Kiki's Delivery ServiceHappy Go Lucky
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 13:22 (four years ago) link
Metropolitan
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
In Bruges
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 14:37 (four years ago) link
xp Good call!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
doom (2005), dir: andrzej bartkowiak
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
xps Metropolitan otm
the Bill Murray version of The Razor's Edge was at one time. For some reason watched over and over on vhs, but haven't seen it in years.
Dr. Zhivago, first movie I can remember seeing, at the drive-in in the back seat of our VW Bug. Brother and I played the soundtrack endlessly as kids.
Mentioned before, but any Powell and Pressburger, especially I Know Where I'm Going.
Jules and Jim
Any of Jørgen Leth's cycling films: A Sunday in Hell, Stars and Water Carriers and The Impossible Hour.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:13 (four years ago) link
I've only seen it once, but I bet Céline and Julie Go Boating would make a good comfort movie
― Dan I., Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
any of the first eight friday the 13th moviessleepy hollow (idk why)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
ClueThrow Mama from the TrainAmicus horror anthology moviesThe CarDead of Night (1945)
― MrDasher, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
Also some Universal and Hammer horror
― MrDasher, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
Clue!!!
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
We should poll the endings of Clue one of these days.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
no day like today
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 20:36 (four years ago) link
brad otm re sleepy hollow
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
i should rig it up so that the odd couple is just constantly playing in the background if im not actively watching something maybe
― all over bar the shouting (im here for the shouting) (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
I don't remember if I've seen the movies all the way through and I've never read the books, but I love putting on any of the LOTR trilogy when I'm falling asleep. They've got two of them on Netflix right now. I never know what's going on but it always seems like a comfortable place to be.
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
All About EveJFKTootsieThe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
Yeah Metropolitan for sure, it has that 'staying up all night' thing going on.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
Tootise is another one, for sure.
I’ll put the Clue poll together on a day when I’m at home, unless someone else wants to go ahead with it.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 21:57 (four years ago) link
Repo ManChinatownepisodes of The Wire
― sarahell, Thursday, 3 October 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
repo man is a great choice
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 3 October 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
Ronin
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 3 October 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
The Long Goodbye
Also will 3rd or 4th Metropolitan.
― nickn, Thursday, 3 October 2019 19:57 (four years ago) link
Repo Man thirdedThis Is Spinal Tapprobably Tetsuo: The Iron Man tbh
― Stockhausen Serves Empirical Jism (Matt #2), Thursday, 3 October 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
Train movies are great for this. I own:
Emperor Of The North (Lee Marvin vs. Ernest Borgnine)Unstoppable (Denzel Washington and Chris Pine)Runaway Train (Jon Voight and Eric Roberts)The Train (Burt Lancaster)The General (Buster Keaton)
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 3 October 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
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― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 06:40 (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 7 October 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
Couple weeks ago I was sick and bedridden and randomly put on Predator (which I never really enjoyed previously tbh) and found it was kind of perfect for this... Just a bunch of cartoonish looking guys busting each other’s chops, beautiful nature shots, and every once in a while someone’s head explodes.
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Monday, 7 October 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
Trees Lounge is my go-to for this.It's the closest film in feel (and cast, outside of Goodfellas) to The Sopranos, which is my comfort TV show.
― henry s, Monday, 7 October 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
20th Century Women has emerged as a big one for me.
― ryan, Friday, 18 October 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
I need to give that one another shot.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Friday, 18 October 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
it fits a lot of requirements of this genre for me: a uniform mood and pace, ensemble cast giving great performances across the board, a pleasing setting along with a strong sense of place and time (santa barbara 1979), melancholy.
― ryan, Saturday, 19 October 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
I think that'll be one of mine eventually. I always watch my comfort movies over and over again until I kill them, so I'm keeping some distance from that one for now (two or three times so far).
― clemenza, Saturday, 19 October 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
one that hasn't been mentioned yet:
bridesmaids
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 19 October 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
Confirmed last night: Cluny Brown.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 19 October 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
a uniform mood and pace, ensemble cast giving great performances across the board, a pleasing setting along with a strong sense of place and time
Yes I was coming to this thread to say, IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 19 October 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
Documentaries work great for me. They usually have that passage-of-time element some mentioned needing as a comfort movie staple. American Movie is one that immediately comes to mind.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Sunday, 20 October 2019 11:41 (four years ago) link
ryan otm w what makes a comfort movie.
mine is slacker, a movie i wish went on forever
― olly, Sunday, 20 October 2019 15:03 (four years ago) link
I like this thread
― Dan S, Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:30 (four years ago) link
showgirlsspeed racerthe crow
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:35 (four years ago) link
ok maybe not ALL of showgirls but most of it
probably Tetsuo: The Iron Man tbh
― Stockhausen Serves Empirical Jism (Matt #2), Thursday, October 3, 2019 1:07 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
I was disturbed by that, it was not a comfort film for me
I like ryan's description of 20th Century Women
also:The most recent addition to my comfort canon: Giant Little Ones
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, October 1, 2019
enjoyed this film
― Dan S, Thursday, 2 January 2020 03:43 (four years ago) link
second viewing of Martin Eden confirmed that it will live forever in the personal comfort movie pantheon
movies I could rewatch / put on anytime and get absorbed all over again: RobocopMiracle MileJacob's LadderKiss Kiss Bang BangNear DarkDays of HeavenShattered Glass
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 January 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
Winter's Bone, for some reason.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Thursday, 2 January 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
Ace Attorney movie (by Takashi Miike!) and Closer. Have watched both tons of times. Ace Attorney because of the sheer absurdity and a pretty gorgeous cast, Closer for how nostalgic it makes me and how much I like the structure and how horrible everyone is.
― scampo italiano (gyac), Monday, 14 September 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
Cheech and Chong movies
Die Hard movies
Fifth Element
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Monday, 14 September 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
The China Syndrome, in addition to others I've mentioned here. Proof that the content of a comfort movie is kind of irrelevant.
― clemenza, Monday, 14 September 2020 21:09 (three years ago) link
Not a movie, but The Beiderbecke Affair, though I haven't watched it for a few years now I've probably been through the trilogy maybe 10 times.
― 这是我的显示名称 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 14 September 2020 21:15 (three years ago) link
The FugitiveNot sure how/why it survives so many rewatchings at my house but it's always like checking in on an old friend.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 06:20 (three years ago) link
I’m sure I’ve mentioned this elsewhere but Michael Clayton is right up there for me. I think Logan Lucky might be creeping up the ranks.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 06:23 (three years ago) link