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I only take my kids to the theater when I want to see a cartoon kids movie and not look like a creep.

apocalyptic movies.

recently watched 2012 just to see what a good president is like.

independence day. same thing.

deep impact. same thing.

Japanese monster fighting movies. Godzillas especially but it needs to be guys in rubber suits doing stunts shot in slow motion. If you have that, I'm there. No matter how bad the acting no matter how bad the story, no matter how horrendous the dub. Give me big rubber monsters fighting and I'm there.

Shitty b movies. Anything by the asylum, anything that may have once appeared on an episode of MST3K, any weird VHS your parent brought home for you one day back in the 90s by some obscure polish director that you half-remember and now that you think about it where the hell did your parents even find that movie?

Mine is Nic Cage. It doesn't matter how bad it is, if he's in it, I have to watch it.

Those with ridiculous/silly movie plots:

Olympus has Fallen

London Has Fallen

Moonfall

So silly I can't seriously recommend them to anyone, but the plot is so stupid that its hillarious to watch, comedy heaven.

I don't really believe in Guilty Pleasures. I think if you like something, let your freak flag fly. If you're embarassed to say that you like something, you don't actually like it honestly.

With that being said, I get strange looks when I tell my friends about random terrible B-Movies I enjoy, the more obscure the better.

80s comedies, complete with totally inappropriate references, ableism, racism, sexism, homophobia, unnecessary nudity and macho bullshit. Idk.

I don't consider anything I watch a guilty pleasure, since I'm pretty open about watching B and bad movies.

I enjoy movies where a director has made a surprisingly successful cult movie and on the back of that got creative freedom and a big budget from a studio, which they then used to create something beautiful and terrifying. My exemplar movie for this is Southland Tales, which I absolutely love on all possible levels.

I really like movies that commit to a sharp genre turn. The Guest (2014) is a great example.

Lastly, spaghetti westerns. This seems like a maybe more mainstream choice, but had a conversation in real life not too long ago with somebody who had no interest in any kind of western and didn't know about the distinction between classic and spaghetti. When I was articulating the difference I was able to boil it down to classic westerns being nostalgia and romanticization of the American west, while spaghetti westerns were made by people with no nostalgia for it. It creates a subgenre which is grittier and more morally grey than the John Wayne era movies. My favorite is Once Upon A Time In The West, though I'd recommend people work up to that by watching other genre movies first.

Gotta be found family movies, particularly if the parental figure didn't want the responsibility in the first place or if they're clueless, gruff, and/or emotionally not prepared for a child.

So movies like Logan, Ice Age, Wild Robot, Up, or Despicable Me and shows like The Last of Us, The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones (Arya and the Hound), and The Witcher.

I was trying to think of more found family mother shows and movies and honestly couldn't think of more. Most of the ones involving women that I could find are of friend groups or there was no hesitation to pretty much adopt the child.

Generaly I like movies with a good twist, or that require a bit of thinking, so things like The Usual Suspects, Seven, Memento or Shutter Island (though not so much films that fall into this category but which I feel cheat, like The Prestige.

I also quite like 'clever protagonist outsmarts the antagonist(s)' films, like The Amateur, Law Abiding Citizen, or, I suppose The Usual Suspects also falls into this group as well, though I prefer it when the cleverness is plausible and not crazy accurate prediction on exactly how people will react to chnaging evens (Law Abiding Citizen has a bit too much of this).

But they're not really guilty pleasures. My guilty pleasures are American Hich School movies, like 10 Things I Hate About You, Heathers, or even Bring It On. Bonus points if it features an unconventional teacher or coach who turns underdog teams or academics around, like Coach Carter or Dangerous Minds.

Always been a fan of raunchy comedies. Superbad is probably my favorite as it reminds me of my high school days, but others like 40-Year-Old Virgin, Euro Trip, and Step Brothers are also high up on the list.

Period dramas set in France. On one hand there's the glitter and social schemes, on the other, justice and revolution.

Miyazaki movies and animations. Love Lupin III

the watercolor background art is great

I've been sick this week and have watched a few

today I watched The Boy and the Heron and really enjoyed it

oh yeah, I'm 50+ without kids so I don't have any influence from little ones. But I do show them to my nieces and nephews, so they can be cool kids when they know about these things and their peers discover it

I don't like horror movies in general but I like horror movies based on turning innocent pre-existing characters into monsters

Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey

Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

The Blood and Honey universe also has Peter Pan and Bambi movies out. Sadly I haven't gotten to watch them yet cause they didn't come to my local theatre

I also like Brightburn (based on Superman)

Recently watched The Mean One (based on the Grinch). It's pretty good

Plan to watch Alice in Terrorland and those Mickey Mouse based horror films

India has the "masala" genre, a blend of multiple genres; basically what comes to the mind of the average person when they think about Indian movies. I don't think they create "pleasure" for anybody. They mainly exist, because it's a low-efforts template for Indian producers to target the masses.

However once you get used to this genre and accept that there will be a few toilet breaks and tiresome tropes, you unlock the gate to some movies that are otherwise fantastic. It's quite similar to starting to watch pro wrestling or shōnen anime.

Chopsocky and similar martial arts movies from the 1960's and 70's

Ridiculously soapy period drama with a huge amount of money thrown at it for costumes and locations. See Sissi and Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

If you haven't seen it already: Dead Man's Shoes, should tickle your pickle.

Found footage horror. Creep 1 and 2 are my favorites of the genre.

Not guilty at all, but dance competition movies. It's a subgenre of sports team movies where a diverse group has to learn to work together to win a competition, but the competition is dance. Movies like Stomp the Yard, Bring It On, and the Step Up series. You may be inclined to think Dirty Dancing as well, but that one is too individual and with too much drama, though it does include the all-important training montage.

Sounds like you'd love a lot of Charles Bronson movies, OP. Death Wish is a good one.