The perfect movies for "escapism" list. What are your favorites? (1 Viewer)

[Pnochichi]

Scott Pilgrim
Three o'clock High
Moneyball
Snatch

 

[daddyora]

Lots of great recommendations but I didn't see:

Rush Hour

 

[AshJW]

It’s my favourite movies I always can get lost in.
That’s why they are my favourite movies

for example:
The Maltese Falcon
North by Northwest
Rio Bravo
The Magnificent Seven
L'homme del Rio (Belmondo)
Hatari!

 

[Brian Hatton]

I thought I was one of only a few who do this!
I have lots, so apart from:
Almost Famous
Diggstown
Dinner Rush and
A Hard Days Night
I could include some series of films, such as:
The Incredibles 1&2
Toy Story 1-4
Back to the Future 1-3
The 5 Bourne films
The 4 Hunger Games films
The Lord of the Rings series
Kill Bill vol 1&2

 

[jimroth]

Quick Change
Galaxy Quest
Rushmore
The Life Aquatic
Passengers
the Martian

 

[fdabbott]

Movies that never seem to get old, and you like to have on to watch repeatedly, (annually, or more). The perfect film(s) for escaping and getting lost in the magic of Cinema....at home.

My list:

Star Trek III The Search for Spock

Jurassic Park

The Goonies

Back to the Future

Do you have some films that you have seen multiple times but still draw you back for repeat viewings?

I watch these great films over and over. I love westerns and Action films and watch little else.
Rio Bravo (John Wayne)
Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner)
Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood)
Silverado (Kevin Costner & Scott Glenn)
Magnificent Seven (Yul Brynner)
Hour of the Gun (James Garner)
True Grit (Jogn Wayne)
Big Jake (John Wayne)
The Sons of Katie Elder)
Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (George Lazenby)
Raiders of The Lost Ark (Harrison Ford)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Harrison Ford & Sean Connery)
From Russia With Love Sean Connery)
Goldfinger (Sean Connery)
The Spy Who Loved Me (Roger Moore)
A Fistful of Dollars (Clint Eastwood)
Where Eagles Dare (Clint Eastwood)
Kelly's Heroes (Clint Eastwood)
Lethal Weapon 1987 (Mel Gibson)
Die Hard 1988 (Bruce Willis)
Open Range (Kevin Costner)
Dr. No (Sean Connery)
Rio Lobo (John Wayne)
Red River (John Wayne)
The Searchers (John Wayne)
Hondo (John Wayne)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevin Costner)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Errol Fynn)

 

[Keith Cobby]

North by Northwest
To Catch a Thief
Casablanca
Three Little Words
The Narrow Margin
Follow Me Quietly
Crook's Tour
4:50 from Paddington (2004)
High Society
La La Land

.......so many more

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Movies that never seem to get old, and you like to have on to watch repeatedly, (annually, or more). The perfect film(s) for escaping and getting lost in the magic of Cinema....at home.

My list:

Star Trek III The Search for Spock

Jurassic Park

The Goonies

Back to the Future

Do you have some films that you have seen multiple times but still draw you back for repeat viewings?

Well, Westerns are always escapist films for me, as are spy films and thrillers. James Bond is wonderful escapist fluff for me.

However, in terms of the idea of "escaping" into a film one that I love to put on when I am feeling down or want to "be in that world" is Bill Forsythe's Local Hero. That picture always takes me away and I just want to live in that little seaside town in Scotland.

Wonder Boys, the Curtis Hanson film is another that I just love being in that world. I also love escaping into The Quiet Man. These films that take you to a place and so wrap you up in it you feel like you are there...I love that.

I suppose these are not the kind of films people might feel are "escapist" entertainment but what makes me "escape" is to have my mind so totally drenched in something that I am there...and not here, in the midst of a pandemic.

 

[tsodcollector]

Lots of great recommendations but I didn't see:

Rush Hour

great movies.

 

[tsodcollector]

these are mine escapism of mine here's a couple
airborne

batteries not included

true stories

being there

 

[John Dirk]

For me, "escapism" means I allow myself to be totally immersed in the entertainment being presented, totally putting aside the lack of believability, realism, etc. This one fits the bill. As a matter of fact, thanks for the reminder. It's about time I gave it another viewing.

 

[Joe Wong]

Titanic (1997) took me to another time and place for 3 hours. That’s escapism to me!

 

[tsodcollector]

jurassic park.

 

[Jeff Flugel]

Fun thread. Lots of great ones listed already, but here are some of mine, which never fail to cheer me up.

Most James Bond movies
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Mark of Zorro
Rio Bravo
Hatari!
Donovan's Reef
The Professionals
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Big Country
The Great Escape
The Magnificent Seven
Shane
The Wild Geese
Bite the Bullet
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Operation Petticoat
Rear Window
To Catch a Thief
North by Northwest
A Night at the Opera
The Italian Job (1969)
To Have and Have Not
The Thing from Another World
Jack Reacher
Master and Commander
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1

 

[SuperClark]

The Court Jester
The Great Race
Hatari John Wayne
Viva Las Vegas Elvis
Die Hard 1 and 2
That Darn Cat Hayley Mills
Its a Really Really Really Really Mad World
Back To The Future 1985
The World Of Henry Orient 1964
The Villain Kirk Douglas

 

[tsodcollector]

The Court Jester
The Great Race
Hatari John Wayne
Viva Las Vegas Elvis
Die Hard 1 and 2
That Darn Cat Hayley Mills
Its a Really Really Really Really Mad World
Back To The Future 1985
The World Of Henry Orient 1964
The Villain Kirk Douglas

you mean,it's a mad mad mad world.

 

[tsodcollector]

he's mine escapism movies,mostly comedies,dramas,and some action movies.
the mask
dumb and dumber
liar liar
die hard 1,2 & 3
lethal weapon 1 & 2
batman
batman returns
superman 1&2
captain america(matt salinger)
wayne's world
girl intterupted
a league of their own
pretty woman
steel magnolias
terms on endearment
the karate kid 1,2 & 3
the deep
caddyshack
please don't eat the daisies (doris day,david niven)
one on one (sports movie stars robby benson annette o'toole)
cliffhanger(silvester stallone janine turner john lithgow)

 

[SuperClark]

Also
Come Blow Your Horn 1963 Frank Sinatra
White Christmas Der Bingle and Danny Kaye
Lover,Come Back Day and Hudson
Four 4 Texas Frank & Dean
Bye Bye Birdie 1963

 

[tsodcollector]

hannie caulder 1971 raquel welch ernest borgnine
some came running frank dean and shirley
the court jester
bye bye birdie 1963
good neighbor sam
the russians are coming the russians are coming carl reiner jonathan winters.