What is your all time favourite movie?
What is your all time favourite movie?
For me, personally, It would be Snatch. It's such a great movie that I could watch again and again. So many interesting characters and a unique style that sets it apart from so many other movies. There's just that extra something in that movie
What about you, fellow Lemmites? What is your favourite movie?
The Princess Bride. It has great comedy, action, and romance. It’s influenced my sense of humor and it’s just so much fun.
I watched that with my girlfriend who had never seen it. After hyping it up I had a real “just wait it gets funny” feeling the whole time. Not as good as I remember.
I’ve definitely watched it recently and still enjoy it just as much. But also, your sense of humor can change over time so it probably just doesn’t fit what you like anymore.
I have a theory that movie is only funny if you grew up watching it. I saw it for the first time in my late 20s and just could not get into it. I'm sure I have favorites like that, too, and maybe I wasn't in the perfect mood at the time.
I showed it to my fiance and while I ADORED the rewatch he was very meh and I was questioning him as a person. Then one day he asked me to watch it again so he could watch Andre the Giant again. And then, I'm convinced, it spoke to him and showed him the magic. He loved it. Quoted it. And will watch it with me when I have it on.
I really think mindset and willingness to dive into it is a necessity.
God, what a beautiful movie.
Sounds interesting, but I need to know if this is a kissing book.
I've been listening to Cary Elwes' book "As You Wish" on audiobook. I haven't finished it yet, but i'm loving it so far.
Absolutely agree. Have really enjoyed passing it on to my two girls as well.
Yes, and now to my grandchildren!
i literally watched this because of this comment. great movie.
My favorite is The Fifth Element. Love it. Another great movie is The Apartment with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
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Ooh I just watched The Apartment on Criterion and I loved it. Jack Lemmon is special.
Peter Jackson's Lord of the rings fellowship, two towers, and return of the king extended editions.
This is my comfort movie series. When I'm tired of dealing with the real world for a while, I'll watch it in 40 minute stretches for a couple weeks like a TV series
It takes me 11hrs to do my hair and this is my go to series to watch while doing it.
lotr trilogy very good.
It would have to be Back to the Future. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewatched those movies. I also just saw the broadway musical version of it as well. If I had to choose between the three, then it would have to be the second one. There is so much iconic imagery from those movies, and I loved getting to see parts of the first from from different POVs. It has a great mix of many things that people can enjoy.
I caught the musical in London during a visit too! I wasn't sure if it was good or bad because I was wearing nostalgia glasses the entire time and enjoying.
I have to say, it took me a few mins to mentally get over the fact that these characters I’ve watched so many times before were now singing. Once I got over that, it was a blast for me.
It's practically a flawless trilogy in my opinion. It definitely still holds really well and always fun to rewatch!
Snatch is outstanding. The scene with a replica gun vs deagle, the robbery by noob thugs... I laugh even at my memories of them.
But I'll take Shawn of the Dead. Cool direction and awesome cast making a great apocalyptic comedy movie. It's humor may be too dry for some, but if you are into this kind of jokes (is it brittish humor?), it'd blow you away. Watching it with my buddy back then made some of it's gags into our convos.
I'm more of a Hot Fuzz type of person, but I still greatly appreciate Shawn of the Dead. So many funny gags and foreshadowing/callbacks.
The bit in the beginning of Shawn of the Dead where he sleepily walks to the store to buy something, and then does it again the next day after the zombies start showing up is classic.
No argument there, friend. Watching them back-to-back on a movie night is a wonder. Reiteration of a fence-jumping gag, connecting these two movies, is so sweet of a detail.
Of Hot Fuzz, I loved the actor who played the supermarket's boss. His delivery of another chilling comment... Gosh, I can't see how it'd work without him for he kills it. Some people I showed it for the first time only got into it because of him setting the tone and promising some big reveal.
And the starting sequence, as well, is a classic. I've seen people having it in their 101 on filmmaking, and it's not wrong.
As a Brit I’ve always preferred Lock Stock to Snatch. Both great films.
In Bruges.
"I can't see! I can't see!" "Of course you can't see! I just a shot a blank in your fucking eye!"
That duo also did another movie together, The Banshees of Inisherin, which is about a remote Irish island and these two friends who are suddenly no longer friends.
A toss up between Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Spirited away is a fantastic movie.
And so is Eternal Sunshine, but in a totally different way.
Oh man. Eternal Sunshine is so good but so exhausting. I love it but sometimes i just don't have the energy to watch it.
That's why it can't be my only favorite, it's definitely not a "throw this on whenever and enjoy" it's a very particular mood, but it's executed extremely well
My wife and I have been working our way through Studio Ghibli movies for the first time. So far we have seen Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, and Kiki's Delivery service. Thoroughly enjoyed them all, but i'd say Spirited Away was me least favorite so far.
Not sure exactly why, but I feel like all 3 of them could have benefitted from some extra runtime. Parts just feel rushed to me. Or maybe I just don't want them to end. Lol
Spirited away is so good <3
Hot take: I don’t “get” Spirited Away. Like I appreciate the art and animation, but the story and characters are a confusing mess to me. I’ve heard the explanation of “it’s a critique of Japanese society”, and looking back on it I can see the symbolism, but if you need additional context for the story to make sense, then I don’t think it’s a very good movie, at least I don’t think it deserves universal acclaim if it only makes sense to one specific culture.
I found it relatively easy to understand the basic motivations of the characters without getting into metaphor, what about the characters confuses you specifically?
Hot Fuzz. I think to me it's a perfect movie. So much great build up, very funny. Just so good.
I love Shaun of the dead, but I have seen hot fuzz twice and it just doesn't click for me.
I'm that way but in the other direction. Maybe cuz I'm freaking done with zombies. Still a good movie.
crusty jugglers ..
Yarp
The first Matrix!
This was mine for about 9 years until it was made into a tie with The Dark Knight
I’m going to admit to some movie watcher crimes, i haven’t seen any of the godfather movies or the older classics like clockwork orange. However, of the movies I’ve seen it’s gotta be Shawshank Redemption for me. Beautiful movie everything about it hits so well.
No list of movies is complete without someone mentioning it.
And that's the way it should be.
Aliens. Ripley and Vasquez are some of the best female action characters (with the alien queen coming in a distant third). The corporate claptrap from Burke and the setup of the mission is solid 80s cyberpunk. Every character has a great arc (except Burke - fuck that guy). Effects are amazing. The soundtrack is perfect.
It's an incredible action movie.
"Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
No, have you?"
Just a great line between the characters.
Also, the actress who plays Vasquez also played the mom in Terminator 2, which always blows my mind. The two characters look and sound so different I didn't believe it at first.
Glad to know that others still love this movie! Bill Paxton nailed his Hudson character to a T! This is the apex of 80s movies that cross over between action/comedy sci-fi/horror genres and still tell an awesome story! H R Gigers alien designs were also creepy as fuck and on point. Hats off to James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver as well, and even Paul Riser nailed his sleazbag corporate stooge character. There is not one bad scene in this epic movie!
Give Burke a break, man - he just made a bad call. No need to nail him to the wall or anything.
This one's also mine. I've held off rewatching it for a while, waiting for what seems like forever on the 4K version to be released at which time I have a movie night locked in with my eldest daughter. Can't wait!
At nearly 40 years old it has held up incredibly well.
For me, I think it has to be Pulp Fiction. I just recently rewatched it for the umpteenth time and it’s just as great as ever. I find myself quoting it quite often.
A bit of an outsider which is a big hit in my family is “A Good Year” by Ridley Scott, staring Russel Crowe. It’s a nice fun movie and for a family of francophiles like mine it’s a great way of getting a bit of the France we love in the middle of the dark Northern European winter.
The Hunt for Red October
Give me a ping Vasily. One ping only pleash.
I must have watched this movie 20 times. Def in my top 5. Still haven't read the book though.
The book is very good as well! Additionally, for me anyway, it doesn’t spark the internal struggle of, “The book/movie was better!”.
Be careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don’t react too well to bullets.
Be careful what I shoot at?!
If you love THFRO what do you think about Das Boot?
Just finished it. I'd heard about it, and many people recommend it when red October is mentioned (and vice versa). I'm not sure I'd put them in the same genre.
I'm not sure what I think at the moment. It was very long, but had some very intense scenes. I think it was trying to get me to feel deeply for the characters (especially the captain) but it didn't really reach me (spoiler) Eg The people jumping off the burning ship.
I'm also not sure yet what to think about the fact that (spoiler) the whole movie takes place on the submarine, with no cut aways. I think on one hand it added to the tension of surface ships trying to find them, but on the other hand it was difficult to orient the story without visuals for location or relative locations.
I feel the length was included to show how boring it can be waiting for orders or enemies, but a shorter cut might've been more engaging.
It's not a movie I'd go and rewatch in a hurry (if ever). Red October has much more rewatchability.
Trainspotting! I've watched it an uncountable number of times. Fantastic soundtrack, great actors, great story.
O Brother where art thou
The music, the pacing, the twists, the characters.
Snatch is such a great movie. For me it’s too close to call between Snatch and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It took me a long time to realize that John Turturro was even in the movie because his acting is so out of character and well performed.
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For me it's definitely Fight Club. No big spoilers below, see it if you haven't.
The theme of hitting bottom purposefully in order to rebuild yourself consciously into who you want to become has stuck with me.
I've been through some shit since then and have had to rebuild. It's nice to look on it as an opportunity rather than a punishment.
The first half of Scott Pilgrim vs The World
The "not vegan" scene is one of the funniest scenes of all time.
No vegan diet, no vegan powers!
Why only the first half?
First half is the crazy establishment of what is going on and has the most ridiculous characters. Second half gets a bit predictable in the overused Hollywood tropes and the very ending was basically modern Grease. It was all very entertaining, but I have seen it enough that the first half will almost always suck me in but if I get interrupted in the later parts I don't feel the need to finish it.
First half is a glorious ride, second half is just a movie. Not sure if Edgar Wright ran out of time, budget, or what, but the second half/third isn't that good compared to the first part. Overall still one of my favorite movies.
Jurassic Park. I love movies that starts calm and maybe a bit fantastical that builds up suspense towards a huge terrifying, awe-inspiring reveal and Steven Spielberg is a master of that skill.
That is my girlfriend's favorite movie. On one of our anniversaries, I rented out a movie theater and surprised her with a private screening. She figured out what movie it was about 2 seconds in when the insects started buzzing.
Every time I see Jurassic Park, i'm amazed how well the effects hold up. Just such a great movie all around.
This is a movie you can put on at anytime and I'll sit down to watch it, it's just such a classic. I regularly catch myself humming the theme song also.
One of the few movies I've seen multiple times in the theater! Also, it was the first movie we watched after my Dad gota surround sound setup with great quality sound and enhanced bass. It was so immersive and we LOVED the experience.
"We're back in the car again." "At least we're out of the tree." My Dad and I still reference this regularly.
Blazing Saddles.
But Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are a really great pair of movies.
I was having a hard time anyway, but after reading through all the comments, I don't think I could narrow it down.
If I had to try, it would be, in no particular order:
The Matrix
Princess Bride
Fight Club
Shawshank Redemption
The Boondock Saints
The Incredibles
...
Actually, I can't narrow it down....lol
Huh? wait wait, let me, let me explain something to you. Uh, I am not Mr. Lebowski; you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, uh, that, or uh, his Dudeness, or uh Duder, or uh El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing
I'm actually tempted to say Snatch too. City of God (Cidade de Deus 2002) is up there with it. Some time ago I probably would've said Donnie Darko, but I've grown out of it over the years.
Watched Wild Bill last night, a film Dexter Fletcher directed after he was in Snatch. While not the best film I've seen, his character was brilliantly portrayed and worth a watch
Gattaca. The music is superb and the locations are awesomely brutalist. My favorite by a long shot.
Every line in that movie is perfect
Futurama: Bender's Big Score may not be the deepest film, but it's never failed to make me smile. "I can wire anything to anything! I'm the professor!"
Alien (1979). The perfect
organismmovie.I really like what we do in the shadows
I could watch The Emperor's New Groove all day, every day and never get tired.
Don't really have an absolute favourite, but one kinda obscure one that everyone should see is Tucker and Dale VS Evil
"Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day..." Definitely a good watch.
I was just on when it first came out on TV and I didn't know anything about it. I laughed more by myself to that movie than any other I can remember watching alone.
The Bee landing on the nose.
There will be blood. I love character studies and Daniel Day Lewis does just an amazing job.
Galaxy Quest is certainly up there.
Groundhog day.
It's just such a great film.
Chance of departure... Don't drive angry.
Rear Window.
I'm a big Hitchcock fan anyway but this is a film I've seen countless times and can still get hooked just like the first time.
I also really love Rope
I have this living top 100 ranking on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jQWau
The list shuffles around quite a bit depending on the day but my top 10 is pretty much fixed in place:
- Casino Royale
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Princess Mononoke
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Blade Runner 2049
- Trainspotting
- O Brother Where Art Thou
- The Shining
- Fargo
- No Country For Old Men
Someone really likes the Coens hahaahah
But no shade, I love all these movies (except for Casino Royale, which does seem really random at number 1 with the other movies tbh. Not a bad movie I guess, but what? 😆)
Rewatchability plays a huge part in what I consider a favorite. Notice this list is missing some heavy hitters like the Godfather movies. I don't consider this list to be the best movies of all time but favorites as in, what have I watched the most and am most excited to watch again or what just hit right at the right time in my life.
Casino Royale hit just right for me. In the 90s with Goldeneye (the game and the movie) and Tomorrow Never Dies turned me into a huge Bond fan. Then world is not enough and die another day were huge disappointments.
I watched layer cake and was amped when I heard he was getting cast for Bond and this one was going to be directed by Martin Campbell and written by Paul Haggis (pretty controversial figure now but at the time I loved the movie Crash). Going into all of this I had pretty high expectations and it exceeded it. The most I ever seen a movie in theaters was twice. For Casino Royale I went six times. I just wanted to show it to everyone I knew.
It spawned my favorite Martini and Bond Girl (Vesper) my favorite scene in the franchise (the two sizing eachother up on the train), introduced me to some of my favorite actors (Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen and Jeffrey Wright) and to this day it's something I watch at least once a year. There's just not an ounce of fat on this movie.
Great call on Roger Rabbit. Hope the kids today see this fine film. Excellent stuff!
12 monkeys and Se7en... Probably because I was more impressionable as a teenager though
I'm gonna go with Everything Everywhere All At Once. But a close contender, perhaps tied, is the Barbie movie.
The Silence of the Lambs. I think it is perfect. It’s a “comfort” movie for me. My mind is weird I suppose.
I have so many favorites, which is why my Plex library is so large.
Hopkins acting performance there is hands down one the greatest of all time. Never get tired of rewatching it. It's just hypnotic.
Absolutely agree. His performance is chilling. Foster’s arc is so well portrayed too. The scene at the funeral home is so wonderfully shot.
Electricity went out in the theater when i saw that. Scary as hell!!
High Fidelity for me. Idk how many times I've watched it lol.
Have you read the book by Nick Hornby?
Aliens (special edition)
The Third Man. Black & white noir/detective movie that sees a trashy pulp author in post-WW2 Germany to pay his respects for a friend that recently died. The dialogue is rapid-fire and witty, the characters are memorable, and it’s just a good movie, even knowing everything about the plot I still find myself coming back to it.
I have a top 3 that's unordered and based entirely on watching experiences that just hit a special and rare spot:
- 2001 A Space Odyssey
- Stalker (by Tarkovsky)
- Season 3 of Twin Peaks (TV, obviously, but that season is filmed like one 18 hr long lynch film and it felt entirely like a cinematic experience, and hit a special spot ... if you know you know we can maybe talk about it in spoiler sections here).
For a long time I was too afraid to watch Stalker. When I did, it‘s hard to describe, it was revelatory. Now I am too scared to watch the Mirror.
Thank you.
I had played all three games, but I just watched Stalker (full movie) last night after seeing your comment. Moody as heck.
Is it worth watching the first two seasons before the third? I’m really only interested in watching Matthew Lillard’s performance
That is hard to answer.
I don't think there's anyway at all that it will hit or feel the same way if you haven't seen the first two seasons. (keep in mind that many recommend skipping much of season 2, with there being plenty of recommended watch lists out there).
I also suspect that fully appreciating the season requires recalling the time it was made/released (2018).
But if you're only interested in Lillard's performance, there's nothing about that that is tied to the first two seasons, except that the whole thing is likely to be rather confusing and Lillard doesn't feature that prominently.
Mulholland Drive written and directed by David Lynch
Nothing has ever topped Interstellar for me. The soundtrack, visuals, epic story... I get emotional just thinking about it.
Snatch had the best performances (IMO) of all of those actors. One of the best movies of all time.
Fear and loathing in las Vegas is definitely near the top of the list.
The Incredibles (2004). There's probably a lot of nostalgia involved in my answer but early Pixar movies are my jam, never get tired of watching them.
Boogie Nights.
My hetero life partner and I went to see this opening night because we heard Heather Graham got naked... and we'd both been infatuated with her since License to Drive. We ended up going back to the theater at least a dozen times to watch the movie just because it was so goddamn good.
It's an amazing ensemble cast of actors who were, (with the exception of Burt) at that time, B-list at best. The story is engaging and friendly without reaching too far into hackey territory. We might be able to predict the exact destination, but we can enjoy the journey to that destination as it's own unique experience. Anderson lets his actors really make the characters their own, so long as they stick to his writing.
In short, it's an amazing example of what a whole bunch of very talented actors can do when they're given good material to work with.
I don't like Mark Wahlberg as a person, but he was amazing in this movie. John C Reilly is the fucking man. Julianne Moore and Heather Graham deliver Oscar caliber performances.
I can't think of a single bad part of this movie.
Easily and without a doubt, The Goonies.
No Country for Old Men. That ending still gives me goosebumps.
The Blues Brothers.
Right now my favorite movie is Synecdoche, New York. I don't think I ever felt so deeply connected to a piece of art before. It's morbid yet oddly comforting, and my brain chemistry has been permanently altered after seeing it.
I'm in my Kaufman era which began with me and my wife watching Being John Malkovich (which is also pretty damn good imo). And I'm obsessed. He's reinvigorated my love of cinema in a big way! I feel embarrassed it took me so long to watch his stuff but I think it came to me at the right time in my life
I really like Training Day. Although I'm tempted to say Hot Fuzz now. Hot Fuzz has so many small things in it that each time I watch it there's something new.
Here's my Top Three:
2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Empire Strikes Back.
Miller's Crossing (1990 film by the Coen Brothers).Sexy Beast - fantastic film; one of the best opening scenes put to film. It has everything from fantastic acting, great story, great music and just an all round enjoyable film.
Not many that agree with me I'm sure but Tron Legacy.
The soundtrack is perfect, the art style is incredibly cool and ultimately its a story of a son missing, searching for and finding his dad.
As someone that lost their dad too early this will always be a special film for me.
Jeff Bridges was so damn good in this. Yeah his CGI self was kinda corny/low-budgety but it fit in decently well with most of the movie having to be in CGI because it was literally about a computer generated world, so I didn’t mind it.
Yeah agree. It's also one of the few films for me that got the use of 3d in the cinema well.
I love it too. Though to me its mostly a Daft Punk music video.
Which is why it is amazing
It's hard to pick one, but for everything fighting to break the tie...
Wristcutters: A Love Story. A tale of suicide, purgatory, and, well, love. It's not the most groundbreaking plot, but it's one that I always have fun following, even if the ending is a cliche heartwarmer.
Just beware that there's one cheesey visual effect that really sells "this was done on a budget" even without knowing the hell that was filming.
I'll go with the movie I've rewatched the most in my life
Shaun of the Dead
Fight club
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - especially if you’re familiar with the plot of Hamlet. I love that the opening theme song (Seamus) is by Pink Floyd.
Oooh. Tim Roth and Gary Oldman. Sold!
They are SO young in it! But spectacular. It’s particularly appealing if you like philosophical discourse.
Oh - and Richard Dreyfus too!
I couldn't choose just one, but 'Snatch', 'Baby Driver', 'Pulp Fiction', and 'Nobody' are all incredible.
Other notable mentions are 'Barbie', 'The Founder', 'The Green Mile', and 'Captain Phillips'. I still haven't watched Oppenheimer yet!
Tarantino has some great films. Kill Bill is overrated though. The first half is competent, but the second half is just too goofy.
My comfort movies include A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, and the Naked Gun series. Also always really liked Moonrise Kingdom.
We should hangout.
L.A. Confidential. Gripping moody story and you just have this sense that it's taking place at the cusp of a city becoming itself.
Different movies at different times in my life. The one that comes to mind currently is About Time (2013). Lovely film.
Yay, another person that likes that movie. I feel like there aren't enough of us.
My wife made me watch it one day, and I've lost count of how many times we have seen it since.
Summer wars (Anime)... Will prob re-watch this tonight
Oh, the family dynamics in this movie is so beautiful and baroque, makes me feel jealous
Hot Fuzz. I was thinking about how this movie is just edited/directed so perfectly. Not one second is wasted, so tightly packed. It's funny while taking the plotline very seriously.
Snatch is a damn good movie too, for a lot of the same reasons.
The Man from Earth (2007)
Wow. I've never heard of that movie. Looked it up on Wikipedia and it sounds very interesting.
Even better if you happen to watch it without knowing the plot and twist. The incredible thing is how it only needed mainly a single room for most of it, as it's all about dialogue and imagination filling in the rest. It originated as a play.
There was an attempt at a sequel, but like some movies I think it's best to end it with the first and let the viewer imagine how the future continues.
This type of movie is one of my favorites, I made a list for them:
The Micro or Low Budget Sci-fi https://boxd.it/icMfg
This is hard for me to answer as I have a couple on the same tier. I’ll probably choose Sicario.
Snatch! All-time #1! ...except for when Blade Runner is #1.
Other faves that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Heists
- Baby Driver
Comedy
- The Cornetto Trilogy
- Oscar (Sylvester Stallone in a comedy of errors)
- Evolution
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
- BR:2049
- The Thirteenth Floor
Action
- The Transporter
- District B-13
Horror(ish)
- Cabin in the Woods
- Tucker and Dale vs Evil
- El Orfanato (The Orphanage)
The Conversation by Frances Ford Coppola. It's a low key but intense film with an incredible cast. There's something about the mood and that I love.
I'll watch it every few years at Christmas with my dad, which adds to the pleasure of seeing it.
Iron Sky. It's absolutely hilarious.
Yeah! So good, I love cheesy moon villain movies such an amazing genre
Ghostbusters
Just the perfect mixture of well-timed gags, drama and action with special effects that still (mostly) hold up and a brilliant cast. I can still quote pretty much the entire movie.
The David Fincher masterpiece, Zodiac.....
Terminator 2
Hard to choose one, so I'll list two: Live and Become, Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi.
The ending of Live and Become gives me chills and chokes me up to this day. SUCH a powerful movie!
Drive, it's a movie where the cinematography told more of a story than the dialogue between the characters. The dialogue does matter, sure, but we're shown the story as opposed to being told the story.
If you need proof, the first scene is one of the best vehicle chases ever. Plus, the elevator scene gives me chills every time.
Fight Club resonated so hard on me and my misfit pals when we saw it for the first time. Probably not my favourite film now, but that times where intense, so it always come to mind thinking about good films. Now it's maybe Blade Runner for totally different reasons, mostly superb aesthetic. I guess I chilled down quite a bit.
Just saw Across the Spider-Verse. That movie is so beautiful. You can literally pause on any frame and you're looking at an artistic masterpiece.
I watched it on a large OLED in 4k HDR, so ymmv. While it takes a really high place, my favourite is still PREDATOR; just an awesome script.
I love a good laugh-out-loud comedy, so I’m going to go kind of obscure with Amazon Women On The Moon. You’ve probably never heard of it, because it was a straight to DVD from ‘87 by Zucker/Abrams/Zucker, the same guys who made Airplane and the Naked Gun movies, and it’s also the spiritual successor to The Kentucky Fried Movie.
It’s difficult to describe it, other than to say that you’re loosely supposed to be watching a 1950s sci fi movie called Amazon Women On The Moon on late night TV. Interspersed among the bits of the movie are fake commercials and other skits that are absolutely hilarious! And the cast is unbelievable - Roseanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeffer, Arsenio Hall, Steve Gutenberg, Andrew Dice Clay, Joe Pantoliono, David Alan Grier, Ed Begley Jr., a long list of classic comedians in one skit, and, if you keep it rolling during the credits, even Carrie Fisher shows up.
Sadly JustWatch shows that it’s not available to stream anywhere (except the high seas I guess? 🤷🏻♂️), but Amazon has the DVD & Blu-Ray available, and, if you’re a fan of Airplane type humor, it’s worth the purchase!
EDIT: After a Google Search, I discovered that there’s a copy online at the Internet Archive! Go watch it before it’s gone!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079278/?ref_=adv_li_tt Chilly Scenes of Winter is a current favourite. I recommend going into it a bit blind, and seeing how long it takes for you to figure out what's happening.
Childhood favourites were Back to the Future 2, Return of the Jedi and later, the Matrix
If you like Snatch, try Gettin' Square. It's an Aussie thug movie that I reckon is pretty good.
As for all time favourite movie, I'm not certain anymore as I prefer to watch a familiar variety of movies. It's maybe independence day
Almost Famous
Lord of the rings (1978)
or
Jason and the argonauts
Hard to nail down only one favourite. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, North by Northwest, and Out of the Past head the list.
No Country For Old Men
The coin toss scene is one of the most tense pieces of cinema I've ever seen. Both actors absolutely nailed it.
Of more "recent" movies I would say Inception. From days when I was younger maybe TMNT II or Surf Ninjas
Cinema Paradiso.
My favourite is Withnail and I. I haven't seen Snatch in quite some time though. I will watch it now, I think
Gladiator
Synecdoche.
Blood Diner, because it's actually about a trans man who helps his dead uncle become his living aunt. It's easy to lose track of the fact that this is a movie about two transitions in the chaos of the ancient blood cult, vegan diner that serves human meat, wrestling with Jimmy Hitler, and all that, but it's all in there. Blood Diner was decades ahead of its time. I watch it a few times a year. Watch it as a double feature with Frankenhooker and pretend they're modern experimental indie movies. Frankenhooker is a feminist masterpiece.
Hot Rod. I have watched it 25+ times and I laugh my ass off every time.
In no particular order
- It's a Wonderful Life
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Roman Holiday
The Third Man (1949) if I had to pick just one. It is cinematic poetry from start to end.
While i haven‘t seen a lot of movies in my life, mine would be schindler‘s list. Just a masterpiece.
I agree,
Snatch is a great movie,
one that should be freed
from the shackles of Amazonian tyranny.I'm terrible partial to the periwinkle blue, boss.
John Carpenter's: The Thing. I have seen this movie well over 50 times in my life, and I will probably watch it 50 more before I die.
Second hand lions!
It's a comfort movie for me
My all time favorite movie is Castle in the Sky
Garden State. Not because it does anything particularly great but simply because it's themes and insights to the world were spot fucking on where I was in my life when I first saw it.
It's really hard to say to be honest, so I'm going to go based on the movie I watch the most frequently (and I can back that up with 4ish years of media server stats!), so with a total of 49 views during that time:
Scary Movie. Absolutely hilarious, just about every scene makes me cackle. Scary Movie 2 is also a frequent watch (along with 3 on occasion, 4 and 5 if I'm baked out of my gourd), but that first movie is a pure classic.
Also honourable mention to my 19-views-in-the-same-time-period entry: A Haunted House, also by Marlon Wayans. Fucking hilarious, and has a decent enough sequel too.
Such a great cast, good sound track and heists!
Network (1976) is practically perfect in every way.
Difficult to choose but my top 3 is The Human Condition, Memories of Murder and Gattaca.
My favorite always changes. Right now, it's Hideaki Anno's The End of Evangelion.
I also really like Chris Marker's Sans Soleil and Ishmael Bernal's Himala.
Jurassic Park.
It has its flaws, but I love it anyway.
I don't know if it is my all time favorite but I can watch The Maltese Falcon on repeat
The good, the bad and the ugly
I was 17 when this movie came out. Very popular among my circle of friends and is quoted often. However, the movie isn't quite as innocent when you're 45. I still call it my favorite movie, it is, but not in a weird pedo way.
Beautiful Girls (1996)
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. Just love everything about it.
The King's Speech
"Tits."
Kimi no na wa (your name). That Anime was great to watch and can recommend it wholeheartedly*. I think if your in the teens or in the 20s the movie hits you harder. I am almost 40 hehe *spelling
Because he dodged bullets Avi?!
Boogie Nights
I searched for Goodfellas and found nothing. Are you shitting me?!
Observe and Report 2009
I Origins.
It's not even a genre I typically watch, but this movie is beyond captivating. Great cast, great soundtrack, great story, great visuals.
Can watch it again and again.
I stand alone.
Tony Pro is not on the snatch poster? He must have been late.
The Raid... intense action!
I have lots but I have holiday favorites I enjoy every year
The Grinch with Jim Carey on Christmas
Interview With A Vampire on Halloween
Waking Ned Devine on St Patrick's Day
Planes Trains And Automobiles on Thanksgiving Day (Canadian)
Ground Hog Day ... on Ground Hog Day
i'm bookmarking this
Excalibur
Flash Gordon
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. It's just weird. I love it.
Guest House Paradiso.
FEEEB! One boiled egg!
Tombstone or buckaroo banzai.
Tombstone is still a great watch. Saw it within the last few years again.
Which one was yes?
Starship Troopers. While it's not like the book, I love the movie since I saw it in theaters. I can sit and word for word go through the entire movie.
Scooby Doo (live action)
Apocalypse Now
Almost Famous
My favourite is castle in the sky. To be honest, the nostalgia goggles play a major part, but the movie is just so damn beautiful with the interpersonal drama, the stunning themes of nature (both human and environmental) and the bombast of the inhuman weaponry a multitude of people want to acquire. Its just a fucking banger. Like many Ghibli movies I can't fathom how anyone would rate it for kids, but I'm glad I watched it as a child.
