Desert Island Movies

[Trollheart]

Allowing for the perhaps unlikely fact that you somehow have access to a power point, electricity and so forth, pick up to ten movies you could theoretically watch over and over again were you to be stuck on said island for an indeterminate amount of time. Note: you do not have access to the internet, so these will be your only form of cinematic entertainment. No Netflix or Amazon or any of that shite: you have a DVD player (oh come on now! It hasn't been that long, has it? Small, silvery round things? Go into a tray? No, not plates!) and a player. That's it.

Anyhoo for me it would be

The Odd Couple, about which I never cease wittering and with good reason.
The Last Temptation of Christ
Downfall (Der Untergang)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Dust Devil
Dark Star
Silent Running
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Good Shepherd
Memento

[Lexi of the Dawn]

I don't consider myself much of a connoisseur of cinema, but here's 10 perennial favorites that I can and will rewatch countless times.

The Princess Bride
Die Hard
The Mummy
Blazing Saddles
The Last Dragon
Speed
Groundhog Day
The Emperor's New Groove
Clueless
Mean Girls

[Meatwad]

Barry Lyndon
Clifford
CB4
Once Were Warriors
Chopper
Requiem for a Dream
Amores Perros
Dom Durakov (House of Fools)
Falling Down
Trainspotting

[Lucem Ferre]

Candyman
La Haine
Martyrs (original)
Old Boy (original)
Suicide Club
Midsommar
Itchi The Killer
Let The Right One In (original)
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Lake Mungo
Freddy Vs Jason
Silence of the Lambs
Long Legs
A Silent Voice
Pulse (original)
Mortal Kombat
Green Room
Halloween
All Harry Potters
It's Such A Beautiful Day

Listen, I love horror movies. Don't judge.

Edit: I didn't read the 10 part. This will be tough.

Edit again:

Let The Right One In
Mortal Kombat
La Haine
Martyrs
Freddy Vs Jason
Candyman
Old Boy
Midsommar
Suicide Club
It's Such A Beautiful Day

[SGR]

Requiem for a Dream
Halloween
Cannibal Holocaust
The Machinist The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Spirited Away
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eraserhead
Fight Club
Goodfellas
The Holy Mountain (1973) [has anyone else seen this movie?]

[Lucem Ferre]

Requiem for a Dream
Halloween
Cannibal Holocaust
The Machinist
Spirited Away
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eraserhead
Fight Club
Goodfellas
The Holy Mountain (1973) [has anyone else seen this movie?]

I've heard of it but I've never seen it. I've seen Santa Sangre by the same director.

[SGR]

I've heard of it but I've never seen it. I've seen Santa Sangre by the same director.

I haven't seen that one - is that also a hallucinatory fever dream of a movie?

Trailer below (contains mild nudity)

[Lucem Ferre]

I haven't seen that one - is that also a hallucinatory fever dream of a movie?

Trailer below (contains mild nudity)

It's definitely weird but I don't remember it being any where near as experimental as I heard The Holy Mountain is.

In retrospect I think I have to replace Mortal Kombat with Climax. I can't believe I forgot about that movie.

[Trollheart]

I've heard the album.
Oh no wait, that was Dopesmoker, wasn't it? Well, same difference.

[Key]

The Room
The Royal Tenenbaums
Grand Budapest Hotel
Spirited Away
The Butterfly Effect
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Asteroid City
Birdemic
House of Wax
Bruce Almighty

Honorable mention: Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

[Lexi of the Dawn]

The Room
The Royal Tenenbaums
Grand Budapest Hotel
Spirited Away
The Butterfly Effect
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Asteroid City
Birdemic
House of Wax
Bruce Almighty

Honorable mention: Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

Since you brought up The Room and Birdemic, I'm realizing now that I didn't think to include "so bad/weird/crazy they're good" movies in my list. I might have to do a new one where I go half and half on movies I enjoy for their quality and movies I enjoy for the lack thereof. 

[Key]

Since you brought up The Room and Birdemic, I'm realizing now that I didn't think to include "so bad/weird/crazy they're good" movies in my list. I might have to do a new one where I go half and half on movies I enjoy for their quality and movies I enjoy for the lack thereof. 

What do you mean? Birdemic is one of the greatest movies ever made. Those that haven't seen it have not experienced what I consider a truly breathtaking leap in cinema.

https://youtu.be/3nObH1R9ONw?si=jUpp0IKFUk18e30e

[SGR]

I changed my mind - I'd swap out The Machinist for The Cat in the Hat (2003). That movie is a true masterpiece.

[Lexi of the Dawn]

I changed my mind - I'd swap out The Machinist for The Cat in the Hat (2003). That movie is a true masterpiece.

Indeed a true masterwork of fever dream cinema.

"Ah, I've chopped it off. Well that's interesting, because... SON OF A-"

[SGR]

Indeed a true masterwork of fever dream cinema.

"Ah, I've chopped it off. Well that's interesting, because... SON OF A-"

Anyone who disagrees is not just wrong...they're stupid!