I'm trying to get a gauge of what people here are interested in.
Favorite movie is The Princess Bride, second is Life Is Beautiful.
Favorite genre is "space western".
I like a variety of genres, I guess two of my easy favourites are Jurassic Park and The Lion King. I'm interested in good stories, with a preference for action and/or animation/ and/or special FX.
My least preferred genres are rom coms as they tend to be cheesy and lack both action and vfx. Also not a fan of gore horror.
If the plot and characters are lame I'll still watch it for the visuals or for the action. But nothing beats a good story.
Big fan of long-form science fiction. Bladerunner 2049 is fantastic, as is Stalker by Tarkovsky.
Tarkovsky in particular has brilliant works.
Favourite movie: The Lord of the Rings
Favourite genre: fantasy/sci-fi/historical movies of epic proportions with immersive worlds
Favorite movie is Dead Alive(but that is mostly my autism canned response)
Favorite genre is horror(the good and the bad, just all of it)
I like that real dark and twisted shit. Examples like swallow, run, the lodge etc I always need good psychological horror films I've never seen before
I'm a 50/50 toss up between two reasonably different genres.
The first is coming of age films, particularly queer ones. My go to film to call my favourite is Call me By Your Name, I also love Stand By Me, Aftersun and have a huge soft spot for Kiki's delivery service.
The other 'genre' is dramas / thrillers that get pretty fixated on madness, particularly from the protagonist. There will be Blood is my go to second film to say, and I love Apocalypse Now, Perfect Blue, The Witch and The lighthouse.
I'm not as much fan of when the genres overlap however, although that may be because of how small the sample size is. There are quite a few films that have a young protagonist who is finding themselves, who may end up idolising another to the point that the film falls into being a thriller. We had Saltburn last year, which people often compare to The Talented Mr Ripley, and I do enjoy these films but I never get that milestone feeling that I've just experienced a piece of media that has profoundly impacted me. The only thing that exists in this shared space is one of my favourite novels; The Picture of Dorian Gray.
My favorite genre is hardcore character studies.
I just wanna see some dude living life as some dude... Idk why but it just hits. There can be an external plot but all of my favorite movies are just people surviving.
it's such a beautiful day is definitely #1
I also loved In Bruges and its discussions of morals.
Mary and Max has a lovely take on what friendship is and a lot of talk about mental health.
Other random movies I love:
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Girl with All the Gifts
The Princess Bride
Sorry To Bother You
The Florida Project
Hoodwinked
Psychological thrillers, especially those from the late twentieth century. Think Suspiria and Possession.
