My wife and I were talking about this tonight. For me it was Zoolander on TBS that I watched randomly one night in college. I thought it was hilarious, but I’ve never been motivated to go watch it bring that, even though I’m sure I’m missing something funny. For her it’s Shawshank Redemption.

I thought it would make for a dub discuss topic. So what’s yours?

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LEFT_SQUARE_BRACKET_ t1_iuc3zzm wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:55 AM

Discovery channel made a TV movie for the "Haunting in Connecticut" story. It's actually better than the million dollar box office movie with the same title, it even came out far sooner, nearly 20 years ago.

Give it a watch, you'll be scared

kenlasalle t1_iuc6j1k wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:24 AM

Best movie I've ever seen? Easy. 1971's Duel. Steven Spielberg's debut film was a TV movie and I was 6 years old. My mom had no idea what we were about to see and, though I was 6 or because I was 6, that film was tense, riviting - and very unlike anything else on TV in 1971. It came completely out of nowhere and I still remember how great it was all these years later.

blackhawks-fan t1_iubz9ig wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:05 AM

I don't watch movies on TV. I hate the editing and commercial drive me mad. Commercials during a movie is infuriating.

I haven't waty "regular-ass TV" at all since 2015.

HoselRockit t1_iubzr7c wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:10 AM

I only saw the movie Jeremiah Johnson on regular TV. I rented it once from Blockbuster because I thought my daughter might like it. I told her it was fairly humorous. What I didn’t realize all those years was it a lot of the violence was edited out. This day I still get grief about telling them that Jeremiah Johnson was a comedy.

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Noflimflamfilmphan t1_iuc3mju wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:51 AM

Die Hard.
It's always been on my long list of films I want to see sometime, but I just never got around to watching it until I caught it on TV.
Was on a year or two ago when I was visiting my parents, who have TV and cable.
My dad commented, "People are saying this is a Christmas movie now, huh?"

igoslowly t1_iucxb89 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:32 AM

a christmas story

RealVerniciousKnid t1_iudww8v wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:25 PM

Oh hell yeah. You just kicked me in the nostalgia.

Eric_the_Bastard t1_iuc18gc wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:25 AM

Over here we come only had 2 channels until the late 80's. State TV has shown a lot of the classics through the years. Especially before the millenium shift. Now we have much more channels (most are commercial) and a few of them still pump out some good stuff from time to time.

WatchMoreMovies t1_iuc1byr wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:26 AM

Ghostbusters 2. I know a lot of people don't like 2 but I loved it growing up, taped it off of TV and rewatched it several times but none since back then.

tomandshell t1_iuc8lyn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:50 AM

I haven’t seen Shawshank Redemption in a theater, and that’s probably the best movie that I’ve only experienced on my TV at home. I’m pretty sure that all the rest of my favorite movies have been seen on the big screen at some point in my life.

FoxOntheRun99 t1_iucut8e wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:01 AM

I grew up watching a lot of TV and video rentals. So a lot of famous films like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Shawshank Redemption I caught while channel surfing. Amazing films that I was utterly transfixed with when I stumbled across.

HardSteelRain t1_iud6glt wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:07 PM

Blair Witch Project..wish I had seen it in the theatre. Bought the vhs and we watched it on Thanksgiving night. Still the only movie that gives me chills

HailThunder t1_iudbt9x wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:53 PM

Snakes on a plane TV edit.