Get Crazy (1983). Just a fun piece of silliness with a cameo from Lou Reed.
And Electric Larry
Office Space
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
I loved this movie and if I was to read a summary I would think it’s boring as hell. But it’s not. It’s on my Made Me Cry list, has an amazing female main character and a solid romance that is not cliche, and I typically cringe at movies with too much romance. This one is good. I +1 your recommendation.
The baby scene was a little weird but otherwise great movie
This movie is the epitome of #mood for me. I love almost every scene as a standalone artwork. Must’ve watched it 20 times.
Did you like science of sleep? Similar vibes. Eternal sunshine is my favorite though.
I did a uni paper on it! I don’t like it as much, it’s a little too whimsical in comparison, but Gondry has a style that just settles my bones.
V for Vendetta
Lemmy will never understand how amazing this movie is.
Movie is very much meh.
The Couch Trip with Dan Aykroyd
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
Alien
Aliens
Because fuck you: Watcher in the Woods
Spaceballs, so you will know what the future holds.
You gotta watch Spaceballs or there isn’t any context for the greatest movie of all time, Spaceballs II: The Search For More Money!
(for now you can watch it for free on YouTube)
Some great ones were already mentioned. I’ll add Life Is Beautiful (1997).
This is generally what I recommend. I’d also suggest going into it as blind as possible simply knowing that it’s a half comedy, half historical drama. It gets pretty heavy at times, more than most comedies. One of my favorite movies ever.
I saw it not even knowing that much and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Great film.
The Man Who Knew Too Little
“12 Angry Men” (1957) is a personal favorite that I recommend to pretty much everyone. Great messages about questioning assumptions, challenging biases, understanding the limitations of evidence, acknowledging imperfections in the justice system, and the consequences thereof.
The movie is also cinematically interesting to me because it feels “small”. The entire movie just about takes place in one room, and the events of the film transpire over the course of one afternoon.
I’ve seen this movie 3 times, each viewing several years apart. Each viewing solidified this movie as my personal favorite, I would go in thinking I’ve already seen this, it can’t have the same wow factor. Nope, I would end up loving it even more. Can’t recommend this enough!
In the beginning of 12 Angry Men everything is shot from above eye-level with wide-angle lenses, giving everything the feel of more space, but as the film progresses it transitions to tighter shots with telephoto lenses from lower angles. The film gives the viewer more and more of a subconscious sense of tension and claustrophobia as the story progresses.
At least one stage adaptation of the story gave a similar effect over the course of the show by slowly tightening the lighting and having the walls of the set physically move inward, too slow for the audience to take notice but enough to subtly affect the entire atmosphere and really drive that feeling home.
That’s so neat; I’d never noticed that before. And the walls closing in on the stage adaptation is really clever
To Kill A Mockingbird
And read the book.
Baraka
- Not just a great war movie, but also a cinematic masterpiece.
5th Element.
The super weapon that sleeps half the movie.
…didnt realise this till I head it on The Film ReRoll podcast.
The main characters are never aware of each other.
