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[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 115 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Clicked through to say this.

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[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

History of the world: part 1

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I'm so disappointed there was never a part 2 made. That's one of my all-time favorite movies.

[–] Especially_the_lies@startrek.website 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Independence Day. Just run away, alien dudes! The xenophobia isn't worth it!

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Office space.

[–] TotallyHuman@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Schindler's List. Humans can be nasty, horrible, utterly evil. It's all too common. But some of us will work to do good. Some of us will push back and do what's right. There is evil in this world, but there is also goodness.

[–] austinfloyd@ttrpg.network 11 points 2 years ago

"Contact" for a similar reason. It's a mix of all motivations, along with people's general mistrust of each other.

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[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gilarelli@jlai.lu 10 points 2 years ago

The meaning of life too

[–] neptune@dmv.social 22 points 2 years ago (7 children)

The man from earth. That should confuse them.

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[–] EldVrangr@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My autistic ass would have them watch all three Lord of the Rings movies. Y'all need to find a better diplomat than me.

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[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago
[–] QwertySpace@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Avatar. We will destroy habitats to get what we want.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Us too! Anyway, we're building this hyperspace bypass..."

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[–] beteljuice@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Idiocracy.

Real answer though, 2001 a space odyssey.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

Idiocracy was honestly my first thought, but they wouldn't have all the cultural nuance required to understand it. Someone else said Don't Look Up, which I think would get through the irrationality a bit better.

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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Shard@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Independence Day.

I'll tell them it was a documentary. Or at least based on a true story.

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[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago

Just the entire Cunk on Earth series.

100% factual information about human history.

[–] dan@startrek.website 14 points 2 years ago

Independence Day. Tell them it's a documentary.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

History of the World: Part 1 seems pretty fitting.

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[–] chardiemacdennis@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

5th Element is the only correct answer.

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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago
[–] millie@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

Shocked nobody's mentioned 'Mars Attacks.'

[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

You should show them my latest movie that I can't promote right now.

They would be so confused, it would be hilarious.

[–] anolemmi@lemmi.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Life in a Day

Not a movie exactly, creators asked some basic questions and invited people to submit footage from a single day in July 2010. Exciting or mundane, anything.

It’s really well put together and always gives me a refreshed perspective on my place in the world.

They did it again in 2020, during the pandemic.

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[–] DLSantini@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Orgasmo. The '97 one, not the '69 one. ... fuck it, also the '69 one. Make it a double-feature.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Baraka... but they'd be 30 years out of sync with today :-)

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[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Schindler's List

[–] Jabbawacky@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago
[–] djmarcone@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Obviously the complete Stargate franchise. Humans don't put up with aliens tryin' to pull any shit.

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] SwearingRobin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The Gods Must Be Crazy. I think it shows the absurdity of our modern civilization in a lighthearted way.

[–] echoplex21@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Arrival I think would be a great choice.

[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Obviously the greatest documentary ever committed to film: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago

The Invention of Lying

[–] pexavc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
[–] sxan@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

If I could get away with a miniseries, James Burke's Connections.

Or Cunk on Earth. It's a toss-up.

[–] Sasuke@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago
[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Doctor Zhivago. And when they inevitably fall asleep. I’m jacking that Ufo.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Literally telling aliens that we will fuck shit up.

Stalker (1979) - You can leave your garbage and we'll think it's treasure.

Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) - Humanity is really just a bunch of idiots, stumbling through everything.

[–] rouxdoo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Double Feature: Ender's Game (2013) and Starship Troopers (1997) - then we serve them a sumptuous shellfish tower to discuss their surrender over dinner.

[–] Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Ender's Game was such a pile of shit (FYI, I love the book) even the anti-grav tag sequence couldn't absolve it. Swap it for District 9 and you're closer to the target - especially with the fookin' prawn dish.

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