Mine is Lost Highway. It’s one of the most amazing pieces of media I’ve ever experienced. It’s dark, surreal, and I still don’t know what it’s about for sure. I have my own interpretation, as do many others. Who’s right? We’ll never know. The film is a fucking trip. I highly recommend.
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I’d have to say Baby Driver. Seen it over 20 times. Its our goto movie when we can’t think of anything else
I’d pick The Big Lebowski for me. I’m a simple guy, I like movies and games where absurd things happens in everyday life—because my life feels monotonous, iykyk.
Sci-fi and high fantasy stuff is entertaining, but I don’t dig them as much as media with contemporary setting.
Heavy Metal. It’s so excited to show you all its cool stuff!
I have three that all vie for the top-spot at different times:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is usually my top. I love all the performances, the practical sets, the goofy CGI, and the soundtrack (especially the ending scene with the expert use of “Staralfur” by Sigur Ros). I also grew up with an absentee father and while I never really developed typical “daddy issues” over that, something about this aspect of the plot hits me (same with why I have a fondness for Tron Legacy).
The Beach is also up there. Not a great film, but a favorite. I caught it right around the time I started surfing and developing an itch to see the world. I’ve also read the novel several times (which is quite different from the film). It’s whole commentary on tourism-as-colonialism is brilliant.
Office Space might be the one movie I’ve seen more than any other. While it’s a great comedy, the performances are perfect as is the themes (though the ending is kinda lame and feels like the movie loses steam). I grew up hanging out among cubicles with my mom and every character is someone that I have met.
Gran Torino
It teaches you that friendship and empathy have nothing to do with race
Back to the Future. It’s both an amazing time capsule of the era and somehow also timeless. All the actors absolutely nail it and it’s just super fun to watch. I never get tired of it.
Gotta be The Matrix (1999). It blew my mind with the action when I saw it as a teenager, it continued blowing my mind with the philosophical and existential ideas when I started understanding those as an adult, and now it’s the ultimate comfort watch for me.
The two sequels have a special place in my heart too.
I am still thinking that the Matrix is about Capitalism and bigotry. Once you understand that you don’t have to follow their rules, you have much more freedom.
I actually saw it for the first time when they did the re-release in theatres. I couldn’t believe I had been sleeping on it.
My Neighbor Totoro
I can’t decide, but what immediately comes to mind that hasn’t been said is “Everything everywhere all at once” and “Interstellar”.
I have never had a single favorite film. I don’t think I could list my top five favorite films of many different genres.
I have never heard of this movie. Am watching now. This is quite interesting !!
Nice! How’d you like it?
Patricia Arquette 😍 (recognized her voice and eyes right away from one of my other favorites ive seen a million times, Holes)
Oh I loved it. Its exactly the era of dramatic films I like, and I grew up in that era so it all has a great feel to me. The lighting, the framing, the score (bowie, eno, corgan, reznor, rammstein, how could you go wrong?!!)
I need more movies like it. I’m glad you mentioned it!
the movie touches on many of the problems/insecurities that young americans had to deal with back in the late-80’s/early-90’s and stands in stark contrast to the world of today’s millenials & genz adults, but it’s still familiar in deeply touching and troubling ways.
every time i watch it, it never fails to remind me of an aspect of life that i lived, but had completely forgotten about in the decades since then and Araki has a way of making each one feel like an old wound that you forgot you had like it’s some sort emotional battle scar from living life.
a VERY young ethan hawke is in it and i’ve never disliked anything he’s ever done. lol
That’s a tough one to answer. I don’t have a specific favorite movie; however, The Dollar Trilogy is high up on my list. For action, I like older movies like Enter the Dragon, and for comedy, take a look at The Big Lebowski.
Gut reaction?
“Big Trouble In Little China.”
I know there are better movies, but this is my favorite. Magic and gangsters, a dimwit hero, cheesy dialog, really good fight scenes, and a really hot actress.
Every time I watch it I feel like I’m 14 again.
Alien and Blade Runner, both by Ridley Scott. Arguably set in the same universe.
Absolute stunning set and costume designs and genre defining in there own way.
I watched Alien for the first time last week, and I was blown away. The aesthetics, the camera-work showing massive scales, the way it reveals information (or doesn’t!). Obviously it’s impossible to go into it completely blind, I knew Ripley would be the last survivor, I knew about the chestburster, I knew about the evil corporation, but the twist with the science officer caught me off guard and was amazingly executed.
Somehow it still felt very distinctive and unique, even being so old and influential.
