I thought this thread was going to be about identifying the best movies that embodied social distancing… Into the Wild would have been my suggestion.
No Covid-19 movie list is complete without Contagion.
lots of good ones mentioned. Hopefully these aren’t repeats.
Miracle - I know what’s going to happen and I still get caught up in it every time.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Alien/Aliens
First 2 Terminator - anything that shows phone booths and books are fun
First 2 Predator
Forest Gump - I wasn’t a fan but so many are it’s worth watching
Independence Day
Taken (the first one)
Saw that recently. Actually eerie how realistic it was.
Love how so many are introducing films to their kids. I recall a few yrs back when we made a big deal about Jaws. Still one of my all time favorites. The acting, the filming, the suspense, that chilling music…
Kids saw it and of course were used to all the modern day tech and basically said, “What’s the big deal?”
But others they absolutely love.
Could never get them to enjoy “It’s a Wonderful Life”…
I’ve always had a “meh” feeling about It’s A Wonderful Life—watching all that misery in dystopian Pottersville is such a downer, that the turnaround at the end just doesn’t uplift my spirits–I stay bummed out over all the terrible stuff that happens in the alternate world.
Christmas movies have to leave me feeling good at the end, but this one doesn’t. But that may just be me.
I remember one summer when the girls were younger introducing them to Hitchcock movies. We screened Rear Window, The Birds, Vertigo and North by Northwest. We didn’t show them Psycho that summer since they were still younger.
I love older movies and we introduced many to our girls including Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, To Catch a Thief, My Man Godfrey (a favorite of mine) and The Thin Man movies along with many more.
We also watched all of the “Brat Pack” movies with them: The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire, The Outsiders and Class.
Add “The Man Who Knew Too Much” to the Hitchcock list. That always creeped me out as a kid but what a great movie.
Lots of my favorites on here. One missing that we watched all the time in HS, and that I still quote regularly:
Bull Durham
Just thought of a couple more. I probably should have given it more thought before I posted.
The Sandlot
Stand by Me
you are missing a great Hitchcock - “Strangers on a Train”
I took a Hitchcock Class in college. Another great one is with Teresa Wright and James Cotton. Shadow of a Doubt.
Classics not in English:
Children of Paradise
Rules of the Game
Hiroshima mon Amour
The Marriage of Maria Braun
The Bicycle Thief
Eat, Pray, Love
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (though you can watch it dubbed)
Raise the Red Lantern
Rashoman
Seven Samurai
Cinema Paradiso is another wonderful non-english film.
Movies that we made sure to show our offspring: (in random order)
Fiddler on the Roof
Psycho
Soylent Green
Ghost
Mary Poppins
Sound of Music
Back to the Future 1 - 3
Das Boot
The Matrix
All the President’s Men
Jaws
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
The Birds
Schindler’s List
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ah, Das Boot! Another favorite of mine.
West Side Story
Yes yes yes! These are all great and made me think of many of them, especially the musicals and Hitchcock (also took a film class that featured AH. Strangers on a Train was awesome!
Grew up in a musical loving household and am part of one today. D is looking to be a Broadway star and will be starting her BFA program this yr. (we’ll see what happens). I think my mom had my kids watch Fiddler constantly when she babysat. We just saw Hamilton and were blown away (saw it on stage when it came to town but the original cast was incredible).
Different genre (sorry I like war films - part history buff): Platoon!
Definitely a classic! Watched it at least 50 times starting out when I was probably 5.
My D sings a lot of those numbers. Will miss that when she’s gone.
When my D’s were younger (D1 is a teacher, but studied musical theatre in college) we watched many of the old movie musicals including West Side Story, Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, South Pacific, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, etc…
Been watching hard core acting films this week. It has been nice. Rather then everyone doing their own thing, we’ve actually gathered as a family for movie night. Kind of like the old days when the kids were tiny.
Going to mix it up tonight and get some quality comedy, sarcasm with…Spinal Tap!
Funny story. When the movie first came out, I refused to see it because I had indeed had a spinal tap when I was 19 and there was nothing funny about it. (Led to a meningitis diagnosis). People told me it was a comedy but I couldn’t imagine that. Didn’t see it until I was closer to 40. Thought it was hysterical. Not your typical movie. Quite odd and quirky but I love the style.
@rickel1 , now you can use the phrase “goes up to 11”, and understand the reference!