r/flicks • u/Equivalent_Ad_9066 • 3d ago

Any films that presents itself as serious from the outside looking in, only to watch it and realize how much fun the movie has with itself?

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u/Equal_Feature_9065 3d ago

In the mood for love. Seems like a straightforward romantic melodrama but there’s a really clever storytelling hook that makes the plotting of the entire thing so much fun.

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u/rotterdamn8 1d ago

Such a great film. A love story among fashionable suave people in 1960s Hong Kong…what’s not to like?

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u/Equal_Feature_9065 1d ago

one of the best there ever was. and yet maybe my like 3rd or 4th favorite film by wong kar wai

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u/Ironmonkibakinaction 2d ago

The Beekeeper this movie is so serious with its approach yet comes off so funny

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u/dragonmom1971 1d ago

Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness.

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u/JayWalterWeathermann 3d ago

Synecdoche, New York

On the first watch it feels like an avant- garde, boring piece of weird crap. Watching it again, realizing it is satire, it’s hilarious.

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u/deadpandadolls 3d ago

I came here to say this!!

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u/Deep_Engineer_208 2d ago

Anora had me in stitches nearly the whole way through. Though it still manages a few gut punches. It's a wild ride.

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u/dragonmom1971 1d ago

Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness.

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u/Guilty-Coconut8908 3d ago

The Hitman's Bodyguard

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u/Roller_ball 2d ago

Any Todd Solondz movie.

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u/CrazyCareive 2d ago

Disney's Emily and the Detectives was a pretty fun movie

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u/slatchaw 6h ago

Monkey Bone, Tropic Thunder, Pluto Nash

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u/dragonmom1971 1d ago

Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness.