What's your comfort movie?

That one that helps you sleep, or that you could watch a thousand times?

Mine is the 1970s animated version of The Hobbit.

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overload@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Howl's Moving Castle, but really any Hayao Myazaki film.

Bonifratz@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 264d

Totoro for me

TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 265d (2 replies)

The fifth element, it was on cable a lot when I was a kid so the chances of me falling asleep while it was playing in the background were high and I guess it became a subconscious association

wewbull@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Conditioned to instantly fall asleep at the command-word "multipass".

TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d

I am nothing more than a meat popsicle

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website · 10 pts · 265d

Groundhog Day

Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 264d

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

Made back when walt disney was still alive. It's got that magic thats been long lost. With so much going on in this world it's nice to step back and enjoy simple things with childlike wonder. Highly recommended!

Witchfire@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 264d

Pans Labyrinth

I especially love that it's one of the few dark fantasy movies natively made in Spanish. Fun fact, the faun speaks medieval Spanish

lordnikon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 265d

Star Trek pre 2005 any series and DS9 only if i need to really sleep like a baby.

For the movies anything but nemesis

redhorsejacket@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 264d (2 replies)

Tremors is up there for me. Every couple of years I revisit it and have just as much time as the last.

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Lol I think you mistyped because the way this currently reads is "I watch this movie because I have exactly this much time to kill"

redhorsejacket@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d

Lol you're correct. Idk what happened there, meant to say fun!

sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 265d

🎵🎶 the greatest adventure ...🎵🎶

I love that movie too, especially the Down Down to Goblin Town part.

I didn't have a comfort movie per se, but for a long time I would fall asleep watching Star Trek the next generation. I would doze off to the sound of the ships HVAC system. There must have been a lot of silent pauses in that show.

EvilBit@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 265d (4 replies)

Ready Player One. It’s a terrible movie that adapts a terrible book, but for some reason the vibe just entertains me and makes me feel comfortable. I don’t know either.

NKBTN@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 264d (3 replies)

Nah, it's a pretty decent movie. Possibly because it changes everything about the book

EvilBit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 264d (2 replies)

It does everything it can to improve the book and a lot of those decisions are phenomenal. But it’s still not a good movie. I just love it dearly.

NKBTN@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 264d (1 reply)

I've definitely not good enough I have any desire to rewatch it, but if there was an IMAX 3D re-release and a friend had a spare ticket, I'd go

Mind you, that's also true of about half the films I've ever seen, so not exactly high praise

EvilBit@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 264d

Fair enough. It’s got some solid spectacle so I’d be down for a big screen rerelease. Pity nobody actually liked it enough to warrant one. Oh well.

Atomicbunnies@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 264d

Hackers. I like to put it on when I'm doing stuff around the house, or when I feel shitty.

vipaal@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 264d (2 replies)
  • Zach Snyder director's cut watchmen from 2009
  • Matrix movies including Animatrix
  • Appleseed movies
  • Ghost in the shell movies
  • Batman the animated series
  • Justice League DC animation
  • Justice League extended DC animation
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Extended? Please explain?

vipaal@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 264d

Should have been unlimited Good spotting

aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 264d
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whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 265d (2 replies)

Idiocracy has been my go to for the past several years. Before that, Super Troopers. Or maybe Dazed and Confused.

etherphon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d

Oh man I picked The Big Lebowski but Dazed is an excellent contender as well.

kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 264d

Idiocracy the documentary?

alianne@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 265d

In no particular order:

  • Sahara
  • Hercules (1997 animated version)
  • Mulan (1998 animated version)
  • 27 Dresses
  • Jurassic Park (although probably not for sleeping given all the screaming, lol)
Snowcano@startrek.website · 4 pts · 264d
  • Hackers
  • Kiki’s Delivery Service
  • Whisper of the Heart
  • Star Trek IV

Honorable mention: The Search for Animal Chin

async_amuro@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 265d

The Commitments

daggermoon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Jacob's Ladder

BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d

Nice

Blackfeathr@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 265d (1 reply)

Comfort movie: Matilda

Movie I could watch 1000 times: The Lion King (1994)

LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 265d

I could curl up with that movie and a warm blanket if I had the flu. I wouldn’t necessarily choose it, but I wouldn’t resist it, either.

Many family movies also work. Plus Scooby doo for some reason.

toomuchrdio@retrolemmy.com · 3 pts · 265d

Perfect Days by Wim Wenders

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 264d (2 replies)

I read this as “What’s your comfort move?” Now I want that list too, whatever it may be.

tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Fap.

But seriously, crawling into my bed (possibly with a good book) and just imagining that this warm soft place is my entire universe and anything outside it is not my problem.

locuester@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 264d

This is how I felt when at the hospital during a years long battle with addiction. The hospital was my safe space.

devfuuu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 265d

Matrix probably.

Truffle@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 265d

Se7en

Tier1BuildABear@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d

I've got Plex playlists that I sometimes just put on repeat when working or going to sleep:

Harry Potter

Star Wars

Lord of the Rings

Pirates of the Caribbean

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 264d (3 replies)

The Blues Brothers or Nuts in May

hactar42@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 264d (2 replies)

The Blues Brothers is my all time favorite movie. I'm the type of person who doesn't like to rewatch things unless it's been long enough for me to forget parts of it. But I've watched the Blues Brothers more times than I could count. Starting back whenever it was on TBS in the 90s, to when it was the first DVD I ever bought, to the two versions I have on my media server.

I have never heard of Nuts in May, so now I know what movie I'll be watching next.

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Nuts in May is very British. It's marvellous.

hactar42@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 264d

Sounds right up my alley then

JayFonduh@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 264d

Honey Dont!

chunes@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d

God Bless America

JeanValjean@piefed.social · 2 pts · 265d

Either Rain Man, Rocky Horror Picture Show, or Clue, depending on how I'm feeling that day.

tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 264d

Joe versus the Volcano. It's not that it makes me necessarily appreciate my life, but it makes me appreciate the world as it is and to be content no matter what shit I'm in. The universe is bigger than my troubles.

SparkleBooty@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d

The Mummy

HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 264d

Oh man I had a roommate who fell asleep to movies. Never understood it. Ill take some nice sound things like light thunderstorm sounds and no light.

FritzApollo@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 265d

The Curse of the Golden Flower. I never get tired of watching it.

helix@feddit.org · 1 pts · 264d

Not a movie, but every time I watch Willjum on YouTube smoke people in Rust it's somewhat calming for me.

I don't have a movie or tv show I watch over and over again. Always wonder why that is, as so many people seem to have such a thing.

Dreamless4561@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 258d

Grown Ups 2 and Just Go With It and The Week Of come to mind

etherphon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d

The Big Lebowski if I'm forced to pick just one.

P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d

Not a movie, but mysteries at the museum puts me to sleep every time. They reuse the same overblown words for everything so it winds up that every single item they talk about sounds alike. Between that repetition and the guys metronomic cadence and almost whispery voice, puts me to sleep every time.

ICCrawler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d (2 replies)

Only ever had one, kinda. Though I'm not sure I'd call it comfortable? But it's... visceral, which is mildy amusing because it's trying to be cerebrial, but too much of the dialogue is just scattered quotes and philosophy references. Anyways, the movie is Ghost in the Shell: Innocence. The second one that was directed by Mamoru Oshii. These days, I don't get anything out of watching it anymore. I watched it one too many times. But I've never taken to any movie like I did that one, so, it wins.

helix@feddit.org · 1 pts · 264d (1 reply)

Why was it comforting exactly?

ICCrawler@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d

It gave me a sort of feeling I didn't get from anything else, that I liked. But it's kind of hard to describe. Like standing on the edge of an epiphany but never quite grasping it.

klemptor@startrek.website · 1 pts · 264d

Could watch a thousand times: Grease.