Top Ten Tuesdays

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Thanks everyone for your blaxploitation films lists – there are quite a few mentioned which I haven't seen and are now on my wish list.

This week is comedy similarly broad, with the definition of a 'fish out of water' film coming from the BFI:

"Cinema has long thrived on the plot device in which our heroes find themselves completely out of their depth in a new environment."

Think of films where one of the main characters isn't necessarily a real fish out of water, but someone in a completely alien environment and the drama, comedy, horror, or aspects of dramatic tension follow from them adapting to new cultural mores and others adapting to them.

FISH OUT OF WATER FILMS

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I have made a long list of 'fish out of water' films as they came to mind this morning, and have no idea how I'm going to cut it down to 10.

Some like It Hot
North by Northwest
Withnail & I
The Gold Rush
Army of Darkness
Roman Holiday
Midnight Cowboy
Trading Places
Walkabout
Get Out
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Sleepy Hollow
Being There
Deliverance
Hot Fuzz
Enchanted
Berbarian Sound Studio
Splash
Paddington
Demolition Man
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Edward Scissorhands
Ruggles of Red Gap
District 9
E.T the Extra-Terrestrial
Back to the Future
Tammy and the Bachelor
Beverly Hills Cop
Biggles
Sleeper

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Top 10 Fish out of Water films.

Jaws (1975)
North by Northwest (1959)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Enchanted (2007)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Borat (2006)
In Bruges (2008)*
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1987)
Coming to America (1988)

A difficult subject this as there are so many that could fall into the category. For once i decided to ignore horror films completely.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Great list. I actually thought of In Bruges, Borat, and The Dictator, but mustn't have written them down.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Great list. I actually thought of In Bruges, Borat, and The Dictator, but mustn't have written them down.

I could have gone with all three SBC films but chose just the one in Borat.

I hope people realise i put Jaws at number one due to Brody being the fish out of water and not the bloody shark.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I could have gone with all three SBC films but chose just the one in Borat.

I hope people realise i put Jaws at number one due to Brody being the fish out of water and not the bloody shark.

I completely got that. He's someone petrified of water with, prior to the attacks, no knowledge of sharks and yet finds himself in a boat hunting a huge great white shark with a marine scientist and experienced fishermen.

[MrBarlow]

These are some guesses that may or may not fit into this week's top 10 list (only 8 come to mind and looked up one or 2)

Howard The Duck
Kate and Leopold
Predator
Private Benjamin
The Cowboy Way
The Hills Have Eyes
Thor
Working Girl

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

These are some guesses that may or may not fit into this week's top 10 list (only 8 come to mind and looked up one or 2)


Kate and Leopold

Good call!

[MrBarlow]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Good call!

I'm surprised Nos didn't add that to his list

[bleakshaun]

Emperors New Groove
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Army of Darkness
Death Wish
Deep Red
28 Days Later
Shallow Grave
Blue Velvet
Calvary
Silent Hill

I'll be honest, it was a pain doing this one. Chances are some of these are inappropriate


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