· 195 comments · Save ·
News & Current Events Mar 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM

The Princess Bride is literally peak.

Posted by b_asiil

It somehow manages to be a fairy tale, a romance, a comedy, and an adventure all at the same time without taking itself too seriously. The dialogue is ridiculously quotable (“as you wish,” “inconceivable,” etc.), the characters are all my favourite and I love their actors, and the whole movie has this cozy storybook vibe that makes it impossible not to love. Like you’ve got sword fights, revenge arcs, true love, giants, pirates, and one of the funniest villains ever, and somehow it all works together perfectly. It’s one of those movies where every scene feels memorable. Also the end?? the middle?? the beginning?? Not to spoil but all of it is perfect and so accurate to the book. I feel like it’s the definition of a comfort movie. No matter how many times you watch it, it’s still entertaining.
🚩 Report this post

195 Comments

Sign in to comment — or just click the box below.
🔒 Your email is never shown publicly.
Gildor_Helyanwe Mar 22, 2026 +482
Yeah, but it's a kissing movie.
482
terracottatilefish Mar 22, 2026 +181
I got new insight into the incredible editing in this movie when I watched it with my then 12 year old son. Every time there was a romantic moment you could see him getting increasingly fidgety and he would leap up to leave the room at the *exact moment* that it cut to Fred Savage complaining about the romance. Amazing timing.
181
toxiamaple Mar 22, 2026 +101
I show this to my middle grade classes at the end of the year. This is so true! Just as the boys start to make noises, the movie cuts to Fred! Perfect timing. Also, we have to watch it over 3 days, so the 2nd day ends with them on the wall getting ready to storm the castle. And students always ask if Inigo kills the 6 fingered man. So if course I say, wait for tomorrow. And when he says "I want my father back, you son of a b****" they ~~CHEAR!~~ CHEER!
101
misteraskwhy Mar 22, 2026 +34
Mandy is a gem
34
udat42 Mar 22, 2026 +25
And he nailed that line delivery. Just reading about it on Reddit and I can *feel* it all over again. Chills.
25
on-a-pedestal Mar 22, 2026 +24
Trivia Fact. Mandy Patinkin lost his Father to Cancer shortly before filming the Princess Bride. He basically method acted the 6 finger man AS THE CANCER that killed his father... Hence the incredibly emotional and powerful line we all love , "I want my Father Back you son of a B****".
24
ConspicuousPorcupine Mar 23, 2026 +3
For some reason I thought it was his grandfather he lost. Father does make more sense thematically though
3
toxiamaple Mar 23, 2026 +3
Thanks for telling us this. It makes his performance even more meaningful.
3
toxiamaple Mar 22, 2026 +2
I so agree!
2
Lurking-Trout Mar 23, 2026 +16
Dude teaches middle school and can't spell a simple word like CHEER.
16
toxiamaple Mar 23, 2026 +1
Ha ha! true. Looked weird but spell check has ruined me.
1
DCDHermes Mar 23, 2026 +7
Same with the screeching eels scene. I could see my kids getting nervous and my wife was about to shut it down and I waved her off, boom cuts to grandpa.
7
heff17 Mar 23, 2026 +3
I was 14 when first watching this with my much older sister, and not 10 seconds before the first interlude with Savage I started giving her shit for overselling me on what this movie was supposed to be. I was rightfully shamed.
3
sagevallant Mar 22, 2026 +22
Just this one time, it's okay.
22
Blue_catt18 Mar 22, 2026 +3
lol. I got that joke
3
HalxQuixotic Mar 22, 2026 +297
I showed it to my wife at the time who missed it as a kid. Every few minutes she would say “oh, that’s where that comes from?” The amount of lines from that movie that hold permanent places in our culture’s lexicon is simply astounding. It’s truly…..inconceivable.
297
kain459 Mar 22, 2026 +44
I'm on the brute squad. YOU ARE the brute squad.
44
azk3000 Mar 22, 2026 +86
That movie has to have the highest quotability percentage of anything
86
Dorsai56 Mar 22, 2026 +18
Well - it's up there with Blazing Saddles, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Airplane. Good company.
18
LEJ5512 Mar 23, 2026 +11
And, truthfully, Wizard of Oz. Had a buddy say that if you want to learn about American idioms, two things will get you at least ninety percent of the way there: baseball, and the Wizard of Oz.
11
LionoftheNorth Mar 22, 2026 +43
The Big Lebowski is up there
43
Herr-Wolfgang Mar 22, 2026 +84
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
84
Big_Kahuna_69 Mar 22, 2026 +14
Beat me to it. Take your upvote, dude.
14
Herr-Wolfgang Mar 24, 2026 +2
As you wish.
2
mercfan3 Mar 22, 2026 +14
Mean Girls is another one.
14
SousVideDiaper Mar 22, 2026 +18
Mean Girls is so fetch
18
lapniappe Mar 22, 2026 +19
u/SousVideDiaper \- stop trying to make "fetch" happen. It's *not* going to happen.
19
dilligaf0220 Mar 22, 2026 +8
Only a f****** Nihilist would think that.
8
Kettle_Whistle_ Mar 22, 2026 +5
*Ve cut ov your chonson!*
5
on-a-pedestal Mar 23, 2026 +2
Foundation Season 3 - Brother Dude, the Ultimate Lebowskian Nihilist
2
trueum26 Mar 23, 2026 +1
BttF too
1
DLoIsHere Mar 23, 2026 +1
Amen, brother shamus
1
shaggy9 Mar 22, 2026 +20
A friend saw Casablanca recently and said he didn't like it because it "so many quotes" that people say. SMH
20
revchewie Mar 22, 2026 +7
I watched a YouTube reactor watching Casablanca and the number of times she said, “Is *that* where that line comes from?” was hilarious!
7
Spackleberry Mar 22, 2026 +20
This along with MP and the Holy Grail form like 90% of my cultural references.
20
malthar76 Mar 22, 2026 +4
My wife did not grow up in the US, so I had the chance to show her. She kept getting the title wrong, and now just teases me that I’m a huge fan of The Princess Diaries.
4
on-a-pedestal Mar 23, 2026 +2
There's a reel somewhere of a wife coming home to her husband watching The Princess Diaries by himself and when he's caught he turns and looks of her and says I'm just trying to get to the scene where the six-fingered man dies.
2
AnnieWillkes Mar 23, 2026 +3
This was me watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time recently. So many memes made sense!
3
Snoo93079 Mar 22, 2026 +2
This but early 2000s comedies for my wife 😂 I would get so many eye rolls as my quotes appear in the movie.
2
joleger Mar 23, 2026 +1
> Every few minutes she would say “oh, that’s where that comes from?” Has she seen 'Casablanca'?
1
on-a-pedestal Mar 23, 2026 +1
He's only mostly Dead.
1
Dorsai56 Mar 22, 2026 +78
William Goldman, who wrote both the book and the screenplay, was a genius Oscar winning screenwriter. It took him about twenty years to get the movie made, and to do so he committed a major Hollywood sin - he used his own money. Bless him for it, because it is indeed a near perfect movie. He won an Oscar for writing "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". If you google it you can find that screenplay online. It's fun to read, as the descriptions of the sets and places as well as the actions of the characters are great. Pull up his Wiki page, he had one helluva career.
78
ScreenTricky4257 Mar 22, 2026 +20
I recommend his two books on screenwriting: *Adventures in the Screen Trade* and *Which Lie Did I Tell*. Also, if you can find it, the book he co-authored with Mike Lupica *Wait Till Next Year* has almost nothing to do with movies but does contain the single funniest piece of prose I've ever read, his essay "A Life in the Day."
20
tomandshell Mar 22, 2026 +77
Not just peak, but literally peak?
77
dalekreject Mar 22, 2026 +12
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
12
StillStanding_96 Mar 22, 2026 +29
Even better than figuratively peak!
29
Malnurtured_Snay Mar 22, 2026 +16
It's literally figuratively peak!
16
SousVideDiaper Mar 22, 2026 +1
Unfortunately, "Literally" can now *officially* also mean "Figuratively" People misused it so much that the definition has been expanded in a way that renders the word meaningless
1
Mick_May Mar 22, 2026 +6
Are you using "meaningless" literally or figuratively?
6
tomandshell Mar 22, 2026 +2
But is it meaningless or literally meaningless?
2
Malnurtured_Snay Mar 22, 2026 +1
It's literally figuratively literally ... whatever it was we were discussing! Hypothetically?
1
ElephantsGerald_ Mar 22, 2026 +1
Even more unfortunately, where I’m from, if something is peak, that means it’s bad.
1
sagevallant Mar 22, 2026 +17
Atop the Cliffs of Insanity peak
17
useridhere Mar 22, 2026 +7
Inconceivable!
7
Who_is_homer Mar 22, 2026 +7
It’s literally Mt Everest
7
AmigoDelDiabla Mar 22, 2026 +12
I saw that and just thought, "if this person is over the age of 18, he or she should be embarrassed."
12
SousVideDiaper Mar 22, 2026 -2
> he or she You can just say "they" when gender is unknown
-2
AmigoDelDiabla Mar 22, 2026 +8
Or I can just say "he or she."
8
Jimmni Mar 22, 2026 +3
Both of you are right and both of your responses are so petty I upvoted you both. Also one day I've really got to watch The Princess Bride.
3
Homer_JG Mar 22, 2026 +3
Metaphorically peak
3
Cockrocker Mar 23, 2026 +1
They best kind of peak!
1
on-a-pedestal Mar 23, 2026 +1
One might even say, Inconceivably Peak.
1
Gniphe Mar 23, 2026 +1
It’s low-key fire. Literally peak. Low-key literally peak fire.
1
dawgz525 Mar 23, 2026 +2
fr fr on god
2
photon1701d Mar 22, 2026 +35
It was my wife's and I first date going to see this in the theatre when we were 18. "As you wish" became part of our vocabulary after that day. When Rob Reiner was murdered, it was like we lost a family member.
35
JUYED-AWK-YACC Mar 22, 2026 +7
Good one! This was also my first date with my wife.
7
ScreenTricky4257 Mar 22, 2026 +6
My grandfather took me to see it, which is a special bond.
6
Pale_Possibility5083 Mar 22, 2026 +114
I’ve describe this film before as “It’s the most charming film ever made and it knows it.” Which I think is pretty apt.
114
Michauxonfire Mar 22, 2026 +35
No. It's peak and it has aura and kino and cinemamaxxing.
35
AmigoDelDiabla Mar 22, 2026 +23
>It's peak and it has aura and kino and cinemamaxxing. Do people really talk like this?
23
2347564 Mar 22, 2026 +28
kinda lowkenuinely yeah
28
Chaxterium Mar 22, 2026 +9
No cap? Deadass?
9
turnthetides Mar 23, 2026 +5
Only if they’re based
5
keepfighting90 Mar 22, 2026 +3
You're low key giving unc rn fam
3
Realistic-Olive8260 Mar 22, 2026 +2
Welcome to the future, ig
2
Empty-Salad-9989 Mar 22, 2026 +52
And a Mark Knopfler soundtrack.
52
samthewisetarly Mar 22, 2026 +21
Yeah, the quotes are what people remember, but the score is absolutely gorgeous. Knopfler absolutely nailed it
21
JUYED-AWK-YACC Mar 22, 2026 +4
Knopfler’s guitar playing is great, but most of the score is terrible synthesized music.
4
samthewisetarly Mar 22, 2026 +17
The synth stuff *sounds* bad, but it works perfectly for the kitschy production, in my opinion. Like the scene with the big duel between Inigo and the man in black - everything on that set it so, SO obviously a movie set, but the scene works because the actors sell it, and the music plays into that
17
on-a-pedestal Mar 23, 2026 +6
Once you realize you are watching the best spoof ever made, all of the decisions make sense.
6
JUYED-AWK-YACC Mar 23, 2026 +1
Different tastes.
1
kshep9 Mar 22, 2026 +6
I did not know this. How neat.
6
mow_foe Mar 22, 2026 +3
I feel like Warcraft 2 sounds are just cribbes from The Princess Bride.
3
Razaelbub Mar 22, 2026 +61
Rob. Reiner.
61
Battle_Sheep Mar 22, 2026 +16
I don’t know if we’ll ever see another director with the absolute range Reiner had.
16
ZombieJack Mar 22, 2026 +10
R.I.P
10
Variable_Shaman_3825 Mar 23, 2026 +3
Dude made absolute bangers back to back within an 8 year period. Rip.
3
michiness Mar 23, 2026 +1
I just listened to Cary Elwes’s book about the movie, and it’s nonstop “Rob Reiner was the nicest person I ever worked for” from everyone. Makes how he died even worse.
1
GOGOblin Mar 22, 2026 +11
There is also Stardust. Less famous, but I think it is a great movie.
11
Responsible-Bar8488 Mar 23, 2026 +1
One of my favorite DeNiro roles!
1
Afkargh Mar 22, 2026 +7
Cary Elwes wrote an autobiographical recount of his experiences in making the film titled “As You Wish”. It was one of the most delightful books I’ve ever read.
7
halfdeadmoon Mar 23, 2026 +2
Cary Elwes was on a panel at DragonCon and answered so many questions with "It's in the book" that it annoyed people. I put off getting it for years just because of that, but I eventually did and it was great.
2
CromulentPoint Mar 22, 2026 +17
William Goldman is (was, RIP) one of the best, most accomplished screenwriters in history. When you have Princess Bride and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on your resume, you’re a first-ballot hall of famer.
17
casual_creator Mar 22, 2026 +21
You should check out the book, if you haven’t. Written by Goldman, he also adapted it for the screen. The book is both wildly different, but the same. All the same charm and major plot points, but the framing device is completely different and totally unique: within the novel, Goldman is tasked with rewriting “The Princess Bride” - an old story - because while good, it’s filled with ridiculous things like a whole chapter dedicated to describing what a character eats for dinner. So you get both Goldman’s abridged “version” of the story, as well as him complaining about what the original author was thinking. You also get to know what happened to the characters after the movie ends.
21
Dorsai56 Mar 22, 2026 +3
And so much more. "Marathon Man" was a fine film. His wiki is amazing.
3
randylikecandy Mar 22, 2026 +11
Stop saying that. And I mean it
11
ScreenTricky4257 Mar 22, 2026 +6
> Literally OP keeps using that word. I do not think it means what he thinks it means.
6
Tipop Mar 23, 2026 +2
Depends on how far you go back. In its original definition *literally* meant “as it happened in literature”, i.e. something happening that is similar to what happened in a book. Much later the definition changed to “this actually happened, no exaggeration.” So people grognard-ing over the definition of the word are themselves guilty of using the word “incorrectly”.
2
mcalesy Mar 23, 2026 +1
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
1
LilJourney Mar 22, 2026 +9
Anybody want a peanut?
9
Belyal Mar 22, 2026 +18
Did you know the Miracle Max scene was one of the most costly scenes in production. Less than 5 minutes of screen time but they let Billy Crystal go off script for the whole thing. Took 5 or more days of shooting and reshooting over 10 hours a day. Mostly because cast and crew kept laughing. In the end most of the crew including Director Rob Reiner and even cast members like Cary Elwes (who was one of the main foci of the scene) had to be removed from shooting the scene. Cary's prop body that Andre the Giant carried around in other scenes was used as aa body double for parts because no one could stop laughing.
18
microworry Mar 22, 2026 +9
[Video](https://youtu.be/UrRZ-kKnBEw?is=REmTJewSkJOCdyiM) for whoever wants to learn more.
9
sagevallant Mar 22, 2026 +12
Rob Reiner was one of the first people that had to leave. Manny Patinkin (Inigo) bruised a rib from trying not to laugh, I believe.
12
casual_creator Mar 22, 2026 +8
Grew up with the movie. I’m 40 now, and to this day, when I watch it, I get a little sad when it ends. I just want to spend more time with the characters.
8
efox02 Mar 22, 2026 +6
Same. Also one of the 2 movies that if I come across on TV I will stop what I’m doing at watch it. The other is Jurassic Park. 
6
SpottyNoonerism Mar 22, 2026 +10
One of my favorite memories of the Covid lockdown is when all of the cast except, sadly, Andre the Giant got together to do a table read of the entire script. One thing I learned in that event is it's physically impossible for Mandy Patinkin to phone in a performance; he was going HAM on being Inigo again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfEswKMqe4c
10
Coumatha Mar 22, 2026 +3
The book is amazing as well.
3
I_Am_Day_Man Mar 23, 2026 +3
My mom has Alzheimer’s and so she only watches a few movies that she really loves and Princess Bride is one of them. It’s the only one in the lineup that I don’t mind watching twice in a row sitting down. It’s just so fun and warm and funny. I love that movie.
3
lipmak Mar 22, 2026 +13
My all time favorite movie! “Hey fezzik, are there rocks ahead?”
13
Malnurtured_Snay Mar 22, 2026 +19
If there are, we'll all be dead!
19
OdoWanKenobi Mar 22, 2026 +12
No more rhymes! I mean it!
12
heims30 Mar 22, 2026 +14
Anybody want a peanut?
14
Malnurtured_Snay Mar 22, 2026 +6
Aaaaieeeeeaaayyyaarrrrgghhhh
6
italy43 Mar 22, 2026 +12
r/redditmoment
12
lost-james Mar 22, 2026 +27
Reddit is obsessed with this movie
27
Stingray88 Mar 22, 2026 +16
Reddit is made up by people. People are obsessed with this movie. Because it’s an incredibly good movie.
16
Eliteseafowl Mar 22, 2026 +14
Everyone should be obsessed with this movie. It is absolute perfection. It has action, adventure, romance, comedy, betrayal, revenge, sword fighting, rodents of unusual size and an albino!
14
Jimmni Mar 22, 2026 +3
I've never once been drawn into a real-life discussion about it so I've always wondered if it's a reddit thing to love it so much, an American thing to love it so much, or I've just weirdly always avoided watching or talking about the film. I was a kid of about the right age when it was first released so I'm surprised it just completely passed me by.
3
Lost_Revenue8614 Mar 22, 2026 +8
I'm in the UK and adored it growing up (born in 1988) and most of my friends have seen and loved it too.
8
Jimmni Mar 22, 2026 +2
I'm a bit older, old enough to have been a kid when it came out. So should have been more likely to see it rather than less. Maybe I just lived in a weird Princess Bride-less bubble.
2
Lost_Revenue8614 Mar 22, 2026 +4
Possibly! From memory we used to get it from the video shop a lot, alongside Labyrinth.
4
Jimmni Mar 22, 2026 +2
Labyrinth was most definitely a fixture of my childhood!
2
Sirwired Mar 22, 2026 +3
Well, it's never too late to watch it! I didn't see it until I was an adult, and it instantly became one of my favorite movies.
3
Jimmni Mar 22, 2026 +1
I've always vaguely intended to but I've always wanted to watch it with someone who loves it but have never really known anyone who does. Maybe I need to get off my arse and just watch it.
1
Th3_Hegemon Mar 22, 2026 +2
Just to provide a consenting voice, I watched it for the first time this week coincidentally and thought it was *fine*. Watching it you can tell how it could become a formative movie experience for someone, but I'm not going to pretend it's a cinematic masterpiece. It's very charming, and I think it did exactly what it set out to do, but what it was trying to do was make a fairytale movie and that won't necessarily blow you away.
2
on-a-pedestal Mar 23, 2026 +1
Actually, it's the best spoof ever made, basically lancing every fairy tale ever written with humor, while also not feeling like "Scary Movie", so much so, that people don't realize they are watching a tongue in cheek joke at fairy tale tropes (The movie, not necessarily the Book). That's why it's a masterpiece.
1
Th3_Hegemon Mar 23, 2026 +1
I think if there's a fine line separating spoofs from earnest efforts (there isn't, but let's just say so for argument's sake) I would say the Princess Bride falls on the earnest side of the line, but not by much. It certainly exists in the grey area between the two concepts, but it's not a proper spoof movie like Scary Movie or the Naked Gun, or even something like Young Frankenstein. It's probably closest to Galaxy Quest.
1
on-a-pedestal Mar 23, 2026 +1
I saw as 100% a spoof, and obvious. It just presented as believable non spoof if you don't watch it through that lenses. Rob Reiner directed, he wasn't "Unaware" he was using every generic fantasy trope ever, he emphasized it with outsized acting and silliness. If it's not a spoof, it's not a Masterpiece.
1
jamnut Mar 22, 2026 +5
Also Children of Men and Big Lebowski
5
BadBlood_1989 Mar 22, 2026 +4
I honestly don't care for it. I think maybe if I grew up with it I would enjoy it more.
4
SomboSteel Mar 22, 2026 +8
Easily one of THE movies of all time
8
Jester1525 Mar 23, 2026 +2
I was running an afterschool program and for the last day I wanted to show the movie to my kids, but because it wasn't g rated I needed permission from each of the parents. Not only did they enthusiastically agree, but nearly every parent showed up and sat on the carpets on the gym floor with their kids to watch it with them. It was such a fun day seeing my parents get to share that with their kids.
2
Spuzzell_ Mar 22, 2026 +22
I watched it for the first time, as an adult, a couple of years ago. It's alright? Feels like nostalgia does a hell of a lot of heavy lifting for those who loved it as kids to be honest.
22
microworry Mar 22, 2026 +9
I watched it as an adult for the first time and loved it, it has a campy charm to it and doesn’t take itself seriously. I think it’s just a matter of taste.
9
STFUNeckbeard Mar 22, 2026 +10
Idk the poison match, the “I’m not left handed/neither am I”, and final dual of inigo montoya are legit objectively cinematic masterpieces
10
clementine_nails Mar 22, 2026 +6
My eyebrows hit the ceiling at this comment.
6
Ayrios440 Mar 22, 2026 +3
Yeah I've never seen the big thing with it. I missed it when it was released and I found it a little awkward in places and just over all...ok? I feel like calling it 'ok' is giving it a little too much praise though. 
3
misterbluesky8 Mar 22, 2026 +2
I felt the same way. It was SO hyped that I even knew going in that it wouldn’t live up to the hype. And I left thinking “glad I watched it, don’t need to watch it again”. I couldn’t tell what kind of movie it was trying to be, and I just didn’t find myself howling with laughter.  I seem to remember a lot of fake accents, and I have a strong aversion to fake accents, so maybe that was part of it. But it kinda seemed like a kids movie that all adults except me loved. 
2
huffer4 Mar 22, 2026 +1
I’ve always said this too. It’s one of my wife’s favourite movies, but I didn’t see it until I was 30.
1
ShiftlessElement Mar 22, 2026 +1
Hated it as a kid. I’ve seen parts of it as an adult and can’t imagine sitting through the whole thing.
1
funbicorn Mar 22, 2026 -2
I came here to write exactly this. Watched it for the first time a year ago and it was OK. Enjoyable, but just OK. My partner who grew up with it loves it.
-2
maybehelp244 Mar 22, 2026 -7
It's the only explanation for a movie that feels like it's being filmed on the stage of a high school theater stage and scripts written by the students. It's a cute little movie, but it's painfully overrated by many
-7
casual_creator Mar 22, 2026 +11
> feels like it’s being filmed on a stage That’s kind of the point. It’s a fairytale being read to a child who is picturing the story as it’s told to him.
11
maybehelp244 Mar 22, 2026
That's great and all, but it's not exactly a strength of the film since they don't play into it at any level, aside from *maybe* the sword fight duel at the top of the cliffs where he randomly has a perfect uneven bar to do acrobatics on for no reason. They don't use the poor set quality to make any kind of unique strength. They also randomly break away from that when they have wideshots of grand landscapes or just regular forests - so it's not like it's a particularly strong artistic choice if they just give up on it
0
nickyeyez Mar 22, 2026 +13
Feels like it's written by high school students? 😂😂😂 William Goldman is one of cinema's great writers.
13
Dorsai56 Mar 22, 2026 +3
Damn skippy he was.
3
Spuzzell_ Mar 22, 2026
I have to agree with you, and I went in with so much open minded goodwill. I was the underwhelmed, and I really did go in looking to love it.
0
myowngalactus Mar 22, 2026 +8
People that don’t like that movie have to be dead inside, and not in a poetic goth way, but like an empty void with no imagination or joy.
8
testestsestesteestet Mar 22, 2026 +7
it's true, people who think differently than you are inherently defective and inferior
7
MrDarwoo Mar 22, 2026
Never really got into it, kinda creeps me out
0
Kash-Acous Mar 22, 2026
Creeps you out? Why?
0
keithd3333 Mar 22, 2026 -3
Same. I assume you're also not white? I've only heard white people rave about it and none of my non-white friends ever bring it up. Only like Andre's scenes but that's because I'm a big wrestling fan.
-3
Gavin_p Mar 22, 2026 +2
A rite of passage movie for many young children. Loved it.
2
onelittleworld Mar 22, 2026 +2
I really never got the unbridled love for this corny-ass mess. It insists on its own cuteness. It does.
2
iamamuttonhead Mar 22, 2026 +1
If I am feeling really down then I like to watch it because it is probably the most fundamentally uplifting movie I know.
1
isnotacrayon Mar 22, 2026 +1
My favorite movie of all time! It may not be FILM(tm) but I grin like an idiot the entire time I watch and have seen it at least 20 times.
1
atramentum Mar 23, 2026 +2
It is the definition of film.
2
Heavenspact Mar 22, 2026 +1
One of my favorites, I get the same nostalgia from Airborne too, from 93 It's funny, has Edie McClurg, Alanna Ubach, Jack Black and Seth Green, has a lot of quotable lines, has a rad downhill rollerblading race
1
Economy_Teacher4300 Mar 22, 2026 +1
Inconceivable! Its the one movie I can quote start to finish and never get tired of.
1
moinatx Mar 22, 2026 +1
So great. The frame story even has a plot build and character arc as the boy comes to value his grandfather’s love.
1
Southern-Brother5693 Mar 22, 2026 +1
"As you wish."
1
FlopsMcDoogle Mar 22, 2026 +1
It's been my favorite movie since I was a kid and I'm 39 now. My kids are 6 and 7 and I really want to show it to them but I'm terrified of trying it too early.
1
ShoulderExtension606 Mar 22, 2026 +1
Inconceivable! Its the one movie I can quote start to finish and never get tired of.
1
civex Mar 22, 2026 +1
I have 3 favorite films: Princess Bride, Casablanca, & The Dresser (1983).
1
Totinos160count Mar 23, 2026 +1
Anybody want a 🥜?
1
shilgrod Mar 23, 2026 +1
If agree except that story ends. I'm gonna keep imagining with bastion
1
Enelson4275 Mar 23, 2026 +1
Now go watch the alternate universe version, Galavant.
1
pornborn Mar 23, 2026 +1
As you wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissshhh….
1
thestenz Mar 23, 2026 +1
Stop that rhyming now I mean it!
1
boot2skull Mar 23, 2026 +1
I kick myself for missing this movie based on the title and maybe the vhs/dvd cover. Sounds like the most princessy thing ever, but it’s right up my alley. I was a grown ass man before I finally saw it.
1
HeartyBeast Mar 23, 2026 +1
I’ve watched it a couple of times. I have a very unpopular take. It is … OK
1
RiotX79 Mar 23, 2026 +1
If you haven't, grab a copy of "As You Wish" by Cary Elwes. It's a quick and fun read. Really opened my eyes to the work that went into putting the movie together tho.
1
DylanRed Mar 23, 2026 +1
Witches struck a similar chord in me
1
darkholemind Mar 23, 2026 +1
The Princess Bride is timeless. Funny, heartfelt, and endlessly quotable, a perfect comfort movie for any mood.
1
notboring Mar 23, 2026 +1
If you love the story, treat yourself to a collectible and pick up a red text first edition of the book.
1
Acewasalwaysanoption Mar 23, 2026 +1
It takes its silliness very seriously
1
therealsancholanza Mar 23, 2026 +1
You use that word ‘literally’. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
1
dawgz525 Mar 23, 2026 +1
Peak what?
1
Gnarwhal8982 Mar 23, 2026 +1
Man, Rob Reiner is one of the all time great directors. He made 6 classic, genre defining films in 8 years. Spinal Tap really started the “mockumentary” style film. Stand By Me is one of, if not the, classic coming of age films. The Princess Bride- enough said When Harry Met Sally- classic modern romcom Misery- great horror film And then a Few Good Men- I haven’t seen it so I can’t say anything about it, but it’s generally viewed as a classic film I mean how many directors have that type of range?
1
basic_bitch- Mar 23, 2026 +1
Agreed. It's one of only two comedies that are in my top 10. An absolute gold mine of quotes.
1
peteyshabby Mar 23, 2026 +1
it earns it. the rare movie where every single element is doing exactly what it should. the tone is immaculate and it never wavers once for the entire runtime. hard to argue against it
1
randominsamity Mar 23, 2026 +1
Peak what?
1
Figmentdreamer Mar 24, 2026 +1
Love this movie
1
inwarded_04 Mar 22, 2026 +1
Not to mention the awesome visuals & direction, while keeping the core of the book and an INCREDIBLE cast
1
arshadshabick Mar 22, 2026 +1
Im sorry for my ignorance but it this the old 1987 movie or is there a new movie?
1
evoslevven Mar 22, 2026 +6
Already answered but don't give Hollywood any ideas! Heaven knows someone clueless exec is going to do a "hey we should remake the movie because it has a cult following and surely they will all rewatch it! Let's add some big names to it without actors and actresses without any skills or chemistry together!".
6
clementine_nails Mar 22, 2026 +1
Funny story: a few years ago, someone proposed a remake and Twitter collectively shut it the f*** down.
1
Zak_The_Slack Mar 23, 2026 +1
The only way it would work would be for Fred Savage to have a kid of his own and he’s telling the story to them. Everything looks differently because it’s a new kid imagining everything, so you can do stuff like focusing on some scenes over others because that’s what the new kid is interested in. Or just do it as muppets. Can’t go wrong with that
1
b_asiil Mar 22, 2026 +8
old one. any remake wouldn’t live up to the glory
8
Emotional-Mark7855 Mar 22, 2026 +1
Its got it all
1
ztreHdrahciR Mar 23, 2026 +1
It is a near-perfect movie. I am delighted every time I watch it
1
beisenhauer Mar 22, 2026 +1
I find myself using, "You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?" so often, I forget where it came from.
1
Professional_Ant6716 Mar 22, 2026 +1
Inconceivable! Its the perfect movie. No notes.
1
clementine_nails Mar 22, 2026 +1
This is my favorite movie and I’ve seen it hundreds of times. It was made the year I was born so I quite literally have been watching it my whole life. In high school, it saved my life — I would play it on repeat when I was super depressed, and I knew when I fell asleep that I would wake up to something good (the movie still playing). I knew it so well at one point that I would dissociate in class and play it from beginning to end in my head. Yeah. This movie is The Greatest Movie of All Time.
1
StormyTheNinja Mar 23, 2026 +1
No matter how much we all might disagree politically, no one thinks that a remake of Princess Bride is a good idea.
1
← Back to Board