- inception - dreams within dreams
- less known honourable mention: Paprika - inception if it was an anime and the main character was a therapist
- Your Name - anime romance scifi
- prince of eygpt (in spite of not being religious) - story of moses
- less known honourable mention: Jesus christ superstar (because I’m not religious) - what if Jesus Christ’s death was a disco musical
- 2001 space odyssey - I’m afraid I can’t let you do that dave
- But I’m a cheerleader - young Natasha Lyonne (from oitnb) and Dante Basco (zuko from atla) go to a gay conversion camp run by rupaul
- equillibrium - in a world where emotion is illegal, Christian bale is a gun ninja policeman
- Castle in the sky - because I would feel bad putting every ghibli film
- inception - dreams within dreams
I have two that flip for my favorite depending on my mood at any given time: “There Will Be Blood” and “Blade Runner 2049”. They are both kinda slow and require attention to really appreciate, so probably my favorite movie to turn my brain off and have fun is “Mad Max: Fury Road”.
Aliens.
Alien is good too but Aliens is damn near perfect for me.
Idk what the heck James Cameroon is doing now but, Avatar just didn’t land in the same way to me.
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.
Oh brother, where art thou?
Man of constant sorrow. Nuff said
This movie is a masterpiece. I’ve seen it more times than I’d like to admit.
it’s such a beautiful day
Perfect animated film Makes me feel things
My most watched movies:
Jurassic Park
The Firm
The Verdict
Children of Men
Arrival
Lord of the RingsBut you know all of those already. Here’s one you probably haven’t seen: Love me some stage play adapted to movie. Doubt (2008)
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
“…all nimbly bimbly…?”
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)
One of my favorites that I don’t often see mentioned is Upgrade. It’s very nearly perfect as a near-future cyberpunk dystopia.
It sounds a lot like Limitless
Not at all actually. Limitless is a liberal wet dream and upgrade is a hardcore dig at unregulated tech
that’s exactly what I feared, and actually refreshing to hear - I’ll check it out!
Overall favorite: Shawshank Redemption
Watched the most times: Notting Hill and Coming to AmericaThe prince of egypt. I’m not even religious, but the musics, the story and the visuals stayed in my heart. I will also say:
-Léon / the professionnal
-Interstellar (i am basic)
-Nausicaä and the valley of wind
-Inside out, wall-E and Up
and a ton of others…
I have pretty thoroughly stopped caring about movies.
The only movie in the last 15 years I’ve wanted to sit down and just watch. By myself, not as a thing to do with friends or family, not as something to have sound in the house while I do something else, to sit down with a bowl of popcorn and a beer and WATCH, was Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. So we’ll go with that I guess.
I’m a fan of most of the movies listed, but didn’t notice anyone mention one of my favorites, Moneyball. Don’t let the baseball fool you. I don’t even like baseball. To me it’s not about baseball, it’s about trying to succeed in a flawed system.
The Bagdad Café. It’s not exciting, or romantic, or tragic, or even that funny. But it’s beautiful. God I love that film. It seriously has some of the best acting, directing, and writing I’ve ever witnessed. Second would probably be Casablanca/Lawrence of Arabia/Pulp Fiction/Eight and a Half/…
Edit: also black cat white cat Edit: Pane e Tulipani Edit: Buster Keaton’s The Cameraman
