Good call on “The Lives of Others”. Amazing movie.
My only problem with it...it was total BS. There are NO known reports of this kind of Stasi goodwill.
But if one can overlook that, it was a fantastic movie that touched on every possible emotion.
The other movie that's one of my all-time favorites is "Goodbye, Lenin." A bit farcical, but in the end, it becomes a movie about the bond between mother and son.