# I need some good movies to rent. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199 "2003-06-06T23:42:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dumberthanmost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dumberthanmost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumberthanmost)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/1 "2003-06-06T23:42:54Z")
School just got let out and I need some good or hilariously bad movies to rent. ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/2 "2003-06-06T23:46:50Z")
First, welcome to the boards, this is officially my first time saying that to anyone since I myself am fairly new. Second, tell us some of the movies you have liked in the past so we can get an idea of what your tastes are. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_007clone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jb\_007clone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_007clone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/3 "2003-06-06T23:58:07Z")
Real Genius, Encino Man, Office Space, The Big Lebowski, Old School ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/4 "2003-06-07T00:05:30Z")
Or, alternatively, we could just start spouting movie titles, in which case: Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Princess Bride, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter (1 and/or 2), A Guy Thing, Equilibrium. Plus big kudos to **jb\_007clone** for the excellent suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/5 "2003-06-07T00:06:04Z")
How about Clerks? Very funny movie, Right next to Office Space in my pantheon of favorites. Or anything else by Kevin Smith. They’re all pretty dang goog. Super Troopers is another very funny, stupid movie. Just sit down and turn the old brainbox off. Of course, if you have already seen these films, feel free to ignore me. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/6 "2003-06-07T00:06:15Z")
[nitpick]This seems Cafe Society-ish to me[/nitpick] Anyways, if you want hilariously bad movies, just get any episode of **MST3K** you can find. If you can’t find them to rent, then [download](http://www.dapcentral.org/index.php) some. Now. I mean it. The worst movies ever made, but so bad they’re funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/7 "2003-06-07T00:14:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vanyel \* > **[nitpick]This seems Cafe Society-ish to me[/nitpick]** [reply to nitpick]Perhaps IMHO, since the OP is asking for movie opinions, but Cafe Society seems to be more a place for discussing movie content, rather than suggesting films semi-randomly.[/reply to nitpick]🙂 I also highly recommend “The Usual Suspects” ---
**Author:** ![jb\_007clone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jb\_007clone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_007clone)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/8 "2003-06-07T00:15:02Z")
Thanks Mastema! Emperor, Super Troopers is great! “Spread it on!” ---
**Author:** ![mr.splitfoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@mr.splitfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.splitfoot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/9 "2003-06-07T00:16:08Z")
Depending on your tastes, here are a few lesser known suggestions: The Cook, the Theif, His Wife and Her Lover - disturbing Actione Mutante (Mutant Action) - disturbing and hilarious The City of Lost Children - just plain cool The Stendahl Syndrome - because Dario Argento rules, but has a penchant for doing horrible things to his daughter on screen The Big Labowski - perhaps more replay value than any movie I have ever seen Dead Alive - complete gore fest, one of Peter Jacksons earlier films. especially rent if you enjoyed the Evil Dead series This is Spinal Tap - If you like Guest at all. I thought it was hilarious These are pretty general towards my taste. Tell us what you like, and we can do better, I’m sure. Fist of Legend - Jet Li at his best. Action doesn’t get better than this ---
**Author:** ![mr.splitfoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@mr.splitfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.splitfoot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/10 "2003-06-07T00:17:49Z")
Oh, and if you haven’t seen it, The Breakfast Club, which everyone likes, and if they say they don’t then they’re either lying or are some horrible epoxy-based being from Wormwood, and should be detained and probed. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/11 "2003-06-07T00:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mastema \* > \*\*Or, alternatively, we could just start spouting movie titles, in which case: > > Mystery Science Theater 3000\*\* Yeah, like you’re ever going to find MST3K: The Movie in a store…:rolleyes: [sub]But let me know if you do happen to find it, especially on dvd![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/12 "2003-06-07T00:21:59Z")
Three words. Best In Show ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/13 "2003-06-07T00:23:34Z")
Delicatessen. Brazil. Man Bites Dog. What? I like weird. That last movie is **really** disturbing. Hilariously bad (or really, just possibly the worst movie I have even had to see in a theater): Someone Like You (w/ Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman. Forgive him, Father, for he was stil fairly new in Hollywood.) ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/14 "2003-06-07T00:25:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > \*\*Three words. > Best In Show \*\* Or: Waiting For Guffman. What da heck: A Mighty Wind. ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/15 "2003-06-07T00:56:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vanyel \* > \*\*Yeah, like you’re ever going to find MST3K: The Movie in a store…:rolleyes: [sub]But let me know if you do happen to find it, especially on dvd![/sub] \*\* The Blockbuster down the street has it on DVD both for rent and for sale. I wasn’t aware that it was hard to come by in other locations. Hmmm, possible exporting scheme hatching. . . ---
**Author:** ![And\_that\_s\_the\_bottom\_line](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df788c/32.png) [@And\_that\_s\_the\_bottom\_line](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_that_s_the_bottom_line)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/16 "2003-06-07T01:32:11Z")
Well, for hilariously bad movies I recommend **The Astronaut’s Wife, Not Another Teen Movie, The Faculty, and any one of the Monty Python Movies.**. Okay, so the Monty Python movies aren’t bad, they’re just frickin’ hilarious. My personal fave? **Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail**. For some interesting action movies I recommend **Boondock Saints, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, and Brotherhood of the Wolf**. For some good dramas I recommend **American History X, Sleepers, Virgin Suicides, and Legends of the Fall**. For some good “messing with your mind” movies I recommend **Existenz, Cube, and Vanilla Sky**. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/17 "2003-06-07T01:37:09Z")
[drooling-smiley] For sale on dvd?!?! Are we talking about **MST3K: The Movie - This Island Earth**? Because if so, I’m gonna start drivin’ right now and snatch up those copies! ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/18 "2003-06-07T03:44:01Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Vanyel \* > [BAre we talking about **MST3K: The Movie - This Island Earth**?_\* The very same. $21.99 if I recall correctly. Our local Media Play has it also, I’m not sure if they are national or not. If so, go to the closest and have them order it for you, which they are more than happy to do. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/19 "2003-06-07T14:04:08Z")
[Given the online prices I see for this (MST: This Island Earth),](http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=v&id=1800257290&cf=formatinfo&clink=dmvi-ks.20/mystery_science_theater/ctx=mid:3,pid:1800257290,pdid:3,t:1,ht:,pos:1,date:20030607,srch:kw&__yltc=s:39824044,d:14612475,src:srch,v:20,w:t,k:mystery_science_theater,pos:1,ppos:1) a long drive might be cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199/20 "2003-06-07T18:48:24Z")
Yeah, those are the prices I was thinking of, although $112 is actually cheaper than many other listings I’ve seen. Anyways, cary on with the movie listing[/hijack] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-good-movies-to-rent/180199.md?page=2)