Die Hard Drinking Game

Take a drink every time...

1. Someone says "McClane"
2. Al is McClane's best pal (you can calllll...himmmm...aaaaaaaaaaaalll)
3. Someone kills a dude. Take two if he doesn't do it with a gun.
4. Bruce Willis says something that is not directed at a person or cat (see The Fifth Element)
5. Someone says "Nakatomi" 

Take a bonus drink every time someone references John McClane's lack of familial happiness or the fact that he is a cop.
Take a bonus drink every time someone mentions (or you see a reference to) Christmas or the holiday season.

Finish your drink for "he won't be joining us for the rest of his life."
Finish your drink for "I hope that's not a hostage" 


Watch 'em all on Blu-ray!
 

Our Top 15 Stupid Comedies

How do we define a "stupid comedy"? It's the kind of movie that lets you just sink back in the recliner and enjoy. You don't have to worry about plot or suspense or keeping track of characters. You don't have to worry about much of anything. The purpose is not to make you think. There is no ultimate goal or deeper message. On the other hand, this isn't the sort of movie that you brag about loving when you're mingling at a party or on a first date and trying to impress someone. These movies aren't classy. But man, do we love them at DGMania. And man do we not find them even a little stupid, not even at all.

15. Hot Rod
If you have not seen this movie, you are thinking to yourself, "What? Like, the one with Andy Samberg? That no one saw?" If you have seen this movie, you are thinking to yourself, "Oh my GODOMIGODOMIGODOMIGOD I LOVE THAT MOVIE and I'm very embarrassed about that." If you have not seen this movie, you have never experienced the true avalanche of happy and sorry that a real guilty pleasure can inspire.

14. The Waterboy
We couldn't possibly make a stupid comedy list without including Adam Sandler. Though his more recent work has often moved on to a wider range of genre with more depth, give us the good ol' oldies any day. Kathy Bates is epic and Henry Winkler is amazing in two supporting roles not to be overlooked. What really makes this one works is that Sandler can do his thing without really having to carry the movie or ever feel like the only focus. Rather, a talented group revolves around him and gives him constant gold to play off of.
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13. Sorority Boys
This is one of those that you really don't want to admit you love on a first date. A plot that has been around since Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Really, since Shakespeare. But man, does this one get funnier the more you watch it. Harland Williams and Michael Rosenbaum steal the show.

12. Ghostbusters
The quintessential quippy one-liners style of 80s comedy, don't let the outdated effects get you down. The humor in this film and the hilariously so-bad-they're-good lines are timeless.
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11. Mallrats
You might notice that Kevin Smith movies are the only time you don't hate Ben Affleck (We'll pretend Jersey Girl didn't happen). That's because Kevin Smith is a genius, and nowhere is that more apparent than in this movie, which, ostensibly about some losers hanging out in an unrealistic mall, is actually the most genius thing ever made in the history of the world. Kind of. Plus, you know, there's The Force.
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10. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Though we love International Man of Mystery as well, this second installment in the Austin Powers series (how we wish there hadn't been a third) brings together all the successful elements of the first in a new and polished way. We do recommend seeing the first one as well to fully appreciate the many, many self-referencing jokes to be found in this one. But, either way, the jokes just keep coming and Mike Myers joined by a hilarious supporting cast (yay for Seth Green) is unmistakably awesome.
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9. The Naked Gun films
Leslie Nielsen, how we will miss him, was born to play Drebin. Heck, he was born to spoof. Nielsen had a style of comedic timing that no one has ever had, or will ever have again and a knack for a straight-faced delivery of some of the most epic lines in comedic film history. Plus, did we mention O.J. Simpson before he was O.J. Simpson?

8. Dodgeball
Disgusting, unnecessarily foul, and the low of low brow humor, we love Dodgeball. This film has some of the best comedic performers of the modern generation and everyone is used so well in this movie, cast so well- there is nothing to change. Dodgeball, we love you just the way you are.
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7. What About Bob?
A little-thought-of comedy, this 1991 classic has Richard Dreyfuss as the perfect foil to Bill Murray's insanity. With an excellent supporting cast and impeccable comedic timing, this movie keeps building long after you think it has nowhere left to go.
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6. Caddyshack
You know how there are times when classics are classics just because people say so but then they're really not that great? This is not one of those times. Caddyshack will have you roflcopting it up, its humor not in the least bit outdated and with some of the best performances of some of the best comedic performers of the 1980s. (That may have sounded like a lot of qualifiers, but seriously, it's good. So you should watch it.)
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5. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
The more you watch Kung Pow, yes, the funnier it becomes, but the more you realize how genius its creator Steve Oedekerk. For those of you unfamiliar with the movie, he takes an actual kung fu film and photoshops himself and other new actors into the action. I dare you to try and sort out in some scenes what is real and what is Steve working his magic. His hilarious, hilarious magic.

4. Airplane!
Long before we had snakes on planes, we had pervy pilots, Kareem Abdul-Jabars, and jive talking nuns. Even though half of the jokes are topical and no longer make sense to us today, there is so much in this film that we don't care. Airplane! contains so many of the most memorable and creative jokes of our time. What would the world of comedy be without it?

3. Anchorman
Anchorman is Will Ferrell at his best. It is undoubtedly Christina Applegate (man, do she and Ferrell play off each other perfectly) and Steve Carrell at their best. Paul Rudd hits you out of nowhere. And need we mention the gazillions of other hilarious people from SNL and elsewhere that have supporting or cameo roles? The largely unscripted and free-flowing hilarity of Anchorman gives it a special vibe. It feels more like a group of extremely talented friends who got together and goofed off for a camera than a typical movie. And we mean this in the best possible way.
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2. Young Frankenstein
Gene Wilder? Gene Wilder AND Madeline Kahn? Together? Not to mention the Mel Brooks factor...What more do you need? This movie is our favorite of Mel Brooks'. It is so genius that it hurts us to watch. Seriously, how do Gene Wilder and Madeline Kahn do what they do? And will there ever be anyone that funny ever again?
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1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
It is undeniable that Monty Python totally changed modern comedy. And for the better. Their particular brand of sketch-style nonsensical humor, now often copied, was and still is incredibly significant and totally unparalleled. Just try to count how many roles Michael Palin plays in this one. Just try.
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The runners up (not because they're not awesome, but because they're just a little too smart for this list):
1. Office Space
2. Groundhog Day
3. Wet Hot American Summer
4. Clerks
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Forgetting Sara Marshall

**Disagree? Have some to add? Want to see any of these movies made into a drinking game?  Then comment below and let us know!**

Spotlight on: Bill Murray

One of DGMania's favorites, Bill Murray carries a unique quality that makes him quite unlike any other actor. Instead of becoming his role in some method-acting Stanislavski-esque way, and rather than simply hamming it up as himself (as so many of the comedic performers, particularly of his generation, did- Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin), Bill Murray has a knack for swallowing up his characters and turning them into himself. In other words, he reverses the typical acting approach: instead of trying to make himself invisible and allowing the character to come through, Mr. Murray keeps himself deliberately visible and allows the character to develop through different facets of his own personality.

This has made Bill Murray, in our opinion, one of the most versatile, singular, and talented actors of our time. And one of the most underrated. His dramatic performances in Lost in Translation and Broken Flowers are heartbreaking and subtle. Hardly what you'd expect from the same person who reverberates with barely-contained and totally unabated energy in each frame of What About Bob? or who oozes a charming smirk-iness and pompousness in Groundhog Day.

A perfect example of Bill Murray being Bill Murray before we close this assessment for the day: Watch him in Ghostbusters, spinning incredibly poorly written and cheesy lines into gold. How does he do this? By, as Bill Murray, recognizing how ludicrous the lines are, having an awareness of the motion picture he is in, and letting his role come through with that awareness. And the only reason he did the role, fascinatingly enough, was so that the studio would finance his adaptation of The Razor's Edge, a freaking Somerset Maugham novel. So the next time you watch Ghostbusters, realize that the whole time he was thinking about The Razor's Edge instead, and that he actually used that to make his performance better.

**Do you love Bill Murray as much as we do? Are you a douche who hates him? Do you urgently need a Meatballs drinking game? Comment below and let us know!**

The Fifth Element Drinking Game

Take a drink every time...

1. Someone says "stones" or you see the Fifth Element squiggly line symbol that is inscribed on them
2. Someone says "evil," "light," or "life"
3. You see a gun
4. Leeloo speaks an alien language
5. Bruce Willis mutters to himself or otherwise says something that is not directed at a person or cat.

Take a bonus drink every time someone's ludicrous "futuristic" outfit distracts or disturbs you OR terrible 90s graphics/technology (or lack thereof)/special effects distract or disturb you.
Take a bonus drink for Chris Tucker being amazing. Take a second drink if you find yourself wondering why his career pretty much consists of this movie and the Rush Hour franchise.

Finish your drink for "Valiant...vulnerable...very beautiful."



Is that Luke Perry? Wait, that is Luke Perry. Is this his whole role? He's going to do more, right? Hey, when is Luke Perry coming back?



 Oooh...the ULTIMATE EDITION!

In & Out Drinking Game

Take a drink every time...

1. Someone says "Greenleaf," "Howard," or "Brackett."
2. Someone (including Kevin Kline) portrays or mentions a gay stereotype. (Isn't it great how the 90s thought this wasn't an offensive movie?) Take 2 drinks for a Barbara Streisand reference.
3. The movie mocks Hollywood, its films, or American television.
4. Someone (including Howard) comments on whether Howard will or will not be getting married.
5. Howard rides his bicycle.

Take a bonus drink every time Bob Newhart accidentally says something awkward due to his speech impediment.

Finish your drink for "IS EVERYBODY GAY!?"

The Last Samurai Drinking Game

Designed to be consumed with SAAAAAAKEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No, but for real. You should play this game with sake rather than beer. Sake is usually 10-15% alcohol, which is 2-3 times stronger than beer. If you have no sake, take a beer and put some teriyaki sauce in there. That should be Japanese enough [the man's kidding. Although if you make a Japanese snakebite, which is 3/4 beer, a dash of teriyaki, a shot of vodka, and fill the rest with anything that sounds Japanese, you'll be so messed up you won't even mind this movie]

Take a drink [of sake] every time...

1. You see a shot of Japanese countryside
2. Tom Cruise drinks something
3. You see anything that can be reasonably considered to be 'a funny hat' (Eastern or Western)
4. There is a vision or flashback
5. Someone says something that is clearly racist

Take a huge swig for botched sexual tension.

Take a bonus drink for unnecessary melodrama and/or carnage.
Take a bonus drink whenever Tom Cruise can't pull off what he's doing.

Finish your drink when Tom Cruise drops to the ground with a pink sword and his legs don't work.



Seen Dodgeball?: Take a drink when Tom Cruise says, "Necessary? What could be more necessary?" instead of "Necessary? Is it necessary to drink my own urine?"

Music buff?: Take a drink every time Hans Zimmer JUST ISN'T AS GOOD AS EVERYONE FREAKING THINKS HE IS. Disagree? SUCK IT.

Like Tom Cruise?: You're in the wrong place. Introduce yourself to all of your enemies and tell them to check us out.



Jonesing to run around screaming "SAKE!!!!" and pretend you're Tom Cruise? You'll need accurate accessories.

Ghostbusters Drinking Game

Take a drink every time...

1. Everyone is serious about what's going on but Bill Murray.
2. You see a ghost or something supernatural. Take a second drink if there is a shot of someone being chased by it.
3. Someone says "Ghostbusters." Take a second drink if it is said in the Ghostbusters theme song.
4. Some kind of scientific equipment is used. Take a second drink if it seems bogus or especially ridiculous.
5. Someone doesn't believe in the Ghostbusters.

Take a bonus drink when Rick Moranis/Louis forgets to breathe in between sentences.
Take a bonus drink for any mention of "crossing the streams."

Finish your drink for, "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"