I am off of shows right now and watching movies. Whats a movie you love that fits this?

two movies on my list right now based on recommendations are

Catch Me if You Can

Heat


Never seen either but have been told to for years.


what else you got??

American Pie

I was 17

Shawshank
American Gangster
Step Brothers
Back to the Future Trilogy

Se7en
Goonies
Sixth Sense

(of course, I would not want to know any spoilers going in)

During COVID, my brother and I went and saw The Empire Strikes Back at the movies. We were 6 and 9 years old when it came out originally.

When Luke crashes on Dagobah, my brother said, "Can you imagine what we must have felt seeing this the first time, with absolutely no idea that Yoda existed, and all of the stuff he's going to say and do in the next hour?"

From my more adult days, I'd also say:
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Deadpool & Wolverine - opening night when Blade walks in and again when Wolverine puts on the mask were like being at a rock concert reactions.

aggiegrad01 said:

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Se7en
Goonies
Sixth Sense

(of course, I would not want to know any spoilers going in)

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I don't get that scared during many movies at all really. The Exorcist didn't phase me. But this movie, at the age of 18, scared the everliving sh** out of me. I think a large part of it was that I went into the movie expecting a boring "psychological thriller" (my gf at the time wanted to see it and that's how it was explained to me), and did not expect any horror components whatsoever.

None of my friends understood it. They were kind of creeped out by it, but I was pretty much scared to an unreasonable degree.

I'm gonna go with a different approach to this thread. I'd like to see:

War of the Worlds (2025 version)
and
Star Trek: Section 31

Because I'd like to think I actually do have the mental willpower to turn both of those off within the first 5 minutes instead of watching them all the way through again.

1. Superbad
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Paranormal Activity

Star Wars, in 1977

The Blair witch project in a crowded theater before social media was pretty fun.

RRR

If you haven't seen it, you don't know what you're in for but it's absolutely worth the 3 hours.

SW
SPR
Gravity
Office Space
Airplane!

Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Groundhog Day

I've watched each of these more times than I can count. Would like to start over.

The Usual Suspects

Fallen

The Shawshank Redemption

Man on Fire

First one off the top of my head is O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

I've seen it so many times but going into seeing it the first time I was blown away.

My wife said Grease.

Star Wars
Alien
The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars
Back To The Future

Probably fellowship of the ring, never had seen anything like it before.

Interstellar. I wish I had seen this in the theaters. I had a newborn and a toddler when it first came out and it slipped off my radar for years. When I finally got around to watching it, I instantly regretted not seeing it on the big screen.

Vince Blake said:

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Interstellar. I wish I had seen this in the theaters. I had a newborn and a toddler when it first came out and it slipped off my radar for years. When I finally got around to watching it, I instantly regretted not seeing it on the big screen.

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You missed a chance to see Interstellar last year when it was re-released for its 10th anniversary

Lord of the Rings - directors cut - in theaters ... that was just a great experience watching each the first time

Inception ... because it was such a mind-F the first time; very unique concept

Star Wars (OT) ... for obvious reasons

Braveheart ... again for it's time in mid 90's just a great movie and the first i'd seen with such big battles

Saving Private Ryan ... great acting, great filming and cinematography, and emotionally charged

Rex Racer said:

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Star Wars, in 1977

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We didn't get it in Saudi Arabia until 1978.

I would love to go back and see it on a big screen instead of at a school assembly huddled around an AV cart watching a U-matic video tape on probably a 25 inch Sony Trinitron.

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Top Gun 2 in IMAX Theater

Guardians of the Galaxy

Top Gun (s)

Any Nolan movie

CharleyKerfeld said:

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During COVID, my brother and I went and saw The Empire Strikes Back at the movies. We were 6 and 9 years old when it came out originally.

When Luke crashes on Dagobah, my brother said, "Can you imagine what we must have felt seeing this the first time, with absolutely no idea that Yoda existed, and all of the stuff he's going to say and do in the next hour?"

From my more adult days, I'd also say:
The Matrix
Pulp Fiction
Deadpool & Wolverine - opening night when Blade walks in and again when Wolverine puts on the mask were like being at a rock concert reactions.

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My aunt & uncle took my brother and I to see Empire in Houston in 1980. I will never forget the audible gasp from the audience when Vader said "No, I am your father!" 10 year old me was pretty mad knowing I'd have to wait 3 years to find out about that and not to mention what was going to happen to Han.