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Favorite Comfort Movies


Anyone else have this on their list? What are your others? I've got

The Burbs
Beverly Hills Cop
Encino Man
TMNT
Beetlejuice
Toy Soldiers
Die Hard 3
Home Alone 2
The Karate Kid
Gremlins 2
Bill and Ted films
Karate Kid 3
Terminator 2

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Those are all good ones. I've seen them several times. They don't make movies like The Karate Kid or Harold and Maude anymore

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I love this thread and i'm surprised there aren't more posts in it. Anyway, i'd like to add three more titles:

Tremors (1990)
Office Space (1999)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Kung Fu Hustle (aka Kung fu (2004))




Those four and The Burbs are my top comfort movies. It's no coincidence that they're all comedies.

edit: added Galaxy Quest.
edit2: added Kung Fu Hustle.

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YES!!!! Good call on both! Tremors is a classic.

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Some good ones there, I'd add:

Groundhog day
Mystery Men
Rear Window
Ghostbusters

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Men at Work, weekend at bernies, turner n hooch, loose cannons, ruthless people, police academy, what about bob?, Wayne's world, stakeout, 48 hours, uncle buck, planes trains and automobiles, back to the future, used cars.

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The Great Outdoors
Tremors
National Lampoon's Vacation
Teen Wolf
Back To The Future
Karate Kid
Twins
Fletch
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The Breakfast Club
The Program
Naked Gun
Peewee's Big Adventure
3 O'clock High
Dumb and Dumber
Ruthless People
Police Academy
So I Married An Axe Murderer
Swingers
Loaded Weapon 1
Airplane
Creepshow
Boiler Room
The Running Man
Limitless
Bloodpsport

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I think all of my favourite comfort movies have been covered in this thread. What About Bob? is definitely up there, especially in the summer.

I will always find comfort in comedies from the '80s and '90s!

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haha it's needle nose ned! Love your profile picture.

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Rumble Fish
Midnight Run
Back To The Future 1 & 2
Risky Business
Lost Highway (makes me feel good somehow)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Eyes Wide Shut
Career Opportunities
American Graffiti
Batman Returns
The Godfather Part 2 (mostly 'cause of the flashback Vito scenes)
After Hours
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Judgment Night
Cape Fear (1991)
The Goonies
Roadside Prophets
Home Alone





Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

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Good call on Judgment Night. EWS also works for me at times.

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Lots of mine already posted but I will add:

Burglar
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Critical Condition
Down And Out In Beverly Hills
The Secret Of My Success
Weekend At Bernie's
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Running Scared
Bird On A Wire
Adventures In Babysitting

Desperanto spoken here...

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Burbs
Disorganized Crime
Drive
Young Guns 1 and II
The Matador
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Seven Psychopaths


I think the end of the world just came for that bag of Fritos I had in my pocket...

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In addition to the 'burbs...

Peggy Sue Got Married
The Four Seasons
To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday
Caddyshack
Flashdance
Clue
Raising Arizona
Shag
The In Crowd (1988)
Youngblood
St. Elmo's Fire
Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
Pretty In Pink
Hiding Out
Fire With Fire
Galaxy Quest
Now And Then
Streets Of Fire
Flatliners
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
The Outsiders
Heaven Help Us
Back To The Future
Stand By Me
The Lost Boys
Don Juan DeMarco
Tommy Boy
Black Sheep
Midnight Run
Mystery Men
Point Break
Practical Magic

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