# Movies to watch while self-quarantined. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558 "2020-03-16T01:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/41 "2020-03-20T13:24:27Z")
Outbreak The Happening ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/42 "2020-03-21T14:14:01Z")
[The Omega Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/) [Logan’s Run](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/?ref_=tt_sims_tt) [Once Upon a Time in America](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087843/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [The Girl with All the Gifts](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4547056/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/43 "2020-03-21T15:15:52Z")
[Osmosis Jones](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181739/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/44 "2020-03-21T16:56:32Z")
Why would you want to watch a movie about a pandemic? Don’t you get enough of that from the news? Better to get something cheerful. We watched _Farmageddon_ last night. Pick any Aardman Animations film: _Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit, The Pirates! Band of Misfits_, or _Arthur Christmas_. I also have a stash of Busby Berkeley musicals. If it got people through the Great Depression, it’s get you through hard times now. On Netflix, there’s _Derry Girls, Sex Education, Miss Fisher_, etc. Pluto TV lets you binge\* MST3K\*, classic _Doctor Who, Midsomer Murders_ and old sitcoms. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/45 "2020-03-21T17:46:38Z")
How about movies about the irony-deficient, **RealityChuck**? Do you have any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/46 "2020-03-21T18:06:42Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Why would you want to watch a movie about a pandemic? Don’t you get enough of that from the news? Because familiarity tends to diminish how scary something is which allows people to simply deal with it instead of being frightened out of their wits and panicking, maybe. First day at a new school or job, etc.? Terrifying. 150th day at that school or job? Just another day. Etc., etc. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/47 "2020-03-21T22:26:15Z")
A word of warning: don’t watch Contagion before Outbreak or it will be extra difficult to forgive how dumb Outbreak is. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/48 "2020-03-22T00:27:52Z")
Me…because i have attention problems, I’m watching two at once over a span of days. Day of Anger and Django Unchained I love both but, man Django Unchained makes me nervous so its hard to watch too much at once. Little story, when Day of Anger started, I thought “Man that theme is so kicking it should be in a Tarantino movie.” Well of course not only is it in Django Unchained…I had already seen the scene. I’m an idiot. So far the only other movie I’ve watched was Django (1966) Another great theme song. It was great. That one kept my attention. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/49 "2020-03-22T02:49:41Z")
Up until now I had only ever seen part of _Zero Hour!_, when I stumbled across it on MeTV or similar. Today I watched that, immediately followed by _Airplane!_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/50 "2020-03-22T03:51:37Z")
I’ve watched the following the last week: Bliss - OK, but nothing amazing Good Time - had high hopes, but was kind of disappointing Resident Evil - what a hilarious mess Resident Evil: Apocalypse - Almost better than the first one, but a mess Resident Evil: Extinction - Zombies + Mad Max 2 - George Miller = this movie(it was kind of bad) ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/51 "2020-03-22T09:05:25Z")
Just about to watch Limitless. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/52 "2020-03-22T09:43:49Z")
I am tempted to watch _Cats_. I may need convincing. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/53 "2020-03-22T12:51:35Z")
I’ve been working my way thru _Doc Martin_. I’d seen the first few seasons some time back, but I started again. I haven’t been in the mood for any movies, tho. We’ll see what happens in the coming days. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/54 "2020-03-22T13:04:24Z")
Watched the first Harry Potter movie last night. Might watch the second one tonight, or next weekend. We’re working from home, and we have a number of series on the DVR as well, so we don’t have as much time for movies. Also considering Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, plus the Marvel Cinematic Series movies. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/55 "2020-03-22T13:10:43Z")
[Sabato, domenica e lunedì](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098244/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_10) (1990, Lina Wertmüller), if you can find it. I saw it five or six years ago and, although I thought it was great fun, I’d like to see it again to confirm that impression. Not everyone’s going to like the plot, as it’s about a weekend that coincides with a crisis in a 30-year marriage and the making of Neapolitan ragù. Director Lina Wertmüller is strongly influenced by Fellini, so there’s intelligent humor along with the whining, yelling and screaming that you’d expect in an Italian film about the specter of jealousy. Check out her IMDB “full bio” [entry](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921631/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm) and comments on modern directors (bottom of page). I remember this film as being much more than just another of the “women+love+food” films that abounded in the 90s. I think it’s very hard to find, though. Looks like Amazon doesn’t carry it and I think it hasn’t even been reissued on DVD. I came across it in the wee hours as part of a very small local broadcaster’s cinema offering, and I haven’t seen even a mention of it anywhere since then. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/56 "2020-03-22T13:11:10Z")
On the Beach ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/57 "2020-03-22T14:23:00Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Not going to self quarantine, but if I was stuck in the house, I’d want something with great scenery like Open Range or Wind River. You posted this seven days ago. Changed your mind about staying home yet? > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Watched the first Harry Potter movie last night. Might watch the second one tonight, or next weekend. We’re working from home, and we have a number of series on the DVR as well, so we don’t have as much time for movies. > … I don’t think any of the later ones measure up to the first one, but maybe that’s just me. After a while I got lost in all the characters. It’s fun to watch the principals grow up. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/58 "2020-03-22T15:24:59Z")
I’ve got a stack of DVDs I’ve been pulling out and watching –Several episodes of Mystery Science Theater I either haven’t seen, or haven’t seen in a long time, like _I Was a Teenage Werewolf_ – Ray Harryhausen films, like _Seventh Voyage of Sinbad_ and _Jason and the Argonauts_ – Science Fiction – _John Carter of Mars_, _Ender’s Game_ – We’re almost finished watching the boxed set of All _Avengers_ episodes with Diana Rigg that friends gave us as a Christmas present over a year ago. – My wife and daughter, Pepper Mill and MilliCal, have been bingeing on Netflix. I’ve generally avoided this, but we did watch the three part BBC _Dracula_, which was interesting. Like the last time the BBC “adapted” Dracula (the one with David Suchet as Van Helsing), they’re trying to see how far they can push the envelope. This one was written by Doctor Who alumnus Steven Moffat. It’s interesting, but weird, with excellent dialogue. He clearly saw the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing/Hammer version before he wrote this. – I’ve been doing a lot of reading, going through my stack of saved-up books. I’ve been writing, as well – an apparently endless stream of editing chores for my _Wonderland_ book (I once told someone that you had better really LOVE what you’ve written, because you’re going to be reading it over and over and over again until you HATE it) – another optics article, a paper for my sometime work, a mathemnatical method I’ve been thinking about for years, and I hope to finally finish up a fantasy story I started last summer for my writing group. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/59 "2020-03-22T15:53:36Z")
Our family has been having some movie nights. We just saw _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ (a terrific Steve Martin/Michael Caine comedy we all love) and _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang_ (a childhood favorite that holds up pretty well). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-to-watch-while-self-quarantined/849558/60 "2020-03-22T15:54:41Z")
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