If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about?
If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about?
300
Let them think humanity is 99% buff oily badasses in speedos who will gladly fuck you up until their dying breath.
Don't Look Up - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_look_up_2021
Sort of summarizes the total shit-show that current politicians and billionaires are responsible for.
Idiocracy
Idiocracy.
Just the entire Cunk on Earth series.
100% factual information about human history.
Independence Day. Tell them it's a documentary.
Orgasmo. The '97 one, not the '69 one. ... fuck it, also the '69 one. Make it a double-feature.
Shocked nobody's mentioned 'Mars Attacks.'
You should show them my latest movie that I can't promote right now.
They would be so confused, it would be hilarious.
Schindler's List
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.
Spaceballs
Obviously the complete Stargate franchise. Humans don't put up with aliens tryin' to pull any shit.
The Gods Must Be Crazy. I think it shows the absurdity of our modern civilization in a lighthearted way.
Honestly, Contact.
Arrival I think would be a great choice.
Obviously the greatest documentary ever committed to film: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
The Invention of Lying
Doctor Zhivago. And when they inevitably fall asleep. I’m jacking that Ufo.
If I could get away with a miniseries, James Burke's Connections.
Or Cunk on Earth. It's a toss-up.
I just came here to upvote every "Idiocracy" comment
Napoleon dynamite pretty much sums it up. I intensely dislike the film but it's pretty indicative of the human condition.
District 9
Letting them know what mankind is all about seems like a terrible idea. We're jerks.
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.
Hellraiser II
Wall-E. Sums it up pretty well
Full Metal Jacket.
gremlins 2
shrek 2
Salò.
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Fun fact: I have watched none of the movies listed here in the comments
Earth Girls Are Easy
Half Baked
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) by Peter Jackson.
“The Final Member”
It’s a documentary about the worlds first penis museum in Iceland trying to finally secure a human specimen
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Shawshank Redemption
Nobody has mentioned porn. We try and say things in our great works of art but maybe they'd learn more from what we make when we're trying to say nothing at all.
Rocco's Animal Trainer #3.
Requiem for a dream
Magnolia
End of ze world.
Samsara
Either point break or bad boys 2.
A youtube compliation of high tension powerlines exploding.
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Schindler's list. Yeah aliens. It's like that. Go ahead and end us thx.
"Come and See" is my top pick. I think the main thing to get across to aliens is not intimate details about our culture but rather an honest look at our faults.
"Look, this movie is how we are at our worst and our best. Both sides represent some facet of humanity. But for every evil humanity wrought upon ourselves, there were people who fought against it to the death."
Under the Skin (2014)
L'Arroseur Arrosé. That will show them not to block the sunlight with their ship.
(It would also show them our love for beauty, aour dependency on water, sense of humour and sense for justice.)
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Harry Potter; you'll understand every conflict on earth.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 100%.
Revenge of The Nerds
Brazil.
Great photography. Great actors good sets. Relatable charachters. And it perfectly encapsulates the curent trends of the world.
Mars Attacks!
Citizen Kane.
Scary Movie 3
If you know what i mean 😉
Silent night, deadly night 2
“American Movie”
Nothing summarizes the dream of freedom and creativity of the human species in the face of incompetency like “American Movie”
A documentary about a couple of regular dudes trying to make a horror movie
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Clockwork Orange
Dark Waters
Mishima: A Life in Four Parts Playtime Aguirre, the Wrath of God Koyaanisqatsi Enter The Void Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Once Upon a Time in the West
And just for shits
Visitor Q
Swap.avi
Something meaningful from Robin Williams. The Fisher King comes to mind.
Minority Report
zeitgeist
Mongolia
A certain sci fi movie from 1992
Predator
Pacific
Maybe they’ll end us quick
The French Dispatch
Aliens or Predator both have our beautiful military boys and girls getting got by our alien overlords.
WHATS UP JERKS
GEOSTORM
Apocalypse Now