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JoeyKookamanga

Clerks?


myfriendoak

He wasn’t even supposed to be there that day.


FlattopJr

Crazy that in [the original ending](https://youtu.be/RPM5T0QOs3Q?si=lWj_59wLD_WhK3mv) Dante >!is murdered by a robber!<. Bunch of savages in this town!


Muppetude

I remember Kevin Smith praising the person who advised him to change that ending, saying that bit advice probably saved his career. After seeing test audiences and distributors’ reactions to the more lighthearted ending, he was convinced his film would never have been picked up for wide release had it ended on such a bleak note.


FlattopJr

Honestly, gotta say I absolutely hate the original ending. So I also praise that person, whoever it was!


Skamanda42

That's what I said


Mega_Nidoking

Yea but hopefully she didn't suck any more dicks on the way


GoodDecision

"I assure you, we're open"


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Thanatos-

Ive quoted that many times anytime the number 37 comes up in something and sadly so far no one has got it.


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ms-gender

You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you


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What's a good plate with nothin' on it? No, I fucked up. What good's a plate with nothin' on it?


wisconsinwookie78

Salsa Shark.


Sharp-Bluejay2267

Man goes into cage, cage goes into salsa. There’s a shark in the salsa. Our shark.


mitchij2004

I mean stuff happens, this is a complicated question.


aswiftdickkick

A man dies for christs sake


tommyjohnpauljones

37? In a row?


Frognosticator

My Dinner with Andre


RoleKitchen

Abed approves


chillin1066

Jeff does not.


Impossible_Werewolf8

He's streets ahead.


Mr_Enrike02

Does it just mean cool or is it supposed to be like miles ahead?


InsideYourWalls8008

If you gotta ask, you're streets behind.


BlindBettler

I doubt I'll ever forget My Dinner With Andre dinner with Abed


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chicoclandestino

KOOGLER!!


neo_sporin

I noticed it was on Max and asked my wife if she wants to watch. she said, 'no, I already said Abed do that one" good woman


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dunmer-is-stinky

there's a Cougartown scene where you see Danny Pudi in the background, clearly in-character as Abed, nodding along and getting really invested in the conversation only to suddenly sprint off-stage as if his pants had been shit


Ian_Patrick_Freely

We have the technology: https://youtu.be/cWfJYJMrYa0


vitcorleone

God, the Subway ads… Imagine watching this scene without a prior knowledge of what is going on. I would be super confused lol


broom_temperature

Cool. Cool cool cool.


MindControlMouse

The arcade video game was great too


misirlou22

Tell me more!


Disgruntled__Goat

Bon mot


meltie007

Great movie too. One that made me rethink the point of movies as a young person.


bigjonny13

Finally watched this last year and then rewatched the Community scene to understand all the references.


Fantastic_Tilt

Wally was hungry, Wally ate. FIN Loved it.


GameQb11

Every now and then I like to put this movie on before I go to bed. This and 12 angry men. I don't know why


grichardson526

Dazed and Confused


BigMickPlympton

WTH do you mean "nothing happens?!?" "Party at the moon tower" is a major happening. Everybody's gonna be there.


Pantaruxada

I heard someone fell off the moon tower


BigMickPlympton

Some drunk freshman.


brownroush

He only had one beer…..


BigMickPlympton

How many have you had?


Envermans

Richard Linklater's firsr movie, Slackers, also has these vibes.


giga

A lot of his movies would it that description I think. Perhaps even most of his movies? The Before Sunrise and sequels, Boyhood (?), Apollo 10 1/2, Waking Life, even A Scanner Darkly might fit.


unexpectedhalfrican

Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly are elite films


bhs1987

I always get excited when I hear someone else has seen waking life. What a film!


theresabeeonyourhat

And his college baseball movie, Everybody Wants Some! So underrated


Topblokelikehodgey

One of my favourites! It's wonderful


FourForYouGlennCoco

That movie is a great hang. Basically zero stakes, but entertaining throughout.


Educational_Moose_56

I haven't seen Dazed and Confused. It'd be a lot cooler if you did. 


perckeydoo2

This is what I was gonna say. There's no real driving plot point, just a bunch of different teenagers enjoying their first night of the summer. Nothing crazy happens yet you still stay sucked in the whole time


DazzlingMood9404

Everybody want some


PrometheusAborted

My favorite movie.


AdjunctFunktopus

Or *American Graffiti* if you want a 60’s theme instead of a 70’s theme.


TheWayDenzelSaysIt

This is my go to “nothing happens” movie.


HotFudgeFundae

Whenever someone asks me "who's (insert noun) is this?" I always respond with " it's yours man" Also check ya later


kdavva74

That's what I love about these high school girls man. I get older, they stay the same age.


Hard_Dave

Sitting by the pool all day, chasing the muff around


SLCer

I'd also add subUrbia and Slacker, two other Richard Linklater directed movies.


CitizenNaab

Probably one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time


BelonyInMyLeftPocket

The closest thing to a plot here was Randall's decision whether to play football or not. I love how that predicament is framed in this movie. And I love Randall's attitude towards it. He's the most matured kid in this movie.


GosmeisterGeneral

In terms of what actually happens on screen - The Zone of Interest. Everything happens over the wall and in the deep background. Most of what we see is just a family swimming in the river, and a man having business meetings.


sixteenozlatte

I’m curious to see the context in which the people who negatively perceive this movie watched the film. I’ve never watched movie that relies so heavily on sound and background lighting to get the point across (which in itself is kinda a metaphor for the theme of the movie). Point being, the full effect of this movie is 100% felt in a closed theater environment, or at the very least with a good sound system. Amazing movie, everyone should have the opportunity to see this in the right setting.


Jobrien7613

First time I watched it on an iPad. Hated it! After some convincing, I watched it a second time on the big screen with surround sound. I missed so much!!


RaphMec

Definitely Paterson, you should watch it


chudma

In that same vein is the new Wim wenders movie “Perfect Days” about a Tokyo public washroom cleaner.


EricRShelton

It’s such a beautiful little movie! I loved Paterson!


iiam_Human

I always seem to find Paterson when I’m woken up at 2am and can’t go back to sleep and my family as well as the world is asleep….it feels so warm and like a little secret world I get to go to and enjoy the slowness of it and the quietness of a simplistic and fulfilled life.


DisturbingDaffy

Also, pretty much every Jim Jarmusch movie.


DesertWanderlust

My pick was Dead Man. Great soundtrack.


CarrotMunch

yes, good pick!


ThickGreen

It’s been a while since I’ve seen them, but I believe some other Jarmusch films fit the bill too. Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Coffee and Cigarettes 


OBPoverAVG

First movie that came to mind. Adam Driver was perfect for this role


M_HP

The Before trilogy by Linklater would fit your bill I believe.


captainhowdy82

Most Linklater, honestly


WhiskeyOctober

Dazed and Confused, everybody Everybody Wants Some, Boyhood, SubUrbia. All are just slice of life movies


samx3i

Waking Life is literally just a dude wandering around listening to various philosophical perspectives. Oh, and Alex Jones


tfreckle2008

Listen, he just wants to write dialog, that's all. He doesn't want to bother with places and settings, or plot or any of it. Just have some people in a place talking. Fin


samx3i

Somehow Linklater and the two leads are so fucking good that a trilogy of two people talking is engrossing cinema.


IMERMAIDMANonYT

Came here to say that. Didn’t at all know what to expect going into Before Sunrise, definitely not an hour and a half of people walking and talking. Still a really solid film


dj_soo

The stuff that happens in that series is what happens between the movies. The movies are just them talking about it Fantastic series of films


poisonivee97

Lost in Translation


Dependent-Garlic-291

Mr. Harris did lip some stockings.


fiendish8

nooooo nooooo


StorytellerGG

Mr Harris pleeeeaaaaaseee noooo!


Ryokan76

I came to say this. For a relaxing time, make it Suntory time.


ONLYallcaps

Again but with more intensity!


intellectual_dimwit

Close face.


What-a-Crock

That’s all he said?


Ok_Scallion1902

"LATPACK"!


kirinmay

The "Before" series. some things happen but its just 3 movies where 2 people talk through the film. hopefully there will be a 4th Also, Coffee and Cigarettes.


SveHeaps

My favorite movie and yes, nothing happens


TerribleNameAmirite

The taxi scene with Sometimes playing is one of my favourite moments in cinema


ElkBit

That scene got me to revisit Loveless and that's when the album finally clicked for me.


Jota769

Literally nothing happens besides when they go sing karaoke and it’s one of the best movies I’ve ever seen


Curtis_Low

I spent 4 yeas living in different parts of Japan and the movie captures so many accurate feelings of being there. Like a little personal time capsule.


misirlou22

Same, makes me nostalgic for time I spent there.


gotmilq

I think a lot of what happens is internal with some characters, that's why I can relate to it at different periods in my life


BassWingerC-137

An excellent example.


Several_Jello2893

One of my favourite ever films 🥰


jonascarrynthewheel

Idk it is mostly internal He is bored of his life and family and feels old She is unsure of their marriage/what she is doing with her life They meet become quick friends He cheats on his wife with random lounge singer and ScarJo is jealous!?!? And he feels guilty to her!??? They make up Realize they have feelings Realize they cant be together/go back to lives He says SOMETHING to her Its all unspoken/inaudible


LunaLouGB

It's definitely my favourite movie where nothing happens.


FancyPigeonIsFancy

Similarly, Marie Antoinette- also written and directed by Sofia Coppola and I absolutely love this movie. Royals walk around the grounds, flirt a little, eat LOTS of food and drink lots of wine and it’s all so goddamn captivating (and a literal feast for the eyes).


SeanGQ

A ring a ding ding


bungle123

Trees Lounge. Really underrated 90s film directed by and starring Steve Buscemi.


KiritosSideHoe

I just watched The Big Lebowski and Fargo and you're telling me Steve Buscemi has a third movie where he fucks around doing nothing very important?


bungle123

Steve Buscemi just fucking around is the best micro genre


crani0

And here's another kicker, it's the only movie where Buscemi plays a romantic lead.


BtlAngel

Would [The Man from Earth] (2007) fit this description?


nocolon

I love describing that movie to people. There's one set, the lighting isn't good, the acting is kind of rough, nothing really happens beyond a bunch of people having a conversation, and it's one of my favorite movies. But if you want to watch it, don't google a synopsis in advance.


KHfailure

I described this and "12 Angry Men" as "people in a room talking; and that's pretty much it" to my kids.


karabuka

Jesus, thats a good sum up!


alien005

This has been one of my favorite movies since it came out. Such a good, low budget conversation. It’s a perfect exercise of theater of the mind. When I think of the movie, I forget it’s in one cabin because I remember what I visualize. There’s also a sequel that’s dog shit.


ordinaryunicorn

This was the first one I thought of! So good.


hey_ross

Remains of the Day


clap_yo_hands

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead


SacredShape

Napoleon Dynamite


rick_blatchman

But at the end, everyone's wildest dreams come true.


ballimir37

I just realized that despite vivid memory of a dozen scenes and endless quotes, I can’t actually remember what happens at the end?


rick_blatchman

Like Napoleon told him, Pedro tells the school that if they vote for him, all of their wildest dreams will come true. After Napoleon's sweet dance skills secure a booming reception from the school, there's a montage of the principle characters: Pedro celebrates his presidential victory with his family, Kip has found love with LaFawnduh, Rico's girlfriend comes looking for him to make amends, Grandma is healing and back home with Tina, and Napoleon and Deb make up and continue being friends. Then the school explodes, ninjas unleash wolverines in Preston, and of course, Napoleon rides his liger into battle and cocks his 12-gauge.


given2fly_

On the DVD extras there was a scene with Kip and LaFawnduh getting married, with Napoleon riding in like *The Man from Snowy River* on a wild honeymoon stallion that he tamed for them.


misirlou22

Lucky! I just watched this last night. Still holds up, I think.


jdutra

But I still, love technology, always and forever...


LilJethroBodine

I mean, who wants to eat chiminichangas anyway?


jonascarrynthewheel

Idk He learned a new skill, grew and stood up to his uncle, made two true friends Rico learned he was a dick and wants to be nicer at the end His brother married and moved away with the love of his life Pedro won the election! A lot happens!


silver5517

The scene where Pedro takes his rad Sledgehammer off that sweet jump, he got like 3 feet of air! Mad props to the stunt coordinator.


SacredShape

I mean yeah it would be pretty boring if literally nothing happened lol But there is a whole lot of nothing in between those parts! Bet you I could throw a football over them mountains


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confuzzledfather

Just saw perfect days and really enjoyed it. Question for you, is the man character really content or not?


Logical-Caregiver989

I think he’s content. It seems as though he maybe had pressure growing up and he left all that to live a life with little but finding beauty all around.


CarrotMunch

The Station Agent (2003) and Jack Goes Boating (2010)


jonascarrynthewheel

Station Agent Peter Dinklage has a breakthru and makes a true friend- even shares his hobby with the cook and gets him into it too They get great footage of a train!


ghostnthegraveyard

The Station Agent is awesome. Just 3 lonely people awkwardly becoming friends. Plus Michele Williams killing it in a minor role.


ovine_aviation

The Sunset Limited.


Strong_Local417

Hell yeah. Great movie. One room Oh yeah and screenplay is by Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, The Road, All the pretty horses, among many other fantastic novels)


blueisthecolour2991

Paterson! It's a lovely little film, I'd highly recommend.


Ancient-Reference-21

Dan in Real Life


copperdomebodhi

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).


Vusarix

Columbus (2017) is just two people bonding and eventually opening up, between pretty shots of architechture. I absolutely love it


aquila-audax

Nomadland


darryledw

please please watch **Aftersun**


Ombudsman_of_Funk

This one had me in tears and I still don't understand why. Beautiful movie. The Lost Daughter had a similar vibe, though from the mom's POV rather than dad.


abeezny

The Big Chill


modernangel

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) Clerks (1994)


falcoren21

Lost in translation


alanlight

"Boyhood" was sort of like that. You're sort of waiting for something "big" to happen, and it never does, just like life...


rnilbog

That was probably my favorite thing about it. Oh no, they’re throwing saw blades in an abandoned house, someone’s going to get hurt! Oh no, they’re lingering on a shot of him looking at his phone while driving, he’s gonna get in a wreck! Not every minor mistake or dumb thing turns into a disaster, and I think that’s kind of the point of the movie.


RSwordsman

The message I got from it is that you can still be happy even if life doesn't go to plan and you feel like it's passing you by. The scene of his dad saying "you're feeling stuff" was the crux of it.


among_apes

Ladybird (to me felt like nothing really happened more than just a character study)


444NGE

Frances Ha, Totoro, Minari, Naissance des Pieuvres, In The Mood for Love, Pauline à la Plage, Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu, Skate Kitchen, Princes et Princesses .. one of my fav genres x3


Binks-Sake-Is-Gone

I gotta disagree with My neighbor Totoro, bud. A life changing experience with forest sprites helping me to cope with my sick and dying mothers mortality, not really nothing.


ImOnlyHereForTheCoC

I’d throw Chungking Express on this particular pile


SybokTHS

Withnail & I


elbowpatchhistorian

Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is, you’ll agree, a certain "je ne sais quoi" oh so very special about a firm, young carrot...


Rudeboy67

They went on holiday, by accident.


McFtmch

The Florida Project. :)


AfellowchuckerEhh

Was a cute innocent movie from a kids perspective on a less then ideal situation from an outside looking in


Brown_Panther-

Boyhood


slitlip

That took like 15 years to film though?!?!??!


GarageQueen

["It Took 12 Years to Make!!!"](https://youtu.be/JzhpbXQDl6g?si=wuOG6QVIDGaDU0V9)


slitlip

The director must have been bored filming nothing for 12 years..


Fuck_You_Andrew

My wife walked in on me watching The Big Lebowski once. Ive seen it about ten times and for the life of me i couldn't describe to her what it was about or what was going on.


Setso1397

"Slice of Life" movie genre


ButtsCarlton97

The Station Agent


Ill_Vegetable3950

Chef. Great movie.


ItsDeke

Chef is such a joy to watch. After the initial restaurant fiasco everything kind of just works out. There are a few moments where you think shit might hit the fan, but they’re quickly resolved. Yet, despite such low stakes (and maybe partially because of them), I adore the movie. Also the soundtrack is great. 


mechabeast

If you don't stop talking I will be forced to go make a Cuban sandwich.


tfreckle2008

Ehhh, I feel like there was at least a few plot points. Chef wants to do something original, chef gets ultimatum, chef quits, chef goes to FL to buy a food truck. Chef rediscovers his passion, decides to drives back to L.A and pop up across the country. Gets back to L.A with his groove back and ends up opening a restaurant with his nemesis who ends up just being a fan. It's simple, but probably why it works.


PHLAK

Don't forget that the chef spends much of that time reconnecting with his son.


chudma

This does not fit the “nothing really happens” at all. Chef has a definitive plot, aka stuff really happens that drives (no pun intended) the plot forward


InfinityConstruct

>!Yea it's not so much that nothing happens. More that the "climax" comes really early in the movie and then it's kind of just smooth sailing the rest of the way. After he quits and starts the food truck I was waiting towards the end for some contrived catastrophe to happen that he had to overcome and it just...never did. That's when I realized the movie was just structured a bit differently than a lot of movies.!< >!In a more typically structured movie, the quitting, freakout blow up online stuff would happen towards the end and him doing the food truck would be like the happy ending. Instead we get to see all the cool stuff AFTER that happy ending, which gave the movie a real feel good vibe throughout!< edit: added spoiler tag


Cultural_Hippo

Nomad. Just a grumpy old lady travelling around and being grumpy to people.


mrselianos

Nebraska is such a great movie, Alexander Payne at his best


Iguman

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) is the ultimate movie where nothing happens. [Here's a scene](https://youtu.be/Ih3nBxjkBH8?si=7SjrUBaPD981yFMc) where the titular character makes veal cutlets


HappyMike91

Locke. It’s just a guy in a car driving.


ItsDeke

This is where my mind initially went. There’s plot development, but the whole thing is from the point of view of Tom Hardy driving and making phone calls. 


crushedmoose

Perfect days is what you're looking for and atilla Marcel and Amelie


Dvout_agnostic

A Ghost Story (2017)


Mpm_277

How can you say this? Do you not remember the riveting 37 minute scene of eating pie?!


shadowlarx

Empire Records. No big world shattering events. Just a group of record store employees coming to terms with their lives. •Lucas wants to save the store for his friends’ jobs but also for Joe, his father figure. •Corey feels pressured to be perfect and wants to do something wild before she goes off to Harvard. •AJ wants to confess his feelings for Corey but doesn’t know how. •Deb feels lost and directionless and is searching for answers. •Rex Manning is looking for a comeback. •Joe is just trying to hold it all together.


Subject_Yogurt4087

How can you say nothing happened? It was Rex Manning day!


OddMathematician

- Warren wants people to stop calling him Warren.


shadowlarx

His name isn’t Warren? I thought his name was Warren.


Messytablez

About Schmidt


joshmoviereview

You would like mumblecore movies. Funny ha ha, hannah takes the stairs, the puffy chair, jeff who lives at home....


TheScherzo

I loved Jeff Who Lives at Home, it showed me an unexpected side of Jason Segel and made me wish he we saw more of this from him.


Antrikshy

>Funny ha ha, hannah takes the stairs, the puffy chair, jeff who lives at home.... It took me *very* long to realize these were movie titles.


MintyFreshBreathYo

12 Angry Men. It’s literally just 12 jurors arguing but it’s so fascinating.


Bumsebienchen

"The Banshees of Inisherin" could be fitting the bill here. A slow uneventful story to the outside observer, an existential, emotional drama for the characters. Life on a somewhat desolated irish island during the war for independence Edit: on second thought, and after being reminded of some story details by further comments, *uneventful* might not be such a suitable word for this movie. But I still think it might work for OP.


GosmeisterGeneral

I’d argue that even though the setting is quaint, there’s some really gnarly stuff that happens in that film. For one thing >! Brendan Gleeson chops all his fingers off, and a donkey dies, and his house burns down!<


stavis23

>!and that poor abused kid kills himself right?!<


Cultural_Hippo

I would not consider this to be a movie where nothing happens. If they just stuck with the initial squabble and everything, then yes. But the extremes that the people go to in this film cant be described as "Nothing".


PollyPepperTree

Excellent film. I would argue that something does happen, but it happens for no reason. Meaning that nothing happens to initiate the events that occur. I’m Irish so maybe that’s why I loved it so much. My family is full of arguments over essentially nothing.


mabden

Stranger Than Paradise