Mine is a bit niche. Male anti hero protagonist revenge movies. Usually takes place in england. Always has a heavy criminal element, a good bit of violence and the lead usually dies in the end. Recent favorites include “Bull” “Avengment” and “Villan”. Not sure if this specific type of movie is a genre or not but there’s plenty of them.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
    15·
    7 days ago

    apocalyptic movies.

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

    independence day. same thing.

    deep impact. same thing.

    • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      7 days ago

      I love apocalyptic movies. Ironically, not really the ones you listed. I more prefer bleak post apocalypse movies like “the road”, “light of my life” or “the book of eli”. Not that I dont like the ones you listed. I’d just more categorize them as blockbuster disaster movies. Like “the day after tomorrow”.

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
        3·
        7 days ago

        oh I like those too.

        my favorite scene in day after tomorrow is when they fall through the glass ceiling into the mall. I always imagine how wild it would be to visit such a place decades after the event and everything is exactly where it was, perfectly frozen.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      6 days ago

      Was trying to figure out how to answer the question and you nailed it. Even had 2012 in mind. Armageddon is a favorite.

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        just watched that with my wife not long ago.

        I completely forgot about the plot driven gravity on the asteroid and was rolling when they dukes of hazard’ed across the surface.

  • Fondots@lemmy.world
    15·
    7 days ago

    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?

      • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        They are so much better when you get together with friends to watch bad movies every so often. It helps to have someone to verbalize the ridiculous shit to or feed into the humor with you.

        • Fondots@lemmy.world
          3·
          7 days ago

          It’s become a new years tradition to just play a bunch of random asylum movies just to have something on while we’re hanging out and so we have something to occasionally point to the TV and comment on.

          We usually try to pick a known movie that we can start at a specific time so that something cool happens at midnight. A favorite is Hitler getting punched in the balls in Kung Fury

  • etherphon@midwest.socialEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

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

  • impudentmortal@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 days ago

    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.

    • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      7 days ago

      Found family, never somethjng I really considered to be a genre. You’re absolutely right though and I do love that kind of story.

      • impudentmortal@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 days ago

        I guess it’s more of a trope than a genre but it was what I first thought about. Most of the genres I enjoy aren’t guilty pleasures since I don’t have any guilt in liking them.

        Found family movies and shows, however, make me feel a little guilty since my parents weren’t necessarily but more emotionally distant. So it’s like a tinge of sadness when watching them.

  • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    7 days ago

    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.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    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.

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    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.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      I’m not sure if that counts, but have you seen chrono crimes or time crimes? No idea why it has two names but i haven’t met anyone who saw that movie and i genuinely thinks it’s a great mindfucky twisty movie.

      • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        chrono crimes

        Oh, yeah, I saw it as Timecrimes, I think. There’s a couple of good time travel films which require the occasional head scratch. Primer’s one of my favourites.

        • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.orgEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          Primer is my favourite movie that i’m still not sure i understand. I heard in a podcast that there is a really interesting timecrimes cut in chronological order. I kinda wanna see that.

  • starlinguk@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 days ago

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

  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
    3·
    6 days ago

    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

  • Denjin@feddit.uk
    4·
    7 days ago

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

  • TheV2@programming.dev
    3·
    7 days ago

    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.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    2·
    7 days ago

    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.