Toss up between Star Trek First Contact and Snatch!

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.

Lord of the Rings. It has all my heart desires. Great shots of nature, camaraderie, action, feels, swords, a message, charge of the Rohirrim… I could go on. It’s a masterpiece.

You may say it’s cheating, that’s three movies - well to that I say the books are also actually one book split into three. They shot all the movies together as well. Besides, I only evet watch them all or not at all so… one big movie as far as I’m concerned.

君の名は。 (your name.). There’s so much to it. The one that comes to mind now is how humbled the writer (Shinkai) was by the west’s reception of his previous film that he insisted upon the soundtrack being done by a band with a bilingual singer, so if you watch the English dub, the music is also in English. I don’t, but I love that detail. (I prefer the Japanese dub with no subtitles, followed closely by the Japanese dub with some really excellent fan subs.) I’ve seen it enough that I no longer need the dialogue translated to fully appreciate it. I know what they’re talking about.

I also love how the trailer doesn’t tell you shit about what it’s about. The trailer is happy letting you think it’s a romantic comedy about teens body swapping. There’s a hard right turn about halfway through that changes the whole thing. And while the whole thing is beautiful and there are some great scenes before that point, that’s where the movie really begins. There’s a line in one of the songs that says “everything before now is prologue.” And that’s true. There’s the story and there’s a bunch of stuff that just sets it up, and the trailer only covers the latter.

Then there’s the multiple timelines…

Sunshine. It’s one of the only non fiction cosmic horror films I know of. That experience of awe and insignificance at the sovereignty of the sun moved me. And recently I got to experience it first hand just like in the film, and for the half second I comprehended the size of sun it was… terrifying.

The movie has it’s faults, but it’s one of only a few films that put us in our place.

I think arrival was very good. i dont know why but i love this movie without a very rational reason. i think this movies narrative “touch”, i cant find the right word, i mean the “vibe” of the movie, is very appeals to me. and thats the main thing what i love about movie. yes i love the cinematography of this movie(denis villeneuve is always a good sign), yes the music are extraordinarily good, yes the story timeline is very well constructed. but none of them can be a reason why it is the best movie ive ever watched. i just love it. and i couldnt find this movies tone in any other movie unfortunately. i cant find a similar one to this. very unique for me.

and im ashamed because of that baby badge. dont do that lemmy.

the thirteenth floor

also back to the future if i can choose one more

I’d have to say Baby Driver. Seen it over 20 times. Its our goto movie when we can’t think of anything else

Gran Torino

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.

It’s gotta be Goncharov for me, it’s Scorsese’s best work

Damn. I have a hard time pinning that down. Way easier by genre, but even there I wouldn’t come to a permanent conclusion since the process is highly dependent on what I remember.

Most of the time, I end up on Fight Club. It’s my most rewatched movie for sure. It hits the right buttons between tight acting, phenomenal camera work, a structure that works, and a concept that can be challenging when first encountered. I hate that it got turned into a symbol for morons that only look at the surface of it, but that’s people for ya; they’ll take the exact opposite message from something and run with it like a pair of scissors.

That being said, I’ve watched spaceballs damn near as many times, along with young Frankenstein. Most of the Brookes ouvre rank pretty damn high for me, and dominate my comedy folders.

But there’s also Princess Bride that’s such a simple and comfortable movie, and Rocky Horror that thrills, chills, and fulfills me. All of those, I’ve seen so many times I’ve lost count, but reach triple digits (and probably exceed that considering I’ve been known to put any of those on to help me sleep when insomnia is kicking my ass, and some nights I’ll go through multiple via playlist now that digital exists).

“Rubber” - It’s a (french?) movie about a car wheel that suddenly becomes aware of its own existence. It then starts rolling around, and somehow it has the ability to KILL telepathically. It starts small with squirrles or rats exploding, but at some point even the military needs to intervene.

I like trash :)

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.

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.