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"It's a wonderful Life". I'm not religious but the message of the movie is very straight forward, and very important. Be a good person, always try to help others, have integrity, and try to make meaningful connections with people. You also don't have to have a long list of accomplishments to have a meaningful life, as long you positively affect others, you've done good.

It's a wonderful life used to be my favorite movie to watch around Christmas time, to remind myself of whats important in life, but now I've added:

The movie "About Time". Slow down. Savor, and enjoy life. Most days I forget about the message of that movie, but I try to remind myself every now and then. It hits especially hard now as my father passed away at 80 last year.

Some great ones were already mentioned. I'll add Life Is Beautiful (1997).

Requiem for a Dream. But probably only watch it once.

Last time a similar question was asked, I responded with Perfect Blue, The End of Evangelion, and Love & Pop.

So this time, I'm going to suggest Sans Soleil.

Grandma's Boy.

Enemy Mine (1985)

We're gonna get a lot of the more standard "Perfect movies" so I'm going to stick with some of the ones that may not be "perfect movies" but I found personally always enjoy

• Ex Machina - Fucks with your mind through the entire movie, and leaves you bewildered at the end

• Ocean's 11, the Clooney version personally, I watch this regularly and is my favorite heist movie

• Seeking a friend for the end of the world - Tears, but it's a movie that's worth a watch - but I can never rewatch it.

• The Whale - just last year, another amazing movie that has to be watched, but you will probably never be able to rewatch it.

• The Theory of Everything - Personally this movie is what started me out from "Movies are cool action things I go with friends to see" to "Maybe movies can evoke emotions that I didn't know I could fully appreciate", and for those here who have seen me comment on movies before, this is where Felicity Jones became my favorite actress. You forget your watching a movie, and she became Jane Hawking in it, and it's the first movie I legit cried to. It hurt me deep. Eddie Redmayne did a wonderful job, fully embodying Steven as well, to the point that again you forget you are watching a movie.

And one more because what the hell

• Imitation Game - Bendlydoodle Cuddlefish and Kiera Knightley tell the story of Alan Turing. I say it should be mandatory watching for any computer/IT/programmer nerd out there, and I won't say why it's 100% worth a watch, but it's there.

None of these would I nominate as best movie of all time, I just went through my list of most watched movies and these stuck out

No one's said Network (1976) yet. It's so prescient it's kind of scary.

Army of Darkness

Alien

Aliens

Because fuck you: Watcher in the Woods

Vampire's Kiss. It perfectly encapsulates Nick Cage's superposition

The Man Who Knew Too Little

My answer to this question changes a lot, but for now I'm gonna say Heathers

The Burbs.

Dead Alive

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Pincess Mononoke and/or Metropolis 2001

Zardoz

The Nice Guys

Pitch Perfect Production of a 1970’s story that’s just shockingly good. Go in blind like I did, you won’t be disappointed.

Synopsis:

The Edukators!

IMDB

1917. Not just a great war movie, but also a cinematic masterpiece.

Once were warriors