My list (I guess I did 25, sorry): 1) Amadeus 2) Pan's Labyrinth 3) Nightcrawler 4) Fight Club 5) Shawshank Redemption 6) The Sting 7) Parasite 8) Leon, The Professional 9) Mad Max: Fury Road 10) District 9 11) Slingblade 12) Pulp Fiction 13) The Outlaw Josey Wales 14) The Wrestler 15) Ballad of Buster Scruggs 16) Edge of Tomorrow 17) Matchstick Men 18) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 19) The Platform 20) Oldboy 21) Hunt for the Wilderpeople 22) Three Kings 23) Sunshine 24) Knives Out 25) Three-Iron
Out of Sight Full Metal Jacket Trainspotting Seven Two of a Kind (O.N.J. and Travolta) a guilty pleasure!! To Live and Die in L.A. Buried Up in The Air Sneakers Working Girl (Melanie Griffiths) Romancing the Stone Prizzis Honour Dirty Harry
“Fight Club”, “A Clockwork Orange”, “Goodfellas”, “American Beauty” and some other films on your list are truly the best ones I’ve watched. Thanks for putting them on your list, Emma! 🙂👍🏻
Promising Young Woman, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, Ms. 45, Girl Interrupted, Beetlejuice, Thelma and Louise, Casino, Kill Bill (both volumes), All About Eve, Little Miss Sunshine, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, UP, Gone Girl, American Beauty, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Favourite, Vertigo, Marvin's Room, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, But I'm A Cheerleader and Labyrinth I all consider as a 10/10.
Was that really you editing? You look so different. Baby has great messages and asks important questions. I use it in my work as in organizational psychology
@@kokconsulting2 congrats on the twins! i hope you and you sisters have a good time in hawaii. i use this cream as a moisturiser and its great! thanks for recommending it
Really enjoyed hearing about your non horror favorites. I love many of these titles as well, particularly The Elephant Man , Brokeback Mountain and Requiem For a Dream. You reminded me about American Beauty! I need to rewatch that one. Another one from around that time I love is The Virgin Suicides.
I watched Spirited Away as a child and it terrified me 😂 have never watched it since and I am now 21. Some of my 10/10 movies: Bridget Jones's Diary, War Horse, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Marley & Me, 1917, A Dogs Purpose, Paul, Game Night, Papillon and Shawshank Redemption.
There is something about Spirited Away. A few years ago when covid struck and my anxiety was peaking I tried to watch it and I couldn't handle it. I'd seen it before and I have seen it since, but I remember that one time it really messed with my head for some odd reason.
My favorite Lars von Trier film is "Melancholia." It's so profound with a final shot that is both devastating and glorious. My all-time favorite film would have to be "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." I saw it when I was 16 and it filled me with a sense of wonder that has never been equaled.
If you're going for disturbing directors, but not necessarily horror, you should dig in to Michael Haneke. Funny games, Le pianiste, Caché, The white ribbon, Amour... if they don't hit you...
Cache is one of the most impressively directed movies I’ve ever seen. It’s a masterclass in various, subtle choices from Haneke that makes this thriller so effective.
This is such a great list! Love how passionate you are about film. Here's 10 of my favourite non-horror flicks: 1. Mulholland Drive (2001) 2. The Big Lebowski (1998) 3. Jurassic Park (1993) 4. Brazil (1985) 5. Fight Club (1999) 6. Lost in Translation (2003) 7. Dead Mans Shoes (2004) 8. Amélie (2001) 9. Life Of Brian (1979) 10. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
I'm so glad you mentioned Dancer in the Dark - I never hear anyone talk about it! I've only ever seen it once but my god it broke me. I keep trying to mentally prepare myself to watch it again but like over 10 years later it's still not happened :') Yet weirdly I've watched Requiem for a Dream multiple times?? Why do I do this to myself haha The Elephant Man is another one I've been meaning to rewatch because oh my god it was so beautiful. Definitely up there with my favourites from Lynch, even after only one watch. For me some of my 9s and 10s are: - Some Like It Hot (my favourite comedy of all time) - It's a Wonderful Life (my favourite Christmas movie of all time) - The Breakfast Club - Girl, Interrupted - Pulp Fiction - Matilda - Clueless - The Lord of the Rings trilogy - There Will Be Blood - Deep Impact There are soooo many more though!
You almost feel ashamed for Babe! Don't! Because I saw it recently for the first time(and this is coming from a 41 year old guy) and thought it was great. I wouldn't call it a kids movie , but a family movie. In this case a family movie that has besides a lot of entertainment, heart and some cleverness(just like you mentioned) also a bit of dark subtext(not really suited for the very young) and some good messaging.
Such good picks. There's not enough appreciation for American Honey, that movie blew me away and really hit me, especially the first time around in a theatre. I like your horror content of course but I'm glad you also talk about movies from other genres as well here and there :) Also, American Beauty is one of those movies that made me fall in love with movies, not that I wouldn't love them before that but it really evoke something in me and I love that movie til this day, need to rewatch it though. That movie and Donnie Darko really made my high school experience :)
You had so many of my favorite movies on your list. Thora Birch's character in American Beauty was my favorite! I related with her so much and was so focused on her arch in the movie. The way you talk about films is so transparent and genuine! Great job again Emma :)
TAXI DRIVER. OMG. I am so glad you included this on your list. I was OBSESSED with this as a teenager. I think mostly because I think 70s Robert de Niro was an incredibly attractive man and he was just an amazing actor but this nihilistic way of seeing the world around you really opened my eyes a lot.
Well I actually overlapped with you on two films. The Elephant Man and Taxi driver. And if I didn't file them under their directors they'd both be in the horror section for me. (Which I'm sure they wouldn't be for most people, but I organize my genres a little different than other folks.) Thanks Emma, it's swell to see what films mean something to you.
Hell yes! So many gems here. LOVE that you included Home Alone and Babe! 🙌 And I refuse to let Kevin Spacey now ruin American Beauty for me as well. It’s a perfect film I resonated so much with as a teen. My list would be: Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Boogie Nights, Kill Bill, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Apocalypse Now, The Departed, Fargo, Heathers, Parasite, Natural Born Killers, A Clockwork Orange, Pans Labyrinth, A Ghost Story, The Virgin Suicides, Blue Velvet, Brokeback Mountain, Requiem for a Dream, Dazed and Confused, Goodfellas, The Nightmare Before Christmas…and probably so many more! 😂
American Beauty and Boogie Nights are always on my top 10 (top 5 for Boogie Nights, which is operatic in scope and character while getting it just right about the 70s). All of the performances were on point. My hubby loves a Clockwork Orange more than I like it (it's a great accomplishment). The aesthetics and story were disturbing in a good way.
Love Requiem for a Dream. It feels like a fairy tale that slowly turns into nightmare. No matter how many times I see it, it still is an emotional rollercoaster.
A clockwork orange, spirited away, Goodfellas, American Beauty with the Thomas Newman soundtrack… so good. I can’t believe how much we have in common. You are not geeky!!! These movies are the same as mine, just about every single one is absolute perfection. And you really boosted my confidence by watching this Emma. I agree the point of cinema is to move you emotionally… it is a form of art! I am an artist as well, I draw, and I have never been able to draw something profound unless there is emotion behind it. I was shocked to hear Donnie Darko on this list, and Spirited away. It really is insane how every single thing you listed on here are my top favorite movies of all time. No wonder now I’ve seen nearly all your videos!! I don’t know how many of your comments you read Emma but I just wanted to say thank you. You are such an inspiration to me, I have always been kind of a nerdy girl and sort of just a loner, but watching your videos really inspires me. I’ve seen so many of the horror movies you’ve reviewed, and some of my favorites are Martyrs, Climax, Requiem for a Dream (thriller), Misery, and May. Im so glad you’ve kept up YouTubing, you really are a special presence on here, and I hope some day you will see my comments and give me a shout out! Thank you for all you do 😊 huge inspiration.
"Taxi Driver" is so well structured. Read an interview with the writer, who said it was like going through a house and closing all the windows and doors one by one and suddenly the audience realizes it is getting dark and there is no way out.
Some of my 10s, Inside Out, Team America: World Police, Shawshank Redemption, Arival, Lord of the Rings Trilogy (extended) 12 Angry Men and for a Christmas one which I know isn't a perfect film but by God its 10 out of 10 Jingle all the Way!
Requiem is something I just haven’t been able to rewatch but has stuck with me through the years. I watched a UA-cam recap of it and I just couldn’t do it again, it’s so crazy. Loved it.
Thanks for sharing your list of non-horror favorites, Emma. While these films are not in my top ten list, I agree that HOME ALONE, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, TAXI DRIVER, THE TRUMAN SHOW and BABE are all excellent films as well. When Jim Carrey did not even get an Oscar nomination for "The Truman Show", I knew the Academy would never, ever give comedies their due respect. I'm going to try and give my top ten films in as many categories as I can while steering clear of horror, suspense, thrillers, science fiction and murder mysteries. So here we go (in order of film release): 1. CASABLANCA (1942) - Hollywood classic and probably the best love story ever. 2. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) - my favorite western, though I know it's not the best western made. 3. THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE (1968) - my favorite war film. 4. DIRTY HARRY (1971) - as it's own film, this is about a detective who believes in justice, but the system of law keeps getting in the way. 5. 48 HOURS (1982) - best action/comedy ever. 6. E.T., THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) - what can I say? I was fifteen years old (close in age to Elliot's older brother), rode a dirt bike and I cried at the end. 7. THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) - my favorite movie of all time. This is the one I would want to be stuck on a desert island with. 8. NOTTING HILL (1999) - best romantic comedy ever. 9. THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (2001-2003) - the whole story told in a perfect way. 10. MYSTIC RIVER (2003) - best crime/drama and what a heartbreaking story. Honorable mentions list would go on forever, so I'll skip that. I realize that I do gravitate to films with the classic troupe: Rescue the girl, defeat the bad guy and save the world. That's true even in my favorite horror films, the villain doesn't always win. What can I say? I was a shy kid who wanted to be the "detective hero".
Mina Lee just did a video about the fashion of Spirited Away, I highly recommend it! Funnily enough she did mention a problem with the English dubbing in the scene where Chihiro talks with the nice witch in her country house
Babe is one of my all-time favorite movies. When the farmer sings, I Will Make A Way For You, I bawl. I also love at the end of the movie when he says that I'll do little pig, that'll do... smile
this is a GREAT list!! Requiem for a Dream is in my top movies of all time. I went in blind watching it on a whim a few years ago and it absolutely blew me away. I've seen it a lot. But it is a difficult rewatch. The Truman Show. Wow. This film is absolute perfection. It broke me! Jim Carrey is incredible. Ugh your taste in movies is fantaaaasticcccc.
Loved the list. I feel like you would love Less Than Zero - a late 80s movie about LA, rich kids and the drug scene. It stars Robert Downey Jr. And he is crazy brilliant in it! The excess of the 80s, fashion, and drugs are an amazing backdrop.
My list in no particular order. 1. Donny Darko 2. Big Fish ( by Tim Berton ) 3. Spirited Away 4. Ghost in the shell ( 1995 ) 5. Butterfly Effect 6. Back to the future ( 1,2 )
Just watched Nocturnal Animals for the first time ever this week and it really stuck with me especially the story within the story and the meaning behind it wow
I have watched a lot of these, but a long time ago and just once and I think my taste in movies has grown uo with me, so now I want to rewatch them and see if there's a new perspective.
Babeee omg Emma this is the first movie I ever remember watching so I love this movie too 💜 and the rest of the movies u mention are perfect. I wrote down the movies that I still dont see to watched later ✨
Thank you Emma. I saw Fight Club and American Beauty as a double feature, upper eastside Manhattan in 1999. How do you EVER come close to the feeling of walking out of a cinema after an experience like that? The last time I got that excited was when I saw Un Chein Andalou and Eraserhead in Brisbane at Metro Arts Theatre. Now I live in Mandurah subsisting off torrenting.
Recently I watched Twin Peaks for the first time in my life. I know... I'm 4036 years old, almost 4037, and I had never seen it. What!?? But, I loved it. Was super excited to continue right away with The Return. Well... Never has it taken me so long to finish a season of anything.. I hated it with a passion. I don't know if you have a video somewhere where you talk about it, but I'd love to know what you thought of The Return. Will David Lynch be one of the directors featured in your Most Disturbing Directors series?
This was a lot of fun to watch and told us the audience a lot more about you tbh. I also enjoy psychological movies a lot. For a long time my top four was A Clockwork Orange, Requiem for a Dream, American Beauty, Fight Club, and Princess Mononoke. Top two hasn't changed but the rest are scattered in my top 25ish now. Honestly it's hard for me to pick a top 5 but I know A Clockwork Orange will likely always be my number one. The layers, the music, the madness. It's all such a spiral. Thanks for sharing! If I may, an animated film I think you might enjoy because it's very slice of life and a drama (by Satoshi Kon) Millennium Actress. No pressure just think it might be your thing. I'd maybe even say it's the anime version of a honey film?
Bro. I loved Babe. It was one of the few VHS tapes I owned as a kid and I wore it tf outtt (along with Home Alone, of course). I’m beyond pleased to see this get some recognition lmao. More talking animals pls
Honestly, I’ve seen many ‘extreme horror’ films, and Requiem for a Dream is still the most disturbing film I’ve ever seen. I really struggle to rewatch it- I actually have! It’s just so difficult- they’re all amazing but Ellen Burstyn in particular really blows my mind, probably my favourite performance ever put to film. Nice to see you loved Sound of Metal as much as I did too!
I agree! Horror is my all time fav genre but Requiem for a Dream was the scariest movie I've ever seen. Absolutely beautiful movie I never want to see again.
@@atmosphericentry0 yeah! I really had to force myself to rewatch it when I did but I’m happy I did- the combination of the acting, Clint Mansell’s score and the editing in the third act is just borderline too much for me!
Come and See - I don't think any other movie will ever capture the horrors of war the way this movie did. It'll make your blood boil and also cry like an infant. It's a movie that will affect you on such a deep level that it'll change you forever. Don't plan on having any fun the rest of the day after watching it. Carlito's Way - The yin gangster film to Goodfella's yang. The performances, script, cinematography, soundtrack, editing are all about as perfect as it can get. I root for Carlito to make it on that train every single time.
The Florida Project hit so hard for me. I watched it randomly on a lonely day off. It was amazing and I’ll never forgot it. Just as Requiem… they both have drilled a hole in my heart.. I will think of them both throughout my life.
I read all Pahlaniuk's books. By the story, and it's noticeable if you watch it with this in mind, Mara Singer is also him. He's all 3 characters. Tyler Durden's first appearance in the book is really weird. He's on a beach putting logs into the ground, it's too long to explain if you haven't read it. The movie got me to read all his books because I loved it so much. Short book, and the movie was a great adaptation (I actually like the movie better, which is rare). Rest of his books are cynical, like Fight Club, but those movie adaptations are terrible. I'm not a "I read the book" clown, just he became my favorite author because of I watched that movie, and Fight Club is probably his tamest/least crazy story, and they're all similar style. Everyone should read that guy. He's got one book about a guy who makes himself immune to venom, crashes cars to time travel, and keeps having kids with his mother in the past to become immortal. I dunno.
I absolutely love Pahlaniuk books, he’s my favorite author and people are always surprised he’s the “Fight Club guy”. He’s got so many layers in his books that explore toxic masculinity, gender, sex...usually in a very visceral and gross manner but it’s just done so well!! Invisible Monster, Rant, and Choke are my top 3 books ever. I recommend Michael Crichton and Gillian Flynn for similar content, Crichton for the scifi with dark undertones and Flynn for the psychological thrillers if you’re looking for similar authors!
Such good picks. I would have to add a few of my own: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Kill Bill, the full (extended) LOTR series, and my nostalgic favorite: Homeward Bound.
A Clockwork Orange is the film that made me fall in love with film. Out of curiosity I was reading an article about banned films, and ACO was on it. Because I was an edgy teenager I obviously had to buy it on DVD and it changed how I view films. It was the one that made me realise that films can be works of art and not just mindless entertainment (although I do like those types of films too!) and it was the film that introduced me to my favourite director of all time, Stanley Kubrick. I'm so glad you had this film on your list!
Great picks. Two movies that I give a 10 that I feel are a bit underseen are: “Beginners” (2010) Ewen McGregor/Christopher Plummer “Shoplifters” (2018) a japanese “honey-film”
Lars is my favourite filmmaker. I'm shocked you're not a bigger supporter of his. Dancer In The Dark is a film I only saw once, and I don't think I will watch it again. However, that takes nothing away from its brilliance. But seriously... how can you not love Breaking The Waves? Europa? I adore his work, and I'm so sad I didn't finish my masters thesis on von Trier.
I feel like I know you so much better now. Some of your picks definitely surprised me, but after hearing you describe why you like them, it totally makes sense. And yes, The Imposter is one of the best (and most insane) docs I have ever seen!
Great list Emma. Baaah ram ewe!!! I’ve seen 14 of these, own 12 on Blu-ray. Blind bought Love on your recommendation, but didn’t like it. Sorry! So glad to see Brokeback getting some love. That film seems to have been forgotten so quickly. It wrecks me.
Some good recommendations here. Goodfellas is always the first one that comes to mind when someone talks about movies that are a 10. I love it so much, though I do look away at times cause the violent scenes feel crazy realistic and it can be pretty disturbing. I've been wanting to rewatch Brokeback Mountain for the longest time, but I know it's gonna fuck me up. I remember it being incredibly good and devastatingly sad. Hopefully one of these days I'll feel grounded enough to handle it.
Hi Emma! I'm totally in another realm at the moment, so before I forget, have you done a "Coming to VOD in June/July" yet, or an "Everything I Watched in....."? I couldn't find any in my searches, so before I forget..... have you, or anyone, done a mention or review of the Barbara Crampton (yes, it is hers 😌) film, "Sacrifice"? If so, I totally missed it. Just mentioning it cuz I've heard a ton of stuff on "Jakob's Wife", but nothing on "Sacrifice" which is a fun creepy movie. Thanks for what you do Emma!!!
In no particular order (even though I numbered them. That's more of a count than a rating): 1) Requiem For A Dream 2) "mother!" (2017) 3) I'm Thinking Of Ending Things 4) Fight Club 5) Mullholland Drive 6) Full Metal Jacket 7) American Beauty 8) Everything Everywhere All At Once 9) Forrest Gump 10)Ex Machina
Dang every single movie you listed, I was like "me too!". Wonder if it's a horror girl thing, but I've never seen someone have the exact same taste as me. With the exception of Clockwork Orange, which is triggering for me personally. But I still love Kubrick. Great video!
Requiem for a Dream is one of favorite movies. The soundtrack is absolutely beautiful. Some people can never watch it and can never watch it again. I regularly watch it and I cry at the end every time.
Someone get this woman to watch Sling Blade. She would love it for sure. Sorry this is not a popular movie for UA-cam, but it's still a definitive classic.
"Babe" and it's sequel (really dark) are must see movies, i love them. About the slice of life "honey movies" i thought you would include "Magnolia" here, one of the best last shots i've ever seen and the songs are wonderful.
OMG you are amaziiiing! Can't believe you talked about Babe, it's one of my favourite movies of all time - and I'm 33 years old :) I also think it was ahead of its time, so beautiful and so funny! And the effects are awesome, still very realistic after all these years! Loved all of your list, but Babe was the cherry on top! I'm so silly about this movie, I have a 7 year old french bulldog, and he really looks like a litlle pig, so I always talk to him and imagine he would answer me with Babe's voice!
Cool pics,also ive always considered home alone a horror film in so many ways from abandonment, a house of fears ,to a home invasion that only thwarted due to not only overcoming fear but using it against the intruders, only thing its missing is deaths, love your spooky channel
florida project, spirited away, and American Beauty were excellent choices , but my other ones would include: Godfather 2,Pulp Fiction, Jaws, Star Wars, Shawshank, and throw in AIRPLANE! as a bonus
Did you know The Florida project is based on a Doc? Exact same situation living behind Disney and the kids often sneak into the parking lot and watch the fireworks. It’s a great doc! Something you may find cool is that i actually own a bunch of the Galoob Micro Machines from the Home alone film! Ghost World is my favorite Thora Birch film.
I love your perspective on film. I related so much to you when you were talking about watching movies to know about others experiences. I’ve just found your channel recently and have been obsessed with your recommendations and opinions!! I would love to see more videos by you on films that aren’t thriller or horror but I understand that’s not your intention with this channel! Just really happy for this video existing. Also, Florida project and American honey are some of my favorites as well. I cry every time to both of those lol. Perfect films. Honey films ❤️
Some of my non-horror favs that weren't in your list would be The Favourite, Knives Out, The Handmaiden, Her, The Lobster, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Whiplash and Never Rarely Sometimes Always
I assume you have but, if not, I'd highly recommend Babyteeth! I think it fits the 'honey films' description you gave and just, it's so beautiful and fun and devastating.
I saw your Donnie Darko rating on letterboxd a bit ago. You rated that one a 4 and a half. So did you think about it and realized you actually like it more? Not a big deal at all hahaha. Just kinda curious
Requiem for a dream shook me to the core. I love that film so much, and that Jennifer Connelly scene broke me. Love the music, love the performances, just perfect film. However, I'm not brave enough to re-watch it
American Beauty is a masterpiece. Alan Ball is an amazing creator. Loved Fight Club, Donnie Darko, A Clockwork Orange, and Requiem for a Dream as well. Would add Mysterious Skin, American History X, and Ink (small indie film) to my list.
ohmygod hearing that donnie darko is a 10/10 for you makes me so giddy!! it's my favourite movie of all time and godd i could go on and on about it. it is what truly got me into film, and jake gyllenhaal is AMAZING. i absolutely loved this video, we share so many favourites and it was so fun getting to know your taste outside of horror. some other of my top 10/10 movies would be: y tu mama tambien (which is a honey movie) when harry met sally moulin rouge zodiac you were never really here django unchained before sunset coraline
The Breakfast Club, American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Platoon, Barfly, Magnolia, River's Edge, The Big Lebowski, Blow, and the only comedy on my list, Galaxy Quest. honorable mentions, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Usual Suspects, Leaving Las Vegas, Blue Velvet, Ghost World, Whiplash, American History X, and Once Were Warriors
So many great movies. Love your list. For me Schindler's List may very well be the greatest movie ever made, or at the very least, should be in anyone's top five. And not just because of how well it gets its message across. The lighting, the cinematography in general (watch how shadow is used. Watch the girl in red and why she was included...Steven Spielberg explains in a doco). and listen to how the actual survivors in the movie say it was even worse than what is portrayed. When I saw it we had several survivors come on stage and actually speak about the movie before it was screened. Total silence afterwards, even as people respectfully left the cinema you could hear a pin drop. It should be compulsory viewing. But, admirably, a movie most could only watch once. 10/10 and I give very few movies such a score. Oh, and it could very easily be classed as horror.
I only remember having 2 specific vhs movies, when I grew up, and I would still, to this day (25 years later) defend them as at least 9/10 or 10/10 movies......: Mortal Kombat and Lost World - Jurassic Park 2...........................
So many of these movies are my top 10 list (I juggle them around depending....) Taxi driver is amazing, Clockwork Orange, American Beauty, Brokeback Mountain. At the top always Boogie Nights in an elite rotation. Emma--love Gyllenhaal here, too!
I love A Clockwork Orange!! OMG and I love Studio Ghibli too!! My kids are such fans of My neighbor Totoro. Can I see your Ponyo tattoo!!?? (hm sorry. It's sounds weird or something) My youngest girl just loves this movie!! She has red hair and the way Ponyo acts in the movie, my hubby and I always say our daughter just IS Ponyo 🙈💗
Brokeback Mountain holds such a special place in a heart! I watched it for the first time when i was 12 (yeah) and could not comprehend the sadness i was feeling. Sound of Metal and American Honey i would also say are 10/10s for me. My Life as a Zucchini (French Stop-Motion about a special group of kids), The Assistant (I HIGHLY suggest this one, i'd say it might be deserve entering the honey film list), Blackkklansman, Dog Day Afternoon (my favourite movie ever, perhaps?), Wet Hot American Summer (lol), The Shape of Water, My Own Private Idaho, 20th Century Women and Mad Max Fury Road!! (I take it back, this is my favourite movie ever). Honestly there are so so many more.
Donnie darko has been my number one since i was 10 (nearly 20 years thats terrifying to think about)!!! have you seen the tree of life and if not definitely recommend!!! it's like the ultimate existential honey film it literally makes me feel so at peace every time i watch it and who doesn't love seeing jessica chastain on the screen for 2+ hours?!
Top drama movie is The Single Man for me, I LOVE TOM FORD. Nocturnal Animals was great too, I thought of it when you mentioned Donnie, one of my faves as well.
I just saw Sound of Metal last month and it was really good. It definitely went in a different direction than I thought it might, which I think made the film better for me. Riz Ahmed just disappeared into that role. Also, I was fascinated by the whole thing with Paul Raci who played Joe. The back story behind his career and casting added even more enjoyment for me.
Thanks for the tip on The Florida Project. Loved it. Back in the day It’s the type of film youd watch by accident on a Friday night at 1am in the morning and then spend years trying to find out what it was called.
omg I love that you added Brokeback Mountain, it’s my favorite film ever. And it might always be, to be honest. So I’ll keep watching your youtube get some good recommendations (;
😭😭 Brokeback Mountain and Dancer in the Dark--I completely agree!
I would also recommend Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler as perfection.
My list (I guess I did 25, sorry):
1) Amadeus
2) Pan's Labyrinth
3) Nightcrawler
4) Fight Club
5) Shawshank Redemption
6) The Sting
7) Parasite
8) Leon, The Professional
9) Mad Max: Fury Road
10) District 9
11) Slingblade
12) Pulp Fiction
13) The Outlaw Josey Wales
14) The Wrestler
15) Ballad of Buster Scruggs
16) Edge of Tomorrow
17) Matchstick Men
18) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
19) The Platform
20) Oldboy
21) Hunt for the Wilderpeople
22) Three Kings
23) Sunshine
24) Knives Out
25) Three-Iron
Out of Sight
Full Metal Jacket
Trainspotting
Seven
Two of a Kind (O.N.J. and Travolta) a guilty pleasure!!
To Live and Die in L.A.
Buried
Up in The Air
Sneakers
Working Girl (Melanie Griffiths)
Romancing the Stone
Prizzis Honour
Dirty Harry
“Fight Club”, “A Clockwork Orange”, “Goodfellas”, “American Beauty” and some other films on your list are truly the best ones I’ve watched. Thanks for putting them on your list, Emma! 🙂👍🏻
Promising Young Woman, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, Ms. 45, Girl Interrupted, Beetlejuice, Thelma and Louise, Casino, Kill Bill (both volumes), All About Eve, Little Miss Sunshine, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, UP, Gone Girl, American Beauty, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Favourite, Vertigo, Marvin's Room, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, But I'm A Cheerleader and Labyrinth I all consider as a 10/10.
Was that really you editing? You look so different. Baby has great messages and asks important questions. I use it in my work as in organizational psychology
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@@kokconsulting2 congrats on the twins! i hope you and you sisters have a good time in hawaii. i use this cream as a moisturiser and its great! thanks for recommending it
Really enjoyed hearing about your non horror favorites. I love many of these titles as well, particularly The Elephant Man , Brokeback Mountain and Requiem For a Dream. You reminded me about American Beauty! I need to rewatch that one. Another one from around that time I love is The Virgin Suicides.
I watched Spirited Away as a child and it terrified me 😂 have never watched it since and I am now 21. Some of my 10/10 movies: Bridget Jones's Diary, War Horse, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Marley & Me, 1917, A Dogs Purpose, Paul, Game Night, Papillon and Shawshank Redemption.
There is something about Spirited Away. A few years ago when covid struck and my anxiety was peaking I tried to watch it and I couldn't handle it. I'd seen it before and I have seen it since, but I remember that one time it really messed with my head for some odd reason.
My favorite Lars von Trier film is "Melancholia." It's so profound with a final shot that is both devastating and glorious. My all-time favorite film would have to be "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." I saw it when I was 16 and it filled me with a sense of wonder that has never been equaled.
Love Melancholia--it doesn't get enough love! So good in every aspect.
If you're going for disturbing directors, but not necessarily horror, you should dig in to Michael Haneke. Funny games, Le pianiste, Caché, The white ribbon, Amour... if they don't hit you...
How is funny games not considered horror? 😅
Cache is one of the most impressively directed movies I’ve ever seen. It’s a masterclass in various, subtle choices from Haneke that makes this thriller so effective.
It's fun to watch home alone through the perspective of kevin being a psychopath
This is such a great list! Love how passionate you are about film. Here's 10 of my favourite non-horror flicks:
1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. The Big Lebowski (1998)
3. Jurassic Park (1993)
4. Brazil (1985)
5. Fight Club (1999)
6. Lost in Translation (2003)
7. Dead Mans Shoes (2004)
8. Amélie (2001)
9. Life Of Brian (1979)
10. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
YESSS!!! Jurassic Park will go down as one of the greatest movies in cinema history.
Amelie!!!! One of my favorites of all time!
Once Upon a Time in America is a movie that should get as much love as The Godfather and Goodefellas. Clear 10/10.
Yes - the four-hour version, not the butchered version that was released in American theaters.
I'm so glad you mentioned Dancer in the Dark - I never hear anyone talk about it! I've only ever seen it once but my god it broke me. I keep trying to mentally prepare myself to watch it again but like over 10 years later it's still not happened :') Yet weirdly I've watched Requiem for a Dream multiple times?? Why do I do this to myself haha
The Elephant Man is another one I've been meaning to rewatch because oh my god it was so beautiful. Definitely up there with my favourites from Lynch, even after only one watch.
For me some of my 9s and 10s are:
- Some Like It Hot (my favourite comedy of all time)
- It's a Wonderful Life (my favourite Christmas movie of all time)
- The Breakfast Club
- Girl, Interrupted
- Pulp Fiction
- Matilda
- Clueless
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- There Will Be Blood
- Deep Impact
There are soooo many more though!
You almost feel ashamed for Babe! Don't! Because I saw it recently for the first time(and this is coming from a 41 year old guy) and thought it was great. I wouldn't call it a kids movie , but a family movie. In this case a family movie that has besides a lot of entertainment, heart and some cleverness(just like you mentioned) also a bit of dark subtext(not really suited for the very young) and some good messaging.
Baaaaaaah Rammmm Ewe!
We had several films in common. Three of my 10's are "Akira," along with "Wall-E," and "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."
Such good picks. There's not enough appreciation for American Honey, that movie blew me away and really hit me, especially the first time around in a theatre. I like your horror content of course but I'm glad you also talk about movies from other genres as well here and there :) Also, American Beauty is one of those movies that made me fall in love with movies, not that I wouldn't love them before that but it really evoke something in me and I love that movie til this day, need to rewatch it though. That movie and Donnie Darko really made my high school experience :)
You had so many of my favorite movies on your list. Thora Birch's character in American Beauty was my favorite! I related with her so much and was so focused on her arch in the movie. The way you talk about films is so transparent and genuine! Great job again Emma :)
Thanks Nicole
TAXI DRIVER. OMG. I am so glad you included this on your list. I was OBSESSED with this as a teenager. I think mostly because I think 70s Robert de Niro was an incredibly attractive man and he was just an amazing actor but this nihilistic way of seeing the world around you really opened my eyes a lot.
Well I actually overlapped with you on two films. The Elephant Man and Taxi driver. And if I didn't file them under their directors they'd both be in the horror section for me. (Which I'm sure they wouldn't be for most people, but I organize my genres a little different than other folks.) Thanks Emma, it's swell to see what films mean something to you.
Hell yes! So many gems here. LOVE that you included Home Alone and Babe! 🙌 And I refuse to let Kevin Spacey now ruin American Beauty for me as well. It’s a perfect film I resonated so much with as a teen. My list would be: Pulp Fiction, American Beauty, Boogie Nights, Kill Bill, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Apocalypse Now, The Departed, Fargo, Heathers, Parasite, Natural Born Killers, A Clockwork Orange, Pans Labyrinth, A Ghost Story, The Virgin Suicides, Blue Velvet, Brokeback Mountain, Requiem for a Dream, Dazed and Confused, Goodfellas, The Nightmare Before Christmas…and probably so many more! 😂
You have great taste in movies!
American Beauty and Boogie Nights are always on my top 10 (top 5 for Boogie Nights, which is operatic in scope and character while getting it just right about the 70s). All of the performances were on point.
My hubby loves a Clockwork Orange more than I like it (it's a great accomplishment). The aesthetics and story were disturbing in a good way.
I don't see Blue Velvet mentioned much but it was edgy!
Love Requiem for a Dream. It feels like a fairy tale that slowly turns into nightmare. No matter how many times I see it, it still is an emotional rollercoaster.
I wouldn't exactly call Requiem for a Dream NOT a horror film though.
Spirited away: 10, Porco Rosso: 15, Totoro: 20... and John Merrick: 30
National lampoons vacation from 1983,starcrash,manos hands of fate,earth vs flying saucers 🤗
Brokeback Mountain is also a novella. And it’s very very good as well
A clockwork orange, spirited away, Goodfellas, American Beauty with the Thomas Newman soundtrack… so good. I can’t believe how much we have in common. You are not geeky!!! These movies are the same as mine, just about every single one is absolute perfection. And you really boosted my confidence by watching this Emma. I agree the point of cinema is to move you emotionally… it is a form of art! I am an artist as well, I draw, and I have never been able to draw something profound unless there is emotion behind it. I was shocked to hear Donnie Darko on this list, and Spirited away. It really is insane how every single thing you listed on here are my top favorite movies of all time. No wonder now I’ve seen nearly all your videos!! I don’t know how many of your comments you read Emma but I just wanted to say thank you. You are such an inspiration to me, I have always been kind of a nerdy girl and sort of just a loner, but watching your videos really inspires me. I’ve seen so many of the horror movies you’ve reviewed, and some of my favorites are Martyrs, Climax, Requiem for a Dream (thriller), Misery, and May. Im so glad you’ve kept up YouTubing, you really are a special presence on here, and I hope some day you will see my comments and give me a shout out! Thank you for all you do 😊 huge inspiration.
I never realized that I really like "honey" movies until you started talking about yours faves and I realized that they are my favorites too
Babe is absolutely a personal favorite too. So meaningful and wholesome without being hokey.
"Taxi Driver" is so well structured. Read an interview with the writer, who said it was like going through a house and closing all the windows and doors one by one and suddenly the audience realizes it is getting dark and there is no way out.
Kill Bill is also one of my FAVORITE movies.
Shit, I left those off my list. I LOVED everything about those movies.
I liked both kill bill movies.
AMEN🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Some of my 10s, Inside Out, Team America: World Police, Shawshank Redemption, Arival, Lord of the Rings Trilogy (extended) 12 Angry Men and for a Christmas one which I know isn't a perfect film but by God its 10 out of 10 Jingle all the Way!
I just bought inside out on recommendation of my counselor and I bawled my eyes out hahahahaha
Requiem is something I just haven’t been able to rewatch but has stuck with me through the years. I watched a UA-cam recap of it and I just couldn’t do it again, it’s so crazy. Loved it.
Thanks for sharing your list of non-horror favorites, Emma. While these films are not in my top ten list, I agree that HOME ALONE, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, TAXI DRIVER, THE TRUMAN SHOW and BABE are all excellent films as well. When Jim Carrey did not even get an Oscar nomination for "The Truman Show", I knew the Academy would never, ever give comedies their due respect. I'm going to try and give my top ten films in as many categories as I can while steering clear of horror, suspense, thrillers, science fiction and murder mysteries. So here we go (in order of film release):
1. CASABLANCA (1942) - Hollywood classic and probably the best love story ever.
2. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) - my favorite western, though I know it's not the best western made.
3. THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE (1968) - my favorite war film.
4. DIRTY HARRY (1971) - as it's own film, this is about a detective who believes in justice, but the system of law keeps getting in the way.
5. 48 HOURS (1982) - best action/comedy ever.
6. E.T., THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) - what can I say? I was fifteen years old (close in age to Elliot's older brother), rode a dirt bike and I cried at the end.
7. THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) - my favorite movie of all time. This is the one I would want to be stuck on a desert island with.
8. NOTTING HILL (1999) - best romantic comedy ever.
9. THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY (2001-2003) - the whole story told in a perfect way.
10. MYSTIC RIVER (2003) - best crime/drama and what a heartbreaking story.
Honorable mentions list would go on forever, so I'll skip that. I realize that I do gravitate to films with the classic troupe: Rescue the girl, defeat the bad guy and save the world. That's true even in my favorite horror films, the villain doesn't always win. What can I say? I was a shy kid who wanted to be the "detective hero".
Mina Lee just did a video about the fashion of Spirited Away, I highly recommend it! Funnily enough she did mention a problem with the English dubbing in the scene where Chihiro talks with the nice witch in her country house
Where can I see it?
@@julianaa7665 hi Juliana, it's here right on UA-cam!
ua-cam.com/video/nXdDlFJQdTI/v-deo.html
Babe is one of my all-time favorite movies. When the farmer sings, I Will Make A Way For You, I bawl. I also love at the end of the movie when he says that I'll do little pig, that'll do... smile
this is a GREAT list!!
Requiem for a Dream is in my top movies of all time. I went in blind watching it on a whim a few years ago and it absolutely blew me away. I've seen it a lot. But it is a difficult rewatch.
The Truman Show. Wow. This film is absolute perfection. It broke me!
Jim Carrey is incredible.
Ugh your taste in movies is fantaaaasticcccc.
Loved the list. I feel like you would love Less Than Zero - a late 80s movie about LA, rich kids and the drug scene. It stars Robert Downey Jr. And he is crazy brilliant in it! The excess of the 80s, fashion, and drugs are an amazing backdrop.
I loved The Florida Project. It reminds me of "Tangerine" which is just as good 👌🏻
My dad and I didn't understand the florida project 😎
@@mikesilva3868 was boring af
My list in no particular order.
1. Donny Darko
2. Big Fish ( by Tim Berton )
3. Spirited Away
4. Ghost in the shell ( 1995 )
5. Butterfly Effect
6. Back to the future ( 1,2 )
Just watched Nocturnal Animals for the first time ever this week and it really stuck with me especially the story within the story and the meaning behind it wow
I love that movie too!
I have watched a lot of these, but a long time ago and just once and I think my taste in movies has grown uo with me, so now I want to rewatch them and see if there's a new perspective.
Babeee omg Emma this is the first movie I ever remember watching so I love this movie too 💜 and the rest of the movies u mention are perfect. I wrote down the movies that I still dont see to watched later ✨
Thank you Emma.
I saw Fight Club and American Beauty as a double feature, upper eastside Manhattan in 1999.
How do you EVER come close to the feeling of walking out of a cinema after an experience like that?
The last time I got that excited was when I saw Un Chein Andalou and Eraserhead in Brisbane at Metro Arts Theatre.
Now I live in Mandurah subsisting off torrenting.
Recently I watched Twin Peaks for the first time in my life. I know... I'm 4036 years old, almost 4037, and I had never seen it. What!?? But, I loved it. Was super excited to continue right away with The Return. Well... Never has it taken me so long to finish a season of anything.. I hated it with a passion. I don't know if you have a video somewhere where you talk about it, but I'd love to know what you thought of The Return. Will David Lynch be one of the directors featured in your Most Disturbing Directors series?
How about Sophie’s Choice, The Green Mile, Fried Green Tomatoes, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest….
fried green tomatoes is good but literally takes years off my life
@@lizzhunt8882 - you are right about that for sure, but sometimes I just need a good cry and I find this movie very cathartic
This was a lot of fun to watch and told us the audience a lot more about you tbh. I also enjoy psychological movies a lot. For a long time my top four was A Clockwork Orange, Requiem for a Dream, American Beauty, Fight Club, and Princess Mononoke. Top two hasn't changed but the rest are scattered in my top 25ish now. Honestly it's hard for me to pick a top 5 but I know A Clockwork Orange will likely always be my number one. The layers, the music, the madness. It's all such a spiral. Thanks for sharing! If I may, an animated film I think you might enjoy because it's very slice of life and a drama (by Satoshi Kon) Millennium Actress. No pressure just think it might be your thing. I'd maybe even say it's the anime version of a honey film?
Bro. I loved Babe. It was one of the few VHS tapes I owned as a kid and I wore it tf outtt (along with Home Alone, of course). I’m beyond pleased to see this get some recognition lmao. More talking animals pls
Honestly, I’ve seen many ‘extreme horror’ films, and Requiem for a Dream is still the most disturbing film I’ve ever seen. I really struggle to rewatch it- I actually have! It’s just so difficult- they’re all amazing but Ellen Burstyn in particular really blows my mind, probably my favourite performance ever put to film. Nice to see you loved Sound of Metal as much as I did too!
I agree! Horror is my all time fav genre but Requiem for a Dream was the scariest movie I've ever seen. Absolutely beautiful movie I never want to see again.
@@atmosphericentry0 yeah! I really had to force myself to rewatch it when I did but I’m happy I did- the combination of the acting, Clint Mansell’s score and the editing in the third act is just borderline too much for me!
Come and See - I don't think any other movie will ever capture the horrors of war the way this movie did. It'll make your blood boil and also cry like an infant. It's a movie that will affect you on such a deep level that it'll change you forever. Don't plan on having any fun the rest of the day after watching it.
Carlito's Way - The yin gangster film to Goodfella's yang. The performances, script, cinematography, soundtrack, editing are all about as perfect as it can get. I root for Carlito to make it on that train every single time.
I have to say, my favorite non-horror movies are "Little Miss Sunshine" and also "Muriel's Wedding" - honestly, anything featuring Toni Collette.
Toni Collette is an absolute GEM
The Florida Project hit so hard for me. I watched it randomly on a lonely day off. It was amazing and I’ll never forgot it. Just as Requiem… they both have drilled a hole in my heart.. I will think of them both throughout my life.
I read all Pahlaniuk's books. By the story, and it's noticeable if you watch it with this in mind, Mara Singer is also him. He's all 3 characters. Tyler Durden's first appearance in the book is really weird. He's on a beach putting logs into the ground, it's too long to explain if you haven't read it. The movie got me to read all his books because I loved it so much. Short book, and the movie was a great adaptation (I actually like the movie better, which is rare). Rest of his books are cynical, like Fight Club, but those movie adaptations are terrible. I'm not a "I read the book" clown, just he became my favorite author because of I watched that movie, and Fight Club is probably his tamest/least crazy story, and they're all similar style. Everyone should read that guy. He's got one book about a guy who makes himself immune to venom, crashes cars to time travel, and keeps having kids with his mother in the past to become immortal. I dunno.
I absolutely love Pahlaniuk books, he’s my favorite author and people are always surprised he’s the “Fight Club guy”. He’s got so many layers in his books that explore toxic masculinity, gender, sex...usually in a very visceral and gross manner but it’s just done so well!! Invisible Monster, Rant, and Choke are my top 3 books ever. I recommend Michael Crichton and Gillian Flynn for similar content, Crichton for the scifi with dark undertones and Flynn for the psychological thrillers if you’re looking for similar authors!
@@x0ShYgIrL0x Nice! My favorite by him is Invisible Monsters, Survivor is a close second.
Such good picks. I would have to add a few of my own: What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Kill Bill, the full (extended) LOTR series, and my nostalgic favorite: Homeward Bound.
A Clockwork Orange is the film that made me fall in love with film. Out of curiosity I was reading an article about banned films, and ACO was on it. Because I was an edgy teenager I obviously had to buy it on DVD and it changed how I view films. It was the one that made me realise that films can be works of art and not just mindless entertainment (although I do like those types of films too!) and it was the film that introduced me to my favourite director of all time, Stanley Kubrick.
I'm so glad you had this film on your list!
Great picks. Two movies that I give a 10 that I feel are a bit underseen are:
“Beginners” (2010) Ewen McGregor/Christopher Plummer
“Shoplifters” (2018) a japanese “honey-film”
Every single time you say you are a Adam Sandler fan I get surprised 😂 every time
Lars is my favourite filmmaker. I'm shocked you're not a bigger supporter of his. Dancer In The Dark is a film I only saw once, and I don't think I will watch it again. However, that takes nothing away from its brilliance. But seriously... how can you not love Breaking The Waves? Europa? I adore his work, and I'm so sad I didn't finish my masters thesis on von Trier.
I feel like I know you so much better now. Some of your picks definitely surprised me, but after hearing you describe why you like them, it totally makes sense.
And yes, The Imposter is one of the best (and most insane) docs I have ever seen!
Thank you
Great list Emma. Baaah ram ewe!!! I’ve seen 14 of these, own 12 on Blu-ray. Blind bought Love on your recommendation, but didn’t like it. Sorry! So glad to see Brokeback getting some love. That film seems to have been forgotten so quickly. It wrecks me.
Some good recommendations here. Goodfellas is always the first one that comes to mind when someone talks about movies that are a 10. I love it so much, though I do look away at times cause the violent scenes feel crazy realistic and it can be pretty disturbing. I've been wanting to rewatch Brokeback Mountain for the longest time, but I know it's gonna fuck me up. I remember it being incredibly good and devastatingly sad. Hopefully one of these days I'll feel grounded enough to handle it.
Hi Emma!
I'm totally in another realm at the moment, so before I forget, have you done a "Coming to VOD in June/July" yet, or an "Everything I Watched in....."?
I couldn't find any in my searches, so before I forget..... have you, or anyone, done a mention or review of the Barbara Crampton (yes, it is hers 😌) film, "Sacrifice"? If so, I totally missed it. Just mentioning it cuz I've heard a ton of stuff on "Jakob's Wife", but nothing on "Sacrifice" which is a fun creepy movie.
Thanks for what you do Emma!!!
Hey! They are on my channel :) just click on my name and have a look under the video tab
@@spookyastronauts Thanks Emma! I just watched your Coming to VOD in June, and I'll look for the other.
Thanks for taking time to respond!
Emma stanning Brokeback Mountain is everything we need for Pride Month!
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The scene where Ennis holds Jack's shirt at Jack's parents' house! 😭
I've probably mentioned this before, but Fight Club was the movie that made me love film too!
In no particular order (even though I numbered them. That's more of a count than a rating):
1) Requiem For A Dream
2) "mother!" (2017)
3) I'm Thinking Of Ending Things
4) Fight Club
5) Mullholland Drive
6) Full Metal Jacket
7) American Beauty
8) Everything Everywhere All At Once
9) Forrest Gump
10)Ex Machina
Dang every single movie you listed, I was like "me too!". Wonder if it's a horror girl thing, but I've never seen someone have the exact same taste as me. With the exception of Clockwork Orange, which is triggering for me personally. But I still love Kubrick. Great video!
Requiem for a Dream is one of favorite movies. The soundtrack is absolutely beautiful. Some people can never watch it and can never watch it again. I regularly watch it and I cry at the end every time.
21 Grams is a hidden gem for me. Very underrated and tears me up every time.
Ohh that’s a good one!
GIRLLLLLLLL we are the SAME person!! Such an eclectic list, though it makes so much sense to me. A lot of my all time faves:))))
Someone get this woman to watch Sling Blade. She would love it for sure. Sorry this is not a popular movie for UA-cam, but it's still a definitive classic.
"Babe" and it's sequel (really dark) are must see movies, i love them. About the slice of life "honey movies" i thought you would include "Magnolia" here, one of the best last shots i've ever seen and the songs are wonderful.
You definitely have some of my top of all time on this list. Donnie darko, goodfellas, fight club, requiem for a dream, American beauty...
All bangers
OMG you are amaziiiing! Can't believe you talked about Babe, it's one of my favourite movies of all time - and I'm 33 years old :) I also think it was ahead of its time, so beautiful and so funny! And the effects are awesome, still very realistic after all these years! Loved all of your list, but Babe was the cherry on top!
I'm so silly about this movie, I have a 7 year old french bulldog, and he really looks like a litlle pig, so I always talk to him and imagine he would answer me with Babe's voice!
Cool pics,also ive always considered home alone a horror film in so many ways from abandonment, a house of fears ,to a home invasion that only thwarted due to not only overcoming fear but using it against the intruders, only thing its missing is deaths, love your spooky channel
Brokeback Mountain is one of my favorite movies ever. It is also one of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching movies of all time
Yes, Donnie Darko! I completely get it and most people don't.
I was definitely looking forward to this! Need some non-horror recs
florida project, spirited away, and American Beauty were excellent choices , but my other ones would include: Godfather 2,Pulp Fiction, Jaws, Star Wars, Shawshank, and throw in AIRPLANE! as a bonus
Did you know The Florida project is based on a Doc? Exact same situation living behind Disney and the kids often sneak into the parking lot and watch the fireworks.
It’s a great doc!
Something you may find cool is that i actually own a bunch of the Galoob Micro Machines from the Home alone film!
Ghost World is my favorite Thora Birch film.
The first three Harry Potter movies! Nothing in the world can bring me more joy.
Full Metal Jacket
I love your perspective on film. I related so much to you when you were talking about watching movies to know about others experiences. I’ve just found your channel recently and have been obsessed with your recommendations and opinions!! I would love to see more videos by you on films that aren’t thriller or horror but I understand that’s not your intention with this channel! Just really happy for this video existing. Also, Florida project and American honey are some of my favorites as well. I cry every time to both of those lol. Perfect films. Honey films ❤️
Thank you so much Lexi this is a really sweet comment
Some of my non-horror favs that weren't in your list would be The Favourite, Knives Out, The Handmaiden, Her, The Lobster, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Whiplash and Never Rarely Sometimes Always
She put the Handmaiden in her 10/10 horror/thriller video :)
Forgot to say in my earlier post . Alot of movies on your list I also love! So cool! American Beauty, Requiem for a dream, The Truman Show (omg),
I assume you have but, if not, I'd highly recommend Babyteeth! I think it fits the 'honey films' description you gave and just, it's so beautiful and fun and devastating.
"A Clockwork Orange" is terrific. Great use of music.
I saw your Donnie Darko rating on letterboxd a bit ago. You rated that one a 4 and a half. So did you think about it and realized you actually like it more? Not a big deal at all hahaha. Just kinda curious
Requiem for a dream shook me to the core. I love that film so much, and that Jennifer Connelly scene broke me. Love the music, love the performances, just perfect film. However, I'm not brave enough to re-watch it
American Beauty is a masterpiece. Alan Ball is an amazing creator.
Loved Fight Club, Donnie Darko, A Clockwork Orange, and Requiem for a Dream as well. Would add Mysterious Skin, American History X, and Ink (small indie film) to my list.
ohmygod hearing that donnie darko is a 10/10 for you makes me so giddy!! it's my favourite movie of all time and godd i could go on and on about it. it is what truly got me into film, and jake gyllenhaal is AMAZING. i absolutely loved this video, we share so many favourites and it was so fun getting to know your taste outside of horror.
some other of my top 10/10 movies would be:
y tu mama tambien (which is a honey movie)
when harry met sally
moulin rouge
zodiac
you were never really here
django unchained
before sunset
coraline
The Breakfast Club, American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Platoon, Barfly, Magnolia, River's Edge, The Big Lebowski, Blow, and the only comedy on my list, Galaxy Quest. honorable mentions, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Usual Suspects, Leaving Las Vegas, Blue Velvet, Ghost World, Whiplash, American History X, and Once Were Warriors
So many great movies. Love your list. For me Schindler's List may very well be the greatest movie ever made, or at the very least, should be in anyone's top five. And not just because of how well it gets its message across. The lighting, the cinematography in general (watch how shadow is used. Watch the girl in red and why she was included...Steven Spielberg explains in a doco). and listen to how the actual survivors in the movie say it was even worse than what is portrayed. When I saw it we had several survivors come on stage and actually speak about the movie before it was screened. Total silence afterwards, even as people respectfully left the cinema you could hear a pin drop. It should be compulsory viewing. But, admirably, a movie most could only watch once. 10/10 and I give very few movies such a score. Oh, and it could very easily be classed as horror.
I only remember having 2 specific vhs movies, when I grew up, and I would still, to this day (25 years later) defend them as at least 9/10 or 10/10 movies......:
Mortal Kombat and Lost World - Jurassic Park 2...........................
And the elephant man… ugh one of my favorite movies as a child… always loved it.
So many of these movies are my top 10 list (I juggle them around depending....) Taxi driver is amazing, Clockwork Orange, American Beauty, Brokeback Mountain. At the top always Boogie Nights in an elite rotation. Emma--love Gyllenhaal here, too!
I love A Clockwork Orange!!
OMG and I love Studio Ghibli too!! My kids are such fans of My neighbor Totoro.
Can I see your Ponyo tattoo!!?? (hm sorry. It's sounds weird or something) My youngest girl just loves this movie!! She has red hair and the way Ponyo acts in the movie, my hubby and I always say our daughter just IS Ponyo 🙈💗
Loved clockwork orange too😎
I call my little sister Ponyo every since I watched the movie! She's 30 now and she's still Ponyo :)
Brokeback Mountain holds such a special place in a heart! I watched it for the first time when i was 12 (yeah) and could not comprehend the sadness i was feeling. Sound of Metal and American Honey i would also say are 10/10s for me. My Life as a Zucchini (French Stop-Motion about a special group of kids), The Assistant (I HIGHLY suggest this one, i'd say it might be deserve entering the honey film list), Blackkklansman, Dog Day Afternoon (my favourite movie ever, perhaps?), Wet Hot American Summer (lol), The Shape of Water, My Own Private Idaho, 20th Century Women and Mad Max Fury Road!! (I take it back, this is my favourite movie ever). Honestly there are so so many more.
Donnie darko has been my number one since i was 10 (nearly 20 years thats terrifying to think about)!!! have you seen the tree of life and if not definitely recommend!!! it's like the ultimate existential honey film it literally makes me feel so at peace every time i watch it and who doesn't love seeing jessica chastain on the screen for 2+ hours?!
Top drama movie is The Single Man for me, I LOVE TOM FORD. Nocturnal Animals was great too, I thought of it when you mentioned Donnie, one of my faves as well.
I just saw Sound of Metal last month and it was really good. It definitely went in a different direction than I thought it might, which I think made the film better for me. Riz Ahmed just disappeared into that role. Also, I was fascinated by the whole thing with Paul Raci who played Joe. The back story behind his career and casting added even more enjoyment for me.
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Requiem for a Dream is my second favorite film of all-time.
What's the first?
@@karlaboyle1453 The Silence of the Lambs.
Thanks for the tip on The Florida Project. Loved it. Back in the day It’s the type of film youd watch by accident on a Friday night at 1am in the morning and then spend years trying to find out what it was called.
omg I love that you added Brokeback Mountain, it’s my favorite film ever. And it might always be, to be honest. So I’ll keep watching your youtube get some good recommendations (;