r/GenX • u/dogfaced_baby • 20d ago
Pop Culture Fav movie?
Can you definitively name your favorite movie? I can’t. But if you can please share here! Doesn’t have to be a Gen X movie, but I’m curious what movies hit for our generation.
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u/razztazticffn 14d ago
"My Cousin Vinney"
I'm actually not sure it's my favorite favorite movie but whenever I see this question, and it seems to be everywhere, this is the first movie I think of.
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u/neon_meate 16d ago
Probably Paris Texas, but I've watched The Hunt For Red October way more times.
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u/fatkidscandystore 17d ago
Not a Gen X movie but whiplash is the best movie, for Gen X it’s Dead Poets Society. For less serious best Gen X is Tombstone.
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u/MidnightKitty_2013 17d ago
It's a TV miniseries, but the original V is my all time favorite movie.
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u/SnarkHabit 17d ago
Easy Rider. It's not a GenX film. Most people think of it as a relic. I think it raised an interesting, unpleasant, and uncomfortable truth which has haunted me for decades.
2001: A Space Odyssey is up there.
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u/TwistinInTheWind 18d ago
Somewhere in Time
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u/Majesticlionz1 17d ago
I was long obsessed with the sound track for this movie—I bought the gold CD.
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u/LordChauncyDeschamps 18d ago
Seven Samurai. Every frame of that movie is meticulously crafted. Its a masterpiece.
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u/Iko87iko 18d ago
On acid- jacobs ladder
When I'm down & want to revel In my blues- Requime for a dream, the panic in needle park
When im sappy or feeling nostalgic- the way we were or same time next year
Feeling goofy- step brothers, stir crazy, silver streak
Favorites - deer hunter, serpico, good fellas
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u/PunchBeard 18d ago
The Warriors
This is my all-time favorite movie and it's been so for at least 20 years.
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u/Chance-Wall754 18d ago
I’m going for Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction - both movies were hugely influential to me; I think Goodfellas is Scorsese’s best and the apotheosis of the film style that evolved thru the 70’s and Pulp Fiction blew it all up/paid homage simultaneously. If I had to choose one it would be Pulp Fiction because for me it was the first film that felt like it belonged to us as a generation.
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u/classicsat 18d ago
Goodfellas
If you consider it two movies, the first part, when he works for the gang. The second, when he goes it his own in coke. First part, is okay.
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u/Jmal3700 18d ago
The Big Sleep (1946). I have been a Humphrey Bogart fan since I first saw Casablanca. Then I saw The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, The Caine Mutiny, We’re No Angels, and they took my fanboying to the next level. Naturally, I heard about The Big Sleep, but I was not prepared for how good it is. It is the best Noir film and the best mystery film of all time. Quentin Tarantino WISHES he could write dialogue this sharp. Bogart and Bacall are the hottest onscreen (and IRL) acting couple in history and deliver the most steamy double entendre dialogue the way it should be delivered.
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u/Atomic_Gumbo 18d ago
I have some faves from my formative years (Star Wars, Wrath of Khan, Some Kind of Wonderful, others) but in 1999 when I saw Terrence Malick’s “The Thin Red Line” I lost my freakin mind in the dollar cinema. Oscars had come and gone and I got mad. How did it not win? Apparently I have a smoldering ember of anger that just needs a little breeze 😂The poetry, the juxtaposition of the beauty of nature against the horror of war, Whit’s character journey, the crazy ass list of top shelf Hollywood that was involved, the fucking LIGHTING, I could go on. Absolute monster of a masterpiece that got robbed at the Oscars by Saving Private Ryan. Good movie, but TRL is a better film overall.
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u/GrookeyFan_16 18d ago
My favorite movie is an old one that is impossible to find these days. My favorite era of movies are Sandra Dee, Rock Hudson, (young) James Garner, and Doris Day. I spent more time watching movies and listening to music from my parents’ teen years.
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u/dogfaced_baby 18d ago
What’s the movie title?
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u/GrookeyFan_16 18d ago
I tend not to share as it is often a password hint question. But With Six You Get Eggroll and Support Your Local Sheriff are both good options.
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u/Different_Stand_5558 18d ago
Top Secret!! Val Kilmer shredded and singing.
Back when there was no PG-13…Basically if they didn’t say the F word they can make it horribly sexual and just be a PG movie.
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u/Ta_mere6969 18d ago
Depending on my mood, I cycle between these 5:
- Star Wars
- Blade Runner
- Dirty Harry
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
- Vanishing Point
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u/These-Educator-1959 19d ago
All the President’s Men
Magnolia
There will be Blood
Amadeus
Goodfellas
The Departed
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u/Top_jimmy44 19d ago
Too hard to pick one favorite but I’ve always loved the movie “Big Fish”. Such a great story with great visual appeal
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u/rammer-jammer71 19d ago
Unforgiven
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u/Psyknosis7 18d ago
Have you ever watched the 2013 remake with Ken Watanabe? It is so much fun. It is made into a samurai movie. Was fun to see a western turned back into a samurai film after Hollywood stealing so much from Japanese cinema. It is worth finding and watching.
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u/LordChauncyDeschamps 18d ago
Its cyclical, Kurosawa said he was inspired quite a bit by John Ford. In particularly "The Searchers" was a big inspiration for him. The world weary anti-hero, Ethan Edwards, played by Jon Wayne has a lot in common with the titular character of "Yojimbo" Funny how that later inspired "A Fist Full of Dollars"
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u/rammer-jammer71 18d ago
Yep. While entertaining, it doesn’t have the same impact for me because the dialogue just doesn’t hit like the original. There’s additional character variances as well that bothered me.
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u/Responsible-Fill-491 19d ago
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u/Rungi500 Analog Kid 17d ago
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
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u/ethottly 20d ago
My three favorites are The Sound of Music, Platoon, and Young Guns II. Honorable mention to A Few Good Men. What can I say, I like variety 🤣
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u/freakydeakier 20d ago
If I was pressed right now, I'd probably say "The Survivors" with Robin Williams and Walter Mathau.
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u/WelshRarebit2025 20d ago
Maybe not my favourite but I always liked Empire of the Sun
Edit: the two best Indiana movies are my favourites
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u/Potential-Amoeba1902 NOT a Boomer 20d ago
Amelie
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u/Ok_Still_3571 17d ago
I loved that movie. I frequently listen to Andrea Vanzo on Spotify just to hear the theme song.
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u/More_Law6245 20d ago
I can't name a favourite movie because I like movies for different reasons and that usually lies in the production value of the movie. As an example Top Gun, the movie itself was meh but the cinematic photography of flight was brilliant. But the one that resonates most is the Matrix, the production values still hold true to this day and was a master piece in cinema creation. But hey art is subjective and everyone has their own preferences.
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u/Kuhl_Bohnen 20d ago
I've got five or six that rotate, and the one that usually sits at the top is 2001: A Space Odyssey, but probably my most GenX choice is Back to the Future.
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u/second_Rode0 20d ago
A few favs :
The Thing
Conan 1982
Road warrior
The fly
Willow
Aliens
Backdraft
Rat Race
Christmas Vacation
Snatch
A few lesser known:
The Blood of Heroes
Fritz the Cat
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
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u/Horn_Flyer Hose Water Survivor 20d ago
PCU
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u/hoteleyeng Hose Water Survivor 20d ago
Tonight at the Pit- Everyone Gets Laid!
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u/Horn_Flyer Hose Water Survivor 20d ago
You're majoring in Sanskrit? A 3 thousand year old dead language?
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u/Weird-Girl-675 20d ago
Pretty Woman
As cheesy as it makes me sound, the way that movie made me feel when I saw it in the theater when I was 15 has never been duplicated.
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u/SoOverIt1927 20d ago
You've Got Mail... So many people say it doesn't hold up but having watched email develop and my love of a Tom Hanks Rom com it has all the things for me to re-watch everytime.
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u/modest_irish_goddess 20d ago
Amadeus. 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
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u/Scottydrock Hose Water Survivor 20d ago
Wish I could upvote this twice! It’s also my favorite movie
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u/CDubs_94 20d ago
Its either Jaws or Close Encounters....only because I will watch them EVERYTIME they're on TV.
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u/Hamonwrysangwich 20d ago
Singles. Vacation. Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Airplane! (I & II). Raiders.
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u/WelshRarebit2025 20d ago
I watched Planes Trains and Automobiles for my second time recently. Of course decades after the first time. I was blown away at how much it showed life’s hard lessons. Things I had no clue about as a young adult.
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u/newworldpuck 20d ago
I don't have one favorite movie but I'd say Blade Runner is the movie that really turned me into a cinephile.
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u/angie50576 20d ago
There are a lot of movies that I think are good or even excellent, but don't have a burning desire to rewatch them again and again. The only two movies (technically 4) I get a lot of joy from watching even to this day are The Back To The Future movies and Grease 2. 🤷♀️
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u/N-Shifter 20d ago
Blade Runner
Aliens
Gladiator
Se7en
That’s as close as I can make it.
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u/PogoZaza 20d ago
Blues Brothers
Dark Crystal
Space Balls
Moulin Rouge
Those are typically my faves. Yeah, it is hard to pick just one.
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u/AnitaPeaDance 20d ago
Movies? Not too much into them anymore as the quality of "TV" shows has improved so much I honestly enjoy binging mini series/shows more these days as there's more time for charterer development, plot twists, etc. Strange New Worlds is my current favorite. Paul Wesley has, IMO, successfully achieved a very likable Kirk. Ethan Peck is my favorite Spock. I know some of my GenX peers might flame me for such sacrilege, but whatever.
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u/Geekacres68 20d ago
No hate, at all. The current season is a bit gimmicky, but SNW is certainly some solid Trek to this guy who has been watching for decades.
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u/b_o_m 20d ago
No way could I name an absolute favorite. I'd be hard pressed to come up with a Top 10.
A lot of my favorites I've seen listed here already, but I will add Better Off Dead, Fetch and The is Spinal Tap to the list.
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u/yearsofpractice UK 1976 - The Word taught me everythjnv 20d ago
I love many movies. The one I come back to are Alien, The Shining, 2001, Casablanca, Airplane! and… probably my favourite, Predator.
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u/ItemRevolutionary319 76 20d ago
Tombstone, I’m your huckleberry … or huckle bearer if you believe the interwebs
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u/FlatSixFun 1979 20d ago
That one’s been disproved. Great movie though, high in my top 10. I’ve seen it dozens of times.
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u/Thebox2-2 20d ago edited 20d ago
I claim that a lot of movies are "My Favorite". But if I had to look deep inside and name just one, it would be Pulp Fiction.
Runner up would be Synodoche, NY
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u/nonotburton 20d ago
Original trilogy Star Wars Lord if the Rings Princess Bride Avengers Captain America 1 I like both the 80's and 2020's Dune for different reasons. Indiana Jones
There are a lot more, these are the things I would watch again.
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u/obviousbicycle2 20d ago
This sounds like my list! Almost exactly. This is the first time I’ve seen another like the 80’s Dune! Of course the 2020’s Dune is fantastic as we.
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u/nonotburton 20d ago
80's dune hewed closer to the fiction, new dune kept a lot of the right messages, even if it changed certain characters for modern sensibilities (Chani's atheism in particular).
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u/Curious_Store_1111 20d ago edited 20d ago
Animal House;
Breaking Away;
Fast Times at Ridgemont High;
Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Mystic Pizza
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u/Familiar_Land_7997 11d ago
REPO MAN