Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is my favorite movie. It’s got great characters, including three played by the same actor, is well written with some very quotable lines, and the story is both absurd and believable (even now).

I’ll be the first to admit that it’s not for everybody, but if you’re asking for movies to watch it’s probably for you. With movies I always recommend going in knowing nothing.

I could quote the whole thing probably, but I’ll spare you and just say that the way the Russian ambassador says “fresh fish” is weirdly seared into my brain.

That’s a tough question and my answer usually depends on the mood but I think mad max fury road has got to be up there near the top of the list. It’s just a perfect movie. Interesting hook and story, amazing action scenes and visuals, chilling music, amazing performances of everyone involved… Every few years I just get the urge to re-watch it and it’s always fun.

Top Gun. It has everything. Super well done, just enough cheesy 80’S. Lots of great one liners, and a really well written story.

Can’t find a better movie.

Arrival. Since I became multi-lingual and many years before I saw the film, I always thought of language as a data transfer that it is becoming more and more compressed to improve speed and accuracy.

Going blind into the film and the story unfolding in front of my eyes, to basically show me my inner thoughts, it was a truly euphoric and exhilarating moment in my life.

Strictly Ballroom, Baz Lehrmam’s first film.
Because I lived my life in fear.

The first twilight movie. It was so bad it was absolutely hilarious.

More seriously? I’m not sure. I’m not much of a movie guy - more of a book guy. The Harry Potter adaption was okay, I guess. I’ve rewatched them a few times, but not as much as I’ve reread the books. It’s one of my favorite book series of all time

the witch is my personal favorite. i’ve heard it’s one of the most period-accurate movies of that era. the ending can be seen as good or bad for the protagonist. it’s slow and atmospheric which is my favorite kind of horror.

runner up: lamb is so bizarre and i went into it knowing absolutely nothing. very rewatchable!

Her by Spike Jonze.

Visually stunning, perfect tone and setting. Awesome people. A heartfelt romantic movie. Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson doing a spectacular job.

Not much like favourite movie but some interesting ones. I recently listened to podcast about Czech cinematography and there are some worth watching.

“Marečku podejte mi pero” is fun comedy with lots of puns and remembered lines. It stars first Czech professional actor and some that are active to this day.

If you want something from the same guys but more serious “Nejistá sezóna” and “Kolja” (this won Oscar for best foreign film) is also worth watching.

IMDb links:

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0074865/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_3_nm_5_q_mare%25C4%258Dku

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0093607/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_4_q_nejist%25C3%25A1

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0116790/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_kolja

My favorite movie is probably Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. It certainly isn’t the best movie ever made by any stretch of the imagination, but something about the way the jokes are written land perfectly for me every time.

It’s not for everybody, but I definitely quote it more than a reasonable person should.

Alien (1979)

like its a scifi horror movie with incredible effects work (i love the xenomorph soso much!), and it just makes really good use of like sexual horror, like the alien itself is designed by H.R. Giger, so there’s gonna be some horniness to it, but like its just a really well put together movie ^_^

Lesbian Vampire Killers. On the surface it’s a cheap horror trash flick (a quiet guy / annoying guy duo fighting lesbian vampires) brimming with penis jokes, but it’s a superbly made cheap horror flick. The casting, directing and soundtrack are top-notch, the characters are mostly well-developed and credible, the story is actually quite good and the main source of laughs aren’t the slapstick moments but the characters’ stoic handling of increasingly absurd situations (though of course there’s some slapstick as well). Plus you see boobs.
The movie also gracefully avoids taking itself too seriously, which is an absolute must in that genre.

On a side note, if you’ve already seen it and liked it, you might want to add Tucker & Dale vs Evil to your list. It’s a movie about two creepy hillbillies and teenagers dying gruesome deaths in the woods, but the deaths are all accidental. Tucker and Dale really just want to fix their cabin and drink beer and have no idea what’s going on with all those dead teenagers suddenly showing up on their property.

On The Silver Globe, because it’s the most epically manic film ever made. Sort of a Lords of The Flies revert-to-primitivism story, set on another planet with the descendants of a failed colonization attempt.

For context, previous favorite films: Stalker, Ran, and The Passion of Joan of Arc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBFRiSlcBAg

(Who said you should watch my favorite movie?)

Pan’s Labyrinth
The way it’s telling this dark fairy tale with the backdrop of fascism in Francoist Spain, combining real world and fantasy, is just so incredibly well done. It also has one of the most memorably evil antagonists of any media I’ve experienced, and some very creepy and beautiful creature designs done with practical effects. Everything just comes together perfectly in this movie.

Castle in the Sky. I just recently started watching some Studio Ghibli films, with Castle in the Sky blowing me away with a simple, but amazing story, concept and beautiful execution. Hayao Miyazaki is a genius.