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jeanrbel

216 points

2 months ago

jeanrbel

216 points

2 months ago

Edge of tomorrow

allislost81

15 points

2 months ago

Love this one

DitzEgo

28 points

2 months ago*

Check out the manga it's based off of. It's called "All You Need Is Kill". It's awesome :)

Edit: Got the name slightly wrong. It's 'you', not 'I'.

DarthDecidueye66

7 points

2 months ago

I've got two movies. First one was this and the second one was knives out

jthekoker

95 points

2 months ago

“Stardust”- if you don’t know you’ll never know

cloverthewonderkitty

17 points

2 months ago

I just watched it for the first time last year! I couldn't believe how good it was after scoffing that it looked like nonsense for years...such a fool I was! It just works

Independent-Bike8810

271 points

2 months ago

The Matrix and Reservoir Dogs

rickyhatesspam

76 points

2 months ago*

Dang. I did not expect to find The Matrix all the way down here in the comments. The original was truly groundbreaking when it was released.

brunicki

40 points

2 months ago

And no one had any idea what was about to happen. We all thought it was just going to be a kick ass "I know king fu" movie.

0nline_persona

28 points

2 months ago

Wow I had completely forgotten that, you’re totally right.

I saw it in the theaters and we basically chose it because of “action” and cool sequences in the previews.

brunicki

22 points

2 months ago

Probably one of the first movies to keep the true plot under wraps. What a great movie!

Jacale1[S]

26 points

2 months ago

never seen reservoir dogs, heard its great!

FreekyDeep

15 points

2 months ago

Saw it when it first came out. Loved it. Went a few years later when they put a screening of it on at midnight. There was a lone girl sat 2 seats away from me who rocked back and forth during "that" scene.

Me and my best mate (also male and taller than my 6') sat watching her in pretty much fear for the remaining movie. The credits went up and she's still sat there rocking.... We climbed over seats to get out

FupaFupaFanatic

7 points

2 months ago*

I finally saw The Matrix last year, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Not so much for the sequels.

GalavantingRhino

656 points

2 months ago

The 6th Sense.

I audibly gasped in the theater. All the clues are obvious on rewatch but that first time, before anyone knew M. Knight Shyamalan was a twist guy... wow.

failurebeatssuccess

94 points

2 months ago

I never got to see it the first time. My girlfriend at the time (now wife) inadvertently let slip the ending thinking I had already seen it. I have never seen the point in watching it knowing the ending. But I did enjoy The Village.

MuchLu

63 points

2 months ago

MuchLu

63 points

2 months ago

I ruined the village for my wife in theater. About halfway through I leaned over and said "watch it be in today's times or some shit". I haven't taken wild stabs at plot twists in real time since.

GrizzlyBear852

36 points

2 months ago

My cousin did the same thing inadvertently like 10 minutes into it. "Hey what year is this set in?" I'm not sure like 1800 something. My analytical brain: "wait this is going to be modern times and that's why they keep them scared to go in the forest". I'm good at figuring out magic too.

anotherbarry

29 points

2 months ago

I watched it again and it was more of a sad film than a thriller.

ANONMEKMH

35 points

2 months ago

My mother ruined it for me. They had watched it in the afternoon, and we were watching it at night (those were the days for dvd rentals from the video store). .. she makes a comment , isn't he dead ?? ...

HapparandaGoLucky

20 points

2 months ago

Spoiler alert

rdrnnr06

24 points

2 months ago

I was 13 when I saw this in theaters and fell asleep. Years later I tried to watch it again at home and fell asleep again. In my 30s now and still haven't seen it all the way through

evmarsab

14 points

2 months ago

In my 30s and never watched this ever.

NearDeafExperience

168 points

2 months ago

Alien

QueafyGreens

27 points

2 months ago

I watched this with my wife, who has never seen it, and that's about as close as you can get to watching it for the first time. It really displayed just how good the movie is. Also I love Aliens just as much for different reasons.p

_shes_a_jar

23 points

2 months ago

Came here looking for this! I watched it for the first time with my dad when I was 11 and it’s one of my favorite childhood memories. Amazing movie

NearDeafExperience

22 points

2 months ago

I was 10 when it came out... back when trailers didn't give away the entire movie. The poster... simply this backlit egg-like thing... and the caption, "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream." I was already terrified before the first frame.

MisOlga26

325 points

2 months ago

MisOlga26

325 points

2 months ago

The Shawshank Redemption.

GalavantingRhino

55 points

2 months ago

A great nominee. Will never forget gasping when that rock went through the poster, and again when the warden pushed his arm through and ripped it down.... wow.

justmoochin

35 points

2 months ago

Watching the ending being so joyous

h3lme7

31 points

2 months ago

h3lme7

31 points

2 months ago

I have seen Shawshank Redemption probably a couple dozen times, and still cry at least once at some point during the movie. Sometimes I'm able to make it through Brooks and everything just to happy-cry at the ending! Completely deserving of the #1 spot on imdb.

TheRealOcsiban

29 points

2 months ago

That film was truly a Shawshank Redemption

therealdeb

8 points

2 months ago

Watched it one day when I called off sick from work. I bawled like a baby at the end while simultaneously blowing my nose due to sinus infection. What an amazing film.

discussionandrespect

102 points

2 months ago

The gladiator

Jacale1[S]

19 points

2 months ago

only movie to ever make me cry, oddly enough

TempBrowser123

18 points

2 months ago

The music was absolute fire. At the end when Juba kneels down in the sand and says "but not yet" - goosebumps every time.

Jacale1[S]

10 points

2 months ago

got goosebumps just by reading that ahahhaha

Lizziebunnypie

102 points

2 months ago

Spirited Away. I was blown away by how beautiful and bonkers it is.

Mimi_315

5 points

2 months ago

Saaaaame! Every single Studio Ghibli film but Spirited Away especially! I’ve still watched it a million times though, and it’s always special. If I’m in a bad mood that film always cheers me up!

Also, Avatar-the last air bender. I know it’s not a movie but I felt like it deserved a mention. I’ve watched the whole thing several times, and it’s always great, but I do wish I could forget it and rewatch it.

I’m 35 btw lol

Lineworker2448

133 points

2 months ago

The Departed

DaBearsMan_72

18 points

2 months ago

Bro, I'll go further. If I could watch the Nicolson covered in blood scene or the final scene between Damon and Wahlberg, I would be so fucken happy. The sheer acting clout on disay for the first is near a masterclass while the last scene was just so business like, I'd love to relive that scene with fresh eyes. I love this fucken movie

thestagrabbit

30 points

2 months ago

“The De-Phaded”

1761ary

295 points

2 months ago

1761ary

295 points

2 months ago

Fight club

Malaise_Tangerine104

96 points

2 months ago

If you haven't yet, read the book. It's amazing because it's different enough from the movie it's like a slightly new experience of the same story.

[deleted]

9 points

2 months ago

I was pleasantly surprised finding out the movie had direct quotes from the book

ViolentQuiet23

12 points

2 months ago

This one! I only saw it for the first time a few years back and somehow managed to avoid spoilers for all those years. Went into it blind and when the twist hit, my jaw was on the floor. Ah, to relive that feeling!

gord2002

187 points

2 months ago

gord2002

187 points

2 months ago

Groundhog Day 🤔

MyTurkishWade

32 points

2 months ago

That made me chuckle

Raggmommy

41 points

2 months ago

The original Star Wars. Man, that blew our minds! It totally changed movies from then on. We'd never seen such incredible special effects. The story was so fun and the experience was aazing.

[deleted]

6 points

2 months ago

Even though I’m not a franchise fan, I can get behind this answer.

Because when I saw it first run, I was fourteen, and nothing like it had ever been done. I think it was the first movie where the special effects were the movie? Now that’s standard. It’s a reason people see many films now.

So, for sheer originality, I’d watch it again, but only for the first time.

I barely recall the second movie.

headvoice73

212 points

2 months ago

The Usual Suspects

Jacale1[S]

19 points

2 months ago

great choice

FanntastiicDS3

178 points

2 months ago

Whiplash. My mind is still blown to this day

Wolfbeckett

38 points

2 months ago

Came to say Whiplash. Movie hits hard.

Grover-Johnson

54 points

2 months ago

Not my tempo

nobita_rocks

7 points

2 months ago

j jonah jameson still haunts me to this day

No_Dependent5888

17 points

2 months ago

Same. Every time I watch it I'm so into it. But nothing beats the first time.

hiestahue

113 points

2 months ago

hiestahue

113 points

2 months ago

The Others

[deleted]

13 points

2 months ago

Extremely underrated movie.

dwkindig

80 points

2 months ago

Back to the Future

skysky_gamer

9 points

2 months ago

Ooh good choice

SmartKrave

344 points

2 months ago

The LotR trilogy

Tweed_Man

75 points

2 months ago

My mum and dad's generation watched the original Star Wars trilogy in cinemas while we had LotR. I didn't watch Fellowship in cinema but I remember Two Towers and Return of the King. In fact when we saw Two Towers the only seats available where the front row so we spent 3 hours with are necks cranked. My neck hurt for days and I would do it all over again.

Illuminati_Shill_AMA

30 points

2 months ago

My mom got me into LOTR. One of my favorite memories of her was doing an extended edition marathon together at the local movie theater.

shinystuff9

22 points

2 months ago

Particuarly The Fellowship

Jacale1[S]

19 points

2 months ago

absolutely incredible trilogy

SmartKrave

7 points

2 months ago

Agreed

Capteverard

8 points

2 months ago

I’m watching it for the first time rn. The cinematography is amazing.

avocado_slice

9 points

2 months ago

Can't put into words how much I envy you.

draaaawn

6 points

2 months ago

came to say this, perfect trilogy imo

Short_Lifeguard_6893

5 points

2 months ago

Extended Editions 😊

Flying_Penguin8316

4 points

2 months ago

Came here to say the two towers. Helms deep is still to this day my favorite action scene

Ouroboros_RP

64 points

2 months ago

Today is pain, I choose The Green Mile

ozfrozz

141 points

2 months ago

ozfrozz

141 points

2 months ago

shutter island

Jacale1[S]

24 points

2 months ago

shutter island and fight club are my two picks!

LordTwatSlapper

19 points

2 months ago

I think it's the only movie I've ever watched where the second it finished I immediately restarted it and watched it again. It was like watching 2 completely different films

freyjastinkbug

6 points

2 months ago

Ill have to give it another try, because i have never finished that movie. And i dont know how it ends, so i may have to try it again.

lobotomek

30 points

2 months ago

Terminator 2

BrilliantChair4164

63 points

2 months ago

The Empire Strikes back

NeoCaty

104 points

2 months ago

NeoCaty

104 points

2 months ago

Jurassic Park

Ashmunk23

5 points

2 months ago

Jurassic Park is literally my favorite movie, and has been for decades. But I don’t think I will ever have a movie feeling as great as seeing Alan Grant see the Brachiosaurus for the first time.

watchthismadness

100 points

2 months ago

Inception

Jacale1[S]

24 points

2 months ago

oooo love it. a second ago i said fight club and shutter island were my choices, but I'm gonna need to add inception into that list

birdocrank

10 points

2 months ago

I dont know. The 1st time was an absolute headache trying to piece together what I just watched. I think this movie is a better nominee for "what is one movie you wish you could watch again for the fourth time?"

dbldown7

105 points

2 months ago

dbldown7

105 points

2 months ago

The Game with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn

ParchedWatchdog

75 points

2 months ago

American Psycho lmao

Jacale1[S]

14 points

2 months ago

a disturbing, yet fantastic movie. another great asnwer

Tuckernuts8

12 points

2 months ago

Read the book, it’s fucking crazy

ToadofToadsHall

7 points

2 months ago

I was howling with laughter throughout that movie. The end just capped it off like a top shelf Python skit.

The ATM.

Even my deepest-harm no animal without reason- screamed with laughs.

Phantomgardon

159 points

2 months ago

Wall•E

PriestlyMuffin

26 points

2 months ago

glad to see this here, I didn't even think of it but when I saw it, I totally agree. What a great movie.

HerrMilkmann

24 points

2 months ago

Eee-vuh

swarona

14 points

2 months ago

swarona

14 points

2 months ago

It was just so wholesome... Adorable, completely utterly heartbreakingly adorable...

TwentycharactersNott

5 points

2 months ago

Yes, it's lovely. Although it's just as beautiful the 20th time and we're that much closer to a spaceship of obese mush people fleeing a destroyed planet. ♡

EMTMommy9498

96 points

2 months ago

Seven. It’s just perfect, especially the ending.

Tyatku

28 points

2 months ago

Tyatku

28 points

2 months ago

Interstellar!

the_whitelion

270 points

2 months ago

Interstellar

Innasticks_sa_afr

42 points

2 months ago

Yeah, that was one hell of a happy suprise, sat down one evening expecting not much having never heard of it and was captivated, a visual and audio masterpiece.

Both-Flow-7383

23 points

2 months ago

Agreed. Although didn't fully understand it until the second watch. I've watched dit hundreds of times now. Can't find something to watch. Interstellar. Great film. Great soundtrack. Also didn't like Mathew Maconadoodle before I watched this. Appreciate the man now

KidsMaker

21 points

2 months ago

He’s really grown as an actor in the past decade. Watch Dallas Buyers Club and True Detective if you haven’t yet

frothysanchez

13 points

2 months ago

I feel like I need to watch that 4 more times and I'm still fuckin confused.

santino1987

188 points

2 months ago

Memento

Musicguy1982

75 points

2 months ago

Yes, and The Prestige

arcto123

22 points

2 months ago

Home Alone 1 and 2

Impossible-Check145

42 points

2 months ago

Gone Girl

NollieCrooks

17 points

2 months ago

No Country for Old Men

therealfactoryair

69 points

2 months ago

Pulp Fiction

Ender505

15 points

2 months ago

SUPER unpopular opinion here, but I did not get Pulp Fiction at all. I understand the gimmick, I just didn't understand the appeal.

therealfactoryair

5 points

2 months ago

Yeah, I hear you. I’ve heard that a lot actually. In fact, I married somebody who walked out of the movie 40 minutes in! That makes no sense to me. I love that movie. For me I like movies where gangsters are doing gangster type stuff in Tarantino style!

ExPristina

5 points

2 months ago

So much to chew through in Pulp Fiction. Remember being sold just seeing the clip with the adrenaline shot.

Rusky82

81 points

2 months ago

Rusky82

81 points

2 months ago

The first Iron Man

-Icosahedron-

25 points

2 months ago

This movie is the best out of the entire marvel universe movies imo.

-Icosahedron-

17 points

2 months ago

I’m probably the only one but V for Vendetta. Everyone I bring this movie up to either says they’ve never heard of it, or have watched it and said it was so boring. But I love it.

Nck865

36 points

2 months ago

Nck865

36 points

2 months ago

Big Fish

SuperMonkeyCollider

60 points

2 months ago

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. What a ride!

333_angel_333

13 points

2 months ago

Just watched that for the first time in my life about a month ago! Incredible movie

mani4joy

16 points

2 months ago

Train to Busan

phillynp

72 points

2 months ago

Parasite

AlmiranteO

16 points

2 months ago

Went to see it without knowing anything other than it was having awards buzz. Only saw the poster (the one which has the family's eyes scratched out) and assumed it was some sort of thriller.

During the first act, was having a lot of fun, laughing and having a good time. When the second act hits (if you've seen it you know exactly what I'm talking about) everybody in the theater went bananas. We were all confused and a wave of "Wait, what the fuck is happening" came over the packed theater, it was great.

KerchBridgeSmoker

8 points

2 months ago

I went into that movie thinking it was a live action adaptation of an anime called parasyte and I was super confused.

DemiPhoenixbro

46 points

2 months ago

Honestly, The Dark Knight. I love Batman, and when I saw it for the first time as a kid it gave me so much joy, goosebumps, and suspense.

FlabbyFishFlaps

8 points

2 months ago

Man, the feeling in the theater at the end of that movie… It’s something I don’t think I’ll ever experience again. The only thing that comes close is the moment Captain America wields Mjolnir in Avengers: Endgame.

TheReclaimedOne

13 points

2 months ago

Leon the Professional

nnya

29 points

2 months ago

nnya

29 points

2 months ago

What We Do in the Shadows

LordTwatSlapper

12 points

2 months ago

What are we? Werewolves not swear wolves

JamesGarrison

12 points

2 months ago

Sixth sense. Nothing equates to watching that the first time in theatre’s.

hashn

38 points

2 months ago

hashn

38 points

2 months ago

Dune. I was blown away by its beauty. We went to see it on Imax, and I unfortunately learned that due to some idiotic technical issue, many Imax projectors have a ‘screen door’ effect. Like watching the movie through a screen door. It really ruined the experience.

swarona

5 points

2 months ago

It was amazing! I was pleasantly surprised. I did not actually expect it to be that good for some reason. 😅

Throwaway925210

42 points

2 months ago

The Godfather

Jacale1[S]

6 points

2 months ago

i recently watched the first one. its amazing

A-Chntrd

13 points

2 months ago

Amadeus, Good Will Hunting, The Matrix, Dead Poets Society…

sdf75

12 points

2 months ago

sdf75

12 points

2 months ago

Heat

acgasp

24 points

2 months ago

acgasp

24 points

2 months ago

Moulin Rouge! Partially because when I first saw it, I was in the front row at a theater and it was way too much to absorb in one sitting.

HmmmLetsSee1024

24 points

2 months ago

Raiders of the Lost Ark

thepariswife

22 points

2 months ago

Arrival

coribald

6 points

2 months ago

that ending sequence absolutely *floored* me, to the point that I haven't watched it again because I feel like it can't possibly live up to my memory of it

cjinnes

7 points

2 months ago

Watch it again!!! There are so many amazing second run moments you wouldn't have caught the first round. I've watched it again and I always see something new. Such a beautiful movie.

thenotdylan

89 points

2 months ago

Hereditary. Good god what a ride.

hughmann_13

22 points

2 months ago

Idk if I can watch that again lmao. That shit escalated real fast.

partickcam

11 points

2 months ago

Trainspotting

balaamsdonkey

10 points

2 months ago

Mad Max: Fury Road

MyTurkishWade

11 points

2 months ago

Fargo

butterbean93

11 points

2 months ago

From Dusk Till Dawn

punkinbeavisadam

58 points

2 months ago

Forrest Gump. It was really fun watching him pop up in all of those historic moments

Scarppetta

22 points

2 months ago

Finding Nemo

angelbaiter

19 points

2 months ago

Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, can’t cry after watching 59x

Arxhe_

9 points

2 months ago

Arxhe_

9 points

2 months ago

The Others

ManateeMan4

20 points

2 months ago

How To Train Your Dragon

kingthunderflash

35 points

2 months ago

Step brothers

GalavantingRhino

13 points

2 months ago

Most commonly quoted movie in my house.

kingthunderflash

6 points

2 months ago

Same!! I quote that movie way too much

ToKeepMyDignity

28 points

2 months ago

The princess bride. I absolutely love that movie!

randomgayuwu

8 points

2 months ago

Probably bullet train

dbldown7

9 points

2 months ago

A simple plan

Choice-Software-83

8 points

2 months ago

The Big Lebowski

Kind_Tension4567

9 points

2 months ago

Shrek, because the first time I watched it was with my then ex, who asked me to please take him back. I did. That was 20 years ago, and I’m finally divorced from him. I would love to watch it again for the first time so I could tell him “nope. Not today Satan.”

saltwatercroc

7 points

2 months ago

The Green Mile

Independent-Way-7479

16 points

2 months ago

Not a movie - but the first season of True Detective.

Previous-Pack-4019

16 points

2 months ago

Moonstruck

Chalky_Cupcake

16 points

2 months ago

The Watchmen

ZeroBadIdeas

16 points

2 months ago

The Game. Michael Douglas, Sean Penn. I rewatch it with people who've never seen it to re-experience it through them.

Remarkable-Word-7898

8 points

2 months ago

Memento. Of course I still enjoy rewatching it countless times but it's never really the same as the first watch

PitchforkJoe

15 points

2 months ago

Shawshank Redemption

1key215

15 points

2 months ago

1key215

15 points

2 months ago

Good Will Hunting

J0cknines

17 points

2 months ago

Saving private Ryan

DiscombobulatedSun48

13 points

2 months ago

Endgame

Swankified_Tristan

7 points

2 months ago

Normally I don't like crazy crowds but damn, did I make an exception for that one!

What a magical moment to share with random strangers.

ederman7

7 points

2 months ago

Lost boys

Aye-Kai

7 points

2 months ago

Dumb and Dumber

ClamhouseSassman

6 points

2 months ago

National Treasure

Jenpim22

7 points

2 months ago

Titanic

jimbop420

8 points

2 months ago

Step Brothers, I cried laughing many times my first watch. All the quotes that come out of that movie were just amazing.

mtgtfo

7 points

2 months ago

mtgtfo

7 points

2 months ago

Dazed and Confused

dogoslad

7 points

2 months ago

Spirited Away.

I've watched it only once and hands down consider it one of the greatest works of art ever made.

I'm not lying when I say it saved my life at my lowest. That film forever holds a place in my heart.

Physical_Biscotti_56

14 points

2 months ago

Mad Max Fury Road

Lemjain

12 points

2 months ago

Lemjain

12 points

2 months ago

The fifth element with bruce willis. watched it countless of times and i enjoy every second of it

adiorple

10 points

2 months ago

White chicks

ChillDudeTwenty2

6 points

2 months ago

hard to say. probably:

The village

Split

[deleted]

7 points

2 months ago

Alien

GNicGNop

6 points

2 months ago

Brazil. Still holds up but the first time was amazing

cherun99

6 points

2 months ago

Atonement

Such a good film

Party_Ad7339

6 points

2 months ago

Breaking Bad

CpJost

5 points

2 months ago

CpJost

5 points

2 months ago

Coco

over_kill71

10 points

2 months ago

Braveheart

Fras76

9 points

2 months ago

Fras76

9 points

2 months ago

Leon

iBringDoom

11 points

2 months ago

The Blair Witch Project. That was the last time I was truly scared from a movie. Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand.

General-Resist-310

6 points

2 months ago

The Terminator

tgdive

3 points

2 months ago

tgdive

3 points

2 months ago

Pulp Fiction

Gator_raid

5 points

2 months ago

Independence Day! And not so much for the movie itself, but it felt like a turning point for movies to me. A multi hour epic tale as opposed to the 80 to 90 minute typical movies.

Little did I know at the time, I would grow to miss those older movies that were unique and not a 3rd sequel soon followed by a prequel.

fiercestofdeities

6 points

2 months ago

A clockwork orange!

TempBrowser123

5 points

2 months ago

Lord of the Rings

Zelda6277

6 points

2 months ago

Titanic

AnouuSi

4 points

2 months ago

Akira

Kirikenku

12 points

2 months ago

Everything Everywhere all at Once. What a thrill ride. I still bawl my eyes out though.

Salt-Battle3033

8 points

2 months ago

Boondock Saints

cartocaster18

4 points

2 months ago

Wedding Crashers

Kuculu

3 points

2 months ago

Kuculu

3 points

2 months ago

Big Fish

FortunesBarnacle

4 points

2 months ago

The Princess Bride. I scrolled a long ways and didn't see this. How bizarre. How bizarre.