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The Big Lebowski. Simultaneously ridiculous and incredibly sophisticated. People who think its "just" a stoner comedy may have some more viewings to go π
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"
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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.
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.
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Blazing Saddles
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Idiocracy
Thereβs something about that close-to-home dystopian outlook that calms me. Now go away, Iβm batinβ!
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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...
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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.
Lord of the Rings
Die Hard
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.
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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.
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Super troopers
Harold and Kumar go to white castle
Ghost busters
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.
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The Princess Bride
Shawshank Redemption
Hot Fuzz
Penguins (of Madagascar): The Movie
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
(it's the butthole, they attacked a giant alien anus with soap to save the day)
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Blade Runner
I'm surprised this hasn't been said already and would expect it to be one of the top comments.
The greatest cinematic masterpiece of the 21st century, of course: Shrek
Rear Window
The Princess Bride
Joe vs the Volcano
Idiocracy
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Thing (1982)
Itβs my favorite movie of all time and I watch it every October.
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Fight Club
It sucks that people take the movie the wrong way and think it glorifies male toxicity. Now thereβs nazi fight clubs happening all around the world.
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Hot Fuzz.
Pride and Prejudice (the one with Kiera Knightley).
Kung Fury
Super cliche answer but:
The Shawshank Redemption
Mel brooks the history of the world part one
That and spaceballs
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
The Blues Brothers
Rat Race
Airplane!
The Big Lebowski
- A Knights Tale
- Scott Pilgrim vs The World
- Young Frankenstein
- The Matrix
- The Big Lebowski
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Lord of the Rings (whole trilogy)
Jurassic Park
Tropic Thunder
Escape from New York
Zombieland
The Crow
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Joe Versus The Volcano.
Also another vote for The Princess Bride
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