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It's summer and I'm ready to veg out. 

 

I remember seeing Fatal Attraction and Hellraiser together in the 80s and feeling a bit traumatized afterwards.  :tongue_smilie:

 

The kids and I just did Psycho and Jaws. Perfect combo!

It seems like we do You've Got Mail and While You Were Sleeping a lot. 

 

What do you think pairs well together? 

 

 

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Helena, it is time to turn out the lights. 

Not for tonight!    I mean... if I didn't have to get up early with the puppy I could. It's summer!!

 

Tomorrow though?? :)

We're broke and we have no AC. Somehow it's turning into an awesome summer anyways. Pool/movies/ice cream/pool/movies/popsicles... that's going to be my mantra. 

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I thought of some more.

 

An Affair To Remember and Sleepless In Seattle

 

Ghostbusters (original) and Men In Black

 

The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile

 

The Wizard Of Oz and Pan's Labyrinth

 

Alien (original) and The Thing

 

2001: A Space Odyssey and Moon

 

Edward Scissorhands and The Elephant Man

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My kids haven't seen either of these movies! I'll suggest it. 

 

Men in Tights is one of my favorite oddball comedies.  You will get a lot more of the jokes in it if you watch Prince of Thieves first!

 

Another great movie is This is Spinal Tap.  I was going to say to pair it with Princess Bride because they're both Reiner films, but maybe pairing it with a real documentary about your kids' favorite band would be funnier.   

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A Clockwork Orange and V for Vendetta

 

Taxi Driver and Nightcrawler

 

Big and 13 Going on 30

 

Se7en and Zodiac

 

Social Network and Steve Jobs

 

Goonies and Stand By Me

 

Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho

 

The Matrix and Dark City

 

Enchanted and the Little Mermaid

 

Guardians of the Galaxy and Serenity

 

Arrival and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

 

Thelma and Louise and Working Girl

 

Point Break and Speed

 

Grease and West Side Story

 

Lars and the Real Girl and Her

 

Forrest Gump and the Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

Back to the Future and Twelve Monkeys

 

Under the Skin and Blade Runner

 

Citizen Kane and There Will be Blood

 

Mean Girls and Clueless

 

Chicago and Cabaret

 

Turner and Hooch and Hachi: A Dog's Tail

 

North by Northwest and the Fugitive

 

Traffic and Sicario

 

Bridget Jones Diary and Pride and prejudice

 

Heat and the Dark Knight

 

Parent Trap and Enemy (this is a odd pairing but I get the point DS was trying to make)

 

Heathers and Donnie Darko

 

Parent Trap and Freaky Friday

 

ET and Lilo and Stitch

 

 

 

(Ok...this was a group effort with a couple of my kids and me)

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Jane Austen:

Pride and Prejudice (2005 - Keira Knightly film)

Bride and Prejudice (2004 - humorous"Bollywood" modern retelling)

Austenland (2013 - humorous; modern woman obsessed with Pride and Prejudice goes on a Regency recreation vacation)

 

'80s fantasy:

Legend (1985) -- Tim Curry and Ridley Scott world

Labyrinth (1986) -- David Bowie and Jim Hensen creatures

Ladyhawke (1985)

Highlander (1986)

 

Turn of the Century Magicians

The Prestige (2006) -- late 19th century stage illusionist get competitive in a way that goes dark quick

The Illusionist (2006) -- turn of the century illusionist vs. cruel European crown prince for the love of a woman

 

Peter Pan variations

Hook (1991)

Pan (2015)

Peter Pan (2003)

 

Film Noir classics

Double Indemnity (1944)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

 

1990s Sci-Fi

Dark City (1998)

Gattaca (1997)

The Truman Show (1998)

Minority Report (2002) -- just past 1990s, but more of a "thinking" sci-fi like the others

 

Medieval Adventure

A Knight's Tale (2001)

Robin Hood (2010)

 

Terry Gilliam

Time Bandits (1981)

The Brothers Grimm (2005)

 

Monty Python

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Life of Brian (1979)

 

Time/Space Jump

Jumper (2008)

Predestination (2014) -- a bit dark

Looper (2012) -- a bit darker

12 Monkeys (1995)

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Using some already mentioned but coupling them differently -

 

Arrival & Interstellar

 

The Mattix & Inception

 

West Side Story & Hairspray

 

And, The Prestige, all by itself because there's that much to talk about, or double feature it with A Tale of Two Cities.

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