What are your favorite "fun" movies

[Christina]

All the old Alec Guinness movies
I'm All Right, Jack
Bedazzled (Peter Cooke/Dudley Moore original)
Help and A Hard Day's Night
Shaw movies (Major Barbara, Pygmalion, Caesar and Cleopatra)
Blithe Spirit
The Importance of Being Earnest (original)
Dr. Strangelove
Local Hero and other Bill Forsyth movies
Withnail and I
Life Is Sweet

Love all your picks too Sarah ... glad there's another Forsyth fan round here!

[Sarah]

Just remembered that one of my favorite fun movies is the original Dawn of the Dead.  I think of it as the movie equivalent of comfort food.

Also, Michael Powell movies.

[dave from knoxville]

I will always love Evil Dead II for pure, unadulterated fun. 

Army of Darkness is great too, but it seems to be going primarily for laughs, whereas Evil Dead II feels like it is just a preposterous horror movie...so preposterous you have to laugh.

I don't know, man, I mean, the Three Stooges riff? Hard for me to imagine they intended it to be serious, but it is seriously fun.

[Gilly]

These are all good suggestions. My definition of fun isn't just comedy, just stuff to sit back and enjoy... not even feel good, just stuff that doesn't try to emulate real life... escapism is what I'm shooting for.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I will always love Evil Dead II for pure, unadulterated fun. 

Army of Darkness is great too, but it seems to be going primarily for laughs, whereas Evil Dead II feels like it is just a preposterous horror movie...so preposterous you have to laugh.

I don't know, man, I mean, the Three Stooges riff? Hard for me to imagine they intended it to be serious, but it is seriously fun.

I didn't mean to imply anything about Raimi's intentions.  I was simply saying that Evil Dead II feels like equal parts horror film and comedy.  Army of Darkness felt predominantly like a comedy.  But part of my opinion is affected by the fact that my first viewing of Evil Dead II took me totally by surprise. I had no idea it was going to be funny at all, and the resulting laughter and delight was huge.  With Army of Darkness, I went in with high expectations and so I was less impressed...even though I still enjoyed myself.

[Matt]

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Clifford
Stop Making Sense

[Bryan]

Stop Making Sense

This is a great suggestion. I remember how delighted I was the first time I saw this. And for that matter, every successive time!

[Pidgeon]

Does anyone else love those goofy teen surf movies from the early-mid 60's?

[Gilly]

Does anyone else love those goofy teen surf movies from the early-mid 60's?

There was one on AMC awhile back that I got sucked into, but I don't remember which one.

[Andy from Atlanta]

On Hulu, there are two decent documentaries: Summer Camp! (which is about, you guessed it, a summer camp) and Billy the Kid (it's like freaks and geeks the documentary).

Billy The Kid is a phenomenal documentary, but I don't know if I'd use the term "fun" to describe my viewing experience, so much as "made me so uncomfortable that I felt sick to my stomach".

Yeah, I guess it does get pretty intense at moments but I think it leaves you with a very positive feeling. The world is a very serious place to this kid and he literally see his role in life as something from the countless 80s movies he grew up on. I love the terminator quotes and the karate kid inspired haircut.

[jbissell]

I'm upset that Netflix took away the friends ratings on movie pages. That was my source for filling up my queue...

I don't get that move at all and it seems everyone is annoyed by it. I'd much rather know what my netflix friends thought of a movie than some random Netflix customer review.

[Reeleyes]

The Hudsucker Proxy
I Love You to Death
Anchorman

[Tyrannosaurus Rocks]

Not going to repeat anybody else, but there are some great ones on here. But the list is sadly missing:


Robocop
Wild Zero
Crank 2: High Voltage
36 Chamber Of Shaolin (aka Shaolin Master Killer)
Battle Royale
Big Trouble In Little China
A Boy And His Dog (aka, I kid you not, Psycho Boy And his Killer Dog)
Snatch
Six String Samurai


But seriously. Someday I'll post my reasons why Robocop is one of my favorite films of all time. I'm a huge movie person, I love really well crafted films that are meaningful and deep and insightful. Robocop has all of that and is stone cold bad ass.

[Christina]

Not going to repeat anybody else, but there are some great ones on here. But the list is sadly missing:


Robocop
Wild Zero
Crank 2: High Voltage
36 Chamber Of Shaolin (aka Shaolin Master Killer)
Battle Royale
Big Trouble In Little China
A Boy And His Dog (aka, I kid you not, Psycho Boy And his Killer Dog)
Snatch
Six String Samurai


But seriously. Someday I'll post my reasons why Robocop is one of my favorite films of all time. I'm a huge movie person, I love really well crafted films that are meaningful and deep and insightful. Robocop has all of that and is stone cold bad ass.

This list is a thing of beauty, Trox.

Oh! Another one!

Air Force One (which me and my pals dubbed President Kick Ass, and if you even mention Harrison Ford on, near, or around the Best Show, Tom will go "GET OFF MY PLANE!" in that gruff everyman-pushed-to-his-breaking-point voice that's the only thing Harrison Ford does. Srsly, when he laughs in a movie it looks like the muscles in his face have never held that position before. Unbelievable.)

[Gilly]

Not going to repeat anybody else, but there are some great ones on here. But the list is sadly missing:


Robocop
Wild Zero
Crank 2: High Voltage
36 Chamber Of Shaolin (aka Shaolin Master Killer)
Battle Royale
Big Trouble In Little China
A Boy And His Dog (aka, I kid you not, Psycho Boy And his Killer Dog)
Snatch
Six String Samurai


But seriously. Someday I'll post my reasons why Robocop is one of my favorite films of all time. I'm a huge movie person, I love really well crafted films that are meaningful and deep and insightful. Robocop has all of that and is stone cold bad ass.

I tried watching Crank 1 on USA a few weeks ago... I don't get how anybody can watch the movies they show edited. I hear good and bad things about the Crank movies. Is the sequel better?