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No, not those kind.

What are your favorite movies that are just fun to watch. They can be genre agnostic. Awards or even box office success are unnecessary. They could be action, comedy, horror, suspense, snuff film, kids bday party etc. But they usually have a tongue-in-cheek, insouciant style that hooks you in for the ride and has you involuntarily smiling (or whatever appropriate reaction) throughout. Often they are "wow" movies in terms of cinematography, editing, technical aspects, but not necessarily.

My entry, among many, is Fight Club. I watched it again this past weekend and even though I've seen it a dozen times I just enjoyed the hell out of it. And for 1999 the effects were so cool. They still hold up well.

 

 

 

 

Infinitely quotable; can watch it again from beginning to end or just catch it in pieces or just have it on in the background at this point:

 

 

Action: Road Warrior and Fury Road

Mystery: the first Knives Out.

Comedy:  Big Lebowski, Ground Hog Day, Caddyshack

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All of the above

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Fast and Furious movies
It’s a mad mad mad mad world
Death Race 2000

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Smokey & The Bandit

Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Fugitive

Dragonslayer 

American Graffiti is up there for me, but I think Back to the Future has a little more fun with the 50’s.

This is such a broad category. It can be anything really. 
 

I guess Animal House is my favorite fun movie. It never takes itself seriously and just has a good time. 

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Bill & Ted
Old School
Wedding Singer
Schindler’s List
Pulp Fiction
The Matrix

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I have no idea why, but this one just... I keep on having to watch it again.

 

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I think a lot of the family movies from the 80s and 90s hold up really well and are quite fun.  Princess Bride, Goonies, Mighty Ducks, Cool Runnings, Hook..  I watched these with my kids and didn't expect them to be so enjoyable.

There is a Japanese movie called Ping Pong about ping pong players that is a fucking blast.

Timecrimes is a Spanish movie about time travel that is hilarious and fun.

Idiocracy is not only the most quotable movie from that era, but it is still funny as fuck to this day, maybe even funnier now than when it came out.  

Outside of the the usual suspects (that movie rules too), Layer Cake is one I keep going back to if I just want to watch a movie on a random week night.

American Graffiti is up there for me, but I think Back to the Future has a little more fun with the 50’s.
This is such a broad category. It can be anything really. 
 
I guess Animal House is my favorite fun movie. It never takes itself seriously and just has a good time. 

Rewatched Animal House for the jillionith time the other night. Great memories

I feel like I'd classify this as stuff I can sit down and watch whenever it's on through to the ending. 

Braveheart. 

Pirates of the Carribean - the first 3. It gets shitty after that. 

Land of the Lost (the will Ferrell one).

Raising Arizona. 

Avengers movies (mainly 1 3 and 4).

Ocean's eleven. The sequels are decent too.

Casino Royale.

Goodfellas. 

6 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I'm not sure a movie has ever been as fun as this:

 

My favorite part of this movie is simply that they use Wrigley Field’s address as their own. 

Casino. I read that it was supposed to be a sequel to Goodfellas which is damn near perfect. DeNiro and Pesci I guess. When I saw it at the theater I was disappointed. It’s got it’s flaws but I’ll be damned if it hasn’t grown on me over the years 

4 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Weapons of Ass Destruction

Decent. My first thought was something from the Big Wet Asses series. 

5 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Weapons of Ass Destruction

Meh.  I give it 1 1/2 maybe 2 rubouts. 

5 hours ago, Chips O'Toole said:

There is a Japanese movie called Ping Pong about ping pong players that is a fucking blast.

You need to watch Ping Pong Playa. It is stupid and hilarious.

There's a few that come to mind. Two Rock movies actually. One is The Rundown and the other is Walking Tall. The third is more obvious, Road House. 

11 hours ago, Eskimohorn said:

Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Bill & Ted
Old School
Wedding Singer
Schindler’s List
Pulp Fiction
The Matrix

the 2nd half of your list are the opposite of fun. 

 

Octopussy

Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Mortal Kombat

Lethal Weapon 1 and 2, especially 2. 

Red Dawn, the original.

Iron Eagle is a fun and rediculous watch.

The John Wick franchise has already been mentioned but it's a fun watch. 

I remember the first time I saw Super Troopers.  When they chased Mac into the bar and it seems all intense and then Mac reveals himself and Thorny pulls out money and is like “I’m gonna pay you, but I shouldn’t…”  That was crazy and hilarious and I thought it was going to be a different kind of movie and fun as fuck.  And it was, and still is. 

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