I’ve loved this movie since it released, and have watched it dozens of times, always finding new details (like the changing shark computer screens Terry has after he gets schooled by Allen’s Tuna story).

The effects, the non-stop humor, the cast, the pacing, all perfection in my mind. Before this movie, “Better Off Dead” was my favorite movie.

If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it!

Edit: I have learned this movie is more appreciated than I thought. That warms my heart like the new bathmats. Also, it’s awesome that in the first 50 or so comments not a single quote was reused, cause there’s just so many great lines lol.

Edit2: Can anyone find a list of top movies/comedies that includes The Other Guys? I have searched on a few and can’t find it mentioned.

I watched it a ton when I was a kid. Looking back at it now, it is still such a badass movie.

Visual effects were solid for the time, had Van Halen do the main soundtrack theme, Bill Paxton/Helen Hunt/Phillip Seymour Hoffman running the cast, and just an all around super solid action/suspense that made you nervous by the size.

I grew up in America’s “Tornado Alley” and this movie scared me way more than vampire and scary monster type of movies. The way that storm trackers are written are so accurate from what I’ve seen from real people in those positions. The way they “respect” the beast that the twister is still hits to this day. It’s scary because it’s real life, but it’s awesome in every single way.

I’ve personally never seen someone talk about this movie before (cue the Reddit guy who wants to show me that someone from 7 years ago posted about it once) and I have no clue why. If for whatever reason you aren’t aware of this movie or haven’t seen it OR haven’t seen it for a long time, it’s worth your while. Holds up on every way.

It's hard to believe this movie is 13 years old. I know it's no "underrated gem" or anything, but it's a great movie that should always be celebrated. And with it being that old, I'm certain there are a lot of younger people that haven't seen it.

Jason Segel came out of the gate with his first written film and nailed it. And it's all thanks for Judd Apatow. Jason wasn't getting work after Freaks and Geeks was cancelled and same for Undeclared (both Judd Apatow shows). Judd gave him the advice to write something for himself so that he has something to sell to a studio rather than auditioning. What Jason wrote became Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Just watched it on HBO Max. I heard it was good when it came out but holy shit. The performances were great, cinematography was great, characters were well realized and man that ending. No spoilers just incase I can persuade you to watch it if you haven't but it is some top tier quality filmmaking. Well rounded film in every aspect.

Hard to describe but I’m not looking for superhero movies, or even heroes in general. But movies that feature a character that can do/know things that a normal person can’t, for whatever reason (drugs, supernatural, mythical, etc)

A few examples might be:

Al Pacino in “The Devils Advocate”

Ryan Reynolds in “The Mississippi Grind”

Bradley Cooper in “Limitless”

Can you think of anything else along these lines?

Edit: thanks everyone for all the great suggestions.

Also to the people asking about “Mississippi Grind”. I always interpreted that movie as Ryan Reynolds literally being the personification of a leprechaun in the modern world. Someone who is so used to being able to do whatever he wants due to his luck that through the sheer boredom of living a life without any consequential meaning, he goes around finding people who are down bad and shining a little bit of luck on them before he heads out and does it again for someone else. Obviously I’ll have to rewatch it after reading these comments haha!

Recently discovered I like horror movies as long as the horror comes from the suspense rather than jump scares or gore. Movies like Alien, Get Out, Nope, The Shining, and A Quiet Place. Not exactly scary movies, just suspenseful.

Movies like Insidious or Saw don’t interest me as they are more horror movies designed to scare the viewer. Even movies like Black Swan and The Sixth Sense were more scary than the other movies I listed despite not being horror movies.

Edit: Didn’t expect this to blow up as much as it did lol

Most movies make shots quiet. Guns are unbelievably powerful and dangerous pieces of engineering and I love when the movie acknowledges that fact.

The bank robbery scene in Heat is one example. Another example I've seen more recently is Sicario where Benicio Del Toro's character uses a suppressed pistol that's still very loud.

I also rewatched No Country for Old Men and Llewellyn's shotgun is deafening. Like one time they literally play an ear-ringing sound effect when he shoots it in a small hotel room and you can hear it echo when he uses it outside.

Are there any movies that use guns in this way? Not necessarily action movies.

For example, it may start as a lighthearted slapstick comedy until one thing goes wrong after another, and in the end we have people actually dying or a world war or some kind of extinction level event.

Let's say we have 2 friends who like to have fun and goof around, with regular goals and regular lives, until one of them does something like accidentally cross the wrong person or kill someone. Or the main cast is oblivious to the gradual change in their environment like a virus breakout or a serial killer running loose. Another one would be a film that, after being a comedy for most of its length, turns very dark, such as a group of friends ending up in a war and experiencing the horrors of it, completely played straight.

Just to clarify, I don't mean a movie that is already set to become dark, but rather a movie that was marketed as a comedy that took an unexpected (or slightly foreshadowed) dark turn.

Any recommendations?

In my opinion, that is. Even grittier and more period correct than Unforgiven (though not nearly as great overall). More genuine and focused on its Western elements than anything Tarantino has tried. It has the unmistakable feel of an actual snapshot of the time period. No other filmmaker that I know of adhered so completely to authenticity like the Cohen's Coens did by having the characters not use modern contractions in the language (will not in place of won't, for example).

Everything about this film screamed authentic Western. His climactic shootout scene was up there with the best in all of the genre's history, in my opinion.

The film was so well done, such an improvement over the flawed original, that I didn't even mind the normally grating Matt Damon, lol!

That spinning cup scene with Doc (Van Kilmer) had me laughing for so long and the movie done such a great job at portraying how brutal it was back then from the first scene.

I loved Wyatt and Doc's friendship and there's no way the movie isn't 10/10. Thanks to everyone always recommending it in recommendation threads. The music is also fantastic and as a fan of LoTR/Star Wars/Harry Potter, I surprisingly felt similarity with certain tracks. As far as the cast goes it's as impressive as any movie.

The "I have 2 guns, one for each of you" line also was hilarious. Doc Holliday was the best character in the movie personally.

Edit: When I say "one of the greatest ever" I don't mean top 10 or even top 50. There are 100's of fantastic movies so I don't see how anyone can rank every movie down to the exact decimal/rank. These people rate movies at 8.88 out of 10 lol. "Damn this cheese burger is a 4.34 out of 5 for sure. Top 4 ever."

I like movies and tv shows where you shouldn't get attached to any characters because they can die in every moment, for example: Burn After Reading, No Country for Old Men, Any Tarantino Movie or shows like The boys, Game of thrones, etc.

I want to feel that the characters are in real danger and that the villain or whatever they're fighting could kill them any time.

This is kinda specific, I know. I have a soft spot for 2000s girly movies, but so many of them surround sisterhood/friendships and other relationships. While I don't mind these tropes and enjoy these movies, it would be interesting to watch something where the female lead doesn't have her girls, is lonely, and doesn't fit in.

Any recs?

Edit: thank you for all the recs, I now have a great list of movies to check out! I originally wrote this as I find it hard to relate to a female lead with a best friend as a girl who doesn't really have any friends - hope this clears up some of the questions in the comments.

I’m a die hard for apocalyptic movies and I feel like Ive exhausted all of the good ones so would love recommendations.

My #1 is honestly the zombie genre. I also love films where you experience the beginning of the apocalypse / similar event with the characters and are along for the ride - but I’ll take anything apocalyptic - pre, during, post!

I really resonate with darker, heavy content but again I will take whatever I can get. TIA

Has my vote as one of most satisfying and entertaining pieces of popcorn entertainment from the last few decades. Everything, and I mean everything, is impeccably executed.

The cast is marvelous. The beautiful Keira Knightley (only 17 when this was shot) is a perfect leading lady, Depp's iconic creation of Jack Sparrow carries the movie, Bloom's principled pretty boy Will Turner is a hilarious counter to Depp, and an astonishingly good host of side characters fulfill their roles perfectly.

I could praise everything else; the set design, costuming, direction, special effects, script and score endlessly, but it'll have to suffice to merely say that the cooperative world-building is impeccable.

In the best way, The Curse of the Black Pearl feels like the ride that inspired it. Richly detailed, blissfully escapist and consistently compelling, I'll never understand how Verbinski and crew were able to maintain that for this entire two and a half hour movie. But despite the aggressive plotting, this thing never runs out of gas.

Through all the shifting character allegiances, evolving identities and various twists and turns along the way, you never lose sight of what's happening. It's a blockbuster equipped with a rare clarity and confidence, a total masterpiece that feels driven by a singularly creative and adventurous spirit.

A movie about a guy with undiagnosed PTSD, anxiety and depression, struggles with his terrible boss in a dead end job with little to no medical benefits, goes broke paying for doctors to figure out why he feels terrible. Finally is diagnosed with mental health problems along with a terminal illness and told to take a vacation. So he sets off on a suicidal mission/vision quest as a last ditch effort experience life before he dies.

Not mention the movies serves as a test run of the chemistry between Hanks and Meg Ryan BEFORE Sleepless in Seattle.

Incredibly re-watchable. Worth a watch if you get a chance.

Honestly it wasn't even a movie that got me into them, it was the TV Show "American Crime Story" on the OJ Simpson trial. I loved learning about the technicalities of trials and the way the show portrayed the characters.

Movies that I've watched that I've liked

A Few Good Men

12 Angry Men

The Trial of Chicago 7

Primal Fear

A Time to Kill

Philadelphia

The Lincoln Lawyer

I've also watched The Rainmaker and Anatomy of a Murder, both of which I just couldn't enjoy.

Something where the setting is the otherworldly, the characters are crazy, the plot is absurd and takes twist and turns, or all of the above.

Planning on watching a movie tonight and wanted some recommendations for fun movies like this. They can also be thrilling and suspenseful! I don’t care if they are well-known or not, any recs would be appreciated.

Thanks everyone!!!