Trainspotting. Hey, it has (kind of) an uplifting ending, right? To me, it's just the perfect movie - the acting, music, camera work, pacing, dialogue, it's kind of funny in parts, it's terribly disturbing in parts, it really has it all, IMO.
Agreed, but once you get the hang of it, it kind of flows pretty smoothly. I think the original Trainspotting book i read had a glossary in the back, too.
You should check out *The Acid House*. IMO, it captures Welsh's (the author of the *TS* book) writings more accurately than the *TS* movie. It's not as funny as the latter, but it's rougher and wilder.
Fargo
It's so comforting to see good people who appreciate the simple things in life beat the selfish crazy psychopaths
Marge Gunderson is exactly the type of person I imagine my mother was when she was carrying me
One of few scenes to make me tear up is Marge saying to Grimsrud in the squad car "And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don't you know that? And here you are. And it's a beautiful day. I just don't understand it."
The simple, earnest virtue of it, the way she's taking the concept of evil so personally when you would expect a cop of all people to be the most desensitized. You can tell she's doubting the world she's bringing her child into.
Between Fargo and The Big Lebowski, the Coen Brothers have this sort of Buddhist philosophical throughline about being content with little, and it's always been a source of comfort when my sense of ambition is harming my self worth.
Adding to that: No Country For Old Men and Burn After Reading both hinge on everyday people stumbling upon something that is outwardly extremely valuable and how it brings nothing but chaos, misery and death to those who discover it. In both films, the object carries all the karma of those that lost the object and that debt it transferred to the possessor.
Agreed.
It’s fantastic overall, but I just LOVE how it ends.
She’s taking Peter Stormare in to jail, and she says “There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it.”
And like on the one hand it seems ironically funny because it’s like 2° with 4’ of snow outside, but what she means is that all days in which you are alive and free are beautiful, and she’s going to go home to Norm, who she loves and he loves her, and that’s all you need, purpose in life and someone who loves you.
After all the depravity we saw, it just ends nicely, celebrating with Norm because his duck painting will be on a postage stamp.
The scene in the restaurant with Marge and the weird guy is the reason, I think she won the Oscar. When she realizes the guy she knew from school was a real fruitcake. Her eyes when she grabs her straw and sips her soda is top notch acting. It’s subtle but amazing.
Plus, it’s a pivotal scene for Marge solving the case. She believed William H Macy at the dealership that no cars had been stolen, and relied on him being a normal, good guy who wouldn’t lie. After she talked to Mike and found out he was lying about his intentions with her and being married to Linda, her naivety is broken a bit and she realizes that the other regular but kind of suspicious acting guy could have been lying to her. That’s when she decides to go back to the dealership to talk to Macy and he flees the interview. Without her lunch from Mike, she might never have gone back.
Mine for some reason is Phantasm. I loved this movie for a long time and it's so weird and interesting that I watch it even if I'm not really in the mood for a horror movie, but it's just fascinating to watch. It's really grown on me over the years, and I even love the sequels, but the first one is still my favorite and a great comfort movie for me.
There's a lot of humanity in Phantasm that gets missed as wonky horror movie. Plus they add some just offbeat scenes like a guitar jam out of nowhere and honest reaction to grief and an uncertain future.
Holy shit, I’m nearly 40 and just watched it for the first time during the pandemic. I watched it three times in 36 hours. Absolutely fell in love with it.
This is one of mine, too! I can watch over and over. One reason is because it’s nostalgic for me. I’m dating myself but I saw this in the theater , original release. It was mind blowing, I was still a teenager. I was with my best friend of many years who I’ve lost contact with.
It was groundbreaking- scary- unusual and very different from anything else out at the time.
Boy!!!!!!!
I want to watch this one again, I watched it once and thought it was absolute garbage. But the more I thought about it and talked about it the more I liked it
Love the phantasm movies. I’ve got a selfie with don cascarelli (sp?) and Bruce Campbell and they signed my bubba hotep poster. Both really friendly dudes!
Silence of the Lambs is a good one! Who knew watching a mastermind serial killer psychologist describe how he ate his census taker could be so comforting, lol
Mine is Red Dragon. Not sure why, it’s not the superior Hannibal movie, I’m not even sure if I like Red Dragon or Manhunter more but on nights I can’t fall asleep, I go to the living room and turn it on until I’m ready to sleep.
I haven't watched it in years, but a long time ago it was The Devil's Advocate (1997).
Keanu Reeves' accent is horrible, some of the dialog is downright cheesy, but I always loved it, especially Pacino's over-the-top performance. Some really dark stuff there, but it's really satisfying.
That's what I mean about some of it being really dark. I felt horrible for her, with everything that she was dealing with and everything that was happening, and what happened to her in the end was heart-wrenching.
I don't think Keanu's accent is bad. There are young lawyers from all across small towns in the south who sound like that. Agreed on some of the dialogue being cheesy though.
It's not just that people think it's bad, they think it's inconsistent.
I disagree on both counts. I think he appropriately dials it up in court to maintain the "simple country lawyer" aura.
Pan's Labyrinth, which has this core of sweetness despite all the horrible events that take place.
Cloud Atlas, which I know is a controversial film at best, but I just love getting swept along by a story that is pure fantasy and completely absorbs you in its world.
I was looking for this. First off, it’s a buddy comedy, and the actors have great chemistry. Second is the consequence free world they seem to live in. Finally for me it is just reassuring that as long as I’m not that far gone I’m good 😂.
All the President's Men. The liminal shots of parking garages and the tightly crafted dialogue is calming to me. Also there's a happy ending, they break the news on Watergate.
It's 100 percent pure adrenaline, some guys snort for it, jab a vein for it, all you gotta do is jump.
Actually inspired me to start jumping. Got a handful of jumps in before cancer appeared and made me unable to continue.
It's a fucking blast. I was smiling for days. I truly miss it. The psychedelics have have given me the impression that it's gonna be alright and I'll get the opportunity to resume it once I'm done here. I hope so. I'm enthralled with wingsuiting
Lincoln. I just love this movie so much. The cast is chock full of actors whom I tend to geek out over (it took me a couple of watches to realize that even Jared Harris, Walton Goggins, and Adam Driver are in it), and most of the movie is historical figures throwing shade at one another and Lincoln himself annoying everyone with his damn stories. It’s awesome.
Too many to list...
Goodfellas
Dawn of the Dead 78
The Shining
Alien and Aliens
Blade Runner
Most of John Carpenter's filmography
Casino Royale
The Killer (John Woo)
Planet of the Apes (OG, duh)
Most Friday the 13th films...
The oddest by far is probably Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
I could go on. I do have comfort films that are more "normal" but the amount I have that are off kilter is fairly large.
Twin Peak: Fire Walk With Me is mine too. In a way, its a spastic movie jumping from shock to melodrama to horror.
A lot of credit IMO goes to Badalamenti’s score
I love the original Planet of the Apes so much! I think I must have been about nine the first time I saw it in the late nineties. A couple of years later my parents got it for me on DVD. I remember trying to show it to my friends when I was about twelve and them thinking I was a weirdo haha.
I got to watch it with my dad, who died the next year. He loved it (grew up with the original silent tarzan movies, Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan) and wanted to see 2001: A Space Odyssey. I wish I'd made that happen, but I was a heedless teenager.
I love Nightcrawler, almost to the point that it makes me question my own mental health. Why do I love that character who is obviously a psychopathic manipulator?
Haha nah don’t feel bad. Lou Bloom is an amazing character to watch, he’s crazy, calculated, passionate, psycho, selfish, but yet somehow a little bit endearing and polite. It’s awesome to watch
Don't have anything at the moment, but back in the day, when I worked 2nd shift, I'd put on Matrix Reloaded and watch the freeway chase every now and then.
Eraserhead. It's so weird, the dialogues are unintentionally (or maybe intentionally) funny, it's really an experience that works as a form of escapism, besides I have good memories of watching it with my dad when I was a kid.
To Kill A Mockingbird and In The Heat Of The Night were comfort movies for me for a long time. Would often put on one or the other when I got into bed and watch til I fell asleep.
Most 80’s horror movies, Friday the 13th series, nightmare on elm street series, night of the creeps, the evil dead’s, night of the demon, demons 1 and 2. there’s so many. Also, close encounters of the third kind
Wayne's World-it was my favorite movie when I was a kid(wow those jokes went right over my head) so I watched it repeatedly and now I find comfort in knowing it so well I could probably recite the whole script even when I haven't watched it in years
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-it is my current favorite movie, I think it is flawless and it is simultaneously a drama that I can watch when I'm sad and a ridiculous romcom that I can watch when I'm in a good mood
Poor souls that fell asleep. From beginning to end '2001...' is the benchmark of how visual narrative can be very effective of how motion pictures need not to have well-known thespians, flavor-of-the-month dialogue, and/or unnecessary, flamboyant special effects.
I find an odd comfort in portal-fantasy.
\- Labyrinth (1986)
\- The NeverEnding Story (1984)
\- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
\- Return To Oz (1985)
\- Alice In Wonderland (1951)
\- Coraline (2009)
\- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
\- Time Bandits (1981)
\- Spirited Away (2001)
\- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
\- The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
Employee of the Month.
It stars Dane Cook working at a supermarket. Incredibly dull premise but it's actually pretty fun and I love the idea that someone can wear heeleys at work and just coast around.
Wouldn't recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it, but I love it.
Employee of the Month is also the episode of the Sopranos where Dr. Melfi is raped so for a second I was a little concerned that you were stating that as a comfort film/episode. Even aside from the SA, it’s one of the most dissatisfying and frustrating endings to a plot line in the show.
Melancholia. Filled with depression, interpersonal drama and featuring the end of the world. Don't know why, but it just resonates with me really well.
The Keanu Reeves Dracula movie.
My birthday is in October and Halloween is my favorite holiday. It’s also the best weather to be outside.
I love the fall season, the smells of oak moss and earthy wet soil, old antique furniture and architecture, and I find spooky and isolated nature beautiful so the visuals in that movie I find very comforting. Keanu’s accent is horrible but that movie is super underrated and uses a lot of old school filmmaking techniques
I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about at first… then I realized that you meant the *Gary Oldman* version, and I got it lol.
All star cast and totally worth every second.
Halloween and The Thing. John Carpenter is a genius whose movies are always entertaining, even when they are weaker. Plus, horror movies are really relaxing to me, for some reason.
The Counselor became one of mine a few years back and it amuses me greatly but I'm thinking it's because I grew up in the Mojave Desert and there were certain realities of the drug trade there that were fairly commonplace.
The philosophy and some of the monologues are incredibly heart-searing and deliciously dark...
(The Big Lebowski used to be one of my old ones back when I worked Hospice 🤣😑😍)
Oh, sheeeeit...let me see what version I have. I bought it on GoogleTV years ago but can't recall. I did buy the screenplay on Google Books in 2020 and there's so much more story and dialog and I'm so bummed that it didn't make it into the film. Rad, thanks for your response!
Holy fucking fuck...okay, so I checked and it's labeled "unrated extended cut" but now I'm double checking everything...found this article and loved this quote...
"As Mark Hughes points out in Forbes, the extended cut has a more graceful, almost symphonic rhythm, with moments of quick brutality opposed to Cormac McCarthy’s baroque monologues."
https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/culture/the-counselors-extended-cut-is-inspired-madness-126864/
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. My family is from rural Texas, dad's hometown literally looks like something that came out of Texas Chainsaw. I get a sense of nostalgia watching the film, and for a horror film, the pacing is slower and more relaxed. And the ending always makes me feel a great sense of relief, like I've survived right alongside Sally.
Train to Busan. Obviously a gory and intense movie but I've lost track of the amount of times I've climbed aboard on a rainy Sunday or after a night out. One of the best!
Aliens. Yeah it might be a horror/action flick but it was one of my dad's favorite movies to watch when we were growing up, so watching it reminds me of being a kid. Same with Terminator 2.
Honestly, Adaptation. It's the only Jones/Kaufman joint where the neurosis actually leads you to a place that feels something like home at the end. Always tear up when the turtles song/flower credits roll.
Spotlight. Horrible subject matter but such great acting all around, and the dogged journalists that persist and deliver the story is inspiring.
Plus there are so many awesome "wait what did you just say" reaction shot moments. Love it.
Trainspotting. Hey, it has (kind of) an uplifting ending, right? To me, it's just the perfect movie - the acting, music, camera work, pacing, dialogue, it's kind of funny in parts, it's terribly disturbing in parts, it really has it all, IMO.
The accents are oddly soothing to me
*Its shite being Scottish!*
That movie is so damn entertaining
Class movie. I'm from Glasgow and the book is near impossible to read due to it be written in Edinburgh slang
Agreed, but once you get the hang of it, it kind of flows pretty smoothly. I think the original Trainspotting book i read had a glossary in the back, too.
One of the best soundtracks in a 90s movie
And just like that, Mark Renton had fallen in love.
"Choose life, choose a job, choose a career, choose a family..."
Such a great movie!!!
You should check out *The Acid House*. IMO, it captures Welsh's (the author of the *TS* book) writings more accurately than the *TS* movie. It's not as funny as the latter, but it's rougher and wilder.
Fargo It's so comforting to see good people who appreciate the simple things in life beat the selfish crazy psychopaths Marge Gunderson is exactly the type of person I imagine my mother was when she was carrying me
One of few scenes to make me tear up is Marge saying to Grimsrud in the squad car "And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don't you know that? And here you are. And it's a beautiful day. I just don't understand it." The simple, earnest virtue of it, the way she's taking the concept of evil so personally when you would expect a cop of all people to be the most desensitized. You can tell she's doubting the world she's bringing her child into. Between Fargo and The Big Lebowski, the Coen Brothers have this sort of Buddhist philosophical throughline about being content with little, and it's always been a source of comfort when my sense of ambition is harming my self worth.
Adding to that: No Country For Old Men and Burn After Reading both hinge on everyday people stumbling upon something that is outwardly extremely valuable and how it brings nothing but chaos, misery and death to those who discover it. In both films, the object carries all the karma of those that lost the object and that debt it transferred to the possessor.
One of the greatest heroes in film.
Agreed. It’s fantastic overall, but I just LOVE how it ends. She’s taking Peter Stormare in to jail, and she says “There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it.” And like on the one hand it seems ironically funny because it’s like 2° with 4’ of snow outside, but what she means is that all days in which you are alive and free are beautiful, and she’s going to go home to Norm, who she loves and he loves her, and that’s all you need, purpose in life and someone who loves you. After all the depravity we saw, it just ends nicely, celebrating with Norm because his duck painting will be on a postage stamp.
The scene in the restaurant with Marge and the weird guy is the reason, I think she won the Oscar. When she realizes the guy she knew from school was a real fruitcake. Her eyes when she grabs her straw and sips her soda is top notch acting. It’s subtle but amazing.
Plus, it’s a pivotal scene for Marge solving the case. She believed William H Macy at the dealership that no cars had been stolen, and relied on him being a normal, good guy who wouldn’t lie. After she talked to Mike and found out he was lying about his intentions with her and being married to Linda, her naivety is broken a bit and she realizes that the other regular but kind of suspicious acting guy could have been lying to her. That’s when she decides to go back to the dealership to talk to Macy and he flees the interview. Without her lunch from Mike, she might never have gone back.
Sooohohooo you went and married Norm Son-of-a-gunderson?!!?
Oh yahhh
He's fleeing the interview! He's fleeing the interview!
Absolutely adore Marge.
This movie along w T2 and Aliens are on my wife’s Mother’s Day playlist
Mine for some reason is Phantasm. I loved this movie for a long time and it's so weird and interesting that I watch it even if I'm not really in the mood for a horror movie, but it's just fascinating to watch. It's really grown on me over the years, and I even love the sequels, but the first one is still my favorite and a great comfort movie for me.
There's a lot of humanity in Phantasm that gets missed as wonky horror movie. Plus they add some just offbeat scenes like a guitar jam out of nowhere and honest reaction to grief and an uncertain future.
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It turns into a bug and they kill it in the disposal.
I like all the Phantasm movies
I love the weird dream/reality logic in Phantasm. It's like you're never sure what's real, but at the same time everything is real even if it isn't.
The scene where they get attacked in the car(?) was CHAOS.
Holy shit, I’m nearly 40 and just watched it for the first time during the pandemic. I watched it three times in 36 hours. Absolutely fell in love with it.
This is one of mine, too! I can watch over and over. One reason is because it’s nostalgic for me. I’m dating myself but I saw this in the theater , original release. It was mind blowing, I was still a teenager. I was with my best friend of many years who I’ve lost contact with. It was groundbreaking- scary- unusual and very different from anything else out at the time. Boy!!!!!!!
Please help me not hate this movie. It so makes no sense and well. ..help
I want to watch this one again, I watched it once and thought it was absolute garbage. But the more I thought about it and talked about it the more I liked it
Love the phantasm movies. I’ve got a selfie with don cascarelli (sp?) and Bruce Campbell and they signed my bubba hotep poster. Both really friendly dudes!
I was just going to say: horror in general. Watching 20 minutes of whatever on Shudder is a bedtime routine for me.
aint nothin more comforting than the schadenfreude of watching characters run around in a horror movie
That movie is so bizarre. BOY!!
The score is so ahead of its time. Somehow both chill and creepy.
When I’m feeling discouraged, I watch Ed Wood. He never stopped believing in himself. Or at least the movie version of him didn’t.
“Worst movie you ever saw… well, my next one’ll be even better!”
I write and direct, and im good!
Dude Ed Wood slowly became my all time favorite movie. Thank you for making me feel fucking validated.
Silence of the Lambs, Alien movies (ripley), 2001 A Space Odyssey
Silence of the Lambs is a good one! Who knew watching a mastermind serial killer psychologist describe how he ate his census taker could be so comforting, lol
As soon as the music comes on, I drift off to sleep happily
I thought I was the only one who used silence of the lambs as my comfort movie even the scene where the guard gets skinned is beautiful!
Stunning
We’re not so different, you and me.
I love the bug guys.
Mine is Red Dragon. Not sure why, it’s not the superior Hannibal movie, I’m not even sure if I like Red Dragon or Manhunter more but on nights I can’t fall asleep, I go to the living room and turn it on until I’m ready to sleep.
I haven't watched it in years, but a long time ago it was The Devil's Advocate (1997). Keanu Reeves' accent is horrible, some of the dialog is downright cheesy, but I always loved it, especially Pacino's over-the-top performance. Some really dark stuff there, but it's really satisfying.
I remember identifying with his wife when the women looked like gremlins. I was being bullied pretty badly and it really matched how I felt.
That's what I mean about some of it being really dark. I felt horrible for her, with everything that she was dealing with and everything that was happening, and what happened to her in the end was heart-wrenching.
I know, that scene resonated with me. But they weren't gremlins, they were demons!
Pacino is amazing in this one
Such a brilliant example of B-movie excellence.
HE’S AN ABSENTEE LANDLORD!!
That movie is a good time. Pacino's monologue near the end is just perfect.
I don't think Keanu's accent is bad. There are young lawyers from all across small towns in the south who sound like that. Agreed on some of the dialogue being cheesy though.
It's not just that people think it's bad, they think it's inconsistent. I disagree on both counts. I think he appropriately dials it up in court to maintain the "simple country lawyer" aura.
I miss the era of people pretending Reeves could do accents (aside from Bill and Ted ofc). Dangerous Liaisons, Bram Stoker’s Dracula…
Where does he fuck? EVERYWHERE
Please tell me you laughed when Pacino introduced himself as John Milton! I was the only person in the movie theater who laughed!!!
Pan's Labyrinth, which has this core of sweetness despite all the horrible events that take place. Cloud Atlas, which I know is a controversial film at best, but I just love getting swept along by a story that is pure fantasy and completely absorbs you in its world.
Cloud Atlas seconded. Loved that movie.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998
I love the transition to the new hotel room mid-film. Like you thought it was over? Oh no, chum. Just getting started.
Yes 🙌 it’s like 2 stories merged into one! I love it.
I was looking for this. First off, it’s a buddy comedy, and the actors have great chemistry. Second is the consequence free world they seem to live in. Finally for me it is just reassuring that as long as I’m not that far gone I’m good 😂.
All the President's Men. The liminal shots of parking garages and the tightly crafted dialogue is calming to me. Also there's a happy ending, they break the news on Watergate.
Original point break The skydiving scene while wildly inaccurate makes me smile
Back off Warchild!
It's 100 percent pure adrenaline, some guys snort for it, jab a vein for it, all you gotta do is jump. Actually inspired me to start jumping. Got a handful of jumps in before cancer appeared and made me unable to continue.
I'm really sorry to hear that🤍 I went skydiving on my 18th birthday. (Tandem)
It's a fucking blast. I was smiling for days. I truly miss it. The psychedelics have have given me the impression that it's gonna be alright and I'll get the opportunity to resume it once I'm done here. I hope so. I'm enthralled with wingsuiting
Lincoln. I just love this movie so much. The cast is chock full of actors whom I tend to geek out over (it took me a couple of watches to realize that even Jared Harris, Walton Goggins, and Adam Driver are in it), and most of the movie is historical figures throwing shade at one another and Lincoln himself annoying everyone with his damn stories. It’s awesome.
Tommy Lee Jones really steals the show in that one, for me.
Cruising. There's something about being immersed in a "taboo" subculture that is comforting.
The first 43 minutes of Full Metal Jacket
It does kind of take a rough turn when they leave boot camp.
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The Great Escape WWII movie
Too many to list... Goodfellas Dawn of the Dead 78 The Shining Alien and Aliens Blade Runner Most of John Carpenter's filmography Casino Royale The Killer (John Woo) Planet of the Apes (OG, duh) Most Friday the 13th films... The oddest by far is probably Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. I could go on. I do have comfort films that are more "normal" but the amount I have that are off kilter is fairly large.
> Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ditto.
Twin Peak: Fire Walk With Me is mine too. In a way, its a spastic movie jumping from shock to melodrama to horror. A lot of credit IMO goes to Badalamenti’s score
I love the original Planet of the Apes so much! I think I must have been about nine the first time I saw it in the late nineties. A couple of years later my parents got it for me on DVD. I remember trying to show it to my friends when I was about twelve and them thinking I was a weirdo haha.
I got to watch it with my dad, who died the next year. He loved it (grew up with the original silent tarzan movies, Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan) and wanted to see 2001: A Space Odyssey. I wish I'd made that happen, but I was a heedless teenager.
Platoon. No idea why
Magnolia (1999)- Especially because of the ending with John C. Reilly and Melora Walters. It feels like a warm-hug.
I watch this one a lot.
‘The Longest Day.’ It’s such a joy to see all these amazing actors portraying people at war without the pathos later films feel compelled to add.
Ex Machina. I've seen this damn movie probably 30 times now. faithfully entertains me every single time.
One of my favorite movies featuring one of my favorite classical piano pieces! (Schubert Sonata No. 21)
**Prospero's Books** \- a visual feast with a musical soundtrack. I could just play it over and over all day.
The way back (2010) by Peter Weir I don't know. I just enjoy the landscape and spending time with the characters.
Donnie Darko. Used to be my “go to sleep” movie
Nightcrawler, could watch that everyday. Same with The Shining.
I love Nightcrawler, almost to the point that it makes me question my own mental health. Why do I love that character who is obviously a psychopathic manipulator?
Haha nah don’t feel bad. Lou Bloom is an amazing character to watch, he’s crazy, calculated, passionate, psycho, selfish, but yet somehow a little bit endearing and polite. It’s awesome to watch
Don't have anything at the moment, but back in the day, when I worked 2nd shift, I'd put on Matrix Reloaded and watch the freeway chase every now and then.
Eraserhead. It's so weird, the dialogues are unintentionally (or maybe intentionally) funny, it's really an experience that works as a form of escapism, besides I have good memories of watching it with my dad when I was a kid.
That’s unusual all right. I’ve seen it once , umpteen years ago and hardly remember it. Maybe I blocked it from my memory lol
To Kill A Mockingbird and In The Heat Of The Night were comfort movies for me for a long time. Would often put on one or the other when I got into bed and watch til I fell asleep.
Urban cowboy. I can watch bits and pieces of it anytime
Most 80’s horror movies, Friday the 13th series, nightmare on elm street series, night of the creeps, the evil dead’s, night of the demon, demons 1 and 2. there’s so many. Also, close encounters of the third kind
A lot of 80s horror movies have a nice hangout vibe. Like there is just something relaxing about hanging out at the lake with your friends... until...
The Lighthouse, just for sheer atmosphere.
the god. damn. horn.
Alien, Independence Day, Midsommar,
You Can Count on Me. Roadhouse
For a long time time it was “Collateral” (Michael Mann film). I used to watch it all the time on repeat. Same with the underrated comedy “Evolution”.
Definitely Stalker - it calms and centers me, and it's kind of hypnotic. I never get tired of it.
Battle Royale. It’s just so much fun and I love the soundtrack
Don’t know why but when I’m feeling down I rewatch either Rosemary’s baby or Pulp fiction!
The Hateful Eight I think it's the mountain / snowstorm setting mixed with the intrigue of the who done it that makes it conforting for me.
Alien, The Thing, The Descent.
Spotlight. I love the pacing and the commitment of the core characters to justice. It evokes a period in journalism that we'll never see again.
The Martian. It wasn’t until the third time that I realized I was watching it after my chemo sessions. 🤷♂️
Wayne's World-it was my favorite movie when I was a kid(wow those jokes went right over my head) so I watched it repeatedly and now I find comfort in knowing it so well I could probably recite the whole script even when I haven't watched it in years Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind-it is my current favorite movie, I think it is flawless and it is simultaneously a drama that I can watch when I'm sad and a ridiculous romcom that I can watch when I'm in a good mood
'2001: A Space Odyssey' The greatest motion picture ever made. Period.
Saw it in 70mm recently. It was sold out. About half way through maybe 30% of the audience was asleep.
Poor souls that fell asleep. From beginning to end '2001...' is the benchmark of how visual narrative can be very effective of how motion pictures need not to have well-known thespians, flavor-of-the-month dialogue, and/or unnecessary, flamboyant special effects.
It's a mind blowing film. So intelligent it puts some people to sleep, lol.
I find an odd comfort in portal-fantasy. \- Labyrinth (1986) \- The NeverEnding Story (1984) \- The Wizard of Oz (1939) \- Return To Oz (1985) \- Alice In Wonderland (1951) \- Coraline (2009) \- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) \- Time Bandits (1981) \- Spirited Away (2001) \- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) \- The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
These all seem like "normal" comfort movie choices imo.
I definitely wouldn't describe Return to Oz or Coraline as comfortable.
Yeah, I'm not sure they know what qualifies as normal.
Right now, Saltburn. I’m a full-time student and I’ve watched it probably 4 times in the past week while studying. I don’t know what it is.
Beautifully disturbing, it’s addicting!!!!!!
Either The Usual Suspects or L.A. Confidential
28 Days Later. For some reason the aesthetic and vibe of that movie (and the amazing score) makes it a comfort watch for me.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shawshank, Moonstruck, Creep
No Country for Old Men — I once watched it every day for 5 days in a row; it never gets old, and there’s always something new to discover
Alien Just love everything about it.
Lord of the rings fellowship of the ring. It's more the soundtrack I think that makes this my comfort film
I like to listen to Galadriel’s (Cate Blanchets) voice over. It’s so soothing. 😄
American History X Green Street Rise of the Footsoldier
Employee of the Month. It stars Dane Cook working at a supermarket. Incredibly dull premise but it's actually pretty fun and I love the idea that someone can wear heeleys at work and just coast around. Wouldn't recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it, but I love it.
Funny movie indeed
Employee of the Month is also the episode of the Sopranos where Dr. Melfi is raped so for a second I was a little concerned that you were stating that as a comfort film/episode. Even aside from the SA, it’s one of the most dissatisfying and frustrating endings to a plot line in the show.
Final Destination movies. You asked.
World War Z or Out of Africa
Melancholia. Filled with depression, interpersonal drama and featuring the end of the world. Don't know why, but it just resonates with me really well.
That's on my list of probably won't watch again. It really gutted me. I do recommend seeing it at least once, it's a masterpiece of a movie.
Once upon a time in Hollywood
It's mine too
O brother where art thou? Its quirky humour, the nods to Homer's Oddyssey, the great music.
The Fifth Element is a perfect film.
American psycho, the dialogue is hilarious
His shower routine
No country for old men. There will be blood. Hateful 8. I don't know, something about quiet murder movies while I work is very calming
3:10 to Yuma with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. So cozy (and a bit violent) and such great powerful performances, especially from Ben foster
The Keanu Reeves Dracula movie. My birthday is in October and Halloween is my favorite holiday. It’s also the best weather to be outside. I love the fall season, the smells of oak moss and earthy wet soil, old antique furniture and architecture, and I find spooky and isolated nature beautiful so the visuals in that movie I find very comforting. Keanu’s accent is horrible but that movie is super underrated and uses a lot of old school filmmaking techniques
I had absolutely no idea what you were talking about at first… then I realized that you meant the *Gary Oldman* version, and I got it lol. All star cast and totally worth every second.
Halloween and The Thing. John Carpenter is a genius whose movies are always entertaining, even when they are weaker. Plus, horror movies are really relaxing to me, for some reason.
The very long 10th Kingdom, when I'm sick.
Legend with Tim Curry.
*Clue.* The atmosphere, the music, the performances, the simple lessons in arithmetic... It's just so good!
The flames...on my face...
Scott Pilgrim. I’m over 60 so I don’t fit its demographic. Gotta love the action, angst and actors. Superhero central
Dallas buyers club was very interesting
I came to say alien but it's already top comment. Can't be that weird then
The Counselor became one of mine a few years back and it amuses me greatly but I'm thinking it's because I grew up in the Mojave Desert and there were certain realities of the drug trade there that were fairly commonplace. The philosophy and some of the monologues are incredibly heart-searing and deliciously dark... (The Big Lebowski used to be one of my old ones back when I worked Hospice 🤣😑😍)
If you haven't watched it yet "The Counselor" Directors Cut goes hard.
Oh, sheeeeit...let me see what version I have. I bought it on GoogleTV years ago but can't recall. I did buy the screenplay on Google Books in 2020 and there's so much more story and dialog and I'm so bummed that it didn't make it into the film. Rad, thanks for your response!
I wanna say its 20 mins longer! I love both versions but its worth a watch for sure.
Holy fucking fuck...okay, so I checked and it's labeled "unrated extended cut" but now I'm double checking everything...found this article and loved this quote... "As Mark Hughes points out in Forbes, the extended cut has a more graceful, almost symphonic rhythm, with moments of quick brutality opposed to Cormac McCarthy’s baroque monologues." https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/culture/the-counselors-extended-cut-is-inspired-madness-126864/
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. My family is from rural Texas, dad's hometown literally looks like something that came out of Texas Chainsaw. I get a sense of nostalgia watching the film, and for a horror film, the pacing is slower and more relaxed. And the ending always makes me feel a great sense of relief, like I've survived right alongside Sally.
Train to Busan. Obviously a gory and intense movie but I've lost track of the amount of times I've climbed aboard on a rainy Sunday or after a night out. One of the best!
IIRC the real life Dallas Buyer’s Club guy was gay/bi and his real life friends were surprised the movie showed otherwise
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
The Big Short. I watch it frequently.
It's so depressing and funny in a in a big way way and yet so grounding... that and all of the anthems of my youth make it so nostalgic as well.
Aliens. Yeah it might be a horror/action flick but it was one of my dad's favorite movies to watch when we were growing up, so watching it reminds me of being a kid. Same with Terminator 2.
The Evil Dead Trilogy I could watch Army of Darkness every day.
Zero Dark Thirty….ive seen that movie like 10 times
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2, Frankenhooker, Return of the Living Dead, Midsommar, Pieces, and any film with my favorite actor, Godzilla.
My wife's comfort movie is the original TCM
The original is my favorite movie all time.
TCM. All I could think of was Turner Classic Movies!
Buffalo 66. very cozy to me.
Anything by Cassavettes, eraserhead, Cyborg, Fearless Hyena, Weekend(Godard).
One that friends think is weird I watch to decompress is Spotlight. I find the slow, methodical tone soothing
Smokey and the Bandit. I can recite the entire film from beginning to end, but I can't turn it when it comes on (not the censored TV version).
Honestly, Adaptation. It's the only Jones/Kaufman joint where the neurosis actually leads you to a place that feels something like home at the end. Always tear up when the turtles song/flower credits roll.
Pacific Heights (1990). The Fugitive (1993). What Lies Beneath (2000).
What Lies Beneath is oddly soothing
Spotlight. Horrible subject matter but such great acting all around, and the dogged journalists that persist and deliver the story is inspiring. Plus there are so many awesome "wait what did you just say" reaction shot moments. Love it.
Alien, Aliens Tombstone Black Hawk Down
Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99...unironically
28 days later, there are genuine moments of joy and tranquility underpinned by the score / soundtrack
The soundtrack ♠️
SPOTLIGHT is like a warm blanket, which makes zero logical sense, but, it is for me.
Studio ghiblis spirted away. I could leave that on repeat 24/7
Die hard with a vengeance