movies that fly by

[madhair60]

very vague description but i've been looking for some movies to watch that are just kinda short and sweet, gripping or funny, compelling, likeable/warm. Stuff like Groundhog Day, or that Jon Favreau movie Chef, or Ghostbusters, that kind of just instantly pleasing thing, not too long, not too short, just... nice. Trading Places, that kind of movie. alright cheers.

[shiftwork2]

Monty Python's Meaning Of Life
Austin Powers
Casino Royale

[Sebastian Cobb]

The Warriors
The Burbs
Weird Science
My Cousin Vinny
White Men Can't Jump
Serial Mom

[Shaxberd]

Bringing Up Baby is still on iPlayer at the moment - absolutely delightful bit of fluff, 98 minutes of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn bickering and arsing about.

[PlanktonSideburns]

Moonstruck is a banger for this, never a dull moment

[Sebastian Cobb]

Bringing Up Baby is still on iPlayer at the moment - absolutely delightful bit of fluff, 98 minutes of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn bickering and arsing about.

His Girl Friday is good for that and all.

[Brundle-Fly]

The Return Of The Living Dead

[Jim_MacLaine]

Sideways
Big Night
Silverado
Amelie
The Straight Story
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
American Graffiti
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Who Dares Wins
Get Shorty
Dazed and Confused
Smoke
Blue in the Face

are some to be getting on with.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Repo Man

[Blinder Data]

Get Shorty

yes! great shout. the sort of film that I'm always tempted to keep watching if I'm channel hopping, just so enjoyable

recentish examples:
Booksmart (2019)
Game Night (2018)

(probably doesn't count as it's 2.5 hours long but Goodfellas absolutely flies by and is a terrible one for coming across late at night on TV - "oh, I'll just keep watching it till THAT bit happens" and then you're still up an hour later)

[copa]

24 Hour Party People has an enjoyably clattering pace.

[lardboy]

(probably doesn't count as it's 2.5 hours long but Goodfellas absolutely flies by and is a terrible one for coming across late at night on TV - "oh, I'll just keep watching it till THAT bit happens" and then you're still up an hour later)

Shawshank Redemption is a bugger for that too.

On the topic though, 3 different music based films all uner 83 minutes:

Jungle Book
Spinal Tap
South Park Bigger, Longer, Uncut

[The F Bomb]

United 93
Con Air
Snakes On The Plane

[mechanical blood goat]

Bit of a cliche, but The Big Lebowski is my go-to.

Also highly recommend Dunston Checks In (1996).

[dead-ced-dead]

I rewatched Attack the Block recently and absolutely clips along. So tight. Not an ounce of fat on that screenplay.

[xxxx xxx x xxx]

The Birds

[Sebastian Cobb]

Coffy
Foxy Brown
Friday Foster
TNT Jackson
Cleopatra Jones

[Tombola]

Shaun of the Dead
The Mummy (1999)
Tremors

[Sebastian Cobb]

Tremors

Good shout.

Braindead

[PlanktonSideburns]

Good shout.

Braindead

Movies that flymo

[madhair60]

this thread sucks you're just listing films

[dontpaintyourteeth]

Das Boot
Satantango
Shoah

[Gurke and Hare]

Goodfellas flies by. The most evil thing any channel can do is put it on starting late because you think "Ooh, I'll just watch the first half hour of this before going to bed." and then suddenly it's half past two in the morning.

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

i'm a pretentious art movie wanker but i love commando and watch it endlessly. where DOES the time go when that plays

[Mwnger]

Road Warrior for sure - absolutely clips along. Never a dull moment. Ditto Raiders of the Lost Ark

All of Nolan's movies before The Dark Knight

[Mwnger]

And for a movie that's mostly just blokes talking (and pointing guns at each other) - Reservoir Dogs

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

Airplane!

[Sebastian Cobb]

i'm a pretentious art movie wanker but i love commando and watch it endlessly. where DOES the time go when that plays

I watched that with my mum a while back and she oddly loved it.

Total Recall would probably be my Arnie choice though.

[Dex Sawash]

My Dinner With Andre

[Norton Canes]

The Fly by David Cronenberg