The Princess Bride
If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven’t, you will love it.
Princess bride
I can’t believe how far down this is.
Jokes on you. Right now it’s the number one and number 3 spot on the list.
Almost as if the list changes…
If kids are around, probably Howl’s Moving Castle or another Studio Ghibli movie.
If I am gearing for adults, a comedy like Chef where the premise is lighthearted but not a total snooze fest.
Those movies are so great. Probably stick with the G and PG options if there’s a young kid in the mix (thinking of Princess Mononoke, which is PG-13, IIRC). The PG ones often have just the right amount of “safe-scary” elements that it absolutely grabs their attention. Great movies for grown-up/kid conversation-starters to boot, just due to the deep, rich, human themes they explore.
My two year old daughter loves My Neighbor Totoro, we even got her a giant Totoro stuffy for Christmas.
Chef actually made me want to go to culinary school, and what drove me to pursue food service work in general.
Back To the Future
Watched recently with my 8 year old and while it’s certainly still a justifiable classic, there’s still some things that are pretty problematic in this movie that made it a challenging watch with a kid…
Like incest, sexual assault, voyeurism, terrorism, and time paradoxes?
And machine-gunning the Doc.
Nope. Leaded gas
Right BTTF is well known for glorifying all of these things
Still have to explain them.
Papa, what’s “making out”? Eww, kissing.
Just made plans to go to a drive in theatre near me to watch all 3 movies
Clue - it’s got a little bit for everyone.
Plenty of adult jokes and themes that toe the line, but subtle enough to go over the head of any kid that doesn’t already get it.
Honestly, the most objectionable thing for hyper-conservatives would probably be Yvette’s cleavage.
Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Whoever doesn’t like it can leave.I prefer the holy grail but life of Brian is also a top movie
My personal favorite is The Meaning Of Life. Not sure where that puts me.
Hook. It’s always Hook.
That movie has a 29% rotten tomato rating…
How the fuck?
Rotten Tomatoes is, and always has been, an absolutely abysmal place to go to find out if a movie is good.
Plex uses it other than that I don’t give them a click
Aren’t those tomato meter scores the aggregate of critic reviews? On cult classics, low-brow, or franchises with baggage, the user reviews are way more likely to match the vibe of a movie.
Funnily enough, it’s almost the complete opposite for independent movies made for “film people”. Or plots that require critical thinking or deep attention (the latter is my own Achilles’ heel)–where the user score is garbage, but the critic score (and thus, the tomato meter) is more likely to match your own (if you’re into movies like that).
Hook! Hook! Give us the Hook! Hook! Hook! Show us the Hook!
Kung fu hustle
Kung Pow.
I once forgot the name of this movie, but remembered the “one clean chunk” line and immediately found it again.
I’ve used this movie for movie night multiple times and people who come always love it!
Recently had a movie night where we watched Oscar. Only one person (the person that wanted to watch it) had seen it before, but it was their birthday, so we all sat down to watch. It is a fantastic comedy of errors movie with Sylvester Stallone. None of us could believe that we had never even heard of it before, because we all loved it so much, and laughed so frequently. Fantastic movie night movie. I can’t recommend it enough.
Excellent suggestion. One of my favorites.
I love finding those excellent movies that have somehow floated just below the surface of the consciousness of my sphere of community.
The Big Lebowski
I know quite a few people who can’t stand that movie. Now, that’s just, like, their opinion, man.
Some people also hate the Eagles and Malibu, man. It’s understandable.
I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.
Count me as one of those people. I just don’t understand what everyone likes about it so much. It’s a highly quotable, but otherwise boring movie.
You’re out if your element, Donny
Shawshank Redemption, for sure. It’s not just a masterpiece, it’s a masterpiece that has incredibly broad appeal compared to most other great movies.
That’s probably the reason why it has been the top rated movie on IMDb for decades even as trends, opinions, and tastes have changed dramatically over the years.
I hate that movie with undying loathing.
Why?
Hahah why?
Please tell us why? Pretty please with a cherry on top?!
It isn’t obvious but it’s pretty damn violent in some scenes. I didn’t realize until I tried this on my friend who couldn’t handle it.
Shrek
someBODY
The Emperor’s New Groove.
Airplane!
12 Angry Men.
The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That’s a little harder to do with invited guests
The Police Squad TV show failed because nobody was used to paying attention to TV.
+1000 for 12 Angry Men. A fantastic drama for a group to watch together.
The problem with Airplane is that you have to pay attention to appreciate it. That’s a little harder to do with invited guests
Get drunk first. ;-)
Or make it a movie night about the movie.
Really, you need to pay attention to any movie if you want to know what’s going on. Except for primer.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Morbius
It’s morbin’ time.
