10 Best Specific Sub-genres of All Time - Movie Lists
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- We've got one more episode before we hit the century mark on CineFix Movie Lists, and we're keeping it personal again. After writer Billy Jackson shared his autobiographical Top 10 last time, Clint is talking about the hyper-specific subgenres that he loves the most.
The Picks:
10 - OSS 117: Cario, Nest of Spies - aka - The hyper specific spoof that can pass for the genre it's spoofing
9 - Under the Skin - aka - The tiny science fiction film with big ideas
8 - True Lies - aka - The bonkers action movie that does not give a damn
7 - Die Hard - aka - The 'bottle episode' of an action movie
6 - The Fountain - aka - The movie that is so crushingly emotional it's hard to watch again
5 - The Brothers Bloom - aka - The non-romantic love story
4 - The Babadook - aka - The 'monster is a metaphor' horror movie
3 - Amadeus - aka - Super lush
2 - Jurassic Park, Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark - aka - Three movies tied for first in the number 2 slot
1 - Call Me By Your Name - Movies that aren't about me
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I'm even a gigantic movie buff, but the passion these guys bring to analyzing their favorite art form is geniunely amazing.
Jonathan Boehm Right!?
Blows me away everytime.
Jonathan Boehm It's because film is the ultimate art form, the superior art form if you will. It incorporates all art forms from the literary to the visual to the musical. All these art forms must come together for a film.
Ivan P. shut up
annoying fucking voices
My personal ultimate "spoof that becomes an excellent example of the actual genre" (which is also one of my favorite niche genres) is The Princess Bride. It pokes at every swashbuckling action romance trope, but damn if it isn't the best swashbuckling action romance ever.
Excellent example!
Shrek is a pretty good example too
Last Action Hero too.
Oh and The LEGO Movie, (I don't think anyone mentioned that one yet)
Scream is one of the best teenage slasher films of all time.
I'm a real easy lay for the "several pissed-off journalists grinding away at a big story while yelling" sub-genre. All the President's Men, Spotlight, The Post, and kind of Zodiac.
The Insider is another great one
The Big Short has some of this
Dark Waters would count i think. great movies.
Definitely one of my favorite sub-genres
Definitely one of my favorite sub-genres
Cinefix puts Watchmojo and other top 10 CZcamsrs to shame.
Watchmojo is a shameless soulless channel.
Yessssss
Watchmojo is TER-RI-BLE
“The Tiny Sci Fi Movie with a Big Idea”
Thats right on the nail for me. I love these films. These ideas should be more like anthologies that explores other ideas within those universes
Ex machina is my favorite one.
I love this sub genre and I'm a big fan of Ex Machina aswell, but I find " I Origins 2014" to be a great movie that doesn't get the recognition it deserves. Its from the same director of " Another Earth". It's yet again a sciencie fiction movie that uses its narrative to explore humans from a different perspective.
@@anibalsepulveda9731 honestly i feel the scifi drama is always best. The scifi action movie rushes through the plot and seems like its too busy with an action scenes to have meanful conversations which is why i hate i robot the movie. Honestly i want a simple plot where a detective is trapped in a room with an autistic person and a humanoid robot. His family will only be released if he figures out which one is human but he cant physically harm either.
Great one. Really.
Also please make Top-10 promising movies that turned out to be disastrous flops. With your analysis it might be extremely interesting.
I don't know about "flops," per se, but there was this weird trend for a little bit in the early Naughties where Richard Roxburgh would end up being the villain in movies that I thought were gonna be awesome and were instead utterly disappointing: Moulin Rouge, Van Helsing, and LXG.
I actually think Moulin Rouge was awesome, Van Helsing was ok for what it was but couldn't agree more on LXG. That abomination killed career of one of my favorite actors =(
Thorneyed Moulin Rouge wasn't as bad as the other two, but as a love story it was an utter failure.
I second this
I would like actually a "Top 10 Surprises" Knowing these guys, It would only have one plot twist.
My favorite thing about this channel is being introduced to new to me films. A huge thank you for OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies. AMAZING!
My favourite hyperspecific sub-genre is "Movies spanning multiple interconnected timelines all playing out at once." Movies like Cloud Atlas
I specifically look for and try to watch movies like this sometimes. Cloud Atlas, The Fountain and to some extent, Mr Nobody.
@@imbhulu snatch?
@@376ayasmohammed3 Watched that movie a long time ago, don't remember the storyline, but I do remember that I liked it. :)
@@imbhulu it's Guy Ritchie's second movie.
magnolia?
".... you know what things."
Absolute chills. Best single line delivery of 2017.
Uh that line gets me every time!
My List (honorable mentions)
10) Childhood nostalgia - Raiders of the lost ark (Star Wars, James Bond)
9) Slick, cool guys - Reservoir dogs (Sin City, Pulp Fiction)
8) So disturbing watching once is enough - Irreversible (Salo, Nymphomaniac)
7) Artsy fartsy stuff - Stalker (Chinese Roulette, The mirror, Contempt)
6) Comedy that's unpleasant to watch - In Bruges (Annie Hall, The Graduate)
5) Cold, slow Westerns - No country for old men (El Topo, Dead man)
4) Be gay and rejoice - Polyester (Cabaret, Death in Venice)
3) Emotionally devastating - Persona (Cries and Whispers, The hours, We need to talk about Kevin)
2) Classic Horror - Texas Chainsaw massacre (Halloween, The Exorcist, Cabinet of Dr Caligari, The Shining)
1) Big cinema - The Godfather (Apocalypse Now, The third man, The deer hunter, Chinatown)
If you like emotionally devastating movies I highly recommend (if you haven't seen them) The Ledge,Seven Pounds, Leaving Las Vegas, The Green Mile, The Mist, Veronika Decides To Die (well sort of is sad but also sort of happy) I mean I've seen The Ledge 100s of times and unlike most movies it makes me cry every time I watch it, but it's personally one of my favorite movies of all time, maybe even #1
I do like the ledge, leaving las vegas, green mile and the mist (ending!) - as for the other two: seven pounds was a little too sappy for my taste and I refuse to read or watch anymore of Coelhos esoteric nonsense :D
"4) Be gay and rejoice" ... mention "Death in Venice"... yep, that one was a hoot!
love your pikcs for number 1 and number 3
First, very cool that you made this list, clarified your categories, and listed runners-up! (I'd take 'Kevin' & 'Caligari' over your picks.) My question is: Why are the #6 movies 'unpleasant to watch?' They're among my favorite comedies of all time, and I've never seen or thought they were in any way 'unpleasant.'
I see OSS 117, I click!
Mine is structured more like the one from Billy but here it is... Bare with me
The easy and shaping movies of childhood :
12) The ones that were comfortable and easy to go back to, that just made me like stories and movies in general: could have been Monsters & Cie, Beauty and the Beast, Home Alone, Hook or Kirikou but my favourite actually is *Labyrinth*
11) These movies are somewhat similar to the previous ones but more centred on the characters, who were my first heroes and whom I wanted to be like : A Knight’s tale, Edward’s Scissorhands, Léon (The Professional) and... *Kill Bill*
10) The ones that shaped my taste in humour as well as made me feel like I belonged to a specific culture : La Tour Montparnasse infernale, Nos jours heureux, La vie est un long fleuve tranquille, La cité de la peur, Monty Python, Hot Fuzz and ... *Astérix et Obélix Mission Cléopâtre*
The "cerebral" movies of adolescence and early adulthood:
9) The ones which made me awe with pure craft and intelligence: Her, Citizen Kane, The Prestige, Andrei Rublev, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Ex Machina, Hamlet, The Godfather, *Russian Ark*
8) The ones that gave me an epiphany, a spiritual, almost transcendental experience: The tree of life, Stalker, Tenshi no tamago, Paterson, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Spring Summer Autumn Winter and Spring, La Meglio Giuventù, *The Arrival*
The movies that touched my most inner emotions:
7) The ones that brought me true scare or uneasiness, that made me ultra-conscious of death: L’Ours, Watership Down, Brazil, Thumbelina (somehow...), Blade Runner, Legend, Dark Crystal, *Alien*
6) The ones that brought me a deep sense of sadness and loss: Whuthering Heights, Dare mo Shiranai (Nobody Knows), Stand by Me, The Secret Garden, Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies), It’s such a beautiful day, *Where the Wild Things Are*
5) The ones that are just pure enthusiasm, not always positive but just grandiose in their rendition of emotions and make you enjoy life more: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Les Misérables, Fiddler on the Roof, Clueless, An American Werewolf in London, Kick-Ass, Mad Max, Mr Nobody, Moonstruck and here it is a tie for my favourites, with *The Princess Bride and Ferris Bueller*
Now I want to include a 5bis, with a genre coming from the industry of celebration and enthusiasm itself, Bollywood: Lagaan, Devdas, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Om Shanti Om and *Kuch Kuch Hota Hai*
4) As a girl, these specific movies helped me put images and words on how I felt towards an art that I loved but with which I had found difficulties identifying when I was little. They helped me channel some anger and despair regarding my gender and my place in society, how the male gaze had influenced me and how great and dreadful it could feel to be liberated from it: Grave (Raw), Mother!, Mustang, Sita Sings the Blues and again a tie for this one with *Kaguya Hime no Monogatari and Picnic at Hanging Rock*
Finally, the core ones:
3) These helped me be more understanding and tolerant, they brought nuance to my child self who was surrounded by mostly Disney and Hollywood Good vs Evil tropes. They also made me discover a culture that would shape my whole academic life: The Ghibli movies, with the film that would be my first DVD ever, *Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi* (Spirited Away)
2) This one would take too long to explain but it basically shaped my whole childhood and who I am today, it mirrored my values and carved a deep love for movies in my heart: *The Lord of the Rings*
1) *Adventure Time*
Yes it's not technically a movie but I don't really care, I had to put it somewhere as it encapsulates everything that was already said above. It is a fantastic epic that is moving, scary, experimental, crafty, artsy, enthusiastic, silly, crushing, feminist, heroic, subdued, comfortable and daring all at the same time. It embraces the embrace itself and is a constant celebration of story-telling and most importantly, it portrays the most realistic evolution of a character I have witnessed. So it is my n°1, mic drop.
Waw that was long. Well, Cinefix lists inspired me!
What do you mean by "It embraces the embrace itself" ?
I couldn't agree more with everything else you wrote about Adventure Time, but I just don't really understand this sentence or at least I'd like to hear more about what it means :)
Haha well I mean that the show is sometimes meta in its vision of art and storytelling, as it celebrates the pure fact that we can celebrate life through those media. So art embraces the beauty and horror of life ==> the show highlights that fact. I'm not sure it's much clearer, I'm not a native English speaker so expressing more conceptual ideas are a bit difficult, sorry u.u
There's literally an episode titled storytelling :D I think I get you, thanks!
Loooove your list, especially your picks for 11), 10) and 5)
Could you tell me a bit more about that movie called Russian Ark? I very much enjoy "cerebral" movies but haven't heard about that one yet
Also, thanks for including a TV show because the "movie" that shaped my childhood was the Star Trek franchise, only it was the series much more than the movies and I was afraid it wouldn't count, but who cares really
Thank you for your nice comment! Well, Russian Ark is a very peculiar movie that looks at the history of Russia through the eyes of a European guy who wanders in the Hermitage Museum of Moscow. The most impressive fact of this feature is that everything was filmed in one take, from the entrance in the museum to the last shot. The atmosphere is almost dream-like. It can be quite long at some moments, especially if you don't now a lot about Russian history and get lost in all the names, however I really loved its singularity and overall beauty. It can also be interpreted in many ways and there are a few worthy analysis on the web!
Yeeeeess. How long it has been?? 84 years since the last list??
I also love to separate things in as many sub genres as I can discover or create.
Edit: thanks for the brother bloom recommendation.
And the second place is just like my childhood.
I was about to comment something similar to this but then i saw this comment and silently liked it
“Holy shit, that’s my new favorite camel.”
I bet the 100th one will be the top 10 Tucci performances
Absolutely love that your #1 spot went to “movies that aren’t about me”. One of the best things about movies is that they tell stories and give us windows into other experiences. It’s one of the reasons that I’m so glad diversity in movies is starting to become something that’s valued in and of itself. Watching movies with people that share our values and experiences can be great, but movies can be more than that - movies don’t just have to reflect our experiences, they can expand our horizons. And for the people represented in those movies, it can be validating to see our experiences reflected in stories. It’s also why when movies propagate bullshit tropes and stereotypes, it’s so damaging, because it feels like other people are writing our stories for us and they’re getting it wrong!
Anyway I thought it was a really cool move.
As a French I'm so glad to see Oss 117 in a Cinefix list. Both the first and second are part of my favorites comedy, but I don't know if all the jokes and references still works with the english subtitles.
I feel like I got to know you better, Clint. I like this feeling.
I hope you keep collecting more gems in the sub-genre you ranked first. CMBYN is really special to me too. :)
Edit: *gems
Arunima Tiwari gems*
Andrew hope Oh, shit. My bad. Thank you!
Oh my, so many French movies in here :
- OSS 117 is of course a parody of the Sean Connery Bond movies, but it is also mocking the old OSS 117 movies from the 50's & 60's by André Hunebelle that were a (botched) attempt to create a French Bond. The new OSS 117 are killer movies (they made a sequel), it's honestly THE movie i've used the most quotes from with my friends and even complete French strangers.
- True Lies is a remake too, and not so many people are aware of that, from a French movie called "La Totale" which has its own excellent moments (such as the machine gun shooting every because falling down the stairs) but terribly lacking an Arnold performence. Yet it's a fun movie, you should look it up.
- Amadeus is an adaptation of a theater play (Mozart & Salieri) written in French and presented in Paris by Russian writer Alexander Pouchkine.
- While Call me by your Name is... Italian. Nothing French with this one, just messing with you here ^^
FUCK YOU
OSS 117 1&2 is like the ONLY funny french movies... Cult
Otherwise for the n°1 of this top I don't understand why or where is Wong Kar Wai, Call me by your name is a bad Happy Together !
Well thought out, well spoken, personal, and relatable. I loved everything about this list.
But, CLUE is your most personal film. Admit it. :)
I've seen that movie more times than is probably healthy for an adult human....
bertimusprime - I made a drinking game for it. It's brutal.
That movie is too good for any rank system known to man.
@@caffeineadvocate One simply cannot write that and dont expect to share it😀
actually got choked up when you started talking about the 'movies that aren't about me' genre
My absolute favourite movies are almost always “Genre movies that just happen to also be period pieces”
My personal favorites that impacted me the most:
10. Paris, Texas
9. Synecdoche New York
8. Persona
7. Stalker
6. Donnie Darko
5. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
4. Taxi Driver
3. 2001: A Space Odysee
2. There Will Be Blood
1. Mulholland Dr.
Honorable Mentions: Spirited Away, 12 Angry Men, Pulp Fiction, Call Me By Your Name
Great picks! Might add in: Apocalypse Now, It's Such a Beautiful Day, Chinatown, American Beauty, Walkabout, etc, etc. It surprises me, but I have yet to see a movie from the 21st century that I would rank higher than There Will Be Blood. Not even going to pretend to go out of my way to choose something "unheard of". It's going to take so much to top that masterpiece...I don't see it happening anytime soon
Brandon Great additional picks, I've yet need to see Apocalype Now, it's on top of those movies that are still on my watchlist that I've been dying to finally watch. And I definetly need to rewatch It's Such A Beautiful Day, I think I will love it more on my second viewing, I loved it at first viewing but I didn't have that emotional experience that people tend to talk about with this movie. And I forgot most of what exactly was happening which kinda demands a revisit.
And as for There Will Be Blood, I 100% agree. Daniel Plainview is one of my favorite movie characters, even though he reveals himself to be an asshole and he's, in the more traditional sense, an unlikeable person, he's at the same such a complex and deep character, who's not just pure evil for the sake of it and not just in a shallow "bad guy" way. Considering all of that, this makes him again relateable in a weird way for me. I've had the same strange phenomenon with Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver, who does some really pathetic and horrible things in that movie, yet at the same time I relate to him so much, it's almost uncanny. I don't know, maybe I just love to see character portraits of flawed individuals who you can't pick apart in real every-day life because society shuns these people if they show that side to the outside world. Okay, this developed kinda into a rant lol, but yeah this needed to be said.
Brandon And even if I picked Mulholland Dr. over There Will Be Blood, in my opinion, TWBB is objectively from a film-making stand-point def the better movie. It's just personal preference that I picked MD as #1, it shaped me in a huge way for my love of more artsy surrealistic films.
Shabazziii Bam 5 of them are in my top 10 movie that changed me.
Shabazziii Bam There will be blood is 🔥🔥
Don't hate me but the movie that made me fall in love with film is Gravity. When I saw the film in the theater it opened my mind to what film could do. I realized that movies are more than just something you watch they are an experience that really affects you. It's also the only movie I've ever cried in that moment when she stands up on earth after surviving the rest of the movie I was so overcome emotionally I could barely talk. I know a lot of people think it's overrated but for me it changed the way I view film forever.
Intersetllar did it for me. No reason to state an apology beforehand as every film ends up getting condemned by someone. What matters the most is how it changed you individually. People who criticize others' personal tastes are just the worst!
I think people get too wrapped up in the "story" of Gravity when that's honestly the least important piece of the puzzle. To me it is an exploration of tension aided by the greatest visual effects and sound design ever put to film (even 6 years later). There are obvious flaws in the characters and plot structure but that by no means diminishes the effect the movie has on the body and soul of the viewer. It is honestly scarier than many horror movies in a way simply because of how effectively it is shot and edited.
I also opened up the replies to mention interstellar. I saw it in IMAX 3D, and I think it has to be one of the few movies that has truly pushed my own boundaries of the concept of how small we are in such a vast universe. Not only does it tell a compelling story, with one of the most arm-rest gripping high tension moments in any film I can think of, but the music created by Hanz Zimmer was absolutely phenomenal. Not only is the music great, but the choice of a church organ as the focal instrument of the movie parallels the theme of humans exploring the vastness of space. Church organs are simply incredible instruments with some that include literally hundreds of different pipes. The pure complexity of the organ that is then contrasted with the huge empty space that is a cathedral is a great metaphor for human civilization in the vast emptiness of space, and is why I think, Hanz Zimmer's score for interstellar is the best score... of all time...
I feel the same way. But the scene that got me was the Sleeper scene... When Sandra I'd floating like a fetus. I realized, metaphors and literary elements translate into film...and an entire world was opened to me.
You're not the only one. Gravity is the first movie who made me think: "some movies do have to be experienced in the cinema, not on your TV or laptop screen", especially the opening part. Floating on the serenity and desolateness of outer space feels so real on the big screen
The Fountain is one of my all time favorite films. Thank you so much for including it. The visuals, the music, the love... It's a beautiful film.
I was having kind of a difficult day so I pulled up the movie lists playlist (as I normally do) and just off this first video I felt instantly soothed simply by being reminded of the sheer beauty of film and the way it affects other people (and myself). I'm forever grateful for these lists.
Wait there are americans who have SEEN OSS 117 ? I thought it never got out of France !
There are plenty of Americans who watch foreign films. Lately I prefer to watch foreign films, as I'm tired of the schlock that hollywood craps out every weekend.
It's not so much about watching foreign films, it's more about which films. And French comedy, as being really French, too much French for most people to understand and appreciate them, rarely get out of francophone regions or even France alone.
And OSS 177 is one of those, with cultural references, jokes, and play on words that are too French to be translated.
it was on Netflix.
I'm watching it ASAP!
Not anymore :(
For me it is the 'post-apocalyptic world which doesn't explain itself'-genre. I love movies set in a different or strange society other than ours but don't explain that society. Examples of these are Mad Max, Delicatessen, The city of lost children and Hobo with a shotgun.
you should check out Blade Runner then
vampierusboy you should watch "the road"
IMO Kino no Tabi is totally it... It's ani anime but the 2003 version is marvelous, and feels timeless but full of meaning with a deep love for humanity.
Blade runner is such a cool unexplained world. Its too bad that its such a bad movie... Altered Carbon on the other hand...
And this is why I like fantasy novels. It fills a very similar niche in literature. Many do it badly, but the good ones can create a truly foreign world that is only explored through the characters interactions and thoughts in that world, and you just have to pick up the pieces along the way. 2 great recommendations: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson is the start to a huge epic story in a totally foreign world and is excellent. Anatham by Neil Stephenson is a stand alone book that is a nice mix between sci-fi and fantasy, and literally throws you into another world with an entire vocabulary, and a whole way of life that is barely explained which you have to work out yourself. Both books are wildly different, but anyone who likes the sub-genre you described (Its like my #1 sub-genre) will probably love these books.
*Grave of the Fireflies* = The movie that is so crushingly emotional it's hard to watch again.
it will make you cry like a baby
Definitely cried when I saw your number 1 pick. Everything you said resonated so much, can't even put into words how much I love that film
Nice thumbnail I love OSS 117
I enjoy movies that push the genre and it's capabilitied to perform. Movies like 28 Days Later for zombie flicks, Her and Ex Machina for future conflicts with A.I.
They're movies that once you see them, it's as if you couldn't believe they did not exist prior.
I didn't really feel the same about those movies. Her was good, but the others are kinda by the numbers.
For me it's movies like Oldboy, 13(tzameti), Eyes Wide Shut, 2001, Norte The End Of History, Incendies, The Lobster, The Seventh Continent, Videodrome, Dr. Strangelove.
Children of Men does that for me. Also Prisoners.
Yes! Her and Ex Machina are two of my favourite movies!
I'd also put Arrival and Interstellar in a sister category (like movies that shift your perspective on the universe)
Yeah I don't know what all the hype is about, I couldn't even finish Ex Machina. It made me so angry and annoyed with the main character I had to stop.
Your channel is spectacular and has really awoken my love of film as an art-form and a genre! Thank you! Every time I see a new video, I get a little excited, even if the title doesn't catch my interest I know I'll enjoy it. My two favorite ultra-nichey sub-genres (sine you asked :)) are easily: synth-infused, ultra-violent character studies of broken men in broken worlds (John Wick, Dredd, Fury Road), or goofy, ultra-violent love-letters to the pulp creature-feature horror sub-genre (Lake Placid, Cabin in the Woods, Tremors). Man oh man, so I love these movies!
love that you love The Fountain , my favourite movie of all time
and that you keep on trying to squeeze it into almost EVERY video, not because we´re fans, but because it's breathtaking in every aspect
"True líes" is one of my favorites movies of all times is like having two movies in one and very well directed by JCameron.
And "Die Hard" is an action movies masterpiece.
Did you know "True Lies" is a remake of a French film called "La Totale"?
JAH BLESS FOR GIVING “The Fountain” ITS DUE!
This might have been your best list yet. Such a personal and yet simultaneously universal expression of how films affect us. This was very well done. Kudos, guys.
Your #1 pick is ultimately, I think, why we all love movies. It allows us to be part of something... we may know it, we may want to know it, we may know nothing about it, but we’re glad we had a chance to be a part of it. And we grow because of it. Great video!
I love how animation is used to tell a story which otherwise would be imposible to tell, but at the same time they deal with real emotions. Spirited away, Toy Story and Grave of fireflies have very deep messages and use animation as a form of seeing the world with unique perspective
Finally, THE FOUNTAIN gets the love it deserves!
I watched this yesterday and had to come back today to comment because the video really stuck with me. I really loved both of these 'most personal movies' lists, they're excellently made and give a real sense of the person behind them. Thank you!
This has been my favorite list so far! I don't know why but I feel like crying? Why am I so moved by this list?!?! You did great, my sir!
Glad to see some love for The Fountain. I watched that movie without any prior knowledge, except it was made by Aronofsky so I expected a dark thriller after seeing Pi, Requiem for a Dream, and Black Swan.. boy, got I wiped out by emotions. Also made me respect Hugh Jackman as a serious dramatic actor. Other movies that are my absolute favorites: Ghost in the Shell (original), Enter the Void, The Prestige, Apollo 13, Inception, Dune, The Abyss, London, and prolly a bunch of others I can't think of right now.
The movie that made me realize the power of film was probably Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Everything about that movie comes together for me, the animation is gorgeous, the music is incredible, the performances are stunning, the dialogue and characters feel human, and the subject matter is prescient, despite the film's fantastic setting. I was absolutely swept away by this film, and afterwards, when I re watched films that I thought I knew by heart, I started notice details and subtleties I hadn't before. Nausicaa taught me how to appreciate movies, and I am forever indebted to it for that.
Nausicaa is SO great. I feel like it isn't talked about enough.
Billy's and this list are my two favorites from the channel. Your list brought me to things I wouldn't have cared to watch before but I saw myself a ton in Billy's list. I would love to work or make videos like this for a living. This channel along side a few other really deep and perspective movie channels have really helped me realized I want more movies in my life. These lists and my own drive to watch is why I am 66 new to me movies watched this year. Been exploring film for some time but this year is the year that I truly fell deeply in love with film and I just want to say thank you guys for bringing more eyes on the things I love the most.
Definitely one of my favorite channels on CZcams. I agree with much of what's said, am opened up to new aspects I had not though of before, and am turned on to new films. Thank you guys. I look forward to seeing many more
I dig what you're saying about Jaws and Jurassic park,they really become part of your DNA
The Raul Guerrero G Along with some from frogs.
Shane Rothery hahaha!
I see what you did there
I love this top because I feel very connected to your taste ! Excellent Movies top !
You are so well-spoken.
Im always in awe of your picks and your explanations. Lovely list.
I haven't watched most of the movies you mention, and I hardly end up watching the ones on your lists. But your videos are so well written, narrated and edited that I have to watch them as soon as they're uploaded. Clint, your voice is amazing!
I love this channel so much
Love the personal lists. Feels like the channel is growing even more into its own. Great stuff. Also, I think I"m developing a crush on Clint. Soon I"ll forget all about that Jay Bauman.
Further Back I’ve been crushing on this voice for a few years myself
Oooooh, it"s not just the voice.
Your videos are so incredible! Thank you for producing such enlightening, thought-provoking and genuinely interesting videos that have allowed me to appreciate film on a such deeper level. Thank you for also giving me something to binge watch at 4 am :)
I just love watching these videos, and listening to the passion that you imbue into your favorites. Well done.
Am i dreaming? Or the thumbnail is the masterpiece that is OSS117.
You are dreaming.
Through a horse’s eye, we seem bigger than we are...
That’s why we’re able to tame them.
Our eyes teach us how to react to others. But we can be near-sighted.
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Love these lists. Suggestions for 100th movie list: movies that changed the game. For example, there was no such thing as a summer blockbuster until Jaws or maybe the matrix and how it changed action movies (so much bullet time in the early 2000s). Perhaps movies that created a huge cultural impact/ reflected changing times. I'm thinking get something like Black Panther or Get Out reflecting the Black experience in America.
The fact that you even picked the fountain has Guaranteed My continuing to come to CineFix for as long as your here!! I love that movie, it's not my number one but that movie is sooooo emotional. It ticks all the feelings of loss...
I really appreciate the intent behind the last subcategory you talk about. We need more people who think like that. Thanks for including films with “unfamiliar narratives.”
It's sad that Milos Forman passed away last week. Amadeus is my favorite movie of all time.
I loved number 1 so much. It's perfection.
Beautiful ending. Ive always thought that movies are the best medium to make people empathize with concepts, lifestyles, and people they aren't familiar with. Give us a look into the story of something we would be afraid to approach on our own. It's connects the world and makes us better people. Love this channel, it deserves so many more subs. Clint, and everyone else at Cinefix keep making this amazing content and giving me more movies to put on the watch list.
The Fountain absolutely wrecks me every time but I can't stop watching it! Amazing list. Nice to see Take Shelter on here too, would love to see you guys go into more depth on that one!
Milos Forman died almost 2 weeks ago so it was really nice to see one of his movies on the list.
The Fountain is my favourite movie of all time. It has just everything.
Never heard of it I'll have to Google it.
Gage you handsome man, I love your list!! You've introduced me to some of your movies on other lists which in turn I've added to my lists. Always enjoying watching.
this was it. the best all end Cinefix movie list for me. i love learning about movies and this channel may have inspired me to study more. but all i ever cared about was you two days favorite movies of all time and i got it .. so im happy
I loved this list so much. My fav sub genre is "movies I watch a second, third or fourth time just for the music". I literally would put these on in the background while I work or cook. Chocolat, The Greatest showman, Moulin Rouge, etc. Or movies that made me ugly cry... The green mile, I am Sam, Free Willy (don't judge me)
Lida van Heerden Thanks for mentioning Chocolat! I guess some people find parts of it very cringe-worthy, but now that you reminded me of its existence I'm gonna re-watch it soon :)
The Hours, soundtrack by Philip Glass, one of my favourtite composers of all time.
I usually don't pay much attention to the soundtrack, because I feel it's just emphasizing what I'm watching, manipulating me into feeling whatever the scene is supposed to make the audience feel. So it's hard for me to judge the soundtrack by itself while watching the movie; usually what happens is that I come accross the soundtrack here (youtube) and then I'm able to enjoy the music for what it is rather than just an attachment of a movie.
I am obsessed with films about people who face certain death or damnation or oblivion, who have every rational reason to turn back or stand down, but look inside and find the strength and existential resolve to continue even in the face of certain failure. Scenes like in The Magnificent Seven, when James Coburn says, "Nobody throws me my own gun and says, 'run'," make all the little hairs stand up on my arms and give me a frisson that makes my heart pound.
My top 10 list, then, of films which scratch that itch best, in no particular order:
- The Magnificent Seven
- The Matrix
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part II)
- The Wrestler
- The Book of Eli
- These Final Hours
- Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan
- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
- Saving Private Ryan
- 12 Monkeys
Anyone else have any suggestions for movies they think I'd enjoy?
ayo I know I’m 3 years late but Looper fits this pretty nicely
Thank you for the list. I love the format. It's an interesting exercise that I'd like to go through myself.
This is so good. #2 & #1 almost made me tear up a bit. It's amazing to feel the same feelings that you describe here, but about entirely different movies... Cinefix has had a HUGE influence on me and constantly reminds me why I want to do this with my life. Thank you.
Ever seen Another Earth or Man from Earth? Great Tiny Sci-Fi films with Big Ideas.
Lost Age Comics I wondered if someone would come up with The Man from Earth. Love that film, it has no ambitions yet it revolves around a profound concept. Another Earth I haven't seen though.
I've put the Man from Earth on my list as well. It's utterly brilliant the smallest big movie you can think of.
Also add the sci-fi films of Brit Marling. She did Another Earth and one where time travel is the theme. She has a Netflix show, too, also sci-fi. Speaking of her, she did a corporate espionage film called The East with Ellen Page.
Im french, OSS 117 great french homoristic movie
That is so on my list!!
You should also watch the second one "OSS 117 Lost in Rio" then. It's way funnier imo. But I doubt that one can fully appreciate these films without being french or at least understand french. The humor is so particular
David Renoux yes, Jean dujardin great french actor to joke, extremelly funny in the french version
Kind of sad this movie isn’t english just because it’s so quotable it has incredible meme potential, most of internet will never know what they’re missing. Un de mes films préférés!
David Renoux lost in Rio is not better!
I'm always watching, enjoying and learning from your video posts.
Wow! What a slap in the face of reality I just got with the explanation of reasons for your #1 pick.
Thank you for resetting my brain ..
How very interesting. Delving into the personal feelings of someone by relating their favorite films ... and an analysis of why they are favorites. Intimacy through extroversion? Wild. Nice selection of films, by the way. A few are favorites of mine as well. Well done.
0SS 117 OMG i'm frznch and i'm proud of this movie so funny and cool!
Manchester by the Sea is probably my favourite film that I'll only ever see once.
Maliha Intikhab Yeah I’ll never do that to myself again but I’m glad I put myself through it.
I agree
I think it fits into the category "Films I only have the courage to watch once" :-) (Good choice, though)
Blue Valentine is also a good fit for this one I feel. It's such a raw and realistic take on a fading love and one of the best acted movies I have ever seen but also fuck that movie I'm still not ok
I agree Blue Valentine is heart wrenching the fact I'm living in a situation of love for husband fading away its even more fucked up but very realistic!
I’ve had so many moments that’ve made me fall in love with film over and over again, but the defining moment for me would have to be when I saw Star Wars Episode 4 for the first time and I was hypnotized by how fantastic and interesting that world was and how people just thought it up and put it on screen, I was extremely inspired
Love the very personal journey of your list, and many of your picks would make my list as well. But what really, REALLY got me what your #1. Like you, the specific characters of CMBYN are foreign to me, but their experiences through the course of the film hit me with such a power of emotion. Such an incredible film!!
My favourite movie has to be Do the Right Thing. I was astounded at the way Spike Lee managed to seem to fair towards the stories, opinions and characters on screen, when he could easily have been completely biased. The characters are also fun and genuine. The colour palette is gorgeous. Plus my one of my own specific favourite genres is the limited period of time film (before sunrise, American graffiti , 12 Angry Men etc.)
Thank you, Cinefix for introducing me to such a masterpiece
I love this movie too even when i disagree strongly with political views of the director
Rai Car And there's something about it that just seems very real and visceral to the point that ween I hear it mentioned, I immediately think of a hot summer day.
"I was born in Brooklyn."
"OOOOOOOHHH!!!"
Do The Right Thing is the first movie that came to mind in the"movies not about me" sub genre.
who doesn't put a Spielberg film in their most personal category!!
Clint, that was excellent. I really liked the way you managed to create a narrative out of your picks, whittling things down to figure out why exactly you liked something, what it said to you and what category you could put it in. Your last pick reminded me how I need to get out of my comfort zone and watch more cinema about the experiences of people not like me. You've inspired me to start with Moonlight.
I think this is my favorite Cinefix video. You're awesome!
Gotta say that the "horror Movie where the monster is a metaphor" is not hyper-specific at all. that's at least half of them
Seb. I think he meant the more recent ones where the metaphor is more explicit.
make this experiment, if you take the methaphor the monster is still a threat?
I think you're thinking about good horror movies. Because when you're looking at _all_ horror movies, especially the bad ones, you'd be hard pressed to find a reasonable way to interpret the monster as something else
In almost all good horror films the monster or threat can be taken metaphorically or allegorically.
While I enjoy trashy schlock too, I think all real horror fans acknowledge that the genre is at it's best when it reaches for something more meaningful than simply scaring the audience.
Enjoyed every second of the video ... a nice interpretation of a personal movie-life
It's crazy how many movies i have watched only after learning about them from this channel, and you especially. At Least 30 different movies, and at the moment. Next in the list is Holy Motors, Enter the Void, The Mirror. Weird films that i would never have picked without your videos and advice. Keep it up.
The Brothers Bloom is one of my all time favourite movies! I'm so glad you gave it a spot in your list. The story, the soundtrack, the acting and pretty much everything about this film is wonderful to me. :D
My favourite movie is Cool Hand Luke. It's a huge movie but if you haven't seen it check it out.
I watched it with my dad recently and loved it(as did my dad), but it brought us so much pain to watch such an obstinate character that is Luke.
YESSSSS Perfect number 1!!
I love the ways you do lists, and I really appreciated this one particularly
What an honest list and a genuinely interesting take on what film can do. You nailed it.
I’d probably say the heist movie is my favorite sub genre
Ian Enderby Oooh I love heist movies, but I feel like I've only seen the big, well known ones (like Ocean's or Catch me if you can)
Do you have any recommendations? :)
MadE I’d check out
The score
The Thomas crowned affair
Inside Job
Brothers Bloom
Do you perhaps mean Inside Man instead of Inside Job? Cause that first one I have seen before and it's awesome! Thanks for the other recommendations
MadE haha, yes I meant Inside Man. I even second guessed myself when I wrote it and still got it wrong. ;)
Heist was a good Heist movie
Non-romantic love story? Same and Frodo in LOTR
Lauren Coates don't forget legolas and gimli 😁
Lauren Coates Captain America and Iron Man. Except theirs ends in heartbreak.
Wardo and Mark in TSN
It turns out you're the reason I watch this channel. Your picks are amazing
This could be my favorite CineFix list to date. Much love, Clint.
The movies that made me love movies were either Blade Runner or Rear Window.
Jack Pidgeon Rear Window is awweeesome!
But I feel like I saw Blade Runner way too late, when my expectations were already way up since I listened to it being hyped for so many years already...
MadE I knew nothing about Blade Runner going in.
That's probably the way to do it. Kinda jealous of you ^^
Jack Pidgeon mine was 2001 A Space Odysey
Mine is “long movies with a loner protagonist wandering around a big place/city.” I guess Blade Runner 2049, Taxi Driver, Drive, and maybe even Once Upon a Time in the West
Ad Astra and Interstellar both count in my opinion, maybe even drive
Her
Well done! This list brought a smile to my face!
I loved the interesting takes you had on both the top 10 personal lists... They elevated the quality and the uniqueness of the videos
The idea behind your no 1 slot is the reason why I like you.
lol yawn
This is a great list, I love your subgenres as a way to pick your favorite movies. I was so happy to see The Fountain make a list as it's one of my favorite Darren Aronofsky movies.
However at nine, even though I also enjoy those types of movies, I really thought Under the Skin was way too far up its own ass trying to be artistic for the sake of being artistic. Shots and narratives lingered too long to make a point that was made well before - repeatedly bringing me out of the movie to ask myself "why are we still looking at this?" It just tried too hard to convey a simple message. It's the longest 108 minute movie I've ever watched.
Abbreviated Reviews 100% agree. I was surprised to see the movie show up here. Frankly, I'm surprised there's a single person who enjoyed it. The idea wasn't bad and the eery atmosphere was surely a good choice, but it just didn't make you see things from her perspective despite showing everything from her perspective...
I dunno, I remember being deeply shook by that film. My wife was so creeped out she made me promise not to by the soundtrack (by the great Mica Levy, who I only knew from her quirky rock band Micachu before that). Maybe that's just one of my subgenres - "art for art's sake," or the "head too far up it's own ass" genre! (I saw "Tree of Life" in the theater twice in as many days, so...)
i saw tree of life once and didn't understand it at all, but i predict in 50 years it'll be a citizen kane
Sean Bieri
I agree with you. My girlfriend at the time Tree of Life being released, didn't understand how I could enjoy it. Even though she must have stated how beautiful the shots were, 20 times or more, she was aggravated. I watched it again the next morning.
Under The Skin was a totally unique, movie going experience for me. I thought it was an extremely creepy, and well done attempt, at showing an experiment on humans, while being something else as well, and the score is excellent.
Cinefix,
You did it again! (Sincere thanks to Clint!)
My “aha” moment film was probably Stand By Me, Clint.
I'm just so happy that The Brothers Bloom is FINALLY getting some much needed recognition.