What are some movies you can suggest going into blind?
I don't like to dwell on a movie's description or details before watching it so I'm looking for movies to go into blind.
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All of them. I want to know very little about the movies I go see.
Exactly! I stopped watching movie and tv trailers over 10 years ago, and it has GREATLY improved my viewing experience!
Great way to waste time and money. 9/10 releases recently are hot garbage.
That 9/10 is not a recent thing at all. Movies have always been.
It is entertainment, it is all about wasting time and money.
If you can manage it, the Matrix was absolutely amazing the first time. We had no idea what we were going to see except someone from work said it looked good. After it was done we were leaving the theater and saw that the next showing didn't have a line, so we went again.
Honestly? All of them.
Since I've stopped watching trailers / reading synopses etc. my enjoyment of most any movie has shot up exponentially
Ive never watched trailers. They ruin the movies. Especially now.
Agreed. If I don't want to watch a movie I'll just watch the trailer to get a summary of the entire dang plot
Yeah. Theyve gotten worse. Go watch a trailer for Jurassic park, now thats a good one, its like what's happening and then IRS over, lije 15 seconds. How a trailer should be. Not every damn clip of the movie for 3 minutes.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. I went in thinking it was a martial arts flick and was pleasantly surprised while not being incorrect.
1973's Day of the Jackal.
1974's The Conversation.
I swear I've heard of the Day of the Jackal 10 times by now! I don't mean in a bad way :) Either the book or movie, I see it being suggested often in the topics I'm interested in. Might be a sign to finally watch it!
There was a new series sometime in the recent past so maybe that got some attention to the older ones.
It's an old one but The Usual Suspects.
Project Hail Mary
The book is much better, the audiobook is even better than the book. Gosling was the wrong actor for this role.
That's what my neighbor told me after I took his advice and watched it. Haven't had the capacity to read/listen yet.
But going into it almost completely blind, it was a great movie.
The Cabin in the Woods
Memento
Fight Club
The Matrix
Mickey 17
Nobody/Nobody 2
Donnie Darko, if you like unnerving mysteries with mind bending resolutions.
"Everything, everywhere, all at once"
It's just... Wow
The Prestige
Memento
Predestination
Watched them all! Memento is my favorite of these 3. When it clicked for me what was happening I was mesmerized.
These movies I specifically recommend people go into knowing as little as possible about them.
Requiem for a Dream
From Dusk Till Dawn
Funny Games
From Dusk Till Dawn really does not have the same impact if you know anything at all about the movie. Which is sort of a challenge for a 30-year-old franchise with three movies and a tv series
So if anyone is reading this who doesn't know anything about the 1996 movie and you don't mind a bloodbath, I highly recommend you watch it. Right now if you can
When I was in college, I got to show this movie to someone who had never heard of it. I'm so glad I got to see their reaction when they figured out what the movie is about.
It truly is a rare treat. I caught it for the first time on late night tv
It's one of those movies that I wish I could completely forget about so I could experience it as a first time again
Hadn't heard of this one before. Sold!
Of those three, that one is my favorite, and the one I hoped you'd pick
Update: Ok I'm 37 minutes in and I'm having difficulty watching it. For reference I've turned off A Clockwork Orange twice despite being a huge Kubrick fan.
I'M NOT SOFT! I just find that very specific kind of violence difficult to watch.
Yeah, Funny Games wasn’t for me, either.
Ah I'm not OP but I appreciated the recommendation nonetheless!
The one from 1997, not the 2007 US remake.
EDIT: The Apartment (1960)
Psychological horror - Cube, Cube^2^, if you liked them Cube 0
Sci-fi - Enders Game
Comedy - Austin Powers (all)
Event Horizon
I watched it earlier in the year with a huge misconception to what it is but highly recommend.
Also any Wes Anderson film because it's going to some eccentric wonder and the less you know the better.
Tbh pretty much all movies. There's really nothing to be gained from feeding the hype train.
Dark City. Make sure to watch the original release, not the directors cut. Otherwise, enjoy.
Bullet Train
The Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Any John Williams movies. Even if you can't see what is going on in the movie, at least you'll be able to enjoy the music
I reckon OP was speaking figuratively :)
Sorry to bother you (2018)
I went with a list that has some great twists that work really well if you have no idea before going in.
Midsommar
The VVitch
Unbreakable
The Prestige
The Village
Sunshine
I think this is the first time I've seen someone recommend Sunshine
+1 for it. it's one of my favourite movies, and nobody seems to know about it.
Seconded. Crazy little publicity for a Cillian Murpy mobie.
Funnily enough, the twist in The Village didn't work on me - for some reason, the situation as it was is exactly what my mind had assumed was the case, so when it was revealed it didn't actually register as "the twist" and for the entirety of the movie, I kept expecting something else to be the twist. It wasn't until after the movie was over, and it was discussed with family, that I realized that the "discovery" wasn't what everyone else had automatically assumed to be the case by default, and so everyone else in attendance had been shocked by the information.
Smart money's on many of those people also being the sort to ask ridiculous like: "Who's that?", "What's going on?", "Why are they doing <insert recently described motive> right now/like that?", etc. during the fucking movie
...usually, just as the film answers them for you. 🤬🤷🏼♂️
Primer
That. Also Ex Machina, Snowpiercer, eXistenZ, Edge of Tomorrow, The Birdcage
A few classics that haven't been mentioned yet are Rear Window, The Planet of the Apes (1968), and Se7en. Se7en is absolutely still worth watching even if spoiled by the memes. Parasite is also a good, more recent one.
Pan's Labyrinth
It's a sweet whimsical tale.
Thats evil
I keep hearing that phrase for some reason.
A newer one: Strange Darling
Good movie
I strongly second this suggestion.
Audition
The obvious answer for a question like this is often a movie with some kind of big twist - which does make a recommendation pretty hard if you want to preserve the surprise of the twist.
In an alternate vein, I think horror movies have a lot of potential here. I used to have a subscription to Shudder, and watching old horror movies I had never seen was a special kind of experience. Ditto for anything that describes itself as a "mind-bending psychological thriller" or anything psychedelic
For a specific recommendation, I'm going with Blood Beat (1983). Although even if I didn't go in blind I probably would have found it just as weird
Ah the initial knowledge of a movie having a twist is not an issue for me because when I usually get movie recommendations I add them in a big list and by the time I get to watch them I forget that the movie is supposed to have a twist. Thank you for your recommendation!
I agree that going into all movies blind is best, there are specific types that are best to be blind. I'd say movies where the ending is the biggest plot point like those with twist endings, mysteries, and maybe tragedies. In a romcom or adventure movie, there's a good chance you may already know the outcome. The couple end up together or good overcomes evil. But those movies are enjoyable even if you can predict the outcome. For mysteries or twist endings, if you already know the ending then the journey towards it is less enjoyable.
Other movies that are good going in blind are ones that are so out there part of the fun is watching what makes it so different.
That said, here are the list of movies I think would be great to go in blind:
The recent Backrooms movie.
Titan AE and Atlantis: The Lost Empire for some good classics.
Oh, ans Treasure Planet too.
Big Trouble (2002). Massively underrated.
"I fuckin' hate Gators fans."
all of them/ they’re so much better that way
Limbo (1999) directed by John Sayles I went into this one blind at the cinema. I still think about it.
Or if you want a more recent movie Longlegs (2024) that one will sit with me for a while
The Kid Detective.
Not a movie but:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6dC80AEawE
That's an hour and 15 minute episode of The Chris Gethard Show, guest staring Jason Mantazokus and Paul Scheer.
The point is they try to guess what's in a dumpster, which sounds stupid.
But it is absolutely the best thing to watch "blind" for the first time.
It's ten years old but you're unlikely to have heard of it, and they just did a 10 year anniversary show like a week ago, that's not as good but you might want to watch it after the original.
First three Ari Aster movies: Hereditary, Midsommar and Beau is Afraid. Also, most of Cronenberg's horror opus (skip the dramas and thrillers)
One Cut Of The Dead.
The first 30 minutes are horribly bad acted and are a pain to sit through, but pay attention. Then comes the pay off. And it's extremely funny and so well put together!
Sounds fun!
It's definitely worth a look, even if the first 30 minutes are a pain! :)
And going blind into the cinema into this movie was perfect! We were so glad we did not leave after a few minutes!
Los Cronocrimenes (Timecrimes) if you like time travel and haven't come across this little gem yet.
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
The White Countess (2005)
At First Sight (1999)
Blindsight (2006)
Ray (2004)
The rare ones that're audio-only? I think that's called music, though.