• mbp@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    Wow, the other comments are amazing.

    My partner and I love this genre in particular and y’all took most of my answers!

    Some that I did not see mentioned yet:

    • Paddington / Paddington 2: so so so so good. The second might be better than the first

    • Rushmore: Wes Anderson before he was a meme. A bit crass but quite fun.

    • Ponyo: Myazaki movie, lovely animation, brings us to tears and is suitable for many moods

    • Polyester: Devine-starred comedy that is over the top, full of love, and so funny

    • Lars and the Real Girl: Ryan Gosling is a hermit and falls in love with a sex doll. The entire small town rallies together to try and reintegrate him into society.

  • dellish@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    If you get Australian humour, The Castle is fantastic. Very wholesome and very funny, although I have known non-Australians to watch it and have most of it go over their head.

  • Anchorxiety@reddthat.comEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    Have you seen Amélie? Not at all my usual kind of film, but I watched it because I heard good things about it. It’s a very quirky and endearing film and I really enjoyed it.

    It’s French though so you’ll need subtitles. Unless you are a French speaker lol

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    The hunt for the wilder people - Taika Waititi directed Sam Neill and the kid from Deadpool 2, fun and heartwarming

    Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams adapted book, towels and bypasses

    The blues brothers - a little old but I think it’s pretty good, plenty of good music

    Duck soup - Marx brothers comedy that mostly hold up, very old so a couple things mentioned that were cultural references at the time are no longer known but that’s pretty rare overall

    Some other worth mentioning: animated Robin hood, o brother where art thou, free solo

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      The Hunt for the Wilderpeople…

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      Happy Birthday Ricky Baker randomly plays in my head ALL THE TIME and I’ve only seen the movie once and I was blasted out of my mind on sass and remember NOTHING ELSE about the movie

  • NameTaken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    Pretty general description but a few movies come to mind. I Swear The Holdovers The Peanut butter falcon Little Miss sunshine

    Not sure if any of those are exactly what you’re looking for but hope that helps

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      I rewatched it for the first time since childhood with my partner and we were both shocked at how little screen time and lines a Beetlejuice had compared to our memories of the movie! Still one of my favorites, though. Mega holds up. …also we were on acid.

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      NICE FUCKIN’ MODEL! …honk honk!

      • ozymandias@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        yeah it’s always risky watching beloved childhood movies. With you be flooded with nostalgia or ruin a special memory?
        Beetlejuice was a family classic for me growing up… we only had a few VHS’s and that was one so we rewatched it 1,000,000 times.

        Bettlejuice 2 sucked but it did manage to milk a couple drops out of my nostalgia gland.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    I am going to assume you know all the main ones such as The Princess Bride, Stardust, A League of Their Own and various romcoms, When Harry Met Sally, You Got Mail.

    Here are some others that may have what you are looking for.

    • Flow. It is about a cat leading a group of animals to safety during a flood.
    • Good Night Oppy. It is the story of the Mars Lunar Landers and the amazing way they were used. It is incredibly inspiring, as is so much that NASA does.
    • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On: It is a stop motion movie about a shell and damn it is so good.
    • The Florida Project. This is an odd one, but it does have a lot of tackiness too it, but not in an overt way.
    • Mirror Giraffe@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Normally I’m a bit of a movie snob and would never have picked up s title called Napoleon Dynamite but I’m glad I was convinced, one of my favourite movies!

    • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      Probably whole Wes Anderson filmography up until he went off the rails with the formula (Grand Budapest Hotel and later) would fit.

        • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          Grand Budapest Hotel is a very good movie (and so is Isle of Dogs) but it’s around that time when Wes Anderson became too much style over substance imo and OP wanted to avoid „tacky” which I would say those are.