Schindler’s List (emotional rollercoaster) 2. Pursuit of happiness (feel good movie) 3. Wolf of Wall Street (lots of memeble quotes) 4. The Big Short (found it entertaining) 5. The Gladiator (first favorite movie) 6. The hangover (stupid fun movie) 7. Troy (watched it while reading The Iliad. loved it) 8. Up in the Sky (airline miles) 9. Pan’s Labyrinth (fantasy + real life) 10. The Wrestler (sad movie, plus I’m a WWE fan) 11. John Wick (he’s cool) 12. The Matrix (who doesn’t like the Matrix?)
I often don’t enjoy movies that are really “good”. My favorite movies are the ones I never get tired of watching and leave me feeling light rather than deep with thought/ emotion.
I usual get attached to a movie through specific characters that amuse me.
Examples:
The Hangover (all of them)
Easy A (The Emma Stone character’s whole family)
You, Me and Dupree (Dupree)
I may also love moves for nostalgic reasons
Clueless
Labyrinth
Indiana Jones
There are other movies I thought were amazing, but don’t watch multiple times because they tend to do the opposite of chill me out.
You guys thought the big short was good? The movie sucked. The only good scene in that movie is when Burry walks into S&P and the chick is wearing blackout glasses because she just had eye surgery.
I don’t like the Matrix ;-). I would add to your list: The Magnificient Seven with Yul Brynner, Ben Hur with Charles Heston, Gone with the wind, The Shawshank Redemption and the Lord of the Rings.