# Suggest a Completely Inappropriate Movie for a Work Party **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453 "2006-05-12T01:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 12, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/41 "2006-05-12T16:25:58Z")
_Runaway Jury_ and _Elephant_ both have killing-spree scenes (at a law firm and a school, respectively), so that could put people on edge a bit. šŸ˜ƒ Pretty much any hard-R or X-rated movie could make it an office party to remember! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/42 "2006-05-12T16:50:50Z")
Blazing Saddles ``` & ``` Schindlerā€™s List ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/43 "2006-05-12T17:34:40Z")
Oh, and ā€œNatural Born Killersā€ is probably not work appropriate on a number of levels too. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/44 "2006-05-12T18:17:46Z")
> [@porcupine](#): > > Iā€™m in corporate IT for a large consulting/outsourcing company. Tough nut to crack . . . I canā€™t think of any film that would be particularly disturbing to people in the IT business or in the consulting/outsourcing biz . . . Since ā€œoutsourcingā€ is sometimes a synonym/euphemism for ā€œgetting fired,ā€ how about **Fun With Dick and Jane?** ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/45 "2006-05-12T21:27:49Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > And I think **Cervaise** may have been thinking of **Cannibal Holocaust** , which features actual footage of animals being killed, including a very prolonged and graphic turtle-butchering scene. Yep, thatā€™d be a good one. Nudge nudgeā€¦ thereā€™s more than one of these. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/46 "2006-05-13T20:19:04Z")
Lots of good ones. Iā€™ve added a number to my rental list. Some, I think, I will avoid, though. Others that come to mind: A History of Violence Team America: World Police ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/47 "2006-05-13T20:21:35Z")
Pink Flamingos (1972) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/48 "2006-05-13T20:45:40Z")
_Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas._ > **[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120669/)** > > Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Michael Lee Gogin. An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades. > [@](#): > > An adaptation of Hunter S. Thompsonā€™s novel of the same name. The film details a whacky search for the ā€œAmerican Dreamā€, by Thompson and his crazed, Samoan lawyer. Fueled by the massive amount of drugs they purchased with an advance from a magazine to cover a sporting event in Vegas; they set out in the Red Shark. Encountering police, reporters, gamblers, racers, and hitchhikers; they search for some undefinable thing know only as the ā€œAmerican Dreamā€ and find fear, loathing and hilarious adventures into the dementia of the modern American West. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/49 "2006-05-14T05:25:27Z")
I commend to you [ā€œHow To Get Ahead In Advertisingā€](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097531/) a simply spiffing movie which is absolutely perfect to watch with cow-orks! Heck, large segments of it are all about workā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/50 "2006-05-14T05:57:28Z")
Iā€™m surprised nobodyā€™s mentioned [THE BROWN BUNNY.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330099/) I personally like this movie, but many people think itā€™s the worst film ever made. You be the judge. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/51 "2006-05-14T06:08:33Z")
Young Adam Pet Sematary Schindlerā€™s List Flowers in the Attic Caligula ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/52 "2006-05-15T07:47:52Z")
Naked Lunch (anything by Cronenberg would do, really, but this is my #1 recommendation. Nothing says ā€œwork partyā€ like talking anuses! Good times.) Last Tango in Paris Trainspotting ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/53 "2006-05-15T13:27:22Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > _How to Suceed in Business Without Really Trying_, Sing along with Jerry Lewis in _What Kind of Fool am I?_. A weird movie that is too often forgotten. Believe it or not, it has been done. A friend who works at Lucent once had a department outing scheduled to see the stage play, until management realized that it was, ah . . . somewhat out of step with contemporary business norms. For a sales department, you canā€™t go wrong with _Glengarry Glen Ross_. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/54 "2006-05-15T13:38:46Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > [_Eraserhead_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/) is probably completely inappropriate for _any_ gathering. I actually showed it about a decade ago at a chuch singles gathering. No, I was not driven from that church. Yes, any film recommendations by me are still viewed with suspicion. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/55 "2006-05-15T13:41:57Z")
> [@jellyblue](#): > > Naked Lunch (anything by Cronenberg would do, really, but this is my #1 recommendation. Nothing says ā€œwork partyā€ like talking anuses! Especially popular with the gals in the Typing Pool! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/56 "2006-05-15T13:58:49Z")
Aww, someone already picked Requiem for a Dream and Doom Generation. I think the follow up to DG, [Nowhere](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119809/) might be a better choice, though. I mean, DG doesnā€™t have aliens, and arenā€™t aliens something that reminds you of coworkers more than garden shear mutilations do? Anyway, Iā€™m going to suggest [Wicked](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120088/) instead. You could play it off as ā€œI havenā€™t heard much about this independent film, but I know it took a while to find someone to distribute it on DVD. Probably because Julia Stiles wasnā€™t well known yet.ā€ šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/57 "2006-05-15T14:26:00Z")
I specialize in inappropriate movies. I vote for [Alucarda](http://www.terrortrap.com/reviews/alucarda/). Wildly over the top Mexican horror movie about nuns who worship Satan and then flip out and go on a killing spree. Kinda. Thereā€™s a satanic goat orgy, screaming, lesbians, screaming, lots of burning and carnage and screaming and a literal blood bath. Good clean fun. Your coworkers will love you for it. Iā€™ve reduced an entire room of people to a fetal position with this film. Another choice would be [Robo Vampire](http://www.encyclopedia-obscura.com/moviesrobovampire.html), but I think your coworkers might stab you to death for that. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/58 "2006-05-15T14:51:55Z")
Pretty much anything with a description that includes any of the following wordsā€¦ ā€œgoryā€ any-ā€œfestā€ ā€œbukkakeā€ ā€œhentaiā€ should clear a room of co-workers in no time. šŸ˜ƒ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/59 "2006-05-16T01:16:14Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Anyway, Iā€™m going to suggest [Wicked](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120088/) instead. You could play it off as ā€œI havenā€™t heard much about this independent film, but I know it took a while to find someone to distribute it on DVD. Probably because Julia Stiles wasnā€™t well known yet.ā€ šŸ˜‰ Iā€™ll just tell 'em I thought it was a version of the broadway musical. This reminds me, about 10 years ago I had a Lynch-o-Rama party with showings of Blue Velvet and Eraserhead. It was a very exclusive guest list. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453/60 "2006-05-16T14:28:56Z")
How about **Demonlover** , a mainstream French film about a large corporation that apparently does major real estate deals but plans to REALLY make money distributing adult Japanese cartoons, and also has an adult website somehow related to the management. It features Jennifer Tilly and Chloe Sevigny and is not porn, but it is VERY silly ā€“ but not intentionally so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-completely-inappropriate-movie-for-a-work-party/356453.md?page=4)