the station agent
― akm, Saturday, 20 September 2008 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
DIE HARD
― the valves of houston (gbx), Saturday, 20 September 2008 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
and Wonder Boys
― milo z, Monday, July 7, 2008 1:13 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^ and out of sight
― Mohammed Butt (max), Saturday, 20 September 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Empire RecordsWithnail & IGrosse Pointe Blank
... I'm more a TV show person to though, so I'll more readily get out the Simpsons or Goodies box set or something.
― Trayce, Saturday, 20 September 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Igby Goes DownAny film of Jane Austen novelChariots of Fire
Depends what I want... uplifting, romantic happy ending, or just to have a bloody good bawl.
― The Accountant Of Taste (Masonic Boom), Saturday, 20 September 2008 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Local HeroThe Princess BrideThe Maltese Falcon
― Aimless, Saturday, 20 September 2008 16:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Almost Famous, Mean Girls, Clueless
― Tape Store, Saturday, 20 September 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
mean girls OTm i might put it on now
― Surmounter, Saturday, 20 September 2008 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I think a comfort movie has to be a movie that you don't get bored of in the middle so....
An American TaleA Brave Little Toaster
I wanted to say The Big Blue (le grand bleu) but I've only seen it once and I probably would get bored in the middle.I'm gonna watch Life Aquatic for a second time this weekend and hopefully it wont put me to sleep, because at one time it was my favorite movie (even then I watched it in halves).
and my little sister watches Empire Records over and over with different friends. I blame myself for suggesting it to her.
― CaptainLorax, Saturday, 20 September 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
!!!
Now I really want to watch Brave Little Toaster. It's been years...
― Abbott, Saturday, 20 September 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Truth About Cats And DogsMiracleWithnail and IPretty In PinkThe Notebook
― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 20 September 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
wow: Toaster and Cats and Dogs right on
― Surmounter, Saturday, 20 September 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
get bored in the middle
This is probably my biggest problem with comfort movies, finding one that doesn't flag in the middle. There are plenty of movies that I can watch the first half of over and over, and very few that I'll watch all the way through, but somehow it seems "wrong" not to watch a movie until the end.
Also, not a movie, but the "Moog" documentary.
― snoball, Saturday, 20 September 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
The Philadelphia StoryIn The Mood For LoveDazed and Confused
― I know, right?, Saturday, 20 September 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ManhattanDouble IndemnityHigh FidelityThe SearchersReservoir DogsLive Free or Die HardThe Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceAnnie HallTommy BoyAlmost Famous
― HOOS em out to your friends and shit (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 20 September 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
When Harry Met SallyGroundhog Day
Both films I've seen an inordinate number of times.I rather imagine The Apartment and Gilda are films I could do this with as well.
― Øystein, Saturday, 20 September 2008 22:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, I meant to say Annie Hall too.
― I know, right?, Saturday, 20 September 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Maid in Manhattan. Admitting this has produced catharsis of such power you could use it to blow up the moon. Also, in an attempt to retrieve the little scraps of shame and pride on the floor - The Man Who Would Be King and Dead of Night.
― GamalielRatsey, Saturday, 20 September 2008 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Can't Stop the Music
― Nicole, Saturday, 20 September 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Gotta be Tenebre, Deep Red, Videodrome and Assault on Precinct 13.
― Michael Servetus, Saturday, 20 September 2008 23:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Brick.
― Simon H., Sunday, 21 September 2008 00:07 (fifteen years ago) link
lots of laurel & hardymidnight runpicnic at hanging rock
― or something, Sunday, 21 September 2008 00:13 (fifteen years ago) link
any of Verhoeven's sci-fi flicks: Robocop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers.
― I want to be your Dairy Queen (latebloomer), Sunday, 21 September 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Predator
― I want to be your Dairy Queen (latebloomer), Sunday, 21 September 2008 00:58 (fifteen years ago) link
starship troopers OTM
― the valves of houston (gbx), Sunday, 21 September 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
laurel and hardy rules!
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 21 September 2008 07:13 (fifteen years ago) link
when harry met sally beverly hills cop (can't believe other people said this one!)togetherroxannethe royal tenenbaumsmanhattanhannah and her sistersbig
― piscesx, Thursday, 14 January 2010 07:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club
Yes yes yes. I also have Point Break on my list. Such a great movie. And Fast Times @ RH.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 14 January 2010 09:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, up to a point I could enjoy The Proposal but god damn Reynolds has such a putty (?) face. And of course the plot. God damn.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 14 January 2010 09:21 (fourteen years ago) link
kung fu hustlea mighty windsuper troopersglengarry glen rossmaltese falcon
― Not a reactionary git, just an idiot. (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 January 2010 11:24 (fourteen years ago) link
oh and rio bravo
more buffy dvds than movies at this point, but cold comfort farm and hedwig and the angry inch
― Maria, Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Clueless Mean GirlsEdward Scissorhands
― Roz, Thursday, 14 January 2010 13:15 (fourteen years ago) link
October SkyPleasantvilleKinsey
I guess I like movies where people in the '50s fight intellectual repression.
― sedentary lacrimation (Abbott), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
The Big LebowskiLord of the Rings trilogyFireworksMichael ClaytonBlade RunnerRatatouille2046Anchorman
― richie aprile (rockapads), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:52 (fourteen years ago) link
In The Mood For Love and X files
― Jacob Sanders, Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
bill and teds, zoolander, bring it on, rushmore
― Lamp, Thursday, 14 January 2010 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
LebowskiElectionEd WoodLOTRThe Third Man
― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Thursday, 14 January 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
there's some movies my sister recorded on vhs off the tv as kids that we watched OVER AND OVER AND OVEr that I still think of as comfort movies, though I haven't seen them in a while..
Big BusinessRobin Hood (Disney - roger miller ftw)Willy Wonka's Chocolate FactoryAn American TailGooniesSteel Magnolias (but only if I am in the mood to cry, talk about waterworks)Breakfast Club
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 14 January 2010 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Any Pixar, Cars excepted. The Iron Giant.
― BTW, I'm frightfully middle-class (chap), Thursday, 14 January 2010 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Pixar movies tend to get me all amped up! They are like calculated to tweak my emotions.
― sedentary lacrimation (Abbott), Thursday, 14 January 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Lawrence of Arabia
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Movies I can watch any time:
Quiz ShowThe Lady EveHusbands and WivesNaked LunchThe PlayerReversal of FortuneTouch of EvilNotorious
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 January 2010 20:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the apartment (wilder)
― tehresa, Thursday, 14 January 2010 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's a good'un!
A few of mine:
Cool Hand LukeMiller's CrossingThe Big LebowskiWoodstockPlan 9 From Outer SpaceThe PlayerThe Right Stuff
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 15 January 2010 11:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Little Shop of Horrors
― Not the real Village People, Saturday, 16 January 2010 09:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Groundhog DayNine to FiveThe WomenFemale on the BeachRebeccaThe Magnificent AmbersonsXanaduRomy and Michele's High School ReunionThe Color of PomegranatesWomen of the Night (2000)The Apple (1980)
― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Gregory's GirlFerris Bueller's Day OffThe Princess BrideChicagoMoulin Rougeany Hugh Grant/Richard Curtis thing
I'm thinking Groundhog Day would be a good addition as well.
― ailsa, Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:30 (fourteen years ago) link
bottle rocket
― I can't turn my face into a shart (dyao), Saturday, 16 January 2010 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Cherry 2000Black MaskSpinal TapDawn of the DeadDude Where's My CarIdiocracyEpisodes of Metalocalypse or the IT Crowd
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 16 January 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link