comfort movies

Repo Man thirded
This Is Spinal Tap
probably Tetsuo: The Iron Man tbh

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)

Chef

― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 06:40 (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink

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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.

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.

20th Century Women has emerged as a big one for me.

I need to give that one another shot.

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.

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).

one that hasn't been mentioned yet:

bridesmaids

Confirmed last night: Cluny Brown.

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

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.

ryan otm w what makes a comfort movie.

mine is slacker, a movie i wish went on forever

I like this thread

showgirls
speed racer
the crow

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

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

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:
Robocop
Miracle Mile
Jacob's Ladder
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Near Dark
Days of Heaven
Shattered Glass

Winter's Bone, for some reason.

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.

Cheech and Chong movies

Die Hard movies

Fifth Element

The China Syndrome, in addition to others I've mentioned here. Proof that the content of a comfort movie is kind of irrelevant.

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.

The Fugitive
Not sure how/why it survives so many rewatchings at my house but it's always like checking in on an old friend.

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.

This Is Spinal Tap
Road Warrior
any of the War Stars flicks

Logan Lucky held up well on second viewing and my folks loved it.

If I were available I’d definitely try to get a date with Hilary Swank’s hardass FBI agent that appears at the end. pvmic

Most of the classic comfort movies are already covered. Will add:

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Young Guns I/II
Grisham movies, in particular The Firm, Pelican Brief and The Rainmaker

La Bamba
Karate Kid
High Society
Philadelphia Story

Good Time
Uncut Gems

lol uncut gems def the opposite for me, what with all the crazy shouting

Lol yeah, my gf finds this position insane but I didn't even notice it was 90% shouting when I first saw it. For me the chaos and noisiness of these movies is so overwhelming that it just becomes a soothing din, kinda like how some noise records can tip into ambient territory. Also the protagonists' continual fuck ups make my own problems seem manageable and negligible.

Logan Lucky is a good pick. It almost seems like a conscious attempt to create a comfort movie

my list:

pretty much every horror movie that's sort of boring

Michael Clayton is right up there for me

Not on my own list, but very much the kind of comfort movie I gravitate towards: big, somber procedurals (Zodiac and All the President's Men the two most obvious examples, but there are others) you can lose yourself in.

I can't believe I overlooked one of my favorites:

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

Oh good one

hunt for red october
silverado

M&C a bit bloody/noisy for comfort, but also on the proto-Darwin 19th century tip: Angels & Insects.

Coming to America

hunt for red october otm

inherent vice

Almost any Bruce Willis movie, good or bad. (Exceptions being The Sixth Sense and those talking baby movies.)

The Philadelphia Story, mentioned upthread

Witness

While You Were Sleeping

Think I find TV shows inherently more comforting than movies, though. Something about the continuity & reassurance that I can just keep watching.

Exactly where I've been the past few months (pre-dating the pandemic). My comfort go-to is rewatching a series I love.

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Seems too obvious but Casablanca.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy