GTKY Favorite Movies

sleepy33

Gimme your top 10 list; or top 5 if you can't think of 10. Or just some movies you enjoy, idk, I'm bored. 

elliebo

Labyrinth, The Burbs, Ghostbusters 2, Fantasia, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro

sleepy33

elliebo said:

Labyrinth, The Burbs, Ghostbusters 2, Fantasia, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro

I quote this like constantly:

sleepy33

Some of my faves in no particular order:
Almost Famous
JFK
A Lion in Winter
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
Out of Africa
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Donnie Darko
Bottle Rocket
Joe Versus the Volcano
Moonstruck

zuuls_mom

Moulin Rouge, Saving Silverman, Superbad, Jawbreaker, Mean Girls, Transformers, Home Alone 2, Ocean’s Eleven, Sixteen Candles and The Italian Job. 

sleepy33

FFFC I have never seen Labyrinth and I feel like it's a personal failure that I must rectify soon. 

stringofhearts

The Man Who Knew Too Little, Pride & Prejudice (both!), The Sound of Music, Zombieland, Hot Fuzz, Serenity. Eta Inception, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, Galaxy Quest, Avatar.

peachy13

in no order:

Mary Poppins
Sound of Music (woo hoo @stringofhearts)
Chef
Love Actually
My Cousin Vinny

eatinwatermelonseeds

No particular order, and I have a terrible memory but: the Scream movies (I've just always loved them), the proposal, never been kissed, empire records, maleficent...I don't know lol

mrsdee15

Oh man, this is hard - Mean Girls (still one of the most quotable movies I know), Romeo + Juliet (the Baz Luhrmann version), Harry Potter generally, all of the Nora Ephron movies (Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, etc.), pretty much any paranormal horror movie, especially those produced by Blumhouse (Oculus is a favorite), Mary Poppins. 

I am kind of weird and picky about movies, it takes a lot for me to want to see them in theaters because I hate hearing others talk during them, it's really distracting for me.  We mostly watch TV shows at home.  However, when DD was really young and I was on maternity leave, I would take her to movie showings specifically for babies to come to and that was fantastic.  It was intentionally loud so it never bothered me, and it was in the morning so I'd get a coffee and DD would nap on the soft seat and we would get some time outside the house.  

imrachellea

27 Dresses, Pirates of the Caribbean (original), Christmas Vacation, Aladdin, Return of the King...

...why is it so hard for me to think of movies I love?

eatinwatermelonseeds

@imrachellea I had such a hard time too! I know I love more movies than that. 

fatmonica

A few favorites in no particular order...
Pride and Prejudice
Two Weeks Notice
The Greatest Showman
Les Miserables
The Sound of Music
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
National Treasure
What About Bob
Oceans 11
Elf

If you can't tell, I love musicals, but DH can't stand them....

RoseShadow873

Some of my favorites: Home Alone, Step Brothers, All the Lord of the Rings, Better Off Dead, The Shining, The Lost Boys, Roman Holiday, What About Bob?, The Secret Garden, Heavyweights. It's hard to pick just 10! I have a lot of favorites and like watching them over and over.

zuuls_mom

@fatmonica I LOVED The Greatest Showman! It was so much fun and so beautiful! I think I cried happy and sad tears like 5 separate times. 

sleepy33

@mrsdee15 & @peachy13 have you seen the trailer for the new Mary Poppins?!? I AM EXCITE BC LIN MANUEL

sleepy33

RoseShadow873 said:

Some of my favorites: Home Alone, Step Brothers, All the Lord of the Rings, Better Off Dead, The Shining, The Lost Boys, Roman Holiday, What About Bob?, The Secret Garden, Heavyweights. It's hard to pick just 10! I have a lot of favorites and like watching them over and over.

mrsdee15

@sleepy33 I definitely got teary-eyed at the preview, and Lin-Manuel Miranda is so ridiculously talented I can barely handle it.  I didn't realize he worked on the Moana soundtrack, I really like it.

lovelybabybumpz

The wedding Singer
Sound of Music
Mean Girls
Almost Famous
Love Actually

sleepy33

mrsdee15 said:

@sleepy33 I definitely got teary-eyed at the preview, and Lin-Manuel Miranda is so ridiculously talented I can barely handle it.  I didn't realize he worked on the Moana soundtrack, I really like it.

He wrote the whole thing! And the guy who sang the part of Moana's father is George Washington from the original Broadway cast of Hamilton! And that's LMM singing on We Know The Way. Sorry, LMM super-geeking shall conclude now. Except to say he's on my laminated list of celebrities, but that's a GTKY for another day...

sleepy33

@lovelybabybumpz

High five on the Almost Famous love

elliebo

@sleepy33 YESSSS I’m so glad someone else appreciates this fine film 😂 *edited to specify The Burbs

mrsdee15

@sleepy33 YES and "We Know the Way" is possibly my favorite song on the entire soundtrack.  I'm glad he's been working on so many things lately.

RoseShadow873

The Burbs terrified me as a child. 

peachy13

@lovelybabybumpz omg, I love the wedding singer and am sad I left it off my list. 
@sleepy33 yas and can't wait! I love Lin-Manuel too
@fatmonica i love musicals too and DH is usually on the fence. Not his fav but I have to really pick out good ones that I know he won't mind. We've seen a few on broadway together and he liked them (Jersey Boys he actually loved, Wicked he was eh). As for movies, it's a total risk. He might hate it, love it, or fall asleep 10 minutes in. A few of his likes so far have been West Side Story (I really had to play up the street gang violence factor lol), Mamma Mia (also had to play up James Bond singing), and kind of surprisingly, Sound of Music. 

brie_and_almonds

Like everyone, no particular order to mine

Stand By Me

Donnie Darko

Jurassic Park

The Breakfast Club

Amelie

Drop Dead Fred

Mean Girls

The Wedding Singer

The Princess Bride

El Orfanato (The Orphanage)

Honorable mention: The Prestige, Hope Floats, 50 First Dates, Away We Go

mrsdee15

@brie_and_almonds OOooohhh you named one of my favorites I forgot to mention!

poshspice

Lol I don't fit into this group. 

No particular order: 

Star Wars
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
GATTACA
Fight Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Princess Bride
The Little Mermaid
Inside Out
Mean Girls
Boondock Saints
Batman trilogy w/ Christian Bale as Batman

Hmm... That's all for now. 

k2k2tog

I don't really feel like I have favourites that stick with me forever and ever. But I have favourite genres. I will watch and love almost anything psychological horror, supernatural horror, horror horror horror - except for slasher; I really don't care for slasher. 

Also, science fiction, especially those set in dystopian futures. 

Like Black Mirror. Give me your most disturbing episode of Black Mirror and I am in (a weird and twisted) heaven.

Right now, I'm working my way through The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix and it's almost the right mix of character development and creepy ghost moments. Could use a few more creepy ghost moments. But it's good.

We're also working on The Sinner (also on Netflix) which has the perfect build up of weird creepy details and twists that send you off in a new direction after every episode.

This is my favourite time of year, when all the horror movies hit Netflix. I consume all my tv and movies via Netflix, in case you hadn't figured that out.

(Whyyyy am I so wordy all the time?!?)

eatinwatermelonseeds

@poshspice boondock saints! Oh Norman Reedus 😍

mrskoz428

In no particular order:

Rent
Beauty and the Beast (both the animated and live action versions)
Couples Retreat
Grown Ups
The Paranormal Activities (all of them)
Maze Runner series
Hunger Games series
Twilight series
Fault in our Stars

I love movies after books and love hound adult books so I watch a lot of “teenage” movies.

MelissaMay82

Favorite movies in no particular order:

Sweet Home Alabama 
The Breakfast Club 
Stand By Me
Mean Girls
50 First Dates
Christmas Vacation
Fever Pitch
Armageddon
Walk The Line
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days

And so many more! Picking just 10 was hard 😀

mrsdee15

@mrskoz428 YES to the Hunger Games!  Loved the books also.  I still can't bring myself to rewatch Mockingjay Part 2 though.


Also the Paranormal Activity movies are fun!

mrskoz428

@mrsdee15 I have watched them all at least 3 times. Still not sick of them! 

Stormiewinter

lord Of the rings
harry potter
Shawshank redemption
the gods must be crazy
elf
beauty and the beast (animated)
chocolat
jurrasic park

brie_and_almonds

@poshspice Love Ferris Bueller!

psychobutthead

I haven't been on today.  Had a breakfast date with my dad which meant i missed my morning nap.  So i fell asleep at 4 once my husband got home. 

Favorite movies
Rosemary's Baby is my number 1
Bride of chucky
Body Bags
The Interview
Pulp Fiction
Inglorious Bastards
Death Becomes Her
What We Do in the Shadows
Heathers
Halloween Town 

bpietronicco

So hard to pick-you all named some good movies

@sleepy33 I love Monty Python and the holy grail- so many quotable quotes!!  

No particular order:

hallmark movies - especially Christmas ones!!
the Usual Suspects (I really like movies where I can’t figure out the ending).
a long kiss goodnight 
i love musicals as well but prefer them live to movie form
i have really been enjoying all of the marvel movies
clueless (probably more for Paul Rudd- haha)
The breakfast Club
sixteen candles
pretty in pink

sleepy33

bpietronicco said:

So hard to pick-you all named some good movies

@sleepy33 I love Monty Python and the holy grail- so many quotable quotes!!  

No particular order:

hallmark movies - especially Christmas ones!!
the Usual Suspects (I really like movies where I can’t figure out the ending).
a long kiss goodnight 
i love musicals as well but prefer them live to movie form
i have really been enjoying all of the marvel movies
clueless (probably more for Paul Rudd- haha)
The breakfast Club
sixteen candles
pretty in pink

I LOVE the Usual Suspects

mrsdee15

Another one (or series, rather) I love but forgot to mention: Silence of the Lambs and all of its associated films.

DuchessOfCambridge

Clueless
The Big Sick
Mean Girls
Enchanted
The Other Woman
Cinderella (live action)
Beauty and the Beast (live action)
17 Again
The Pianist
Legally Blonde

Basically if it's 2000s chick flick/teen rom com, live action Disney, or incredibly depressing, I like it. I like normal Disney too but I think the live action ones have been actual cinematic masterpieces with depth. That makes me sound like a movie snob. I swear I'm not. See "17 Again".