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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 (2 children)

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

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

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

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The matrix

Snatch

A knight's tale

Kingsman

Scott Pilgrim vs the world

Sahara

The big Lebowski

Die hard

O brother, where art thou?

[–] Cenotaph@mander.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Seconding O brother, where art thou? That movie is good every time

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

IIIIIIII am a maaaaaaaan 🎶

[–] THB@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Came here to say A Knight's Tale 👍

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 weeks ago

Hot Fuzz. There are so many easter eggs in the movie that you'll still be finding new ones a dozen watches later.

[–] SarahFromOz@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pulp Fiction

Terminator 1 & 2

Alien and Aliens

[–] rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Second Pulp Fiction. I had a red vehicle once that I named Fred, and when folks asked why, I said Fred's red baby.

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[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago

Master and Commander: Far Side of the world.

[–] ChaosInstructor@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Blues Brothers

Tremors

Shaun of the dead

A fistful of dollars

For a few dollars more

The good the bad and the ugly

The third man

The seventh seal

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's 106 miles to Chicago, we've got a half a tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

[–] falidorn@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] unknown@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

All of the Cornetto extended trilogy imo.

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[–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

Palm Springs , because it's an easy watch, it's funny and there is not much to stress out about.

Any of the "Cornetto trilogy" by Edgar Wright and starring Pegg and Frost, my favorite being Hot Fuzz . I'd even add Scott Pilgrim. There are so many details, jokes, references and other easter eggs that I just don't tire of watching them.

Finally, one of my all-time favs is Amelie , it awakened my love for cinema, it is beautiful, it has a heartwarming message and there is no real conflict in it.

[–] rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Princess Bride, and I enjoyed watching Ready Player One a few times. Any Month Python movie. Mr Nobody.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Team America: World Police

Shit just doesn't age.

[–] shittydwarf@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is a nice limo.
Yes it is. Now suck my cock

[–] karashta@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

The Shawshank Redemption

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

I used to watch Tombstone (or at least parts of it) every day after school.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy

The Abyss

The Thing

Ben-Hur

Spartacus

Taxi Driver

Godfather I and II

Tarkovsky's Stalker

Terminator 2

Alien and Aliens

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"Marathon Man" It was written by the author of "The Princess Bride" and was designed to need rewatching. A minor character in one scene shows up halfway through the story. A casual conversation gives away an entirely new slant on two characters.

"Big Trouble In Little China." I can't believe I'm the first to mention this one. Completely stupid on every level, yet it works perfectly.

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[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

TLOTR trilogy. I could watch those til the end of time.

[–] flabbergast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago
[–] flabbergast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ack ack........ack.....ACKACK!

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Glengarry Glen Ross

It's the only movie where I watched it was was like "shit, I could watch it again right away". And I did. And again it was great. After that I rewatched it many times. The acting is just sooooo good it never gets boring. I think Spacey has the weakest performance there and it says a lot if two Academy Award winning actor looks average compared to his castmates.

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For me -

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
  • Godzilla (1954 & 1956)
  • Gamera (1965)
  • The Lord of the Rings (all three, extended editions)
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

And proof that I'm kinda a film nerd (and I had family in journalism)...

  • Citizen Kane (1941)

Oh, and most Star Trek movies.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

5th element

[–] Candice_the_elephant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Pulp fiction. I don't watch movies multiple times normally, but pulp fiction I watch yearly. It's the pinnacle of the art.

[–] Bonus@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Any Denis Villeneuve film.

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The boondock saints (the sequel is shit, ignore that)

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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Event Horizon and Scream

[–] karpintero@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Some good ones in no particular order:

Back to the Future trilogy

Congo

Goldeneye

Dumb and Dumber

Ace Ventura 2

The Fifth Element

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Zoolander

Tropic Thunder

School of Rock

Spirited Away

Your Name

Paprika

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

I used to rewatch "The man who wasn't there" yearly. I'd often desaturate the TV because out works so well in black and white.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Jurassic Park

Avengers: infinite war

THE suicide squad

Mortal Kombat 21

Kung POW!

Homeward bound

The lion king

Toy story

John wick (all of them)

Playdate

Heads of office

A Christmas story

This is the end

The original TMNT movie.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Knives Out (any of them honestly)

Most films from Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz & Scott Pilgrim especially)

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended editions)

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you liked 'Knives Out' watch "The Last of Shelia"

The director says that this movie was the original inspiration; it's got twists you'll never see coming.

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