Litmus Test Movies Or How To Know If Were Gonna Be Friends
February - 2021
Saw a great question come across twitter:
@kerrizor - Do you have films that are litmus tests for you?
Super fun! I went through my list to pick out a few... Ended up being more than a few.
So, here's my test. If you don't dig, say, 50% of these that you've seen, I wonder if we'd get along.
(Caveat: This list is based off when I saw the films. I haven't seen most of in years. Lots probably don't hold up and I'm sure some have become problematic. )
- A Beautiful Mind
- Amadeus
- Amélie
- American History X
- The Animatrix
- Atomic Blonde
- Blade
- Blade Runner
- The Bourne Identity
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Casablanca
- The City of Lost Children
- Clash of the Titans
- Code 46
- Contact
- Cube
- Dark City
- Dark Knight, The
- Dead Poets Society
- The Departed
- Die Hard
- Enemy Mine
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Ex Machina
- Exit through the Gift Shop
- Fantastic Mr Fox
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- The Fifth Element
- Firefly
- Galaxy Quest
- The Game
- Gangs of New York
- Get Shorty
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Ghostbusters (2016)
- Glory
- Go
- The Green Mile
- Groundhog Day
- Hackers
- Halloween
- Hero
- High Fidelity
- Highlander
- The Hudsucker Proxy
- The Hunt for Red October
- Interstellar
- The Iron Giant
- Iron Man
- John Wick
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
- Justice League Unlimited
- The Karate Kid
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- Kodachrome
- L.A. Confidential
- La La Land
- La Femme Nikita
- Labyrinth
- Ladyhawke
- The Last Starfighter
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Lean on Me
- Legend
- The Lego Movie
- Lethal Weapon
- Life of Pi
- The Lion King
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Logan's Run
- Looper
- Léon: The Professional
- The Machinist
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Major League
- The Manchurian Candidate
- The Mask
- The Matrix
- Maverick
- Memento
- Men in Black
- Monsters, Inc.
- Moon
- Natural Born Killers: Director's Cut
- Ninja Scroll
- Ocean's Eleven
- Pi
- Pink Floyd: The Wall
- Pitch Perfect
- Police Academy
- Predator
- The Princess Bride
- Princess Mononoke
- Pulp Fiction
- Quills
- Real Genius
- Requiem for a Dream
- Ricochet
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- RoboCop
- Romancing the Stone
- Romeo + Juliet
- Run Lola Run
- Rushmore
- The Saint
- Saving Private Ryan
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Seabiscuit
- Serenity
- Seven
- Shaun of the Dead
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Short Circuit
- Shrek
- Silence of the Lambs
- Sixth Sense, The
- Sling Blade
- Snatch
- Solaris (2002)
- Source Code
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
- Spaceballs
- Speed Racer
- Spiderman Homecoming
- Stand by Me
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
- Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
- Stargate
- Starship Troopers
- Superbad
- Superman The Movie (1978)
- Tank Girl
- Teen Wolf
- Terminator
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- They Live
- Thomas Crown Affair, The
- Three Amigos
- Tombstone
- Top Gun
- Toy Story
- Toy Story 3
- Trainspotting
- Tron
- The Truman Show
- V for Vendetta
- Vanilla Sky
- Wall-E
- War Games
- West Side Story
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Whole Nine Yards, The
- Willow
- The Wizard of Oz
- Wonder Woman
- The Wrestler
- X-Men
- Zombieland
If you passed the test and want to hang out, I'm at @TheIdOfAlan. And, if you have different taste, we should probably still hang out to compare notes.