i used to watch "in the mood for love" specifically to put me to sleep when i was having trouble sleeping. what's up with that? i even like wong kar-wai. but for whatever reason that one just did it for me.
i think once i actually finished it, but i can hardly remember what happens in it. i guess i was pretty groggy.
― ace snood (fennel cartwright), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:05 (ten years ago) link
I will never tire of Dana Delany, Wyatt Earp fucking with chubby bearded Billy Bob Thornton and Val Kilmer's finest hour.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:05 (ten years ago) link
i remember Andrew Sarris saying regretfully about Casablanca in an interview, "I've seen it too much." An outdated concept I guess.
tbh there are certain favorite movies i resist visiting too often, just because i'm afraid of getting sick of them and i enjoy having them feel fresh again when i do watch them. but there are plenty more that i can throw on any time -- i can't imagine burning out on 'his girl friday' unless i was watching it every week or something.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 12 July 2013 06:08 (ten years ago) link
fallen angels 4 me
― 乒乓, Friday, 12 July 2013 06:42 (ten years ago) link
yeah i think the idea is it's a small, personal list of something you've watched over & over ... not a list of like 30 movies you've seen a couple times each & remember fondly or whatever
― discreet, Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:39 PM (Yesterday)
i know, but it was midnight, i'd been working since 4am, more than a little loopy
― twerking for obvious reasons (contenderizer), Friday, 12 July 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
back to metroplitan as we speak.ahh didn't list that above, but I watch it so much!!
― chinavision!, Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:15 (ten years ago) link
fallen angels otm
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 13 July 2013 04:36 (ten years ago) link
french connectiontrading placesmidnight rundawn of the dead clockwisestan brakhage anthology vol 1 disc 2personathe broodits a mad mad mad worldceline and julie go boating
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 13 July 2013 10:13 (ten years ago) link
Whatever is good that is repeated endlessly on ITV2/4.
Unfortunately its not Andrei Rublev but I'll settle for Escape from New York. More than good enough.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 13 July 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
how can french connection be a comfort movie to anyone, it's so grim & noisy
― zvookster, Saturday, 13 July 2013 13:38 (ten years ago) link
It looks cool and beautiful and I like to watch it a lot when I have nothing better to do. comfort movies can be loud.
― chinavision!, Saturday, 13 July 2013 13:45 (ten years ago) link
jackie brown 4ever
― r|t|c, Saturday, 13 July 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
def jackie brown. i've seen the third man like 25 times and would probably put it on immediately if something catastrophically bad happened to me today, so that.
― """""""""""""stalin""""""""""" (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 13 July 2013 14:42 (ten years ago) link
yeah i mean there's loads of these but really jackie brown is the pinnacle of comfort imo
maybe i'll have american psycho on the side though
― r|t|c, Saturday, 13 July 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
joe vs the volcano
lone star
serpico as comfort film is srsly twisting my melon
― r|t|c, Saturday, 13 July 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
i get stressed out just thinking about that shit
― r|t|c, Saturday, 13 July 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
ebert on jackie brown is maybe relevant to comfort movies in general: I wanted these characters to live, talk, deceive and scheme for hours and hours.
― """""""""""""stalin""""""""""" (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 13 July 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
the last boy scout
― r|t|c, Saturday, 13 July 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
after seeing Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy I thought it had a good chance to become a comfort movie.
― ryan, Saturday, 13 July 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Film is so-so. The TV series is comfort-y material tho'.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 13 July 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
le samouraï
― clouds, Saturday, 13 July 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
Moonstruck. not an ILX fave i'd imagine but there it is.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 19:05 (eight years ago) link
oh definite comfort movie for me
League of their OwnLittle WomenReality BitesCluelessInside Llewyn DavisZodiac
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 19:11 (eight years ago) link
Love SerenadeThe CastleMuriel's WeddingRomy & Michele's High School ReunionEmpire RecordsDazed & ConfusedTogetherManhattanAnnie HallStand By MeNeverending StoryETWillowKilling of a Chinese BookieReturn of the Secausus SevenTruly, Madly, DeeplyCareer GirlsWeekend at Bernie'sSister Act
― gaz hoos coombeing to dinner (qiqing), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 23:06 (eight years ago) link
hausu
― clouds, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 02:06 (eight years ago) link
bourne identity
― lute bro (brimstead), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 02:21 (eight years ago) link
first name: carmen, for some reason.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 02:22 (eight years ago) link
9 To 5GhostbustersDazed and ConfusedBeing ThereNashvilleBig LebowskiGroundhog DayThe JerkPee-Wee's Big AdventureSuperman 3any of the old Peanuts movies
There was a stretch of time when I was putting on Eraserhead every night when I went to bed because I found it really soothing. I think there might've been something wrong with my brain then because I don't think that would work now.
― Chortles And Guffaws (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 03:30 (eight years ago) link
Love Serenade
This is quite possibly the *least* comfortable film I think Ive seen!
― Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce), Thursday, 4 February 2016 03:42 (eight years ago) link
i fkn love that movie
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 February 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
For whatever reason, mine tend to be movies about childhood and summer--The Bad News Bears, Meatballs. I expect the recent The Way Way Back to join the list once I've seen it more than once.
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Thursday, 4 February 2016 04:01 (eight years ago) link
Lol @ veg listing zodiac. I feel the same way, altho my wife doesnt understand why i find something w some real disturbing shit in it so comforting
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 February 2016 04:04 (eight years ago) link
I mean a lot of it has to do with personal + regional history, but that lake berryessa scene... yikes
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 February 2016 04:05 (eight years ago) link
Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. Maybe the Bourne Movies. If I'm off sick that's what I do.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 4 February 2016 04:26 (eight years ago) link
Lol shakey re: Zodiac
There's jst something about the weird relaxed tone of the movie, it contradicts all those high-tension hunt the killer movies. It's scary as shit, but it's oddly calm
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 February 2016 04:32 (eight years ago) link
Yes def. Also i find all the attention to historical detail really absorbing
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 February 2016 04:56 (eight years ago) link
yep me too
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 February 2016 05:13 (eight years ago) link
Thirded, Zodiac is definitely in my comfort canon as well
― lute bro (brimstead), Thursday, 4 February 2016 06:44 (eight years ago) link
Jumping Jack Flash Splash Silver StreakSweet Smell of Success Foreign AffairWonder BoysIndy & The Last CrusadeA New LeafShop Around the CornerStakeout The PaperHigh AnxietyStar Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 4 February 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
Oh, duh, and Soapdish
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 4 February 2016 14:59 (eight years ago) link
Beautiful Girls
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:14 (eight years ago) link
Basically any movie I saw at the cinema or rented on VHS from 1984-92 is a comfort film, except maybe Santa Claus: The Movie (lame) and Regarding Henry (I thought it was an action movie)
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:27 (eight years ago) link
Definitely this one! Also:
Funky Forest: First ContactI’m a Cyborg, but That’s OKThe Life AquaticLOTR
― Cherish, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:45 (eight years ago) link
I've watched High Fidelity and Superbad just about all the way through every time I see them on TV, so perhaps they now qualify for me.
May have already said this on the zodiac thread, but that movie is almost the platonic ideal of a comfort movie for me. Slow paced procedural, strong ensemble cast, a film which is long and is itself about the passing of time...once you're past the berryessa scene the movie just settles into an almost dream like rythym, in which details of the case are discovered, then forgotten, and then return again.
― ryan, Thursday, 4 February 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
Trayce ikwym about Love Serenade but it's weirdly comforting somehow
The Browning Version remake is another go to
― gaz hoos coombeing to dinner (qiqing), Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:53 (eight years ago) link
every powell & pressburger film
― clouds, Friday, 5 February 2016 16:33 (eight years ago) link
re Zodiac; a whole bunch of us also picked that upthread!
― piscesx, Friday, 5 February 2016 16:37 (eight years ago) link
Gremlins 2Threads
― emil.y, Friday, 5 February 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
The classic Leone westerns
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 00:23 (eight years ago) link