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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Favorite good movie: Shawshank Redemption

Favorite bad movie: Hackers

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Event Horizon. Hereditary/Midsommer may be close seconds.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a tie between Goodfellas and The Big Lebowski.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

This comment really ties the thread together, man.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

One of my favorites that I don't often see mentioned is Upgrade. It's very nearly perfect as a near-future cyberpunk dystopia.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Being John Malkovich

the story is just so out there and it's excellently acted and directed. chef's kiss

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

2001: A Space Odyssey

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Withnail and I. Ludicrously quotable.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Strictly Ballroom

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I love old movies. Here are 15 great ones. Watch these and you will love old movies too! Most are available on internet archive. I could probably add another 85 to this list.

  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • All About Eve (1950)
  • The Apartment (1960)
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  • Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • Laura (1944)
  • Rope (1948)
  • To Have and Have Not (1944)
  • Key Largo (1948)
  • Lifeboat (1944)
  • The Letter (1940)
  • Now Voyager (1942)

Edit: bonus movie

  • Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Literally can't choose ONE. Have to be Babel, Y tΓΊ mamΓ‘ tambien, Roma, and Cars (yes pixar). Even putting those out there, I feel mad not including the petrified forest, taxi driver, or Wall-E

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I was about to start Roma last night but didn’t. I should watch that tonight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Elysium

I re-watch from time to time to check where we're at.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

No one ever mentions this movie but my favorite movie is The Fountain, with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz.

It's basically a love story set in three timelines, with absolutely amazing music, dark storytelling, and an unbelievably satisfying ending. A lot of it is left up to interpretation but it's not overly complicated. Cemented me as a huge fan of Aronofsky even if he's not always a pop culture favorite.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh brother, where art thou?

Man of constant sorrow. Nuff said

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The movie that is constantly being re-watched, and I guess has become my happy place in the last 10 years, is The Martian

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you like that, you should read the book or listen to the audiobook.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My absolute favorite that I rewatch constantly is Supertroopers. If I only had 1 movie to be able to rewatch forever, it would be that one

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Ratatouille.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Cinema Paradiso

Honorable mentions for Galaxy Quest and Heist.

[–] fin 3 points 2 months ago

V for vendetta

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'll throw this one out there "Dogville"

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

E.T.

I am absolutely charmed by the characters, the story, the optimism, and the connection to the unknown.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Clerks, because when I was 22 years before I ever saw that movie I to ran my convince store just like that. Also totally relate to the crap customers you deal with in that setting.

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