Beauty, eh?
I think The Fifth Element is a timeless classic for reasons that are not readily apparent.
Speaking of which, here is a Lana Del Rey/Fifth Element mashup that is absurdly brilliant:
Ice Station Zebra has always done it for me. Ernest Borgnine as a Russian double agent! Patrick McGoohan as the MI6 spy! Rock Hudson as The Skipper! What more could you want?
“Ho-hum, a monster’s work is never done!” 
It’s the last bit that makes it. Something can almost always be fun to watch when it’s clear the people involved know that what they’re doing is silly and they lean into it.
I saw that in the drivein. It messed with my preteen head.
In 1975, I saw “Jaws” at a drive-in. Recently, I watched it for only the second time. I expected the clunky special effects would render it hopelessly dated. I was surprised. Although it could be done today with much better special effects, it would be a CGI gore-fest and look totally unrealistic. But what really puts “Jaws” over the top is the acting. Scheider, Shaw and Dreyfuss could never be improved upon, and that’s really what makes it still work after all this time.
Although it involved director Sam ‘Evil Dead’ Raimi, cult favourite actor Bruce Campbell and writer/directors the Coen Brothers the 1985 film Crimewave had a troubled production with studio interference, insufficient budget and most of those involved hated it and have disowned it. They don’t like it.
Now me? I think the mix of pulp fiction, horror, romance and comedy is great and it is one of my favourite films of all time.
TCMF-2L
I’ll second this.
Here’s a story:
A buddy and I were building some display cabinets for a shoe company once. We were using his backyard/garage shop so when we took breaks, we’d usually go into his house, turn the TV on and sit on the couch. One day we did this and turning the TV on brought us into the movie about halfway through, right where Corbin and Leelu arrive at the spaceport to go to Fhloston. We had no idea what was going on but it looked so cool, we ended up watching the last half of the movie. As we’re getting up to go back to work, they announce that the movie will start AGAIN at the top of the hour, in like 10 minutes. So we make some lunch, figuring we’ll watch the beginning now and have the complete film in our heads, then we’ll go back to work.
Well, when the movie ended, they announced that it was start again. So we watched it again. And again. And again. We didn’t get a damn thing done all day, we just kept watching Fifth Element over and over.
The second day we only watched it 3 times and we got a lot of work done, prolly even got caught up. But in a week I had watched that movie about 17 times. I got it on DVD and then on BR and I’ve seen it hundreds of times now.
BUT… anytime I see it playing, I have a hard time not dropping everything and watching it. It’s absolutely one of my favorite movies: nothing but fun, great acting, fantastic script, fucking perfect casting all-around, production values and designs that are nothing less than stunning… Luc Besson’s best film by far IMO.
Another movie that I watch anytime I can is The In-Laws. Perfect casting, great directing, an astounding script, fantastic cinematography and just funny, funny, funny. “Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!”
Reefer Madness has no redeeming qualities. I still love watching it.
Cool.
Have you ever noticed what sound the “sex rays” make?
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck…
When I first watched Goldfinger with my young son, he said skeptically, “For a top secret agent, James Bond sure gets captured a lot.”
You and Howard Hughes would have a lot to talk about.
“Dear Vince: At least we tried. All the best, John F. Kennedy.”
I totally agree about The Fifth Element. It’s just so much fun and I like the set design and costumes, and the way they created the aliens, spaceships and so forth. (And then I went to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets in the theater, hoping it would be as much fun. I was so disappointed. I do that a lot actually; if I like a director’s movie, I’ll seek out others made by him or her. Sometimes I’m happy but usually I’m disappointed.)
Valerian was a disaster in all the ways that 5E was not, but especially in the casting and the script. The casting was arguably worse than having Kyle “I’m made out of wood” Maclachlahn and Courtney “Look at me!” Love in the lead roles. And let’s not even delve into the shitty, misogynistic script…
I can tell you why. Because it’s delightfully cheesy, that’s why.
Hot pants with boots - check
Shelly Winters performing daring deeds of do - check
Leslie Nielsen playing it straight as a giant wave comes heading straight for his ship
“Oh. MY. God.” - check
I only wish it was on more often. Yes, I could buy a copy (I might even have one) but it’s more fun when it’s a delightful surprise.
I, uh, think you’re referring to the abovementioned Flesh Gordon (1974). 
I’ll add*** Journey to the Seventh Planet*** (1962) to the list. Not too long ago, I watched it on-line just to see if it was as wonderfully cheesy as I remembered, and it was. It’s hard to beat a lovely pair of Swedish boobs walking straight into the camera! :o
This far down, I’m surprised no one has mentioned Forbidden Planet or The Day the Earth Stood Still. When it comes to “holding up over time,” I’d say these two are strong contenders for first place.
Yes.
I just watched it again on TV last weekend.