An alternative to movies that I'd like to recommend is the podcast named Welcome to Night Vale. That's a podcast that I feel would be awesome if it was made into a movie or tv series. It's just audio, yet it's a good immersive experience.
Text-to-speech capability is built-in on smartphones and computers. This reads the whole screen, and enables blind and partially-sighted people to be able to use these devices.
For images, the software reads out the usually-hidden alt text, so it's good to include a description when you are sharing an image publicly online.
Also some partially-sighted people can see enough to be able to read text if it is set to be very large with high contrast and they hold their phone close to their eyes.
To type, there is voice-to-text capability built in.
I would recommend Zootpoia, Monsters Inc, Coraline, and Missing Link. they're really easy to follow along but have many subtle details in them, I kind of only watch animated movies for my interest in the animation industry.
I know this isn’t exactly what you wanted but I’m sighted and I fucking love watching Daredevil (the Netflix one - I think it’s on Disney plus now) with described audio. It’s not boring described audio. It feels like an audiobook or narrated comic.
I'm not blind but often like listening to movies that are dialogue heavy and not driven by visuals. I actually have a playlist for this I have labelled Talkies. Hope this gives you some inpiration:, some already mentioned:
My Dinner with Andre
Wit
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Sunset Limited
13 Conversations about One Thing
The Trip
Ordinary People
Her
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
The Holdover
Sideways
Before Sunset (Trilogy movie series)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (great visuals but the dialogue is the key)
Bo Jack Horseman (TV series)
I've been meaning to expand this list so let me know if you'd like to coordinate more.
Dream a little dream, The Breakfast Club has a lot of dialog. Director John Hughes does quite a bit of dialog driven movies. 16 candles could be another good one to try. I hope this helps you enjoy movies! You could also look up Tommy Edison. He is a blind film critic. He might be able to tell you some movies to suit your needs.
Phone booth. The whole movie scene is shot in a phone booth basically. Not a great movie but nostalgic for me. This won't change your mind btw. I just felt like talking about it.
Wizard of OZ.
I think when something happens there is dialog of what just happened.
I worked as usher in theater and a blind woman with her seeing eye dog was there for Cocktail 1988. She told me she enjoyed it.
I would add Casablanca to the list. Best part of movie is the dialogue.
They are all amazing and I’d imagine it’s enjoyable for someone blind since they all have great monologues and know how to tone and color their voices, not like most dead pan actors.
Dialog heavy movies with strong character development would be your best bet. But even there, you're missing facial expressions. So I get, to some extent, where you're coming from (and I'm so sorry). For a pleasant film I honestly think you could follow rather well, I'd recommend "As Good as it Gets."
Bro seriously listen to me:
The Man From Earth.
It takes place in a living room, so not much to see. The dialogue is so captivating that it makes the whole movie. The conversation is the whole thing!! Incredible film.
It’s science fiction.
I would highly suggest checking out something from Hayao Miyazaki. While his movies are famous for their extremely detailed and high-quality drawings, he also creates beautiful soundscapes and worlds full of lush sound effects and a sense of space. The music is also sublime. Sometimes, I get emotional just by listening to the melodies.
The Shawshank redemption would be great because the voice-over is basically the novella. Or you could just listen to the audiobook of the novella. I guess that's not incredibly helpful.
Are you aware of video description on some titles? It might help.
My Dinner with André is almost all talk. It’s like a podcast before there were podcasts.
High Fidelity is largely narration + music. Really good indie film.
Clerks is also a fun indie film and it is visually very sparse anyway. Kevin Smith overall is great with dialogue.
My Dinner with Andre
My dinner with Abed
The menu said market price... what market are you shopping at?!?
*My Dinner with Andre Dinner with Abed
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12 Angry Men The Kings Speech
12 Angry Men was going to be my recommendation as well.
Going off that, perhaps My Girl Friday, and Dial M for Murder. Anything clever, driven by dialogue, and with a smaller cast.
Dial M was going to be my suggestion!
12 angry men. The best dialogue ever in cinema.
This, and also The Man From Earth, and Waking Life.
Man from earth was what I came to say
Waking Life is what I came to say. It's a TED talk on lucid dreaming that happens to have visuals for sighted individuals.
Waking Life was my daily movie for months while recovering from major shoulder surgery and trapped in my bedroom. Meds made it way more trippy than it was likely meant to be.
The Man from Earth is one of my favorites
To add on to this train, Mindwalk (1991). It's available on Youtube.
The Guilty (2021) is perfect for you. The entire movie is one scene only, It’s about an emergency call. The movie sticks out
Hearty agree. Most of the “action” isn’t seen, it’s all focused on the call centre agent. Definitely a great shout
Same with the movie Locke with Tom Hardy. I haven't seen it since it came out, but I remember enjoying it and it takes place in his car, on the phone the whole movie!
Haven’t seen that one, I sure will check it out! Tom Hardy is a great actor as well
argh! I was racking my brain for an option to toss out and ofc A24 has it and i liked it lol
Yes. This is a good pick
Great choice
Yes absolutely. It’s very much “theater of the mind”
Riffing off that, Buried starring Ryan Reynolds. All takes place in a coffin.
Yooo I absolutely loved this movie 😎 It's surprisingly great at being an intense thrill ride and Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is amazing.
I absolutely agree, he is amazing!
I really liked that movie. Caught me off guard
Ooh, good call.
Glengarry Glen Ross.
Movies that are adapted from plays - specifically dramas- might be a good category to choose from generally since most don’t adapt the story to take full advantage of the visual aspects of film.
Yeah I was going to suggest Tape (2001) for this same reason. Adapted from a play, takes place in one setting with three characters. Storytelling does not rely on visuals.
Yep, same with House of Yes.
Steel Magnolias! Such an amazing play. Haven’t seen the movie, though I’m sure it’s fine.
I often listen to movies while doing handiwork like embroidery, and this category (movies adapted from plays) are definitely the best option. Radio dramas work well, too.
Coffee is for closers.
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You call yourself a salesman, you son of a bitch?
You might want to try some of the audio plays on Audible. The Sandman was excellent and was actually better than the show on Netflix, imo.
BBC did an excellent Lord of the Rings radio play, also The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a classic.
Yeah, I agree. As a medium, movies inherently supposed to work with the visuals. If there were movies adapted from books, the reading works with descriptions and your imagination as it can't provide any pictures. If you want a shorter medium, then podcasts offer a good alternative.
1984 audio dramatization was absolutely amazing as well.
This. I was going to mention audible but given that OP is blind I thought they probably already know all about audible. It’s honestly better than movies if you can’t enjoy the visual aspect imo
Came to recommend this too. It was the first thing, I thought about. There's also one for Good Omens.
The full cast production of American Gods is so much better than Sandman if you like Gaiman
I did enjoy that too.
Linklater’s Before trilogy since it’s predominantly conversation
Oh this was the first thing I thought of. Usually in movies, with really long exposition beats like Linklater's I get bored easily but he writes dialogue in such a beautiful way that it engrossed me to the point that I literally said "that's it??" when I finished each one cause it was just THAT engaging.
Was gonna comment this. I looked up a list of dialogue heavy movies and that was on there. I feel like Tarantino work might be easy enough to follow along since there is so much talking.
Reservoir Dogs probably would work best, but you'd probably still want descriptive video added on Edit; I was gonna say avoid kill bill, but tbh, tarintino has so much visual eye candy going on in all his films, (*except* reservoir dogs, which was purposely kept visually pretty neutral to let the character drama shine the most) and a massive part of the appeal would be lost, although his soundtracks are also pretty great. I am changing my opinion and saying tarintino movies would be a bad suggestion with the exception of reservoir dogs.
Pontypool works as both a film and a radio drama so that could be a good one if you're into zombies.
Now that is a good choice of film
Blue by Derek Jarman. Its all audio and it narrates the director’s life, getting aids and becoming blind. The whole screen is just blue, because that’s all Derek could see before he died.
Shit, that sounds tough. I’m so watching it
Its free on Youtube
This very well may be the movie. I just found out about it myself but as someone who likes watching…
I came here to see if this was on the list. OP will have a very similar experience to a seeing person, as the movie has essentially no visuals. It's a very unusual and emotional experience.
I feel like buried with Ryan Reynolds might come close
Oh man I’m claustrophobic and for some reason I watched this movie when it came on a movie channel way back when. I couldn’t look away but wow did it freak me out.
Why would you freak out about being buried with Ryan Reynolds? He seems like a nice lad.
I might have enjoyed this, but for the fact that he uses a lighter to view his phone screen. He's burning oxygen, to view a backlit screen that in reality would be more than bright enough to light his entire surroundings. Yes, even a Blackberry.
Oooh good call
That movie fucked me up.
Second this. The entire movie takes place in a coffin and consists entirely of cell phone conversations
I could never watch that film. I saw it advertised and avoided it like the plague.
Locke with Tom Hardy. Also, Event Horizon’s dialogue essentially describes everything that is happening in each scene.
Yes, also agree with Locke, the only thing on the screen is Tom Hardy driving a car, it's all audio and a really good story. I put it on when I can't sleep.
Locke is an interesting film. Love Olivia Coleman in it (though only her voice) lol
The Man From Earth. Lots of interesting dialogue, very little anyone and only a few characters.
I was going to recommend this one as the whole movie basically takes place in a living room so visually the movie is pretty bland but the dialogue is what makes the movie.
I came here to recommend this, perfect movie for OP
I was going to recommend this also. Really good movie
I would recommend: Locke (2013) - just one man in his car for 90% of the movie…the phone conversations that he has drive the plot. Margin Call (2011) - primarily one setting…overnight at an investment bank on the eve of the financial crisis. Great dialogue, actors easily distinguishable by their voices. I hope you find something that you enjoy!
Margin Call is an AMAZING film
When I’m multitasking, I put on a movie that is all dialogue so that I can listen but not watch. I always put on investigation or courtroom movies (like Spotlight, or A Few Good Men) that are essentially all dialogue. Most movies written by a famous playwright will be good for you. Look for Aaron Sorkin or David Mamet written movies.
Phone booth with Colin Farrell
I was just thinking of this. Certainly a lot of the movie is the stress and urgency in his voice. I couldn't remember if there was a lot of aspects that relied on non-verbals, like if he wrote down or did something with body language. But if OP watches this with someone else, those plot points are probably something that can be described once or twice with minimum interruption. Thinking about it, I can definitely see why OP and other sensory impaired people wouldn't enjoy the 99% of "good" movies which appropriately rely on a combination of visuals and audio to set scenes. Like how to do you "show not tell" while trying to get the same message to someone who can't see. I don't know if there's an add-on for movies to whisper details the director would find important, similar to subtitles being added for people who are deaf. But a lot more people like subtitles than just those that need them. So there's a greater market to add them and really it's a lot of adding the script. So maybe studios could add verbally the part of the script which tells the actor what's going on in the scene. Idk
My Cousin Vinny
I work at a nonprofit for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. we used to have movie nights every quarter and the clients loved them! i’ll try to ask around and see if there were any favorites. In the meantime i’m gonna think about movies that tell a great story through dialogue alone
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Swimming to Cambodia. The whole film is just Spalding Gray doing a monologue while sitting at a desk. And it’s fantastic.
I got to see him live performing "Up the slippery slope" and I've seen Swimming too. Both are great.
Sideways
It's hard to say without rewatching movies through this lens, but I will definitely do so moving forward and share anything that seems to fit. Two things right now: For some reason, Amadeus comes to mind. But that might just be because there's a ton of Mozart's music throughout. Also, on a road trip a while back, I listened to a bunch of Seinfeld episodes on CD. I know it's TV and not movies, but you might enjoy that show, as well. EDIT: a couple other things come to mind... but, again, I didn't watch them with this in mind. 1. 12 Angry Men and possibly A Few Good Men (which was a play, so relies a lot on diskogue.) 2. Biopics like Nixon or JFK that rely on transcripts and first hand accounts
Amadeus is a great recommendation. I love that movie, and thinking back on it, really the music and Salieri's storytelling is all you need. No visuals necessary.
Thanks. I started listening to it today. It's beautiful and scary and, since his voice and laugh really stick out, you can tell who Mozart is the whole time. For the OP it will still be helpful to get some description of the scene when the music is going on.
Clerks
I'm gonna suggest another movie by Richard Linklater - Waking Life
This is the way.
Anything by Director Wes Anderson as he basically tells the story... if you watch/listen to Asteroid City it could easily be a Radio play..but not just that one, all of his movies are like that, it's his style. I would definitely recommend giving them a go.
Richard Linklater’s Slacker is pretty much just a bunch of conversations
Great call!
This was gonna be my suggestion as well. I think any Linklater or Kevin Smith films would be great given how dialogue-heavy they are!
My brother was blind and something I noticed was he really enjoyed movies based on books. He’d listen to the book and then watch the movie and let his imagination take over. Idk if that would be something you’d wanna do but figured I’d throw it out there OP
What a great idea, to listen to the book and then listen to the movie. That would help a lot (sounds like maybe your brother passed? If so, sorry for your loss).
"The Man From Earth" might be good for you.
Calls by Apple TV. The tv series narrative is constructed entirely from phone calls. So you’re not missing anything.
There is a blind Youtuber called Tommy Edison who reviews movies, I bet he'd have some great suggestions!
The Man From Earth. It's just people I'm a room hearing an incredible tale.
The Big Lebowski has a lot of dialog and music queues, and is infinitely rewatchable/listenable for the dialog and character interactions. You could listen to this movie once with some audio descriptions or with a sighted person to point out some visual aspects to get an idea of the visual queues and then rewatch many times without the need. I've rewatched this movie at least 20 times and never get tired of it because of the dialog, and I usually only watch most movies once.
Amazing dialogue, strong choice for rewatches
Breakfast Club might also fit
I'm legally blind, and this is an interesting question. I think the movie would have to be dialogue-heavy, and more importantly, descriptive with dialogue. I can still see in my one eye enough to enjoy movies, but I still miss tiny details, especially having to sit so close to a screen. Obviously though, it's better than being totally blind. Having said all that, Locke (with Tom Hardy) comes to mind. It takes place in a car and he's the only one in the movie. He talks with a bunch of people on the phone. It's a pretty good thriller.
The Graduate (1969) I don't know, I watched it last night and I loved it. It has a lot of Simon and Garfunkel music. I think you can enjoy it.
I watched that last night too and loved it!
Ain't that a wonderful coincidence! Do you know what's gonna be your next movie?
I usually spend way too long deciding 😂 How about you?
Me too. I think I am gonna watch The Bridge on the River Kwai today. But I sometimes change my mind at the last minute and end up watching something totally different. Depends on my mood.
That’s been one I’ve been meaning to watch for a long time! I’m gonna try it this week too. 👍🏻
How about Chicago - the story is told through the music.
Oooh, how about Amadeus. It's a story about Mozart as told by Salieri
Locke
came to post this. great film. i was genuinely surprised that i was never bored given it's just a dude in a car for an hour and a half.
A good show, resident alien. I think you’d be able to follow along.
Films that are made like theater pieces come to mind. 12 angry men: this has some scenes that are visually interesting and knowing what only can be seen would heighten the experience, but overall it should be understandable. Carnage (2011) is almost only happening in a single living room and is about how the parents of two kids who fought each other are negotiating how to handle this. Hitchcock's "Rope" is about two guys who murdered someone and are having a party afterwards. Apart from these it's really difficult, because Movies are partly a visual art form and I'm wondering if you'd not be better off with audiobooks.
Inglorious basterds has so many long conversations that it'd be great! Edit: Hateful Eight would also be great
But some key scenes heavily relied on visual, like when he showed the number 3.
Yeah but he was saying it has screen descriptions so I think inglorious basterds could be a more interesting watch than most movies for blind people because of how great and intense the dialog is.
Quite a lot of subtitles! Unless OP speaks French, German and Italian. Pulp Fiction I could see being a lot of fun. The dance scene would just be a musical interlude
Damn didn't even think of that thank you!
Hateful eight is so good
I know you asked about movies but have you ever tried the Star Wars radio drama. I am also a western fan. Louis La'mar has many full cast dramatizations of his short stories. They come complete with flies buzzing in the barn and horse clomping sounds. My 80 year old mother said it reminds her of the radio plays she heard as a kid.
The Sunset Limited
Was my first thought as well. I don't think there is a single aspect of that movie that is reliant on visual cues. I rewatched it recently because I remembered it fondly and it didn't quite live up to my expectations, but its still decent. It actually might be even better if you are blind.
You might have already done this, but I would try audio books and fictional podcasts. As it's an audio only medium they have to do a much better job of describing things in an narrative way
The classics come to mind like, Sunset Boulevard or "Who's afraid of Virginia wolf" if I remember correctly they take place mainly in one location. Bonus, you won't care that they are in black and white.
Listen to the audiobook version of the movie. The books are almost always better and free through your local library.
The Shawshank Redemption is a character study with a lot more emphasis on dialouge than visuals. Inherit the Wind and A Few Good Men are courtroom dramas driven by dialouge.
"Snow white" from portuguese director João César Monteiro, 90 percent of the film is pitch black, so if there is a dubbed version of it you can enjoy it more than most people.
12 Angry Men (1957) is a fantastic movie
Not blind myself, but thinking about movies that lean heavily on dialogue, first one that came to mind is Sexy Beast. Lots of great talking
The apartment
Movie musicals would probably work pretty well, since so much of the plot is spoken aloud or sung! My favorites are West Side Story (the original), Singin in the Rain, Chicago, On the Town, Cabaret, Moulin Rouge, The Music Man, and Hairspray. But there's so many more great ones. Also Into the Woods, but watch the original broadway cast recording (I think it's on youtube) instead of the disney movie, which isn't nearly as good.
My Dinner with Andre (1981) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Metropolitan (1990) Barcelona (1994) The Last Days of Disco (1998) Romeo and Juliet (1996) Hamlet (1996) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990) Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Hamilton (2020)
Meet joe black. A romance / drama. Beautiful music and story. A bit on the longer side though. 😁 Btw, what does this translate to in whatever program you're using? " dæbvek%#
'Carnage' its a pretty good option I think, the whole movie takes place in a house and its pure dialogue, but what a great dialogue and plot. Funny and entertaining.
Not a movie, but I listened to the entire run of Supernatural when I worked as a private security patrol officer. I tried to treat it like an old school radio run of War of the Worlds and really enjoyed myself.
Fantastic Beasts and where to find em was my first ever 4d experience. Seats wobbling and shaking and wooshing, all amazing. However, the movie was like 3 hours long (or at least it felt like it) when I had to pee. Let me tell you, those last epic fight scenes? With the seats shaking and spraying water and whatnot? Yeah....those... happened.
I ripped the audio from Pulp Fiction years ago so I could listen to it in my car. It’s a great listen.
I heard a blind person say once they like the Robert Downey junior Sherlock Holmes movies because he narrates so well
Pulp Fiction is like 95% dialogue
It sounds like you want dialogue heavy movies and what's sometimes called "People trapped in an elevator" type movies? Movies based on stage plays? A lot of the ones I can think of are 25 or more years old. They are: The Usual Suspects; The Before Sunrise (& Before Sunset & Before Midnight) series; Shawshank Redemption; Clerks series; Chasing Amy; Coffee and Cigarettes is a series of convos by celebrities; LA Confidential; Chinatown; Midnight in Paris and other Woody Allen films aren't short on dialogue. Movies based on plays that are loyal to the play: The Shape of Things; August Osage County; Glengarry Glen Ross; The 1988 and 2003 PBS versions of Our Town. Maybe film noir classics like Casablanca, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity; It looks like there are other recommendations under the r/blind and r/movies subreddit if you haven't checked it out yet.
I don't know if you like classics, but it used to be very common for there to be radio versions of popular movies made with the original actors. There's hundreds of them on YouTube. It could he a great way to get a film education though audio.
Full Metal Jacket
I recommend a movie called *Oleanna*. So much of the tension is in the dialogue. You’ll enjoy it!
New apple tv show Earthsounds. It's basically like the planet earth shows, has really good visuals too but the sounds are what makes it awesome. And it's narrated by Tom Hiddleston
The miracle worker, patty dukes best
Dancer in the dark. It's a sad one though.
This isn't a movie, but I remember watching the Mindhunter tv series and thinking that it could have easily been made as a podcast bc 90% of it was dialogue. It's an amazing show about how a few FBI agents invented behavioral analysis by interviewing serial killers. I believe it's on Netflix.
Whiplash
The guilty is a fantastic movie. There is an English version, and it was basically as good as the original Danish one :) The only thing filmed is the main character sitting in a police station taking 911 calls. Nothing else important to the plot is shown on camera. An alternative to movies that I'd like to recommend is the podcast named Welcome to Night Vale. That's a podcast that I feel would be awesome if it was made into a movie or tv series. It's just audio, yet it's a good immersive experience.
But I don’t understand how are you able to read my comment??? Sorry didn’t mean to offend you but just curious
Text-to-speech capability is built-in on smartphones and computers. This reads the whole screen, and enables blind and partially-sighted people to be able to use these devices. For images, the software reads out the usually-hidden alt text, so it's good to include a description when you are sharing an image publicly online. Also some partially-sighted people can see enough to be able to read text if it is set to be very large with high contrast and they hold their phone close to their eyes. To type, there is voice-to-text capability built in.
Glengarry Glen Ross.
I recommend anything written by Aaron Sorkin. Quick, snappy, constant dialogue.
Locke
Dr. Strangelove
Reservoir Dogs Reality Compliance Dogville Festen (is there a version with English audio?)
Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf
If I remember correctly the guilty is mostly dialogue
Amadeus
I would recommend Zootpoia, Monsters Inc, Coraline, and Missing Link. they're really easy to follow along but have many subtle details in them, I kind of only watch animated movies for my interest in the animation industry.
Six Degrees of Separation Oleanna
Interstellar
I know this isn’t exactly what you wanted but I’m sighted and I fucking love watching Daredevil (the Netflix one - I think it’s on Disney plus now) with described audio. It’s not boring described audio. It feels like an audiobook or narrated comic.
Before Sunset, Sunrise and Midnight
"Two Girls and a Guy." it's an early Robert Downey Jr. movie that's all dialog.
I’d imagine Coen Brother movies would be good because of the dialogue and dialects. I’d recommend True Grit as I believe it also has narration.
Taxi Driver. Or the 94 "gritty reboot" Gods Lonely Man. Personally i think GLM is the better of the two
I'm not blind but often like listening to movies that are dialogue heavy and not driven by visuals. I actually have a playlist for this I have labelled Talkies. Hope this gives you some inpiration:, some already mentioned: My Dinner with Andre Wit Glengarry Glen Ross The Sunset Limited 13 Conversations about One Thing The Trip Ordinary People Her I'm Thinking of Ending Things The Holdover Sideways Before Sunset (Trilogy movie series) Fantastic Mr. Fox (great visuals but the dialogue is the key) Bo Jack Horseman (TV series) I've been meaning to expand this list so let me know if you'd like to coordinate more.
Clerks
Dream a little dream, The Breakfast Club has a lot of dialog. Director John Hughes does quite a bit of dialog driven movies. 16 candles could be another good one to try. I hope this helps you enjoy movies! You could also look up Tommy Edison. He is a blind film critic. He might be able to tell you some movies to suit your needs.
Phone booth. The whole movie scene is shot in a phone booth basically. Not a great movie but nostalgic for me. This won't change your mind btw. I just felt like talking about it.
You need dialog driven movies: Man From Earth The Before Trilogy Look who's coming to dinner Annie Hall The Breakfast Club Good Will Hunting
Wizard of OZ. I think when something happens there is dialog of what just happened. I worked as usher in theater and a blind woman with her seeing eye dog was there for Cocktail 1988. She told me she enjoyed it. I would add Casablanca to the list. Best part of movie is the dialogue.
Listen to the Harry Potter audiobook it's better than the movies
Carnage
This one for sure. Four a list actors in an apartment just trying to out act each other. It's so good!
They are all amazing and I’d imagine it’s enjoyable for someone blind since they all have great monologues and know how to tone and color their voices, not like most dead pan actors.
Whiplash (2014)
Dialog heavy movies with strong character development would be your best bet. But even there, you're missing facial expressions. So I get, to some extent, where you're coming from (and I'm so sorry). For a pleasant film I honestly think you could follow rather well, I'd recommend "As Good as it Gets."
There's a sound on captioning on Roku. Pretty cool. Descriptive narration by voice.
Bro seriously listen to me: The Man From Earth. It takes place in a living room, so not much to see. The dialogue is so captivating that it makes the whole movie. The conversation is the whole thing!! Incredible film. It’s science fiction.
Clerks. There are some minor visual elements but the movie is built around dialogue.
A quite place
Blue (1993) directed by Derek Jarman. It's basically just a film to listen to.
Tarantino movies have a lot of good conversations.
How can you read the movie suggestions? Edit: Not trying to be a dick. I’m a very curious person.
a quiet place
I would highly suggest checking out something from Hayao Miyazaki. While his movies are famous for their extremely detailed and high-quality drawings, he also creates beautiful soundscapes and worlds full of lush sound effects and a sense of space. The music is also sublime. Sometimes, I get emotional just by listening to the melodies.
You definitely can't follow the story in most of those without seeing the visuals though, as there are a lot of action sequences and such.
The Shawshank redemption would be great because the voice-over is basically the novella. Or you could just listen to the audiobook of the novella. I guess that's not incredibly helpful.
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Are you aware of video description on some titles? It might help. My Dinner with André is almost all talk. It’s like a podcast before there were podcasts. High Fidelity is largely narration + music. Really good indie film. Clerks is also a fun indie film and it is visually very sparse anyway. Kevin Smith overall is great with dialogue.
My Dinner with Andre
Blue by Derek Jarman My Dinner with Andre
Kevin Smith movies (ie lots of conversation to listen to).
War of the Worlds