Several options. The original "Ghostbusters." "Risky Business." "Remains of the Day." "Tora! Tora! Tora!" "Midway." (The original 1976 version.) "Patton." "The Omen." (Actually, all three movies - I like horror films rooted in a bit of legend and religious beliefs.)
All of those rank high in my book. However, probably my all time favorite is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Great movie. Light hearted. Slightly satirical. Funny. No profound lessons, just shut your brain down and have some fun. Brings back not a few high school memories and puts them in overdrive!!
Loved it!!
Yeah, I know, not the most profound movie and as you can see from the list above, I am a fan of historical movies and generally am pretty serious. There was just something about Ferris Bueller - and I went into it as a skeptic - that just lightened the day and game me a laugh.
Great movie and perfect to take you away from hard times.
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That's a tough one. I'm not sure I have an overall favorite, it depends on genre.
Comedy - Spaceballs
Adventure - any of the Mission Impossible films
SciFi - Star Trek - The Voyage Hone
Romance - Pretty Woman
Christmas - it's a Wonderful Life
Classics - The Wizard of Oz
Musical - The Sound of Music
Hot Fuzz. One of the funniest movies around, great parody, great acting, great British humour and plenty of memes came out of it. Would like to give some honourable mentions to Wall-E and Monthy Python and the Holy Grail.
MirrorMask, due to the uniqueness. It's basically an artwork movie with Neil Gaiman's work.
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It is Open Range with Kevin Costner and Robert Duval. It is a cowboy movie but it is a lot more than that. It deals with many themes like justice vs. vengeance, redemption and loyalty. The cinematography is great and the actors all put in amazing performances. Next time it is on the Grit channel you should check it out.
The Gentleman Caller on Alfred Hitchcock Hour back in 1964. I like this one because this guy and his girlfriend tried to do away with this elderly woman, but she was one step ahead of them and this gas man called the police on them. If you get to watch it do so, it's a great to watch and has a calming affect.
I don't even have a top ten of favorites, but Back to The Future and Office Space immediately come to mind. Fuck you got Empire Strikes Back, The Last Crusade, Beetlejuice, Dirty Work, 12 Angry Men, Friday, Braveheart, Clerks, and Forrest Gump. All 11 of them are awesome movies!
In not particular order:
Shawshank Redemption
Top Gun / Maverick
Beverly Hills Cop 1,2,3
Police Academy
Die Hard Trilogy
To Kill a Mockingbird
Runaway JuryFor my 80s peeps
Breakfast Club
Goonies
For Keeps
For my Romance People
Sleepless in Seattle
You Got Mail
The NotebookReach For the Sky. True story of Douglas Bader. Lost both legs before ww2 and still flew spitfires and hurricanes during the war. Was my childhood hero.
Brother from another planet bc how Morton 💜 💪🏼 and bc it’s awesome 😂
dint have time to explain bc my battery is going out but if you watch it I think it’s be self evident ☺️
The Godfather, because it's (in all likelihood) the best movie ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/UhnsHvz7UL8Lord of the Rings trilogy.
then: braveheart, dances with wolves, hamlet, last of the mohicans, master and commander.
I've got a number of favorites. The Blues Brothers and the original Ghostbusters are two of them.
That movie has my type of humor
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Jar2XkBbooForrest Gump. Tom Hanks is my favorite actor so there’s that. The movie deals with real issues.
Stand by me. It does a pretty good job of encompassing what coming of age is like and how weird it is, as well as how seldomly it is spoke about
fight club!! it’s a longtime favorite for me, and i’m a huge palahniuk fan.
marvel Avengers. all 3.
lord of the rings , all 3
The Pop's Exorcist. Its a good horror movie with no jump scares
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