What is your guilty pleasure film?

So, Snakes on a Plane was the big meme movie the year I left school. Myself and a lot of friends went to see it just because of how ridiculous the build up was. It actually was better than it had any right to be 😅

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sporting_club@reddit

American pie 2, for the soundtrack

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JetMeIn_02@reddit

Twilight, as much as I laugh at the ridiculousness of the first film and find it to be a perfect watch when drunk, it's also the perfect autumn watch during a heavy downpour of rain under a blanket. Definitely very comforting, but also I am well aware how silly it is.

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amboandy@reddit

Same, my wife detests the saga and I only like it because it's almost farcical but I revisit it ever year

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amboandy@reddit

Same, my wife detests the saga and I only like it because it's almost farcical but I revisit it ever year

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maersyl@reddit

My wife and I watch the entire series every year as part of our Halloween movies.

We spend the entire time just howling but, deep down, we’re loving it.

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JetMeIn_02@reddit

This is the way to enjoy it! Sure I'm laughing when I show friends it, but I'm also quoting every single line because I used to be OBSESSED as a kid.

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maersyl@reddit

We have a little drinking game with it - every time Bella does some odd mouth thing or tucks her hair back just gets us absolutely fucked.

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JetMeIn_02@reddit

Oh god I'm surprised you haven't ended up in hospital!!! I've been meaning to do a twilight drinking game but I'm not very good at following the rules. Also I'd be drinking extra when I get thirsty, so I'd probably end up in a coma.

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maersyl@reddit

Don’t do it! Or do… we have drink every time:

Bella does some mouth thing.

Bella tucks her hair back.

The word vampire is said.

A vampire gets all sparkly.

Someone turns into a wolf / not a wolf.

Finish your drink when Michael Sheen does his crazy laugh thing.

It’s raining.

Alice has a vision.

LA PUSH.

One of the wolf lot are topless (fucked when there’s more than one on screen…)

When you inevitably realise “holy shit that’s Vecna in Stranger Things!”

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adreddit298@reddit

Tried to rewatch these recently, first time since they came out pretty much. Made it to halfway through the third and just couldn't any more.

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JetMeIn_02@reddit

I can't blame you tbh, Eclipse is probably the least enjoyable one on either a comedy or serious level. Breaking Dawn drags me back though with how funny Part 2 is.

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Sushi_pyjamas6541@reddit

Twilight has aged from a fantasy/romance movie into a comedy. Absolutley love it.

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JetMeIn_02@reddit

Nah I still enjoy it on the fantasy/romance level a fair bit! ...But same on fancying Charlie now < 3

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JenJMLC@reddit

Me too, you're not alone!

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Economy-Row-4247@reddit

White Chicks. An instant classic.

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HullIsNotThatBad@reddit

The 'Carry on xxxx' series from the 60/70s

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decentlyfair@reddit

Mine too. It is possibly a nostalgia thing for me but I love the nonsense of it all.

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HullIsNotThatBad@reddit

I'm 64 and have been watching them since I was a young teen. I know all the gags and what's coming next, but it doesn't matter a jot - I still laugh and giggle like a schoolkid. Smutty, corny and purile and I love it!

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decentlyfair@reddit

I am a couple of years younger than you but i think our love of them comes from growing up with them. I remember as a kid being really excited when I saw there was a Carry On film on the TV. Utter nonsense but I love them (most of them). I think my favourite is Carry on Camping.

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HullIsNotThatBad@reddit

I think you've hit the nail on the head regarding the nostalgia part; however, I got my kids into them too, and they a product of the early 90s!

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Glad-Feature-2117@reddit

Mine too!

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Amazing-Heron-105@reddit

Mean Girls. Not seen it in a while but I don't feel like I was the target audience 😂

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Extension_Pickle_581@reddit

I have no “guilty pleasures” about anything whatsoever. I either like it or I don’t. No guilt involved.

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Moppo_@reddit

Exactly. Do I enjoy movies that I know are objectively bad? Yes. Should I feel guilty? No.

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DiscombobulatedMix20@reddit

Four Lions, it just gets me cackling every time!

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Amazing-Heron-105@reddit

This is just a good film mate

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kliccit@reddit

This ain't even a guilty pleasure I love this film

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painful_butterflies@reddit (OP)

I feel this has moved into a genuine classic over time though. Slated at time if release but now...

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niloc100@reddit

F-ing mr beans

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ShufflingToGlory@reddit

I must have terrible taste in films because this entire comment section is basically all my favourites. Banger after banger.

My main guilty pleasure is the variations of what became the "American Pie" genre. The optimism of coming of age (normally in a well heeled, oddly glamorous American suburb or college setting) hit me at just the right time. 25 years ago now, give or take.

But going even further back films like Animal House, Dazed and Confused, Ferris Bueller and Caddyshack all hit that nostalgic note for me.

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StatusHabit7622@reddit

Alien vs Predator I know it’s terrible, I love it. That and Doom. Yes, I know that’s also terrible.

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Content-Tip1048@reddit

Mine is White Chicks. I know it's not exactly a masterpiece, but if it's on TV, I'm watching it. No matter how many times I've seen it, it still makes me laugh

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naaahbruv@reddit

Clueless, Devil Wears Prada, Crazy Stupid Love

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QuinlanResistance@reddit

Gone in sixty seconds

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innewynn@reddit

Three Lions

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pickindim_kmet@reddit

Anything Adam Sandler. Loved them as a kid, grew out of them, but they're still entertaining in a crappy way. He plays the same character in every film pretty much, I feel like I shouldn't like his films but I do.

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Alibaba-1989@reddit

Little Nicky is goated

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Dazz316@reddit

Sucker punch. Yeah the stories a bit all over the place and nothing to shout about.

But the girls are good looking, wear cool outfits in their fantasies and there's some cool spectacle action scene's.

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Big-Mortgage-7254@reddit

The Full Monty. Always cheers me up.

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Highlord_Salem@reddit

Jurassic park, the first one. I remember being in awe of it as a 6 year old when my dad brought it back from blockbusters.

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Alibaba-1989@reddit

Yeah no, groundbreaking classic film that completely holds up on like every metric, world class score, great acting, perfect balance of heart and horror. No guilt only awe with that one

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d_dawg_23@reddit

That doesn’t really qualify as a guilty pleasure movie, it’s a very popular movie

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Jmac0113@reddit

The 1st couple of Scary Movie films

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Jonathans_8@reddit

Superbad

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rumier01@reddit

Critically acclaimed, groundbreaking coming of age comedy? Pushing the boat out there pal.

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Willsagain2@reddit

Dune. Yep the David Lynch one. I think its a masterpiece and one of my favourite films.

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Breadnought111@reddit

300

Just an absolutely silly movie but I like it

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TSC-99@reddit

Dumb and Dumber

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Alibaba-1989@reddit

Nothing guilty about that

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d_dawg_23@reddit

A classic, surely

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Octoboy1@reddit

Freddie Got Fingered. Objectively a really bad film. But I cant help giggling like a idiot at every scene

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reuben_iv@reddit

Ryan Gosling’s Magnum Opus: Barbie

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Princess-Weiner@reddit

A knights tale.

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Otherwise_Living_158@reddit

Dude, Where’s My Car?

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painful_butterflies@reddit (OP)

What does mine say?

Dude!, What does mine say?

Sweet!

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maersyl@reddit

I love the German title for this.

MANN! WO IST MEIN AUTO?!

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Redus202@reddit

Employee of the month. I know it’s so bad but I laugh so hard

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turnstyle2@reddit

Clue

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maersyl@reddit

I’m male. Put a ‘chick flick’ in front of me and I am THERE.

Devil Wears Prada. Stanley Tucci… horrrrr what a guy. Emily Blunt. Yes. Anne Hathaway. Hell yes. Meryl Streep. Aww yisss.

Princess Diaries. Fucking Julie Andrews?! Yes mate. Anne Hathaway again?!

Mean Girls. Fetch. So fetch. Too gay to function.

10 Things I Hate About You. Okay let’s go.

Bridget Jones’ Diary.

The Holiday.

Bridesmaids. Dirty Dancing. Cats. Pretty Woman. Cruel Intentions. Titanic. Notting Hill. Maid in Manhattan.

Honestly, as a hetero guy, chick flicks are just brilliant.

Admittedly, and this is a huge not even slightly humble brag, my wife is often told by people she looks like Anne Hathaway. I’m not complaining.

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Sushi_pyjamas6541@reddit

High school musical films. I'm 38 and have no business watching a pre teen movie franchise nowadays, but the songs are so damn good. Breaking free is on my cleaning playlist.

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Plenty_Suspect_3446@reddit

Sweet Home Alabama.

(I'm a man)

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Royal-Reporter6664@reddit

Anything Phase 1 MCU

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Own-Try1886@reddit

GI Jane. But I don't feel remotely guilty. It's a genuinely excellent film, but most people think of it as a joke for some reason.

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Plenty_Suspect_3446@reddit

Probably because most people never saw it, we just saw Will Smith slap Chris Rock over a GI Jane joke.

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chocolatefeckers@reddit

Evolution with David Duchovny. It gets quoted a lot between my husband and I.

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d_dawg_23@reddit

Great movie!

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APithyComment@reddit

Gremlins

Critters

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EzriDaxwithsnaxks@reddit

I tell people im not s fan of girly movies or rom coms. Guilty pleasures though are Legally Blonde, Miss Congeniality, and St Trinians.

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19GreenDay82@reddit

Buster with phil collins East is east Elf (including watch it all year round if I need a pick me up)

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fionsichord@reddit

Deuce Bigalow : Male Gigalo

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im_just_called_lucy@reddit

Saw.

If you say you’re a Saw fan to some new people, you get one of two reactions: the first is a response of agreement that the movies are good OR a response that you must be an evil, sick, twisted future serial killer. That’s why it’s a guilty pleasure.

‘Saw’ is so fun and watching the series is a wild silly ride. You start with the best movie of the series with a perfect ending to the first film. You next watch 2 and 3 that are the other great movies in the series. It all goes ridiculously downhill from there (6 and X are decent) but it’s so fun to watch. It turns into a camp daytime police drama with outlandish, brutal traps and homoerotic tension throughout. I saw the musical of ‘Saw’ in New York and that was so fun.

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Fragrant_Mind_1888@reddit

Devil Wears Prada

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adreddit298@reddit

Nothing guilty about this, it's brilliant

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NeilPatrickWarburton@reddit

The Hot Chick.

Rob Schneider took the role so seriously which makes the film so genuinely funny.

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HugeElephantEars@reddit

Wimbledon

Its reliably on every year. It's weird that I cry at the end. Everyone thinks it's shit... I don't care

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Glad-Feature-2117@reddit

It's a much better film than people give it credit for, in my opinion.

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Rembrandt72_@reddit

Mighty Ducks 1 and 2

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Magicbandit@reddit

Stupid OTT action 80s-90s action films with Arnie.

Red Heat

Last Action Hero

Commando

For Xmas Jingle all the way.

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AirBiscuitBarrel@reddit

Stepbrothers

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painful_butterflies@reddit (OP)

Oh yes! So awful, but so good!

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ArtemisArt@reddit

Kpop. Specifically BTS 💜

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UniqueTart6744@reddit

Same! I love the jump street films!

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niloc100@reddit

Great escape /jaws/taken/the commitments/Robin hood

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Plenty_Suspect_3446@reddit

The Great Escape is an undisputed classic.

Jaws is a great film.

Taken is good or at least very entertaining.

Not seen the others.

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d_dawg_23@reddit

Jaws is literally one of the best movies ever made. Not sure it qualifies for a guilty pleasure…

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Beer-Milkshakes@reddit

Tango and Cash.

Awkward action, ridiculous bad guys, boobies, quotes that stay with you; the meaning of FUBAR and how live electric cables probably won't kill you if you're not grounded and only touch 1 of them.

Broken Arrow.

For many of the same reasons but without boobies and Travolta is a great villain. "I say God damn what a rush!"

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kxtyaz@reddit

miss congeniality and despicable me

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WastelandOfConfusion@reddit

Au Pair Girls - 1972

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Grower_munk@reddit

A chunk of mine get put on at Christmas - but my peak example is "Trapped in Paradise" with Nicholas Cage, so many issues with it and overdone tropes and weird after thought / tacked on romance but none of it remotely bothers me I just really enjoy it.

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