I just saw a #7filmstoknowme hashtag and I want to try one. I'm not sure how many films speak to who I am, but that'd be more interesting than just putting my favourites out there.

I guess what I'll try to do is pick movies that touch me, where the central theme has meaning.

This list is alphabetized, as I don't want the ordering to itself have meaning.

After Hours (1985)
AI (2001)
Faust (Jan Švankmajer, 1994)
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
The SIlence of the Lambs (1991)
Titanic (1997)
What Dreams May Come (1998)

I just saw this hashtag and thought sure, why not. It was kind of an interesting thing to think about, none of my totally obsessive favorites.

#7FilmsToKnowMe

Gaslight
A Patch of Blue
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
The Trouble With Angels
Another Country
Drive My Car
Mean Streets

OMG, it's not just me! I love love love this film. Face the fears.

#7FilmsToKnowMe it was my #3 position.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/27/defending-your-life-my-feelgood-movie

#7filmstoknowme

The Breakfast Club (1985)

The Final Girls (2015)

Back to the Future (1985)

Die Hard (1988)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Beetlejuice (1988)

I missed this meme a few months ago, but: #7FilmsToKnowMe #7MoviesToKnowMe

Bladerunner
Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy
Alien 3
Prometheus
Ghostbusters
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Buckaroo Banzai

Here's my 7 horror films to get to know me. (It wasn't easy to pare it down to just 7...)

#TheWickerMan (1973)
#InTheMouthOfMadness (1994)
#TheForest (2016)
#TheHouseOnHauntedHill (1959)
#TheVVitch (2015)
#Session9 (2001)
#CarnivalOfSouls (1962)

#7filmstoknowme
#sevenfilmstoknowme
#horror
#HorrorMovies

In an earlier #TwitterMigration phase, the #7FilmsToKnowMe intro went around. It was fun. I found some people to follow who shared my tastes.

I was delighted to find others who loved Albert Brooks' "Defending Your Life".

Anyway, if that was you--my housemate spotted this thing today and gave it to me. Now I give it to you.

#AlbertBrooksHBO #DefendingMyLife

https://youtu.be/L5pRaWnClyo?si=eIxA0jqiXL_1iqcP

I've consolidated my toots to clean up how many things are pinned to the top of my profile. (Cat & Dog pics at bottom)

My original (and so far only) introduction: https://social.raytec.co/@mike/109337547914792612

My #7FilmsToKnowMe: https://social.raytec.co/@mike/109735964168285660

A post about the local effects of climate change: https://social.raytec.co/@mike/110689553744246650

A post about the fascist Heritage Foundation's plans to instate Trump as a dictator: https://social.raytec.co/@mike/111288399006384312

A thread about far-right grifters posing as leftists: https://social.raytec.co/@mike/111307512766324253

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