to ask what movie I should watch tonight

MrsMattSantos · 2025-05-16T15:08:33+00:00

posting here for traffic, and to try to get a broader range of suggestions. But both DH and DD are out tonight so I have the house to myself, which never happens! looking for suggestions for a movie to watch - so what have you seen recently that’s been good? I have Sky, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Disney and Apple to choose from (yes, our bill for streaming services is😱)

Sillybillypoopoomummy · 16/05/2025 21:01

oh, and The Holdovers! loved it

purpleme12 · 16/05/2025 19:57

Where The Crawdads Sing

EleanorMc67 · 16/05/2025 19:55

Some favourites, a bit randomly chosen but all great watches (IMHO!!!):

Netflix:

Atlantics
Anatomy of a Fall
Femme
Tár

Disney:

Fresh
Stoker
Another Earth
Nightmare Alley
Poor Things

Prime:

Secretary
A Single Man
Berlin Syndrome
She Will

Sky:

The Invisible Man
Ex Machina

Added these from the free channels.

BBC iPlayer:

Blue Jean
Godland
Compartment No 6

All4:

Men
Petite Maman
Carol

Also, ones I've watched on Mubi recently, which are mostly also available elsewhere but are paid for not part of the subscriptions are:

Perfect Days
Past Lives
Decision to Leave
Holy Spider
The Taste of Things
Passages
How to Have Sex
Shirley

Perfect Days is exquisite & wonderful & life-affirming & worth every penny if you don't have Mubi!!! Anyway, that should give a few options for a few evenings ... 😁!!!

Btw - the JustWatch app is your friend. Save what you fancy watching, add what subscriptions & free channels you have, & it'll filter what's available to you in the country you're in. It's so useful.

21ZIGGY · 16/05/2025 19:44

ImRonBurgandy · 16/05/2025 19:29

A Real Pain

I had such hopes for this but it wasnt as good as the ad led to believe ... as with so many

ThirdStorm · 16/05/2025 19:41

I’m watching Ruthless People. It’s a firm favourite and a bit silly. I have the DVD but I think you can stream via Disney.

Gundogday · 16/05/2025 19:38

The Miracle Club - sweet little film starring Maggie Smith and Katy Burke , about a group of people going to Lourdes.

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MrsMattSantos · 16/05/2025 19:38

Hmmm, tempted by The Young Woman and the Sea, because it’s the kind of thing DH would never watch. But Speak No Evil also sounds good…
thanks

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HardbackPaperback · 16/05/2025 19:32

Goingawayistricky · 16/05/2025 19:03

Hanif Kureishi apparently started in porn. Although that’s Wikipedia so maybe I’m wrong.
There is a feel of masculine enjoyment of sex running through it. Although perhaps my lack of HRT is showing 😁

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Did he? I hosted him for a student event a million years ago and thought he was a wanker, and as I was about 20, I can’t blame HRT! All right, now I have to watch it.

foreverblowingbubbless · 16/05/2025 19:31

Where the Crawdads Sing

ImRonBurgandy · 16/05/2025 19:29

A Real Pain

Screamingabdabz · 16/05/2025 19:26

Not Conclave. It was a dud and nothing happens. Watch ‘The Leftovers’ which is a brilliant film.

Chasingsquirrels · 16/05/2025 19:15

We enjoyed The Young Woman and the Sea recently, Disney+.
About the first woman to swim the Channel.

Netcam · 16/05/2025 19:13

YellowOrangePink · 16/05/2025 19:06

Children of Men

Second this and Lunana - A Yak in the Classroom that OP suggested.

Sillybillypoopoomummy · 16/05/2025 19:12

Conclave, Stardust, Children of Men,The Shape of Water, Dune Pt1, Pride & Predujice (the Keira Knightley one), all of the Slow Horses series

Neveranynamesleft · 16/05/2025 19:11

Try a classic old one such as Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.

MrsPlantagenet · 16/05/2025 19:07

FanofLeaves · 16/05/2025 18:53

I watched Speak no Evil the other day, it really got under my skin! No one does quiet menace quite like James Mcavoy, (even when he played Mr Tummus 🤣) he was superb in this.

it’s a remake of a very dark Danish film but this is more psychological thriller, it’s a slow burn at first but the dialogue is great and it’s a very compelling watch.

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I watched that on a flight recently, I enjoyed it.

YellowOrangePink · 16/05/2025 19:06

Children of Men

flumposie · 16/05/2025 19:05

FanofLeaves · 16/05/2025 18:53

I watched Speak no Evil the other day, it really got under my skin! No one does quiet menace quite like James Mcavoy, (even when he played Mr Tummus 🤣) he was superb in this.

it’s a remake of a very dark Danish film but this is more psychological thriller, it’s a slow burn at first but the dialogue is great and it’s a very compelling watch.

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Agree. I dwelled on this for a while after viewing it.

Goingawayistricky · 16/05/2025 19:03

HardbackPaperback · 16/05/2025 18:49

Maybe I should give it a go. I thought it was written by Hanif Kureishi! And directed by Roger ‘Notting Hill’ Michell?

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Hanif Kureishi apparently started in porn. Although that’s Wikipedia so maybe I’m wrong.
There is a feel of masculine enjoyment of sex running through it. Although perhaps my lack of HRT is showing 😁

FanofLeaves · 16/05/2025 18:53

I watched Speak no Evil the other day, it really got under my skin! No one does quiet menace quite like James Mcavoy, (even when he played Mr Tummus 🤣) he was superb in this.

it’s a remake of a very dark Danish film but this is more psychological thriller, it’s a slow burn at first but the dialogue is great and it’s a very compelling watch.

Stripyzebrabra · 16/05/2025 18:51

Fight or Flight

Or since you have netflix Four Seasons is really good if you fancy a series binge

HardbackPaperback · 16/05/2025 18:49

Goingawayistricky · 16/05/2025 18:38

The rape is an equally older man forcing himself on the Anne Reid character. It’s not particularly graphic aside from his face/ noises. It’s probably more “grim” because you don’t see old people have sex let alone force themselves on others. .
The guy that wrote it used to write porn films and I think it shows in places.
However it was an interesting watch for lots of reasons. Especially since the “hunky hero” turns out to be a complete waster.

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Maybe I should give it a go. I thought it was written by Hanif Kureishi! And directed by Roger ‘Notting Hill’ Michell?

Summersunshinebliss · 16/05/2025 18:40

A simple favour and another simple favour 👌

Goingawayistricky · 16/05/2025 18:38

HardbackPaperback · 16/05/2025 18:22

I’ve always vaguely meant to watch The Mother, as everyone praises the two leads, and I really like Anne Reid, but am I wrong in thinking there’s a graphic rape and some violence?

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The rape is an equally older man forcing himself on the Anne Reid character. It’s not particularly graphic aside from his face/ noises. It’s probably more “grim” because you don’t see old people have sex let alone force themselves on others. .
The guy that wrote it used to write porn films and I think it shows in places.
However it was an interesting watch for lots of reasons. Especially since the “hunky hero” turns out to be a complete waster.

HardbackPaperback · 16/05/2025 18:22

Goingawayistricky · 16/05/2025 18:12

What do you like?

This week I watched The Mother. British film with Daniel Craig. A grandmother loses her husband and goes to stay with her son. Ends up shagging sons builder! Very different. Possibly slightly too graphic but good.

Lunana - A Yak in the Classroom. Fabulous cheery film set in a remote Bhutan village.

A sci go film Annihilation about a weird dome and what’s under it. Something original as it happens.

All Prime.

I’ve always vaguely meant to watch The Mother, as everyone praises the two leads, and I really like Anne Reid, but am I wrong in thinking there’s a graphic rape and some violence?