Was gonna say this, but you beat me too it, and after being on a jury myself, I think it is one movie that everyone should watch. It's a great analysis of human behaviour and different perspectives in a relatable situation with real life consequences. Amazing movie, 11/10.
Lilo & Stitch. I can’t think of anything else Disney has done that dives deep into a serious life issue with realistic rawness except Zootopia and a few of the Pixar movies. Lilo is one of the most realistic animated children protagonists with all her little quirks and you can feel and see how hard Nani is trying to balance sisterhood and parenthood. It also functions well without a villain like an evil stepparent or foster parent. It’s just a social services agent who realizes the tragedy of the situation. Even with comedy from the aliens, it successfully balances the tone and allows you to realize the tragedy and rawness of the situation.
Aside from Jack and Nurse Ratchet, Cheswick (Sydney Lassick), Harding (William Redfield), and Billy (Brad Dourif) all gave incredible performances, with Danny Devito and Christopher Lloyd playing lesser roles, no less
Underrated quote from a movie teeming w them. I love every time Clue gets brought up in a thread. Spent a good part of my childhood trading lines from it w my sister (bigtime bonding vehicle).
I am so happy to see someone say this. Genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time. It's so funny and so quotable. If I recall correctly it flopped at the box office when it came out and I'll never understand why.
I’m so glad someone said this. One of my all time favorites. I have seen it too many times to count and it never gets old. Still makes me laugh as hard as the first time.
I always cackle when they shuffle from room to room to find the bodies of the motorist, cop, and singing telegram all with looks of being absolutely fucking done with the whole situation.
I think of Jerry every time I have to scrape ice off my windshield. That scene, where everything is just so desperately wrong and he just wants to leave in his car but he can’t get the ice off his windshield, and even though he’s angry and breaking down he has no choice but to scrape the ice off. I really identify.
Perfect casting and nearly line-by-line faithful to Stephen King’s novella. I consider it one of his best works and it was incredibly gratifying to have it done justice on film. I could say much the same for Shawshank, but The Body/Stand By Me gets the edge.
“Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center.”
Rewatched with the kid - then 15 - a couple of years ago. Was tentative about it, because so many movies from the ‘80s and ‘90s that we loved (and quoted over and over and over) pale when watched now.
My grandma (I think she didn't know any better) took me to the movies when I was about 13 to see a double feature of silence of the lambs and terminator 2. What a day.
I still marvel at the scene where Salieri is looking over Mozart's music and is hearing the music in his head as he is reading the notes. Can people really do that?
The research station at the South Pole has an annual tradition... at the start of the winter-over, when they're totally isolated and it's always night, the whole crew gets together and watches The Thing and The Shining back to back.
In my opinion this is the best horror movie and one of the best movies ever made. It’s got everything - a great cast of characters, gruesome special effects that still hold up, aliens, a banger of an ending… I cannot overstate how much I love this movie.
Kilmer’s performance in this film is the greatest performance of all performances which we’re NOT given an Oscar nom. It’s also better than several that were.
Fun fact: Spielberg created Indiana Jones because he wanted to direct a James Bond film but got turned down, so he decided to essentially build his own. So Bond was, in a metaphorical sense, Indy's father.
We watched this in school when we were learning about DNA and I was the only person that LOVED it. We ran out of time and because the class was so unenthused we never finished it. I’ve never seen the ending to this day! But I loved it.
11/10 would go back in time to watch it for the first time again. Still blows my mind it's 4 years older than me watching it nowadays. Best movie of all time.
I loved Mel Brooks comment when a reporter said: ‘you couldn’t have made that in (current year)?’ Brooks: ‘we couldn’t then, but we did it anyways.’ I’m paraphrasing but you get the point.
I have seen it dozens of times, including all the dvd extras. Some of the best satire to come out of the twentieth century in any art form, in my opinion.
Spirited Away was the first Japanese film I ever watched. I thought it was OK but I didn't understand the hype. Later on I watched My Neighbor Totoro, and it struck a chord. It was much more light-hearted and whimsical. Because of that connection I had the first time, it's my favorite of the Ghibli movies. Spirited Away is a better movie, now that I've watched it a few more times. I can't ignore how awesome the first time watching My Neighbor Totoro when ranking them though.
Listen, strange redditors lying in comments sections is no basis for a system of upvotes. Supreme internet power derives from a mandate of the masses not some farcical upvote ceremony.
I will live, breathe, and die on this hill. The way that film captures the magical idea of dinosaurs being real, and a theme park where you can visit them! John Williams' score really sets the tone, and as the film goes on you get little breadcrumbs as to why that idea may not be so good...
I was about 12 years old and happened to live on the island of Kauai while it was being filmed. I’ve never been so excited for anything to come out as I was for that movie. Got to see a lot of the places where things were filmed obviously.
I’m reminded of the sheer POWER of the scene, watching in the theater as a ten year old kid, when the T. Rex stepped from its paddock into full view for the first time and roared. I was simply mesmerized.
Oh shit. When this movie first came out we had never seen anything like it. It's worth reposting a comment from a few months back just to talk about how great the first time viewing experience was.
I’m amazed at how well the fight choreography still holds up and is even better than a lot of newer movies, they truly don’t make ‘em like they used to.
The original Back to the Future. Original idea to start with, flawless screenplay where everything happens for a reason, entire last half-hour full of payoffs.
One of my favorite movie jokes in in there. Twin pine mall turning into pine mall when Marty returns be a use he ran over one of the pines in the past.
The Birdcage
Nathan Lane: I was adorable once, young and full of hope. And now look at me! I'm this short, fat, insecure, middle-aged THING!
Blade Runner: Final Cut
12 Angry Men (1957)
Was gonna say this, but you beat me too it, and after being on a jury myself, I think it is one movie that everyone should watch. It's a great analysis of human behaviour and different perspectives in a relatable situation with real life consequences. Amazing movie, 11/10.
I saw the remake before the original. Both are 10/10.
The Iron Giant.
Lilo & Stitch. I can’t think of anything else Disney has done that dives deep into a serious life issue with realistic rawness except Zootopia and a few of the Pixar movies. Lilo is one of the most realistic animated children protagonists with all her little quirks and you can feel and see how hard Nani is trying to balance sisterhood and parenthood. It also functions well without a villain like an evil stepparent or foster parent. It’s just a social services agent who realizes the tragedy of the situation. Even with comedy from the aliens, it successfully balances the tone and allows you to realize the tragedy and rawness of the situation.
This and Emperors New Groove will always be my favorite Disney movies
Pudge controls the weather.
City of God.
I can explain:
It's the best movie that I'll never watch again.
This is my top film. But it is a truly brutal watch.
City of God. My god. True 10/10 the whole way.
Alien (1979)
My favorite movie of all time. Aliens always gets mentioned, but the original was always the best. Sci fi horror at its best.
12 angry men Every time I watch it, I find new details to admire.
12/12
Or realizations.
A movie so adept at showing critical thought. Should be on everyone's must watch list.
A movie that was in pretty much a single room also that I really enjoyed was called The man from Earth. Not a ton of people have seen it though.
I really like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
Aside from Jack and Nurse Ratchet, Cheswick (Sydney Lassick), Harding (William Redfield), and Billy (Brad Dourif) all gave incredible performances, with Danny Devito and Christopher Lloyd playing lesser roles, no less
Clue 1985. One of the funniest movies I have watched and I still quote it in regular interactions.
“He threatened, in public, to kill her.”
Communism was just a red herring.
COP: This man’s drunk. (sniff) Dead drunk.
“Flames. FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE”
"Your first husband also disappeared."
People thinking Mr. Green is homosexual:
(SLAP) “I had to stop her from screaming”
Amazing movie...
“No, I’m a plant.” “I thought people like you were called a fruit”
Underrated quote from a movie teeming w them. I love every time Clue gets brought up in a thread. Spent a good part of my childhood trading lines from it w my sister (bigtime bonding vehicle).
“Flames. Flames…on the side of my face…”
“Long story short….” “Too Late!!!”
I am so happy to see someone say this. Genuinely one of my favorite movies of all time. It's so funny and so quotable. If I recall correctly it flopped at the box office when it came out and I'll never understand why.
It’s peak Tim Curry. You can’t help but love it!
I’m so glad someone said this. One of my all time favorites. I have seen it too many times to count and it never gets old. Still makes me laugh as hard as the first time.
Ever see Murder By Death?
Even if you were right, that would be one plus one plus two plus one, not one plus two plus one plus one.
“How many husbands have you had?”
No meaning no or no meaning yes?
I always cackle when they shuffle from room to room to find the bodies of the motorist, cop, and singing telegram all with looks of being absolutely fucking done with the whole situation.
Are you trying to make me look stupid in front of the other guests?
Fargo (1996).
I think of Jerry every time I have to scrape ice off my windshield. That scene, where everything is just so desperately wrong and he just wants to leave in his car but he can’t get the ice off his windshield, and even though he’s angry and breaking down he has no choice but to scrape the ice off. I really identify.
I love what you said about the sort of class of criminal portrayed.
Also Marge Gunderson is one of my favorite movie characters of all time.
He’s fleeing the interview!!
Heck you mean?
I suppose that was your accomplice there in the wood chipper
As genius as this movie is, my favorite scene in the whole thing is a throwaway scene of no consequence where they interview one of the locals.
You gotta eat a breakfast Margie
Stand by Me. Thanks for the awards!
“I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?”
Perfect casting and nearly line-by-line faithful to Stephen King’s novella. I consider it one of his best works and it was incredibly gratifying to have it done justice on film. I could say much the same for Shawshank, but The Body/Stand By Me gets the edge.
Suck my fat one you cheap, dime-store hood.
Se7en (15 hours later: awesome to see that so many redditors have excellent taste in movies. There’s still hope for the world!!)
DETECTIIIIIIVE! I think you’re looking for me 🩸🩸
The sense of dreary dread throughout the movie is absolutely fucking perfect. The movie is absolutely fantastic.
What's in the box!?!
My cousin vinny
“Cause Chevy didn't make a 327 in '55, the 327 didn't come out till '62. And it wasn't offered in the Bel Air with a four-barrel carb till '64. However, in 1964, the correct ignition timing would be four degrees before top-dead-center.”
“Did you say yutes?”
I quote that movie all the time. Marissa Tomei earned the shit outta her Oscar.
....the other day you told me that train hardly ever comes through here at 5 o'clock in the morning...
“Were those magic grits? Did you get them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?”
Rewatched with the kid - then 15 - a couple of years ago. Was tentative about it, because so many movies from the ‘80s and ‘90s that we loved (and quoted over and over and over) pale when watched now.
This is probably one of the greatest legal movies of all time.
This is definately in my top 5 movies of all time. And Marissa Tomei has never been hotter than in this film
I’ll get your fuckin’ suit, you get your fuckin’ shower.
There's a fuckin' surprise
Silence of the Lambs no doubt
My grandma (I think she didn't know any better) took me to the movies when I was about 13 to see a double feature of silence of the lambs and terminator 2. What a day.
That movie freaked me out So. Well. Done.
Believe it won the Holy Grail at the Oscars.
Amadeus
God, why the hell does Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart have such a cool name?
I still marvel at the scene where Salieri is looking over Mozart's music and is hearing the music in his head as he is reading the notes. Can people really do that?
Amadeus Amadeus
“Too many notes!!” Use that line at work every now & again. 🤣
"I am the Patron Saint of mediocrity" hits so hard.
The Thing.
The research station at the South Pole has an annual tradition... at the start of the winter-over, when they're totally isolated and it's always night, the whole crew gets together and watches The Thing and The Shining back to back.
The special effects are amazing. I’d watch a documentary on those.
Hells yeah. Happy, heroic ending? Fuck that shit.
In my opinion this is the best horror movie and one of the best movies ever made. It’s got everything - a great cast of characters, gruesome special effects that still hold up, aliens, a banger of an ending… I cannot overstate how much I love this movie.
best movie by John Carpenter, I could watch that movie anytime
Tombstone
Why... Johnny Ringo... You look like someone just... walked over your grave!
Kilmer’s performance in this film is the greatest performance of all performances which we’re NOT given an Oscar nom. It’s also better than several that were.
This is my #1 favorite movie. I’m in awe every time I watch it, every like seems line it’s crafted to perfection.
“Go ahead, skin it! Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens.”
Val Kilmer totally stole the show there. Everyone did a great job, but his performance was legendary.
Absolutely perfect casting in every single role & endlessly quotable.
“Doc, you ought to be in bed what the hell are you doing this for anyway?”
I may very well say in my head every single day: “Well……bye.”
Say when.
“You tell’em I’m coming AND HELL’S COMING WITH ME!
Apparently Mr.Ringo is an educated man. Now I really hate em.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Fun fact: Spielberg created Indiana Jones because he wanted to direct a James Bond film but got turned down, so he decided to essentially build his own. So Bond was, in a metaphorical sense, Indy's father.
Goodfellas
One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin Whadda ya want from me?
What ya gonna tell us tough guy?
My absolute favourite mob movie. Everyone talks about Pesce, but Ray Liotta was a perfect sleazeball.
“He used a razor and he used to slice it so thin that it would liquefy in the pan with just a little oil. It was a very good system.”
“Ya insulted him a little bit.”
They didn't look very good; they look beat up. The stuff they wore were thrown together and cheap, a lot of pantsuits and double knits.
"All my life I wanted to be a ganster."
I cut school to go sit in a theater by myself to see this. Great choice
I was just going to state this. This move I can rewatch a million times and never get sick of it.
Gattaca is a really cool watch. Not for everyone though.
We watched this in school when we were learning about DNA and I was the only person that LOVED it. We ran out of time and because the class was so unenthused we never finished it. I’ve never seen the ending to this day! But I loved it.
"I never saved anything for the swim back!" broke my brain, and changed my attitude on how I do certain things in life.
Adore this movie :)
The usual suspects.
Literally one of two movies that made my jaw drop. Nobody prepared me for it. It was so good.
Lord of the Rings. And Life is Beautiful.
Absolutely LOTR. But in particular, I can watch Fellowship over and over and over.
I'm sad that I had to scroll far longer than I expected to see The Lord of the Rings here.
Terminator 2
11/10 would go back in time to watch it for the first time again. Still blows my mind it's 4 years older than me watching it nowadays. Best movie of all time.
Blazing Saddles. Mel Brooks is an absolute genius!
I loved Mel Brooks comment when a reporter said: ‘you couldn’t have made that in (current year)?’ Brooks: ‘we couldn’t then, but we did it anyways.’ I’m paraphrasing but you get the point.
i use "Someone's gotta go back and getta shitloada dimes!!" way more often than i ever would've guessed.
"Okay, Jim, since you are my guest and I am your host, what are your pleasures? What do you like to do? "
Sooooo many quotes you really should not use in public
I have seen it dozens of times, including all the dvd extras. Some of the best satire to come out of the twentieth century in any art form, in my opinion.
Excuse me while I whip this out. 😂😂
The Sheriff is near!
You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
"We'll take the (deleted) and the (deleted), but we don't. Want. The Irish!"
Aliens
Aliens and T2 are both 10/10. The Abyss is great as well. James Cameron has had quite the run.
What the hell are we supposed to use, man? Harsh language?
Aliens is so good the script is fun to read. It's a master-class on scriptwriting.
Saving Private Ryan
The first 20 minutes is some of the best WW2 cinema ever made
The scene where the
From vets perspective its the most accurate movie of (the day).
spirited away
Spirited Away was the first Japanese film I ever watched. I thought it was OK but I didn't understand the hype. Later on I watched My Neighbor Totoro, and it struck a chord. It was much more light-hearted and whimsical. Because of that connection I had the first time, it's my favorite of the Ghibli movies. Spirited Away is a better movie, now that I've watched it a few more times. I can't ignore how awesome the first time watching My Neighbor Totoro when ranking them though.
There's not a single wasted frame in this movie in my opinion. And the soundtrack is just amazing. Definitely my favorite Ghibli film.
I felt like watching a weird dream. Or one of dream i used to have as a kid..
hell yeah, some Studio Ghibli love.
Dr. Strangelove
I love women, Mandrake. But I do deny them my essence.
Man, I bet this would be voted to the top if only more people had seen it. Still trying to get my wife and inlaws to watch it.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science
Listen, strange redditors lying in comments sections is no basis for a system of upvotes. Supreme internet power derives from a mandate of the masses not some farcical upvote ceremony.
My whole life changed when I saw the coconut halves in Patsy's hands, I laughed so damn hard when that hit me. Been obsessed with Comedy ever since.
A møøse ønce bit my sister.
She’s a witch!
Was thinking are these people serious? We dine well here in Camelot. We eat ham and jam and spam a lot. So why not Monty Python 🤣🤣
Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
Jurassic Park(1993)
That score when they first see the dinosaurs gets me every time.
I will live, breathe, and die on this hill. The way that film captures the magical idea of dinosaurs being real, and a theme park where you can visit them! John Williams' score really sets the tone, and as the film goes on you get little breadcrumbs as to why that idea may not be so good...
I was about 12 years old and happened to live on the island of Kauai while it was being filmed. I’ve never been so excited for anything to come out as I was for that movie. Got to see a lot of the places where things were filmed obviously.
Why Jurassic Park Looks Better Than Its Sequels
I can't see this movie ever being bumped out my top 5.
I’m reminded of the sheer POWER of the scene, watching in the theater as a ten year old kid, when the T. Rex stepped from its paddock into full view for the first time and roared. I was simply mesmerized.
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy is what got me into Egyptology which got me into archaeology. I start a job as a field tech next week!
Truman Show
Oh, and in case I don’t see ya; good afternoon, good evening and goodnight :)
We watched and analyzed this in a college film class if that means anything to it being a “perfect film”
My pick for The Perfect Movie™️.
The Hunt For Red October
The matrix
Oh shit. When this movie first came out we had never seen anything like it. It's worth reposting a comment from a few months back just to talk about how great the first time viewing experience was.
Absolutely! I was watching a video about The Matrix, it's what made me ask this question
I’m amazed at how well the fight choreography still holds up and is even better than a lot of newer movies, they truly don’t make ‘em like they used to.
The original Back to the Future. Original idea to start with, flawless screenplay where everything happens for a reason, entire last half-hour full of payoffs.
Bob Zemeckis is smiling somewhere. That is the Power of Love.
One of my favorite movie jokes in in there. Twin pine mall turning into pine mall when Marty returns be a use he ran over one of the pines in the past.
This script is so airtight that it’s used in many film classes. It’s widely considered to be a perfect movie.
For about three decades now, every time I tell my father he should watch this or that movie, his answer is always the same:
[удалено]
The first Back to the Future is pure perfection
The Prestige, definitely blew my mind
It’s definitely worth it for David Bowie’s portrayal of Tesla
The worst part about this movie is that you can never watch it again for the first time. Such a good movie.
This is Spinal Tap is 11/10
"What's wrong with being sexy?"
Funnily enough this is the only movie on imdb that's rated 11
WALL·E (2008)
“I don’t WANT to survive. I wanna LIVE!!!”
Wall-E, god the opening, like, 30 minutes. No dialogue just pantomimes and beeps and it is such incredible storytelling.
One of the most truly romantic movies I’ve ever seen.
Outtt there! Lies a world outside of Yonkers!
Oh Brother, where art thou?
Entertainment Weekly called it "misanthropic flimflam", and though they have
"I thought you said you didn't rob that Piggly Wiggly?"
Shake a leg Junior! Thank God your mammy died givin' birth. If she'd have seen you, she'd have died o' shame.