What are your favorite "fun" movies

[Gilly]

I'm looking for some fun movies to fill up my near empty Netflix Queue. Not that I don't want to think, but I'm looking for some escapism in movies right now, not something that will make me depressed... I've got enough of that in my life right now 

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

[DoodleJump!]

Fever Pitch?





but really, I watched Post Grad the other day and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[slipperyslope]

The Life Aquatic
The Monty Python movies
Inglorious Basterds

edit: i re-read your post and the first and third mentions might borderline the 'depressing' at times but they will put a smile on your face I think.

[Pidgeon]

I don't like it like I did in high school, but I think Almost Famous is the perfect thing to watch to lighten the mood.

[DoodleJump!]

ANYTHING WITH ED WYNN

[moonshake]

Raising Arizona
Anchorman
Noises Off!

[AllisonLeGnome]

What about Pee-Wee's Big Adventure?

[daveB from Oakland]

I thought "Fantastic Mr. Fox" was pretty fun. Albeit slightly pretentious ... and a few melancholy moments here and there (it's a Wes Anderson film, after all) ... but pretty fun for the most part.

[Joe Rogaine]

I thought "Fantastic Mr. Fox" was pretty fun. Albeit slightly pretentious ... and a few melancholy moments here and there (it's a Wes Anderson film, after all) ... but pretty fun for the most part.

Yeah Fantastic Fox was a really fun movie from last year. Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call was pretty fun and wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be also.

[Gilly]

I liked Fantastic Mr. Fox a lot as well. I received Princess and the Frog the same day and that was really bad. I don't think I've ever been bored with a Disney movie before I saw this. I've seen some bad Disney movies but they've never been boring.

I definitely will put Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call on my queue. I don't watch a lot of action movies because there isn't a middle ground with them. They're either awful or good so I wait until one gets recommended to me. I can watch awful comedies because you usually get a couple laughs, but there isn't a redeeming factor when it comes to bad action movies.

So far I think I've seen everything here except for Bad Lieutenant and Post Grad. Post Grad goes on the list as well despite it's 8% Rotten Tomato rating... It seems like something my wife might like and I always trust a FOT.

[teenboat]

Teen Wolf (80's)
Billy Madison (90's)
The Incredibles (00's)

Those clearly aren't the best movies of their decades but probably the ones I personally watched the most.

[not that clay]

Kicking and Screaming, the 1995 Noah Baumbach one.

I've been tearing through Newsradio on instant watch lately.

[masterofsparks]

I'd recommend Uptown Saturday Night and Let's Do It Again, the Sidney Poitier/Bill Cosby buddy comedies from the mid-70s.

Also, I don't know if you've seen Midnight Run, but that would also fit the bill, I think.

[slipperyslope]

Anchorman

Wow, I forgot about that one somehow.
In the big hollywood funny movie department...


this was one of the funniest ever for me. I enjoyed it immensely.

[Christina]

The In-Laws (Serpentine.)
Slap Shot (not a hockey fan so much but I love hockey movies)
Ben Hur (which I find hilarious)
Ishtar (do not let that pseudo-insider Hollywood talk about how it went way over budget scare you off-this is some comedy gold right here)

And for sheer ridiculousness, to the point where it kind of hurts:

Eagle Shooting Heroes
The Story of Ricky