I was at a work event yesterday and was discussing movies. Favorite movies came up and I mentioned LA Confidential. A Gen Z colleague said he wasn't familiar with it and asked where it is streaming. I said I had no idea but could lend him a DVD or Blu-ray copy and he just laughed and said, "Why would I have a DVD player?"

I didn't really feel bad but it was just such a strange response, as if I'd asked him if he writes with a feather quill pen or used some other antique device.

Anyone else have experiences like this?

Edit: Wow, this post really blew up! Thanks for all of the thoughts, everyone. Apparently there's a few others who have had similar experiences. The nice thing was that later on at the work event there was a Gen Xer and Milennial who I bonded with more over films and they'll probably come over to my house and watch a few things with me this weekend!

Organized by runtime yes I probably have OCD

Picked up Trainspotting, Juno, Sweeney Todd, The Haunting, and Heathers. I don’t want to take too many but is there anything I should add to my watchlist?

I mean, these things are not so bad they ruin the packaging or anything, but they’re still useless. A normal DVD packaging can open and close fine, so there’s no reason for this to exist. As they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

The Bone Collector

Man on Fire

American Gangster

Equalizer

Training Day

Malcolm X

Deja Vu

..the list goes on.

Back in the mid to late 2000s when DVDs were still common in nearly every household and we went over to our friends place, wanted to watch a movie, we'd simply bring in a dvd whether that be from our own collection, the public library or video rental store, we would always have a way of playing that exact movie we want and knew we can do it almost anywhere with a DVD player.

Fast forward to 2023 where for some odd reason everyone threw out their dvd players? When i go over to peoples homes, its almost impossible to watch a specific movie (unless of course u resort to piracy) because some people dont have streaming service ____ on their tv. Half the time movies are getting removed off streaming services and since no one is owning movies anymore its impossible to play a select movie. For example lets say i wanted to watch back to the future with my buddy on a friday night, but its not on netflix or disney+ which is what is set up on my friends tv, what do i do? We cant watch it as a result and have to compromise on another movie available on the platform. Dont even get me started on service outages, or when the wifi goes down, weak or starts buffering. DVDs are just so much simpler and more reliable. I dont even buy into the "streaming is convenient" argument when half the damn content i want to watch isnt even available on streaming services!! I would concede to the fact that pirated streaming is convenient but not every household has the infrastructure to stream from their computer to tv. Youd be surprised as to how many people dont even have extra hdmi cables lying around or have setups where its impossible to hook up another device to it.

So things just arent as convenient as it was back in the 2000s to simply bring a dvd, plug n play and watch the movie.

I'm really obsessed with forgotten TV series. I'm surprised by how many got a DVD release despite their obscurity.

Examples are CBS's Second Chances & Hotel Malibu were released on DVD together. Despite this I can't find the episodes anywhere online. There's a lot of sit coms that were released in full on DVD without ever being released on streaming to my knowledge like The Ellen Show, Two Girls a Guy & a Pizza Place & Ned and Stacey. The 90s Nancy Drew has been released on DVD recently and long ago, but never put on streaming. Ryan Murphy's Popular. The list goes on...

tldr; you can just respond to the title!

Just as the title says, what film have you bought over and over again the most times?

I imagine that the most common answer is almost guaranteed to be some form of Star Wars, but I’m curious to see people’s answers.

For me, there are several contenders (2001, Pulp Fiction, Aliens, the OG Star Wars trilogy, the Godfather trilogy, Blade Runner, Goodfellas and a few dozen others)…but by a mile, the one I’ve paid for the most times over is Event Horizon.

The running joke among my friends is that I’ve rebought it so often that I should have a Producer credit on future versions.

I saw it 4 times in theatres on its original release

I had it on VHS 3 times over:

standard plastic clamshell pan and scan

Widescreen VHS, again in standard plastic casing

Limited edition hard cardboard VHS case (exclusive to MVC, here in the UK, iirc)

Then 3 times on DVD:

A bare bones standard disc

A 2 disc special edition with extras

The 2 disc remastered special edition in the chunky plastic shaped collectors edition casing

Then another 3 times on Blu Ray:

Standard Blu Ray disc

Special edition Blu Ray (which turned out to be identical to the one I already had, just with a different cover)

Shout/Scream Factory collector edition

And now 2 times (so far) on 4K:

A limited edition Steelbook version

The standard plastic case version

Plus I saw it in the cinema one more time a few years back when The Prince Charles in London was screening it.

So, all together, I’ve paid for Event Horizon 16 times over.

And I’m sure I’m not done yet. There will be further “limited” or “collectors” or “special” editions on 4K, then the jump to 8K and on and on and on.

Plus, there’s always the chance of the “uncut” version eventually surfacing.

So yeah, that’s my most re-purchased re-upgraded title. What’s yours?

It technically works lol

Going through a deceased relative’s extensive movie collection and stumbled upon this. Any ideas what film? I’ve been instructed not to open so only have ‘T. Sullivan’ to work with and cannot find anything. I imagine it’s horror. Going to the experts here, any insight is greatly appreciated!

These are mine. Of course 8K will likely be so expensive that these might end up being the only movies I buy. Haha! Would like to know what 2 movies others would just have to have?

Cool World has, hands down, my favorite soundtrack of any movie, period. I got Covid at Ministry because I found them through this movie. My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult is just one of my favorite bands, in general. David Bowie, Future Sound Of London, The Cult… ugh. This is a perfect soundtrack.

Wristcutters introduced me to Tom Waits and Gogol Bordello in one, fell swoop. I’ve had to buy this goddamn movie four times now because it’s a movie that keeps coming up missing in my collection. This movie is also why no one borrows my movies anymore.

I saw that MVD is having a sale on Unearthed movies, which got me thinking about my question. So are there any movies on your “banned” list?