For me, personally, It would be Snatch. It's such a great movie that I could watch again and again. So many interesting characters and a unique style that sets it apart from so many other movies. There's just that extra something in that movie

What about you, fellow Lemmites? What is your favourite movie?

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[–] 88 points 3 years ago (6 children)

The Princess Bride. It has great comedy, action, and romance. It’s influenced my sense of humor and it’s just so much fun.

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    I watched that with my girlfriend who had never seen it. After hyping it up I had a real “just wait it gets funny” feeling the whole time. Not as good as I remember.

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    [–] 56 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    My favorite is The Fifth Element. Love it. Another great movie is The Apartment with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine

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    [–] 55 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The cinematic masterpiece form 1999 starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz "The Mummy"

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    [–] 53 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Peter Jackson's Lord of the rings fellowship, two towers, and return of the king extended editions.

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    [–] 40 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It would have to be Back to the Future. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve rewatched those movies. I also just saw the broadway musical version of it as well. If I had to choose between the three, then it would have to be the second one. There is so much iconic imagery from those movies, and I loved getting to see parts of the first from from different POVs. It has a great mix of many things that people can enjoy.

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    [–] 38 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Snatch is outstanding. The scene with a replica gun vs deagle, the robbery by noob thugs... I laugh even at my memories of them.

    But I'll take Shawn of the Dead. Cool direction and awesome cast making a great apocalyptic comedy movie. It's humor may be too dry for some, but if you are into this kind of jokes (is it brittish humor?), it'd blow you away. Watching it with my buddy back then made some of it's gags into our convos.

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    [–] 35 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    A toss up between Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

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    [–] 34 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Hot Fuzz. I think to me it's a perfect movie. So much great build up, very funny. Just so good.

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    [–] 29 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I’m going to admit to some movie watcher crimes, i haven’t seen any of the godfather movies or the older classics like clockwork orange. However, of the movies I’ve seen it’s gotta be Shawshank Redemption for me. Beautiful movie everything about it hits so well.

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    [–] 28 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    The Big Lebowski.
    I lie to people about how many times I've seen it because I don't want them to think I'm crazy (if you though about a number, it's more than that).
    Every line of dialogue is simply a masterpiece.

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    [–] 27 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's a tough call between Fight Club and the Matrix. But id have to give it to the Matrix. That was groundbreaking and it still holds up.

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    [–] 27 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Aliens. Ripley and Vasquez are some of the best female action characters (with the alien queen coming in a distant third). The corporate claptrap from Burke and the setup of the mission is solid 80s cyberpunk. Every character has a great arc (except Burke - fuck that guy). Effects are amazing. The soundtrack is perfect.

    It's an incredible action movie.

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    [–] 26 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Tremors. It's just pretty much flawless.

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    [–] 24 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    5th Element. Multipass. Super Green.

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    [–] 23 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Hot Fuzz. Every time you watch it, you discover some new joke or callback.

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    [–] 22 points 3 years ago

    For me, I think it has to be Pulp Fiction. I just recently rewatched it for the umpteenth time and it’s just as great as ever. I find myself quoting it quite often.

    A bit of an outsider which is a big hit in my family is “A Good Year” by Ridley Scott, staring Russel Crowe. It’s a nice fun movie and for a family of francophiles like mine it’s a great way of getting a bit of the France we love in the middle of the dark Northern European winter.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail, hands down. As many times as I've watched it, I can still sit down and laugh my ass off watching it again.

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    [–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Brazil. Directed by Terry Gilliam, with a great cast including Robert de Niro

    Ok, maybe it's not my all time fav, but it deserves a mention

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    [–] 20 points 3 years ago

    Trainspotting! I've watched it an uncountable number of times. Fantastic soundtrack, great actors, great story.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels because I think it's actually the better of the Guy Ritchie movies in this style. It's stylish, perfectly-paced, and has the perfect "I think we...won?" type resolution at the end.

    Lock Stock is one of my favorite movies

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    [–] 19 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    The first half of Scott Pilgrim vs The World

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    [–] 19 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Snatch is such a great movie. For me it’s too close to call between Snatch and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. It took me a long time to realize that John Turturro was even in the movie because his acting is so out of character and well performed.

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    [–] 19 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Haven't seen it mentioned yet, Children of Men

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    [–] 19 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Jurassic Park. I love movies that starts calm and maybe a bit fantastical that builds up suspense towards a huge terrifying, awe-inspiring reveal and Steven Spielberg is a master of that skill.

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The Blues Brothers. It has action, comedy, cameos, and some of the best music in any film. I will never tire of watching it.

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    O Brother where art thou

    The music, the pacing, the twists, the characters.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago

    Huh? wait wait, let me, let me explain something to you. Uh, I am not Mr. Lebowski; you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, uh, that, or uh, his Dudeness, or uh Duder, or uh El Duderino, if, you know, you're not into the whole brevity thing

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    For me it's definitely Fight Club. No big spoilers below, see it if you haven't.

    The theme of hitting bottom purposefully in order to rebuild yourself consciously into who you want to become has stuck with me.

    I've been through some shit since then and have had to rebuild. It's nice to look on it as an opportunity rather than a punishment.

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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Gattaca. The music is superb and the locations are awesomely brutalist. My favorite by a long shot.

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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm actually tempted to say Snatch too. City of God (Cidade de Deus 2002) is up there with it. Some time ago I probably would've said Donnie Darko, but I've grown out of it over the years.

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    [–] 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    I was having a hard time anyway, but after reading through all the comments, I don't think I could narrow it down.

    If I had to try, it would be, in no particular order:

    The Matrix

    Princess Bride

    Fight Club

    Shawshank Redemption

    The Boondock Saints

    The Incredibles

    ...

    Actually, I can't narrow it down....lol

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    [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    Blazing Saddles.

    But Snatch and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are a really great pair of movies.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    Futurama: Bender's Big Score may not be the deepest film, but it's never failed to make me smile. "I can wire anything to anything! I'm the professor!"

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago

    Alien (1979). The perfect organism movie.

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Don't really have an absolute favourite, but one kinda obscure one that everyone should see is Tucker and Dale VS Evil

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I honestly can't choose between Alien and The Shining. Honorable mentions to My Neighbor Totoro and Dumb and Dumber. Shit, now I have four movies to watch this weekend

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago

    There will be blood. I love character studies and Daniel Day Lewis does just an amazing job.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    WALL-E, I rewatched it many times and played the video game. I loved the animation, the way it highlighted various topics.

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    [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I could watch The Emperor's New Groove all day, every day and never get tired.

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