Mine is a bit niche. Male anti hero protagonist revenge movies. Usually takes place in england. Always has a heavy criminal element, a good bit of violence and the lead usually dies in the end. Recent favorites include “Bull” “Avengment” and “Villan”. Not sure if this specific type of movie is a genre or not but there’s plenty of them.
Ridiculously soapy period drama with a huge amount of money thrown at it for costumes and locations. See Sissi and Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Chopsocky and similar martial arts movies from the 1960’s and 70’s
Sounds like you’d love a lot of Charles Bronson movies, OP. Death Wish is a good one.
The Mechanic
I don’t really believe in Guilty Pleasures. I think if you like something, let your freak flag fly. If you’re embarassed to say that you like something, you don’t actually like it honestly.
With that being said, I get strange looks when I tell my friends about random terrible B-Movies I enjoy, the more obscure the better.
80s comedies, complete with totally inappropriate references, ableism, racism, sexism, homophobia, unnecessary nudity and macho bullshit. Idk.
Three O’Clock High
Porkie’s likely hits all those buttons! LOL, or Nerds.
Mine is a bit niche. Male anti hero protagonist revenge movies.
Have you seen the strait to DVD Dwain Johnson film Faster? It’s exactly your niche. I’ve never been able to recommend it to anyone before, but its great!
Not guilty at all, but dance competition movies. It’s a subgenre of sports team movies where a diverse group has to learn to work together to win a competition, but the competition is dance. Movies like Stomp the Yard, Bring It On, and the Step Up series. You may be inclined to think Dirty Dancing as well, but that one is too individual and with too much drama, though it does include the all-important training montage.
Bright happy wholesome comedies
I don’t like horror movies in general but I like horror movies based on turning innocent pre-existing characters into monsters
Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey
Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
The Blood and Honey universe also has Peter Pan and Bambi movies out. Sadly I haven’t gotten to watch them yet cause they didn’t come to my local theatre
I also like Brightburn (based on Superman)
Recently watched The Mean One (based on the Grinch). It’s pretty good
Plan to watch Alice in Terrorland and those Mickey Mouse based horror films
turning innocent pre-existing characters into monsters
Vaguely-relevant: !imsorryjon@lemmy.world
Found footage horror. Creep 1 and 2 are my favorites of the genre.
I heavily agree. Found footage is a phenomal genre! Creep is one of my all time favorite spooky movies.
If you haven’t seen it already: Dead Man’s Shoes, should tickle your pickle.
Unfortunately cant find an easy way to watch it in the US.
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The 1940 one or the 2004 one?
2004 - Shane Meadows starring Paddy Considine
Sweet, thank you! Imma give it a run!
Oooooohhhhhhh reallllyyyyy now. After reading a breakdown, it does indeed, tickle my pickle.
One of my favourite films of all time.
I’m currently finishing a movie called “furioza” but once its over I plan on finding and watching it. I’m staying up all night watching movies with my buddy.
India has the “masala” genre, a blend of multiple genres; basically what comes to the mind of the average person when they think about Indian movies. I don’t think they create “pleasure” for anybody. They mainly exist, because it’s a low-efforts template for Indian producers to target the masses.
However once you get used to this genre and accept that there will be a few toilet breaks and tiresome tropes, you unlock the gate to some movies that are otherwise fantastic. It’s quite similar to starting to watch pro wrestling or shōnen anime.
apocalyptic movies.
recently watched 2012 just to see what a good president is like.
independence day. same thing.
deep impact. same thing.
Was trying to figure out how to answer the question and you nailed it. Even had 2012 in mind. Armageddon is a favorite.
just watched that with my wife not long ago.
I completely forgot about the plot driven gravity on the asteroid and was rolling when they dukes of hazard’ed across the surface.
I love apocalyptic movies. Ironically, not really the ones you listed. I more prefer bleak post apocalypse movies like “the road”, “light of my life” or “the book of eli”. Not that I dont like the ones you listed. I’d just more categorize them as blockbuster disaster movies. Like “the day after tomorrow”.
oh I like those too.
my favorite scene in day after tomorrow is when they fall through the glass ceiling into the mall. I always imagine how wild it would be to visit such a place decades after the event and everything is exactly where it was, perfectly frozen.
Yeah, there was a cool show on some channel when I was a kid. Called something like “after people” it went area by area and discussed what it would look like if all humans disappeared X year to Y year.
Life After
HumansPeople. I loved it.Yeaaaaaaa thats it
Gotta be found family movies, particularly if the parental figure didn’t want the responsibility in the first place or if they’re clueless, gruff, and/or emotionally not prepared for a child.
So movies like Logan, Ice Age, Wild Robot, Up, or Despicable Me and shows like The Last of Us, The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones (Arya and the Hound), and The Witcher.
I was trying to think of more found family mother shows and movies and honestly couldn’t think of more. Most of the ones involving women that I could find are of friend groups or there was no hesitation to pretty much adopt the child.
Try a French classic from the 80s, Three Men and a Cradle (3 hommes et un couffin). Maybe not exactly the same, but similar enough that you might find it fun.
Yeah that looks like right up my alley. Thanks!
Ah, that’s great to hear!
Just realized this is likely the original version of that 80s movie, Three Men and a Baby, which I also need to see
Found family, never somethjng I really considered to be a genre. You’re absolutely right though and I do love that kind of story.
I guess it’s more of a trope than a genre but it was what I first thought about. Most of the genres I enjoy aren’t guilty pleasures since I don’t have any guilt in liking them.
Found family movies and shows, however, make me feel a little guilty since my parents weren’t necessarily but more emotionally distant. So it’s like a tinge of sadness when watching them.
