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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Apollo 13.

Mostly factual, great pacing, gripping story, excellent acting, and an honest feel-good ending,

In fact, that and The Incredibles are two movies that I could show to almost any crowd with confidence.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Any of Simon Pegg's movies (the trilogy of sorts).

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Was going to say Hot Fuzz. You can watch it multiple times and it is still funny.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

For me, I could watch Muppet Treasure Island over and over. The perfect movie.

For a movie I need to play for others: A Goofy Movie.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Its a really long movie but it's got everything. RRR

Its got bromances, romances, comedy and tragedy. It's got plenty of over the top action and musical dance numbers. 10/10 movie.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I randomly stumbled on that movie recently and I agree. What a fucking film. It does 100 things I would hate in an American movie but somehow they pull it all off in a priceless and charming way

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Everyone loves ultra-violence, right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Requiem for a Dream

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Something that everyone will love, like The Room or maybe Samurai Cop or maybe even Hard Ticket to Hawaii.

Depending on the group, sometimes old Jet Li flicks will work, too, like The New Legend of Shaolin / Legend of the Red Dragon which has some great baby-kung-fu.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Since someone already said The Princess Bride...

Penguins of Madagascar, The Movie

It is the funniest film I have ever seen. Starring John Malkovich as the villain and Benedict Cumberbatch as the other villain.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This is a perfect time for the Christmas cracker approach - you're unlikely to be able to pick a movie that everyone agrees is good, so pick a movie that everyone agrees is bad, and bond over shared mockery.

Space Truckers (1996) - Dennis Hopper, Charles Dance. Terrible movie with some wacky bullshit, cube pigs, neon space twinks, and a cyborg love prosthetic.

Moonfall (2022) - another classic from Roland Emerick where most of the movie is nonsense but there is a seed of a brilliant idea buried in there.

Mega Shark Vs Mecha Shark (2014) - it starts with a giant shark catapulting a fishing boat from Manhattan to Giza, and gets more and more ridiculous as it goes on. Featuring Christopher Judge in one of his less believable roles.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Ghostbusters.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

The truman show

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Repo Man. If they don't like it, I don't want them around.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Super Troopers.
"You boys like MEXICO?!?!?!"

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Either "Tucker and Dale Versus Evil", or "The Cabin in the Woods".

If I want everyone to leave as quickly as possible, then "Martyrs", Antichrist", or "A Serbian Film".

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Since no one has said it yet, original Ghostbusters.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (8 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

The Empire Strikes Back

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