Favorite Movies

[DocsMachine]

Not too many I can name that haven't already been listed, so I'll dig into the bottom of the bin and see if I can't find a few.

I actually liked Hudson Hawk, with Bruce Willis. A very tongue-in-cheek heist movie, don't take it seriously.

Anybody ever see Outland with Sean Connery? Connery's a sheriff on a deep-space mining colony, has a lot of the feel of Alien, but more space-cop than alien-horror.

How about Murder by Death? It's a whodunit from back in the 70s, like Clue. It's not as slapstick as Airplane! but it's still hilarious.

One that IS like Airplane, is Top Secret, with Val Kilmer. He's a 50's Elvis-type singer, doing a goodwill type tour in East Germany. Friggin hilarious.

If you're in the least bit a car guy, if you haven't seen Ford V. Ferrari, you need to.

Harlem Nights with Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor, is an excellent prohibition-era gangster movie. If you want a more gritty-realism take on the period, try Miller's Crossing- and I'm sure everyone's seen Road to Perdition.

I can also recommend Zulu, with Michael Caine. Zulu warriors attacking a deep-Africa British outpost.

For those that haven't seen it, Disney's (yes, that Disney) The Black Hole still stands up fairly well.

How 'bout Young Einstein? Anyone remember Yahoo Serious?

Doc.

[boomersruckus]

The Zulu movies were excellent. Sent me down an early internet rabbit hole and OMG were the Zulu warriors lit. They would consume snuff of magic mushrooms and baked cannabis to put them into a trance. Then they would attack in waves. The leader of the Zulu at the time was Ntshingwayo Khoza. He would stand on a hill side over looking the battle and send in waves of Zulu warriors to see how many shots per minute the British could manage and then double that number for the attacks. It was a slaughter on both sides.

[scottieb]

My man Godfrey is an excellent William Powell film. I appreciate the original black-and-white film over the later colorized version.

[the_matrix_guy]

Sicario & Dragged Across Concrete are both pretty good. Recommend them if you like gritty stuff

[zenmic]

I am surprised that Real Genius or Highlanderhas not made it on this list. There is and has ALWAYS only been one HIGHLANDER movie. The sequels do not exist! Roll initiative to knock me off this hill. 😎

[Grendel]

Funny you mentioned Highlander. I have the movie, remember going to the theater to see the movie while I was in the Navy and loving the movie. I have watched it easily 20-30 times over the years but recently went and tried to watch it a few weeks ago and well it no longer impressed me. Some media have their time but do not really transcend their time and it appears Highlander no longer captures my interest the way it used too.

[Siress]

I concur. Many years ago I loved everything Highlander related, but it hasn't held up as I've aged.... to the point that it's actually boring now. I used to watch the series and movies back to back, so maybe I just filled up on it. That said, I just learned that Henry Cavill is going to star in a Highlander movie in 2026 and you can bet your ass I'm going to watch it.

[Axel]

Nearly anything by Tarantino or Kubrick
The Gentlemen
The Irishman
The Godfather (and yes, Part III is at the bottom of the list, but I still don't understand all the hate)
Goodfellas
The Shawshank Redemption
Gettysburg (yeah, yeah, I know. Let me enjoy things)
Watchmen
The Free State of Jones
so many more

[Deus Machina]

The first two Alien movies are favorites of mine, especially the first one.
The Secret of NIMH instilled a love for heavier story in my brain as soon as I was old enough to understand it, and is a masterpiece of animated production.
Lower budget but showing incredible talent? Primer was great. Watched it with my best friend, who told me "I tried to understand it and forgot how to tie my shoes."
Zootopia is my favorite Disney movie. The art and characterization is wonderful, and it's not a musical.

I also have a soft spot for the original Mario Bros. movie. I can hardly defend it as actually good, and it's an absolutely terrible Mario movie. But if you ignore its connection there, it's just another ridiculous 90s sci-fi flick.
It helps if you know that the stars were drunk almost every minute they were in front of a camera because that's the only way they could deal with the production.
And to be fair, I don't think I've ever watched it entirely sober either.

[77monteballer]

scanned through all of the comments pretty quickly. ill try and add some that im surprised i didnt see (i hope i just missed them)

Requiem for a Dream
hooooo boy strap in. a movie about addiction. youll feel ucky for about 2 weeks after watching. should be mandatory for all highschool level boys.

V for Vendetta
so good. dystopian future flick that feels like a Ray Bradbury/Fahrenheit 451 prequel.

Insterstellar.
first time i saw it i thought it was great. last time i watched it, i made so many more personal connections to the main character because of having kids.
visually stunning, sound mixing is stunning, soundtrack is pure emotion.

and for a change of pace


The Proposal
chick flick/romcom with Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, and Betty White,

[glaman5266]

Standard movie picks:
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Star Wars original trilogy
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The 5th Element

Date night movie: The Devil Wears Prada. I actually really enjoy this one.

Animated pick: Metropolis. Made by Osamu Tezuka, of Astro Boy fame. Thinking person's anime, tackling a lot of ethics questions. Also has an absolutely bangin' jazz soundtrack.

[Pyrate Jim]

One I would add and have a question about ~ the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
I caught this in my internet;
Did you know for THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW…

Can it be true that this movie is still being shown in theaters? 49 years after its release?