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What's your comfort movie?

That one that helps you sleep, or that you could watch a thousand times?

Mine is the 1970s animated version of The Hobbit.

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The fifth element, it was on cable a lot when I was a kid so the chances of me falling asleep while it was playing in the background were high and I guess it became a subconscious association
- Conditioned to instantly fall asleep at the command-word "multipass".
  
  I am nothing more than a meat popsicle

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Made back when walt disney was still alive. It's got that magic thats been long lost. With so much going on in this world it's nice to step back and enjoy simple things with childlike wonder. Highly recommended!

🎵🎶 the greatest adventure ...🎵🎶
I love that movie too, especially the Down Down to Goblin Town part.
I didn't have a comfort movie per se, but for a long time I would fall asleep watching Star Trek the next generation. I would doze off to the sound of the ships HVAC system. There must have been a lot of silent pauses in that show.

Star Trek pre 2005 any series and DS9 only if i need to really sleep like a baby.
For the movies anything but nemesis

Ready Player One. It’s a terrible movie that adapts a terrible book, but for some reason the vibe just entertains me and makes me feel comfortable. I don’t know either.
- Nah, it's a pretty decent movie. Possibly because it changes everything about the book
  
  It does everything it can to improve the book and a lot of those decisions are phenomenal. But it’s still not a good movie. I just love it dearly.

Hackers. I like to put it on when I'm doing stuff around the house, or when I feel shitty.

Pans Labyrinth
I especially love that it's one of the few dark fantasy movies natively made in Spanish. Fun fact, the faun speaks medieval Spanish

Tremors is up there for me. Every couple of years I revisit it and have just as much time as the last.
- Lol I think you mistyped because the way this currently reads is "I watch this movie because I have exactly this much time to kill"
  
  Lol you're correct. Idk what happened there, meant to say fun!

Idiocracy has been my go to for the past several years. Before that, Super Troopers. Or maybe Dazed and Confused.
- Oh man I picked The Big Lebowski but Dazed is an excellent contender as well.
- Idiocracy the documentary?

Hackers
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Whisper of the Heart
Star Trek IV
Honorable mention: The Search for Animal Chin

Comfort movie: Matilda
Movie I could watch 1000 times: The Lion King (1994)
- I could curl up with that movie and a warm blanket if I had the flu. I wouldn’t necessarily choose it, but I wouldn’t resist it, either.
  Many family movies also work. Plus Scooby doo for some reason.

Joe versus the Volcano. It's not that it makes me necessarily appreciate my life, but it makes me appreciate the world as it is and to be content no matter what shit I'm in. The universe is bigger than my troubles.

I read this as “What’s your comfort move?” Now I want that list too, whatever it may be.
- Fap.
  But seriously, crawling into my bed (possibly with a good book) and just imagining that this warm soft place is my entire universe and anything outside it is not my problem.
  
  This is how I felt when at the hospital during a years long battle with addiction. The hospital was my safe space.

Either Rain Man, Rocky Horror Picture Show, or Clue, depending on how I'm feeling that day.

Not a movie, but every time I watch Willjum on YouTube smoke people in Rust it's somewhat calming for me.
I don't have a movie or tv show I watch over and over again. Always wonder why that is, as so many people seem to have such a thing.

Only ever had one, kinda. Though I'm not sure I'd call it comfortable? But it's... visceral, which is mildy amusing because it's trying to be cerebrial, but too much of the dialogue is just scattered quotes and philosophy references. Anyways, the movie is Ghost in the Shell: Innocence. The second one that was directed by Mamoru Oshii. These days, I don't get anything out of watching it anymore. I watched it one too many times. But I've never taken to any movie like I did that one, so, it wins.
- Why was it comforting exactly?

Not a movie, but mysteries at the museum puts me to sleep every time. They reuse the same overblown words for everything so it winds up that every single item they talk about sounds alike. Between that repetition and the guys metronomic cadence and almost whispery voice, puts me to sleep every time.

I've got Plex playlists that I sometimes just put on repeat when working or going to sleep:
Harry Potter
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Pirates of the Caribbean

Oh man I had a roommate who fell asleep to movies. Never understood it. Ill take some nice sound things like light thunderstorm sounds and no light.

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