Let's think of some recommendations that would make great double features. You know, next time your at the rental store and have an entire Friday or Saturday night to kill and want to spend it watching a couple of movies with related themes or two movies that compliment each other in some way.



* North by Northwest and Charade
* Stand by Me and The Sandlot
* Fitzcarraldo and The Mosquito Coast
* Freaks and Even Dwarfs Started Small
* East of Eden and Hud
* Bonjour Tristesse and La Dolce Vita
* All Quiet on the Western Front and Born on the Fourth of July
* Repulsion and The Tenant
* In a Lonley Place and Where the Sidewalk Ends
* The Wizard of Oz and Labyrinth
* Beauty and the Beast and The Secret Garden
* Love and a .45 and Natural Born Killers
* The Last Picture Show and American Graffiti
* The Lost Boys and Near Dark
* Paper Moon and Curly Sue
* The Search and Life Is Beautiful
* Rio Bravo and El Dorado
* Red River and City Slickers
* The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and City Slickers II
* The Misfits and The Lusty Men

Some that come to mind:

"The Iron Giant" and "The Incredibles"
"American Graffiti" and "Diner"
"The Last Picture Show" and "Paper Moon"
"Smiles of a Summer Night" and "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy"
"The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries"
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "Dazed and Confused"
"An American Werewolf in London" and "The Howling"
"Gunga Din" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"
"The Trouble With Harry" and "Manhattan Murder Mystery"
"Wings" and "Hell's Angels"
"Grand Illusion" and "The Rules of the Game"
"Casablanca" and "Play It Again, Sam"
"Fury"(1936) and "The Ox-Bow Incident"
"Dial M For Murder" and "Wait Until Dark"
"Bringing Up Baby" and "What's Up, Doc?"
"My Man Godfrey"(1936) and "Nothing Sacred"
"Vertigo" and "Bell, Book and Candle"
"The Mark of Zorro"(1940) and "The Black Swan"
"The Crimson Pirate" and "The Flame and the Arrow"
"Easy Rider" and "Five Easy Pieces"
"The Maltese Falcon" and "Chinatown"
"The Innocents" and "The Haunting"(1963)
"Sabrina"(1954) and "Love in the Afternoon"
"The Caine Mutiny" and "Mutiny on the Bounty"(1935)
"The Adventures of Robin Hood"(1938) and "Captain Blood"
"Jewel Robbery" and "Trouble in Paradise"
"You Can't Take It With You" and "The Young in Heart"
"Z" and "Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion"
"Cabaret" and "I Am a Camera"
"Dr. Strangelove" and "Fail-Safe"
"The Shop Around the Corner" and "Heaven Can Wait"(1943)
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Celebration"

There's more, but I've got to go do something.


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I'm back!

"The Guns of Navarone" and "Where Eagles Dare"
"Pillow Talk" and "Lover Come Back"(1961)
"The Train" and "Von Ryan's Express"
"Little Big Man" and "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
"The Little Foxes" and "Another Part of the Forest"
"High Noon" and "Gunfight at the OK Corral"
"Becket" and "The Lion in Winter"
"Unforgiven" and "Open Range"
"The Graduate" and "Midnight Cowboy"
"Deliverance" and "Pulp Fiction"
"Straw Dogs" and "A Clockwork Orange"
"2001:A Space Odyssey" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
"These Three" and "The Children's Hour"
"Metropolis" and "Things to Come"
"Alexander Nevsky" and "Conan the Barbarian"
"Meet the Feebles" and "Team America: World Police" (Forgive my French)
"Frankenstein"(1931) and "Frankenweenie"
"The Bride of Frankenstein" and "Gods and Monsters"
"The Son of Frankenstein" and "Young Frankenstein"
"Dodge City"/"Destry Rides Again" and "Blazing Saddles"
"National Velvet" and "The Black Stallion"
"The Wizard of Oz" and "Meet Me in St. Louis"
"The Flight of the Phoenix" (1966) and "The Spirit of St. Louis"
"Friendly Persuasion" and "Shenandoah"
"Twelve Angry Men" and "Anatomy of a Murder"
"The Pawnbroker" and "Schindler's List"
"Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down"
"Alien" and "The Thing"(1982)
"Aliens" and "Starship Troopers"
"Basic Instict" and "Fatal Attraction"
"The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men"(1939)
"One Foot in Heaven" and "The Stars in My Crown"
"The Wild Bunch" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "What's Up, Tiger Lily?"
"Blithe Spirit" and "A Matter of Life and
Death"(aka "Stairway to Heaven")
"Hobson's Choice" and "The Importance of Being Earnest"(1952)
"The Lavender Hill Mob" and "The Wrong Arm of the Law"
"i know where i'm going!" and "Whiskey Galore!"
"Paths of Glory" and "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
"Europa, Europa" and "Olivier, Olivier"
"My Father's Glory" and "My Mother's Castle"
"Gigi" and "Fanny"
"Pygmalion" and "My Fair Lady"
"Romeo and Juliet"(1968) and "West Side Story"
"Anna and the King of Siam" and "The King and I"
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "An Angel on My Shoulder"
"Gone With the Wind" and "Jezebel"
"The Heiress" and "To Each His Own"
"Remember the Night" and "Double Indemnity"
"Umberto D" and "La Strada"
"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "One From the Heart"
"The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" and "Buffet Froid"
"The Iron Giant" and "E.T. The Extraterrestrial"
"Antz" and "A Bug's Life"
"Alice in Wonderland"(Disney) and "Dumbo"
"Fantasia" and "Allegro Non Troppo"
"Bambi" and "Bambi vs. Godzilla"
"Moulin Rouge"(1952) and "Lust For Life"
"A Letter to Three Wives" and "People Will Talk" (1951)
"All the King's Men" and "Bob Roberts"
"North by Northwest" and "Silver Streak"
"The Man Who Knew Too Much"(1956) and "Foul Play"
"Harold and Maude" and "Cactus Flower"
"The Lady Vanishes" and "Murder on the Orient Express"
"Macbeth"(1971) and "Frenzy"
"Psycho" and "The Birds"
"Elmer Gantry" and "The Miracle Woman"
"Jaws" and "Moby Dick"(1956)
"The Big Country" and "Giant" (You have to reserve 6+ hours, not including intermission!)

Wow, there's only about 11,028 more, so shut the #*+& up and die!!!, or at least go to bed, already.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: mark f,

I know this may be considered BS, but just jump in with a double bill which YOU enjoy seeing. This isn't a pissing contest. I just keep thinking of some, so I edit the post and add more. I know, I now have 101 double bills. So what? Maybe just one of your double bills will mean something to somebody else. That's all. Don't worry about what kind of movies or anything. Just get the discussion going because I might end up with about a 1000 double bills and nobody else will even post one. What good is that?

I think BOTH "Dodge City" and "Destry Rides Again" are on TCM tonight, back-to-back. They were half (take your pick, or watch them as a double bill) of my double bill with "Blazing Saddles" since each inspired part of Mel Brooks' film.

"RainMan" and "Radio"
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and "American Pie"
"X-men" and "The Matrix"
"Dazed and Confused" and "Half-Baked"
"Twister" and "Volcano"
"Holes" and "Heavyweights"
"A few good men" and "Men of Honor"
"Memento" and "Identity"
"Man on Fire" and "The Punisher"
"Jaws" and "Anaconda" (Neither are great movies but good together)
"Lilo and Stitch" and "Finding Nemo"
"Goodfellas" and "Blow"

I'm not as good as Mark so I might think of some more later.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: St. Mike,

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Originally posted by Mike:
"Holes" and
"Jaws" and "Anaconda" (Neither are great movies but good together)

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"Holes" and what?

I guess you haven't checked my posts, but "Jaws" is tied for #1 on my All-Time list, and "Anaconda" is much-worse than you implied. I'm just wondering if this means you DON'T have to see "The Incredibles" now.

I fixed it. But about "Jaws" I realize that it was groundbreaking but I just don't think that it is a great movie. And yes "Anaconda" is much worse than "Jaws:" I know but they are a pretty good match. I will go see "The Incredibles" soon but I was just implying my laziness as to the fact that I am unable to walk across the street to go do something, but would feel stupid if I drove. It sounds like a really good movie.

I will add a couple more:

"Aliens" and "Predator" (Obvious one)
"Gone in Sixty Seconds" and "Gone in Sixty Seconds" *Original and Remake (The original is so much better, of course)
"The Usual Suspects" and "Fight Club"
"Saving Silverman" and "Orange County"
"Orange County" and "Stealing Harvard"
"Rasing Arizona" and "Joe Dirt"

"Halloween" and "Scream"

"Alexander" and "Troy"

"Toys" and "Toy Solidiers"

"Armageddon" and "Deep Impact"

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and "Looney Tunes: Back in Action" <-- Best Double Bill in THE WORLD (im an animation whore)

"Leaving Las Vegas" and "Love Liza"

"EdTV" and "The Truman Show"

"Man on the Moon" and "Ray"

"Crumb" and "American Splendor"

"Friday Night Lights" and "Remember the Titans"

"Raw" and "Daddy Day Care"

"Baby Geniuses" and "Baby's Day Out"

"Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Igby Goes Down"

"Con-air" and "Desperate Measures"
"Dreamcatcher" and "The Shining"
"The Matrix" and "Kill Bill: Vol. 1"
"A Knight's Tale" and "Timeline"
"Big Trouble" and "Joe Somebody"
"The Italian Job" and "Catch me if you can" *Remakes
"Dawn of the Dead" and "28 days later" (Great Zombie thrillers back-to-back)
"13 Ghosts" and "Ghost Ship"


On a side note, what do you think is the worst double bill?

"Oceans Eleven" and "Oceans Eleven"

"Manhunter" and "Red Dragon"

"Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"

"The Ice Storm" and "Hulk"

"Gummo" and "Bully"

"The Brave Little Toaster" and "Pink Floyd: The Wall"

"Farenheit 9/11" and "Celsius 41.11"

"Super Size Me" and "Bowling for Morgan"

"Scary Movie 3" and "Airplane II: the sequel"

"Signs" and "The Birds"

"The Others" and "The Sixth Sense"

"Shaft" (1999) and "Jackie Brown"

"Showgirls" and "Emmanuelle"

"Me, Myself and Irene" and "julien donkey-boy"

"The Good Girl" and "Donnie Darko"

"Donnie Darko" and "Fight Club"

"george washington" and "Kids"

"Life" and "Bowfinger"

"Malcom X" and "Do the Right Thing"

"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and "Moulin Rouge!"

Some seriously obvious ones

Kill Bill and Kill Bill 2

LoTR 1 and LoTR 2

LoTR 2 and LoTR 3

Blair Witch and The Others

Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremecy

The Shining and 2001 a space odyssey

Eternal Sunshine and The Truman Show

Eternal Sunshine and Being John Malkovich

Edward Scissorhands and Nightmare before Christmas

Shrek and Finding Nemo

Shark Tale and Finding Nemo

The Godfather and Scarface

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Originally posted by Mike:
I fixed it. But about "Jaws" I realize that it was groundbreaking but I just don't think that it is a great movie. And yes "Anaconda" is much worse than "Jaws:" I know but they are a pretty good match. I will go see "The Incredibles" soon but I was just implying my laziness as to the fact that I am unable to walk across the street to go do something, but would feel stupid if I drove. It sounds like a really good movie.

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I agree that Jaws is terribly overrated but to say Anaconda is better is just plain wrong.

I didn't say "Anaconda" was better I just said that they were both bad, "Anaconda" being the worst of the two.

eh sorry. Reading comprehension can be a problem for an idiot like me.

No problem, I just had the same thing happen to me in another post.