Ask HN: What's the "best" movie you've ever seen?

14 pointscodingclaws1 year ago27 comments

Someone recently asked what's the best book you've ever read. I thought I would ask the same question but movies instead.

nicbou 1y

The Wind Rises. I love everything about it. Beautiful soundtrack, fun sound design, and a fascinating treatment of various topics from the ethics of engineering to the miracle of flight. The end scene completely wrecks me every time.

The Downfall is one of the best movies about being on the losing side of a war. It’s impressively accurate, and the acting is outstanding.

When I don’t know who I’m watching the movie with, I recommend Snatch or Amélie.

sandreas 1y

Pretty much in this order

  The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  Pride and Prejudice (2005)
  Second hand lions (2003)
  Hidden Figures (2016)
  Angel-A (2005)
  Warrior (2011)
  Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
  Spy Game (2001)
  Drive (2011)
  V for Vendetta (2005)
  Lost in Translation (2003)
  Into the Wild (2007)
  The Big Lebowski (1998)

Doctor-R 1y

2001: a Space Odyssey. I saw it in the theater in 70mm when it was released in 1968. It totally blew me away. A majestic vision of the future. Thirty three years from now (1968) there was going to be all this marvelous stuff: Pan Am space craft going to a huge rotating space station to a round globe ship to a moon with several lunar bases. And a talking intelligent computer! Cool space suits! Video telephones!

Remember, this was before the first moon landing in 1969. There were Apollo flights happening, like Apollo 8 that orbited the moon in December 1968. There was a strong commitment to advancing space flight.

In 1968, the movie presented things that could actually happen, by the year 2001. Much more like a bunch of product announcements rather than science fiction (long ago in a galaxy far, far away).

anenefan 1y

Well adding to the above list of what could be considered stand out movies, these below are some I really enjoyed / admired -- in no particular order.

Dark City

Ice Planet (2001)

The Green Mile

Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure

Flodder 3

Gettin' Square

Midnight Run

The Accountant

Slipstream (2005)

To Kill a Mockingbird

North by Northwest

In the Heat of the Night

What the Deaf Man Heard

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Short film - Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job

newaccount74 1y

Children of Men (2006)

The mysterious story draws you in, and the epic takes make you forget that nothing makes sense.

nicbou 1y

Yup. This is one of the best movie world building I have ever seen. There is just so much happening around the characters. I wanted the camera to just keep rolling.

7373737373 1y

I can't decide either so here are some top ones: Drama: The Social Network/The Big Short, Sci-fi: Dune I/II, History: Downfall, Comedy: Yesterday, Fantasy: Lord of the Rings trilogy, Action: Inception

thorin 1y

One of the 1st adult films I enjoyed: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Beautiful pacing, acting, multi-layered.

The Conversation is well worth watching for someone interested in surveillance and paranoia.

ActorNightly 1y

Not movie, but Mr Robot is the gold standard when it comes to film making. It is by far the best piece of produced that humanity has ever done.

sam29681749 1y

Love Exposure made me the man I am today.

kadushka 1y

Looking at the comments here, you can just randomly pick any 8+ rated movies on IMDB.

geenkeuse 1y

Top 5 Classics

V for Vendetta, Fight Club,Phonebooth, Idiocracy, Holy Motors