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[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

The Fifth Element

Galaxy Quest

Die Hard

Trading Places

Muppet Christmas Carol

Star Wars

The Mummy (Brendan Fraiser, not Tom Cruise)

Edge of Tomorrow

National Treasure

Hunt for Red October

Goldeneye

Back to the Future

Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade

The Rock

Fast Five

Fellowship of the Ring

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Heat

The Last Starfighter

The Fugitive

Jurassic Park

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Happy Death Day

Rogue One

Hackers

While You Were Sleeping

Terminator 1 & 2 + Dark Fate

Alien

Aliens

John Wick

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

The Bourne Identity

Ip Man

Army of Darkness

Starship Troopers

They Live

Spaceballs

Wargames

It Happened One Night

Princess Bride

Monty Python and The Holy Grail

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

After a TBI my short-term memory kept resetting every 15 mins or so for a couple of days. Because I found that quite distressing my then-girlfriends put on The Fifth Element on repeat and took shifts watching me.

It worked well, because I'd already seen it so many times that it didn't matter when I reset I could just enjoy the bit I was there for and not think about why I didn't remember stuff.

I still watch it every now and then :-)

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They should have put Memento on for you.

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Never seen it, so it would provably be the worst possible choice!

[–] toeknee@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it's about someone who can't make long term memories. The scenes are put together in basically backwards order and people tend to leave their first viewing confused

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I've heard of it and understood the premise, but decided not to watch it ;-)

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Put Shaun of the Dead on this list, and we have a deal

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I just rewatched Goldeneye the other day and oh boy did it NOT hold up. I dunno, in my head it was amazing and seeing it again it's all so ever the top in all the wrong ways that this is one movie I won't see again