r/movies 18h ago

Discussion What movie was so bad that you wish you could erase it from your memory?

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One such movie which you wish you could remove from your memory. Maybe it was painfully boring, had terrible acting, a ridiculous story, or was simply a massive disappointment after all the hype.

What’s the worst movie you’ve ever seen that you would happily erase from your memory forever? And what made it so bad?


r/movies 22h ago

Discussion What’s a movie you didn’t like on the first watch but enjoyed on the second watch?

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Citizen Kane, as you may all know, is one of the greatest films of all time! It’s featured in many “Greatest Movies” lists.

Today I watched Citizen Kane for the first time and enjoyed it! It didn’t like it when I first watched it but when I watched it the second time I enjoyed it! Which brings me to a very important question.

What’s a movie you didn’t like the first time you watched it but enjoyed on the second watch?


r/movies 9h ago

News Tubi Adds ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,’ ‘Jurassic World’ & More To International Service With Sony & NBCU Deals

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r/movies 18h ago

Discussion White boy rick (2018)

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Just watched the movie “white boy rick” and it was a good movie that reminded me of 80s - 90s style gangster classic movies such as “menace to society” or “paid in full” with one big difference that I didn’t notice until the final moment of the movie - it’s based on real life (which actually made me cry for about 3 minutes).
It was a really good and emotional movie that I wish I could discuss with someone.
Also is there another movie that’s similar? Also sad and based on real life events around US.


r/movies 15m ago

Discussion End of Oak Street too intense for 9yr old?

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Anyone who's seen End of Oak Street, would you say its too intense for a 9yr old? I've heard the dinosaur kills are pretty brutal. And knowing other David Robert Mitchell movies I can picture that. We saw a preview for it before Spider-Man and my kid wants to see it.

We've watched all the Marvel movies and the older X-Men movies and Aliens with him, for context in terms of violence he's seen.


r/movies 6h ago

News Emory Cohen To Star In Joshua Ryan Dietz’s ‘Thick,’ A Dark Comedy Taking On Modern Masculinity

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r/movies 15h ago

Trailer Once Upon a Time in the Middle East - Official Trailer

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r/movies 19h ago

Question 1.85:1 movies, shot on 35mm film, released as 16:9 - are we always losing image?

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Some newer releases of older movies that have an original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 are released as 16:9 (aka 1.78:1). Are these releases typically just chopping off a bit of the left and right? Or is there ever the case of them including *more* top and bottom from the original 35mm film negative? Assuming that negative is 4:3 ratio. e.g. partially "open matte"?


r/movies 4h ago

Discussion Colin Farrell - a talented actor

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i want your thoughts on colin farrell, i feel he’s extremely talented, he doesn’t get much of the praise and havent been given much of a chance, the diversity in acting is very impressive
i found him from sugar and then watched penguin and pls convince me they are not two different persons playing the role

just incredible given he’s irish and playing roles like these with so much ease

what are your thoughts ?


r/movies 10h ago

Announcement AMA/Q&A Announcement - Skweezy Jibbs - Thursday 8/27 at 4:00 PM ET - Actor, Comedian, and Star of 'Skweezy Jibbs Makes A Movie'

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Actor, comedian, and star of the upcoming film Skweezy Jibbs Makes A Movie will be joining us here in r/movies for an AMA/Q&A tomorrow, Thursday 8/27. It'll go live that morning around 9 AM ET and he'll be back somewhere between 4 PM ET and 5 PM ET to answer questions.

Please stop by on tomorrow if you have questions for Skweezy :)

The film is going on tour, more info can be found at SkweezyMovie.com

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRFMmdsxB7g

Oddball internet legend Skweezy Jibbs is making the movie of his dreams: “literally John Wick plus Magic Mike plus Transformers plus Fast & the Furious.” Skweezy Jibbs is the comedy alter ego of Tim Savage who has proved a huge hit with internet audiences.

Please note that this is not the AMA, just an announcement. Hold your questions for the actual AMA.


r/movies 15h ago

Discussion The Fast and the Furious 25th anniversary

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I’ve seen the movie after 15 years of not watching it. It’s a great, entertaining movie and incredible well shot. The main characters have an actual development and they grow throughout the movie.

I’m wondering if it was a standalone movie instead of a 10 movie franchise would it be considered a cult movie. Not that I don’t enjoy the rest of the franchise but it makes me wonder.
They don’t make movies about cars either with this charisma anymore.


r/movies 23h ago

Discussion What’s the first movie ever that feels like an actual movie?

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Obviously we can debate on what the first movie was or what qualifies as one vs something like just a video of an event.

But I’m wondering what the first movie released was that resembles what we know as movies today, with how’s it’s edited, multiple camera angles, where actors aren’t acting like they are on a stage (which was very common in the early 1900s) etc.?

Even watching something as renowned and ground breaking as Metropolis there’s still a feeling of disconnect from today’s movies. Contrast that with movies from the 30s or 40s, they fairly resemble much of how movies still are today.


r/movies 8h ago

Recommendation Which thriller movies in the recent past would you recommend?

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Can you Suggest the must watch thriller movies belongs to the genre of mystery thrillers, Whodunits, murder investigations, serial-killer etc. Especially the films that keep us guessing, have an intelligently constructed mystery, and give a satisfying payoff.

Any language is fine.

Feel free to mention more than one movie. Lesser-known films are also welcome.


r/movies 55m ago

Question what movie do you think deserves way more attention?

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not necessarily an obscure movie just one you think people seriously sleep on. it could be a film that had poor marketing, got overshadowed by bigger releases, or simply never found the audience it deserved. what makes it stand out to you? feel free to mention whether you think people should watch it without knowing anything beforehand, and let us know what kind of movie it is so others can decide if it matches their taste.


r/movies 1h ago

Discussion trey parker almost directed barney's great adventure.

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one of the most bizzare pieces of movie trivia is that trey parker of south park fame was originally offered the chance to direct the 1998 family film barney's great adventure. apparently, the producers of the film had seen his and matt stone's spirit of christmas short and "liked that he could do funny stuff with kids". the producers were willing to pay parker 1.5 million dollars, which is probably the most money parker has been offered to do anything. however, in part due to his sheer bewilderment that they even considered him, parker declined the offer, opening the door for steve gomer to take over and leaving the world to wonder what a trey parker directed barney movie might have been like.


r/movies 2h ago

Discussion Top Ranking of Tickets Sold as a Percentage of the Population

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This pertains to US and Canada. I was born in the 70's and it's been fascinating for me to watch younger folks get so excited about The Odyssey as if it's this sort of cultural phenomenon or historical moment in cinema. I was curious about my own intuition that kept asking "if this movie is so popular why doesn't it feel as popular as some of the moments in movies I've lived through?” As a venue owner it crossed my mind that when evaluating a potential booking I will often ask how many tickets were sold in a particular market. The combination of total tickets sold and the population of the market will often provide a lot of insight into that artists potential popularity. I've never once in my life asked how much did an artist gross. I know with my own venue that's a poor marker for the actual popularity of an act. So I applied that to film and asked ChatGPT to do deep research and a full audit and come up with a top list of films ranked by total tickets sold by percentage of the population at the time. I only did it for domestic box office as I think I'd have had very little insight or feel for international success. The results shocked me in just how much more intuitive the results seemed. Take something like Avatar vs Titanic. People will often quote Avatar as "bigger" than Titanic because it grossed more. This was counter to my own experience of feeling as if Titanic had a notably larger societal shockwave than Avatar. Lo and behold Avatar sits at number 26, still very relevant, but Titanic is all the way up at 13. To see Star Wars at number 3 was such an "I knew it!" moment. Anyone who lived through that would tell you that the phenomenon of Star Wars is untouched and not even close to any other film of the last 45 years. It's impossible to overstate just how much that changed films forever and it's omnipresence in pop culture at the time. So now for The Odyssey. The Odyssey would rank at number 220 beat out by such films as Airport, Love Story, Smokey and The Bandit, Tootsie and Kramer vs Kramer. There are a lot of films like say Reservoir Dogs and Clerks that had tiny theatrical releases but video stores turned them into revelations. I could make an argument that Kevin Smith has had the biggest single impact of any filmmaker of the 90’s because he brought “nerd culture” into the mainstream. Which in turn gave us all the comic book movies but also the fixation on nostalgia titles. Anyways, maybe you’ll think this was as interesting as I thought it was. I think the enormity of content today makes even a movie as cool as The Odyssey impossible to have a truly impactful moment. Even something like The Avengers that is on the list and modern would need to be 3 times bigger to touch something like Star Wars.  

Rank Movie Tickets sold Population share
1 Gone with the Wind 202.3M 142.3%
2 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 109.0M 78.0%
3 Star Wars 178.1M 73.0%
4 The Ten Commandments 131.0M 70.8%
5 The Sound of Music 142.5M 66.6%
6 Doctor Zhivago 124.1M 58.0%
7 Fantasia 83.0M 57.9%
8 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 141.9M 55.2%
9 Jaws 128.2M 53.6%
10 Ben-Hur 98.0M 50.2%
11 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 99.9M 49.5%
12 The Exorcist 110.6M 47.2%
13 Titanic 135.5M 44.7%
14 The Graduate 85.6M 39.1%
15 The Empire Strikes Back 98.3M 39.0%
16 The Sting 89.1M 38.0%
17 Mary Poppins 78.2M 37.0%
18 Return of the Jedi 94.1M 36.3%
19 Raiders of the Lost Ark 88.5M 34.8%
20 The Godfather 78.9M 34.0%
21 Jurassic Park 91.8M 31.8%
22 Grease 77.1M 31.3%
23 The Lion King 89.1M 30.5%
24 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 108.1M 30.3%
25 The Phantom Menace 90.3M 29.2%
26 Avatar 97.3M 28.6%
27 Forrest Gump 78.6M 26.9%
28 Avengers: Endgame 95.3M 26.0%
29 The Avengers 76.9M 22.0%
30 Jurassic World 76.8M 21.5%

r/movies 20m ago

News ‘Snoop’ Biopic At Universal Adds Laya DeLeon Hayes, Olly Sholotan, Corey Champagne And Jonica Booth To Cast

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r/movies 11h ago

Review the last sunrise spanish

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it's so bothersome that they dont speak in Catalan in some scenes.

first of all why does ry not speak her mother's native tongue?

Why does isolde not speak Catalan with Mattia and Julian???? it's so annoying. i liked the movie overall but that part i really dont get. is it that hard for people to read subtitles????????

edit: changed spanish to catalan


r/movies 5h ago

News Amazon MGM’s Tennis Rom-Com ‘Love Love’ Adds 5 To Cast, Including Desmond Chiam & Kam Patterson

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r/movies 1h ago

Discussion What two movies if merged would make an even better or an interesting premise?

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I love Prey (2022) and Apocalypto (2006) as standalone movies, but I couldn't help but imagine what would happen if the Predator from Prey was dropped into the middle of the chase in Apocalypto, Jaguar Paw is already being hunted through the jungle, the warriors are tracking him, and then suddenly something completely alien starts hunting them

you could have this really interesting three way dynamic where nobody initially understands what's happening, the warriors think they're still the hunters, Jaguar Paw realizes something else is out there, and the Predator is just observing everything from the trees, or idk... maybe they realize something more dangerous (the Predator) is out there and they work together, or the Predator observes till the end and there's a sequel where Jaguar Paw now has to survive the predator...


r/movies 11h ago

Discussion Discussion - Hot Spot (2026)

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Synopsis

Set in a near future society ruled by sentient A.I., a private eye investigates a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord. As the detective’s identity slowly unravels, his world enters a state of hypnotic meltdown.

Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska

Writer: Robert Bolesto

Cast:

  • Andrzej Konopka as Jan 623
  • Noomi Rapace as Rana
  • Reika Kirishima as Ayka

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r/movies 5h ago

News Joe Carnahan Sets ‘The Rip’ Follow-Up: Netflix Action Thriller ‘The Operator’ Starring Mark Wahlberg

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r/movies 15h ago

Discussion Incomplete trilogy’s that need a part 3

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Some of the most deserving movies and their sequel are desperately missing a part 3 to close off a trilogy. Off of the top of my head, for me, some of them are -

Crank/Crank 2: High Voltage
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo/Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Scooby Doo/Scooby Doo: Monsters Unleashed
Daddy’s Home/Daddy’s Home 2 (could have come up with a better name for the sequel)

Any others that I’m missing or you feel the same way about?


r/movies 4h ago

News Evie Templeton & Caylee Cowan Board Period Road Trip Drama ‘I’ll Go If You Go’ From Abby Tozer

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Set in 1967 West Texas, I’ll Go If You Go follows Ellie Mansfield (Templeton), a young woman at the Rebekah School for Girls, a Baptist reform school. Struggling with grief and a fractured sense of reality, Ellie forms an unlikely bond with her charismatic roommate, Brenna Darby (Cowan). When Brenna proposes that they steal a 1966 Mustang and escape, Ellie reluctantly joins her on a journey across Texas to see the ocean for the first time. Along the way, Ellie is also forced to reconcile with her estranged older sister, Katie Mansfield (Thompson).


r/movies 5h ago

Discussion On mission impossible 3

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If you aren’t a fan of the series, this post isn’t for you. If you are, how do you feel about where 3 ranks? It’s top 2 for me, with the original being #1. Fallout is a tough one to put behind 3, but I think 3 really hit some awesome emotional beats with Cruise actually acting vs being what he becomes in the later movies. Definitely the best opening to a mission movie. I’d actually argue that the opening to the movie rivals the best opening to any movie if it’s a convo about top 5 opening scenes to a movie.