The Big Lebowski. Simultaneously ridiculous and incredibly sophisticated. People who think its "just" a stoner comedy may have some more viewings to go 🙂
It gets the stoner comedy reputation as the dude is stoned throughout. He's a character in the movie though, not then full tone. That's probably why it's so good. It blends so many genres with an interesting interweaving plot and wonderful dialogue.
It's a deserved reputation as it's great to watch stoned. Especially when the dude is confused and so are you. Or the psychedelic sequences. However it's also not deserved as it's so much cleverer than that with differen levels. A stoner comedy doesn't normally have a coherent plot and levels.
Interesting. When my husband suggested we watch it, ages ago really early on in our relationship, I had asked him what category it was. I also asked him just now. Just now he went "Oh that's difficult but broadly speaking it's a comedy". I said "I asked that question of you when you showed it to me like 15 years ago. So you know what you said then?" "No, what did I say then?" "You called it a dark comedy because someone died" (because I was and am sensitive to that) He nodded and said "Makes sense"
I don’t think the Dude could be his illegitimate son since that’s part of the reason Maude referred him to that doctor. He wouldn’t have been very “thorough” if he missed that they were related.
That's going off the deep end for me. I prefer the interpretation that its a video essay on masculinity. "What makes a man a man?" is the central tenet of that movie, and personally, knowing that was a really crystallizing moment that made all the bullshit fall aside. I read a beautifully succinct essay about this somewhere and will look for the link.
I liked it a long time ago, but last time I watched it I didn't enjoy it nearly as much. The eugenics annoys me far more than it used to, and most of the humor is just crass and doesn't have a meaning. They aren't using it to say anything larger.
Meanwhile the themes of the movie are anti-capitalist (sort of, without the philosophy of considering why it causes issues) and anti-populist. It has something to say, but I feel like they're far too careful to say it. Its got a veil of critique, but without wanting to make too many waves, because it's still a big budget capitalist movie at the end of the day.
I feel like it makes a lot of people feel smug and turns them into reactionary anti-establishment conspiracy theorists, because it only says "this is bad and stupid" but doesn't give you anywhere to go with that.
Hackers. Yes, it's corny - cheesy, even - but it had a great cast with awesome chemistry, and it did a great job at capturing the zeitgeist of hacker/punk culture. Plus so many memorable quotes...
CLI + VR and specially GPUs to be able to hack in those UI... For a moment while watching Superman (2025) I had those flashbacks (Luthor's employees in fight scenes).
Marathon Man [Dustin Hoffman, Lawrence Olivier] seems to have been designed for multiple viewings. A character seen briefly in one scene turns up later in the movie. A quick telephone call becomes incredibly important but you have to be paying close attention to every minute.
Sometimes my friends and I just sit around quoting it until we've made it through the entire movie, so maybe there's no point in rewatching it, but we do anyway.
I never like to retread old ground, but this one's an exception. It's hard to overstate how much it blew our minds 26 years ago. I might have a soft spot for it too because I was raised sheltered and it was the first rated R movie I saw.
It's a shame they didn't make any sequels. The creators probably decided it was a complete story rather than milk it to death like Star wars. Guess that's for the best!
I know they say it has nothing to do with them and their transitioning... but nothing can change my mind on how the whole movie can be seen as a struggle to choose who you really are...
Nearly every single line in that movie that Jim Carrey delivers is not only funny but his delivery and antics are a work of art. It's like watching Messi dribble the soccer ball. Cary ewles gets an honorary mention for playing the straightman and absolutely killing it.
It knows what it is, and nobody in it is under some illusion that they're making some masterpiece of cinema. That is not at all a criticism or even backhanded compliment. I like when the actors have fun with the things they're working on. I mean, who doesn't love seen behind the scenes of Ian Mckellen slapping a dummy of Sean Aston around.
It's fun, it's ridiculous, and it leans into it a bit.
Plus they came up with the Thanos Weakness a long time before the avengers fans.
::: spoiler spoiler
(it's the butthole, they attacked a giant alien anus with soap to save the day)
:::
Well, way better then No Child of Mine(1997). As I'm a victim of child abuse (although not sexual), it really screwed with me. But if you're in a decent mood, I would recommend it.
As an oldster, I notice that almost all of the movies listed here are more than 20 years old. Most of the cultural references on Lemmy are much more recent than that.
I like to shut my brain off and have simple entertainment that doesn’t require much thinking during watching watch time.
My favourite movie of all time is Enemy 2013 and Black Swan but these are movies that go under your skin and everytime I watch them I have to go into spirals of overthinking etc while the above mentioned movies don’t give me that.
I must have seen Old School at least twenty times.
It was pretty much the perfect movie before streaming services existed and you were too lazy to go to the video store or P2P-download another movie because you'd rather hang out on your friends' couch and smoke weed all day.
Most Villenueve movies are very rewatchable for me. Sicario, BR2049, Arrival, and the Dune films. Others like Incendies, Enemy, and Prisoners not as much, not because they are bad, but because they are pretty heavy to be watched repeatedly.
Style kinda shat on substance with this one. I didn't feel like it was unwatchable, but the parts where they synchronized gunfire to music felt excessive.
Huh. Haven't ran across that expression before. Halloween was always queer, I thought. (Dress up and be whoever you want to be, etc.) Halloween and happy fireworks day are my favorite holidays.
Moooulllttteeee Paaassss
ssssThe Fifth Element
wow the 5th element for me too. Always thought I was weird but his movie is great
also tropic thunder lol
The Big Lebowski. Simultaneously ridiculous and incredibly sophisticated. People who think its "just" a stoner comedy may have some more viewings to go 🙂
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I never realized it was considered a stoner comedy! It's quite a bit better than one I've seen in that category!
It gets the stoner comedy reputation as the dude is stoned throughout. He's a character in the movie though, not then full tone. That's probably why it's so good. It blends so many genres with an interesting interweaving plot and wonderful dialogue.
It's a deserved reputation as it's great to watch stoned. Especially when the dude is confused and so are you. Or the psychedelic sequences. However it's also not deserved as it's so much cleverer than that with differen levels. A stoner comedy doesn't normally have a coherent plot and levels.
Interesting. When my husband suggested we watch it, ages ago really early on in our relationship, I had asked him what category it was. I also asked him just now. Just now he went "Oh that's difficult but broadly speaking it's a comedy". I said "I asked that question of you when you showed it to me like 15 years ago. So you know what you said then?" "No, what did I say then?" "You called it a dark comedy because someone died" (because I was and am sensitive to that) He nodded and said "Makes sense"
Don't be fatuous.
I don’t think the Dude could be his illegitimate son since that’s part of the reason Maude referred him to that doctor. He wouldn’t have been very “thorough” if he missed that they were related.
That's going off the deep end for me. I prefer the interpretation that its a video essay on masculinity. "What makes a man a man?" is the central tenet of that movie, and personally, knowing that was a really crystallizing moment that made all the bullshit fall aside. I read a beautifully succinct essay about this somewhere and will look for the link.
Roll tide.
Office Space
I could set the building on fire....
PC load letter? What the fuck does that mean?
It's wild how relatable it still is nearly 30 years later.
Life of brian
I raise you The Holy Grail.
Blasphemer! You're only making it worse for yourself!
The Meaning of Life; Jabberwocky & Brazil if you're adventurous (Gilliam's hand directing, these last 2).
Groundhog Day
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Megamind
Pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
The Princess Bride
The thing about Groundhog Day is that you only have to watch it once to have seen it several times.
I live that movie every damn day
Wish they'd make a new release for the 4k version of Pirates. From what I've heard the one out now is pretty bad in terms of color grading and detail.
Idiocracy
There’s something about that close-to-home dystopian outlook that calms me. Now go away, I’m batin’!
I like money.
Its a little darker but have you seen god bless america?
I have not, but I’ll check it out some time. The trailer makes me think of NBK.
NBK?
Natural Born Killers. I think it’s the whole “killer duo” and cultural obsessions that linked them together for me.
But it’s been a while since I watched NBK, too, so maybe I’ll have to do these two back to back!
I liked it a long time ago, but last time I watched it I didn't enjoy it nearly as much. The eugenics annoys me far more than it used to, and most of the humor is just crass and doesn't have a meaning. They aren't using it to say anything larger.
Meanwhile the themes of the movie are anti-capitalist (sort of, without the philosophy of considering why it causes issues) and anti-populist. It has something to say, but I feel like they're far too careful to say it. Its got a veil of critique, but without wanting to make too many waves, because it's still a big budget capitalist movie at the end of the day.
I feel like it makes a lot of people feel smug and turns them into reactionary anti-establishment conspiracy theorists, because it only says "this is bad and stupid" but doesn't give you anywhere to go with that.
Blazing Saddles
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The good old Blues Brothers boys.
"No, ma'am, we're musicians."
Hackers. Yes, it's corny - cheesy, even - but it had a great cast with awesome chemistry, and it did a great job at capturing the zeitgeist of hacker/punk culture. Plus so many memorable quotes...
Hack the planet!
CLI + VR and specially GPUs to be able to hack in those UI... For a moment while watching Superman (2025) I had those flashbacks (Luthor's employees in fight scenes).
Shit I haven't seen the new Superman, is it any good?
I'm also giggling at the thought of spending that kind of money on a VR headset just to use for a console lol
It's fair. ::: spoiler spoiler I still can't believe that many people in the US were complaining about Superman's principles... :::
You are forgetting the soundtrack! Its still amazing and slaps!
Lord of the Rings
Die Hard
Alien
Aliens
Too bad they didn't make any more of them.
Romulus is better than it has any right to be. The Alien 3 “Assembly Cut” is also decent. Not good, but not awful.
Yup really glad they never Resurrected the franchise
Best movies ever? Maybe. Maybe.
Big Trouble In Little China.
Marathon Man [Dustin Hoffman, Lawrence Olivier] seems to have been designed for multiple viewings. A character seen briefly in one scene turns up later in the movie. A quick telephone call becomes incredibly important but you have to be paying close attention to every minute.
Clue.
Sometimes my friends and I just sit around quoting it until we've made it through the entire movie, so maybe there's no point in rewatching it, but we do anyway.
It... it... flames. Flames, FLAMES, on the side of my face!
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Princess Bride
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Hot Fuzz
The Big Lebowski
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy,The big lebowski, Dogma, Pulp fiction, Conspiracy,
For me it's The Matrix.
I never like to retread old ground, but this one's an exception. It's hard to overstate how much it blew our minds 26 years ago. I might have a soft spot for it too because I was raised sheltered and it was the first rated R movie I saw.
It's a shame they didn't make any sequels. The creators probably decided it was a complete story rather than milk it to death like Star wars. Guess that's for the best!
Indeed. (Reloaded does have its moments, but yeah.)
I saw The Matrix a few times in theaters and watched it regularly when the dvd came out.
I know they say it has nothing to do with them and their transitioning... but nothing can change my mind on how the whole movie can be seen as a struggle to choose who you really are...
Liar, liar.
Nearly every single line in that movie that Jim Carrey delivers is not only funny but his delivery and antics are a work of art. It's like watching Messi dribble the soccer ball. Cary ewles gets an honorary mention for playing the straightman and absolutely killing it.
I'm so glad my gift could bring them closer together. My plan to phase myself out is nearly complete.
The Princess Bride
Shawshank Redemption
Hot Fuzz
Penguins (of Madagascar): The Movie
The Thing (1982)
It’s my favorite movie of all time and I watch it every October.
I watched this for the umpteenth time just last night! Always a good one.
Looks like i just found my people.
My Neighbour Totoro
Super troopers
Harold and Kumar go to white castle
Ghost busters
Clerks
Would you like some making fuck BERSERKER
In a row?!
Try not to suck any dicks on your way to the parking lot.
Evolution.
It knows what it is, and nobody in it is under some illusion that they're making some masterpiece of cinema. That is not at all a criticism or even backhanded compliment. I like when the actors have fun with the things they're working on. I mean, who doesn't love seen behind the scenes of Ian Mckellen slapping a dummy of Sean Aston around.
It's fun, it's ridiculous, and it leans into it a bit.
Plus they came up with the Thanos Weakness a long time before the avengers fans. ::: spoiler spoiler (it's the butthole, they attacked a giant alien anus with soap to save the day) :::
Oh shiiit, I used to love this movie as a kid/teen. Time for a re-watch I think.
Anti dandruff shampoo!
Kung Fury
Tank you.
Blade Runner
I'm surprised this hasn't been said already and would expect it to be one of the top comments.
Rear Window
The Princess Bride
Joe vs the Volcano
Idiocracy
Rear windows is such a fantastic film. It surprised me how well it holds up.
The greatest cinematic masterpiece of the 21st century, of course: Shrek
Some...
Mad Max: Fury Road
Hot Fuzz.
Pride and Prejudice (the one with Kiera Knightley).
Super cliche answer but:
The Shawshank Redemption
I’m OK with this. No amount of blows to the head is a healthy amount. Let them knock each other concussed or blind.
"It bilds karacter!"
The Blues Brothers
Rat Race
Airplane!
The Big Lebowski
Big Lebowski
Station Agent
LOTR Triology
Office Space
Jurassic Park
UHF
Mel brooks the history of the world part one
That and spaceballs
Lord of the Rings (whole trilogy)
Jurassic Park
Tropic Thunder
Escape from New York
Zombieland
The Crow
Zombieland is mine!!
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
For me is the Back to the Future trilogy but I usually watch just the first one..every year
Same! I usually watch the first one once a year, but I try to get the fully trilogy in.
Snatch
I think I like more Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Life of Brian
Singing in The rain
Casabianca
Ironically enough, Groundhog Day.
Sabrina
Galaxy Quest
Fifth Element
Joe vs the Volcano
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist
LOTR Two Towers (extended, for more Ents)
Jurassic Park
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Harry Potter films
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Joe Versus The Volcano.
Also another vote for The Princess Bride
Lord of War
Total Recall (1991)
Casino Royale (2006)
Seven Psychopaths
The Nice Guys (2016)
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Mrs. Doubtfire
Kill Bill
What I wouldn’t give for Tarantino’s single-film supercut. 😞
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
*Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park
Office space
Mean girls
The devil wears prada
Emperor's new groove
Lilo & stitch
Wall-E (and most Pixar movies)
Airplane
Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Edit: forgot about Ghibli movies, watch them constantly too, specially spirited away and totoro
Apollo 13 Hot Fuzz Shawshank Redemption Forrest Gump
White Men Can't Jump
Constantine Matrix ... I do love Keanu, but I don't care for his latest movies much.
Coen Bros. films.
Forest Gump
Ghostbusters. Absolute perfection.
And Ghostbusters II.
Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?
What’s that got to do with this?
Back off man! I’m a scientist!
Listen... Do you smell something?
Hilarious. I was going to give that quote but went with the menstruation one instead.
Yes, it's true, this man has no dick.
When I'm sad or depressed, I rewatch Inside out (1 or 2) and it puts me in a content and indifferent headspace.
No way you could pay me to go near Inside Out 1 when I'm sad. I cant even re-watch that at my best without having a breakdown. That is brave.
Well, way better then No Child of Mine(1997). As I'm a victim of child abuse (although not sexual), it really screwed with me. But if you're in a decent mood, I would recommend it.
Gone in Sixty Seconds.
Moneyball.
Addendum: Kung Fu Panda
Gone in 60 is so rewatchable
Hey hey, check this out! Check this out! She’s a brick. Nuh nuhnuh. Hooooouse!
Moneyball - very good choice. I'd like to add "The Big Short" as well.
Both based on books by the same dude! Something I didn't realize for quite some. I need to go read his shit.
I have plenty more but this is just off the top of my head.
Idiocracy
Rat Race
Hot Tub Time Machine
Tropic Thunder
Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension.
It's the quintessential 80s movie.
Event horizon.
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before Midnight
As an oldster, I notice that almost all of the movies listed here are more than 20 years old. Most of the cultural references on Lemmy are much more recent than that.
What we do in the shadows
Down Periscope
Galaxy Quest
Good Will Hunting
No matter what I watch, I get old regardless :(
White Chicks
Mean Girls
The Devil Wears Prada
The Proposal
I like to shut my brain off and have simple entertainment that doesn’t require much thinking during watching watch time.
My favourite movie of all time is Enemy 2013 and Black Swan but these are movies that go under your skin and everytime I watch them I have to go into spirals of overthinking etc while the above mentioned movies don’t give me that.
I could watch the first three Captain America movies back-to-back-to-back at the drop of a hat. Not gonna include the fourth one.
A Silent Voice/Koe no Natachi
I'm currently learning Japanese, and this has been my go-to to rewatch without subtitles, picking up a little more each time I revisit it.
Too Wong Foo, Thanks for everything! Julie Newmar
Miami Connection
Sissy boy slap party!
UHF
Mouse Hunt
Supplies!
Ghost in the shell (anime movies).
Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Ready Player One
2001 Space Odysee
Paprika
I love watching the Barbie Movies (the early 2000s CGI ones), especially when I'm sick.
extra upvote for Paprika
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Early Wes Anderson movie has such a good vibe and always seems just what I needed when I put it on…
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0115734/
Groundhog Day
Harry potter 1-7
Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972)
Singin' in the rain.
1 Night in Paris
Harry Potter series The Matrix Tangled The Wolf of Wallstreet Coraline
Seven Psychopaths
I must have seen Old School at least twenty times.
It was pretty much the perfect movie before streaming services existed and you were too lazy to go to the video store or P2P-download another movie because you'd rather hang out on your friends' couch and smoke weed all day.
Pacific Rim
Yes! I was hoping to see this one mentioned.
Most Villenueve movies are very rewatchable for me. Sicario, BR2049, Arrival, and the Dune films. Others like Incendies, Enemy, and Prisoners not as much, not because they are bad, but because they are pretty heavy to be watched repeatedly.
Baby Driver, The Gentlemen
Couldn't even get through one whole watch of Baby Driver, tried several times but cringe quit sometime before the midpoint every time.
Style kinda shat on substance with this one. I didn't feel like it was unwatchable, but the parts where they synchronized gunfire to music felt excessive.
Death Race 2000. There has never been a more flawless film.
Mr Blandings Builds His Dream Home
Ace ventura 2: when nature calls
The LOTR trilogy
The Emperors new groove
Hercules (origional animated disney version)
A Knights Tale
Hot Fuzz
Martyrs
the nice guys apocalypse now zodiac green mile closer kings speech anything Villeneuve has made more or less
Independence Day Rambo: First Blood North To Alaska Total Recall Open Season
Yeah, my parents watched a lot of old shows while I was growing up so it kind of shaped my likes.
Six String Samurai
THE Suicide squad. It was so good that Tim Gunn earned the right to be boss of the DCU, and has proved it again and again.
The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum.
Foodfight!
The Seventh Seal
If I had to pick the two movies furthest away from each other in every way imaginable, it would be these two movies. You have broad tastes haha 😂
None I abuse any movie like that til it does get old lol
Tremors (1990)
Chef
I don't know about never, but I've watched numerous times:
Hocus Pocus on Halloween! Also, Mean Girls on Gay Christmas.
Is Gay Christmas like Friendsgiving?
It could be! But it's literally just Halloween, but gay.
Huh. Haven't ran across that expression before. Halloween was always queer, I thought. (Dress up and be whoever you want to be, etc.) Halloween and happy fireworks day are my favorite holidays.
I've never watched a movie more than once.
Come on dog, that movie sucked.