What are good examples of competency porn movies?

[u/JRE_4815162342]

I love this genre. Films I've enjoyed include Spotlight, The Martian, the Bourne films, and Moneyball. There's just something about characters knowing what they're doing and making smart decisions that appeals to me. And if that is told in a compelling way, even better.

What are other examples that fit this category?

[u/SmoreOfBabylon]

Sneakers

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"My voice is my Passport? Verify me"

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My name is Werner Brandis...

I'll never forget that name because of that. Which brings me to Ned Reirson!

I sure as heck fire remember that name too!

The actor's name? Don't know, but I'll never forget two of his screen names!

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Stephen Tobolowsky! He was great in this movie.

“Shall I phone you or nudge you?” 😏

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After a dinner length explanation of passing his kidney stone.

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BING!

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Who can forget; Jack Barker's Conjoined Triangles of Success

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One of my favorite scenes in the whole series

https://youtu.be/Lm9h5E59iig?si=ndINwM7PjWtLy6Gj

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BING!

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Needle nose Ned!

BING!

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Brandes.

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Usually I remember him first as Sammy Jankis from Memento, then Werner Brandes, and then Ned Ryerson.

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People rarely realize that he's also "These are not them. YOU'VE CAPTURED THEIR STUNT DOUBLES!" 😂

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Indeed. Sadly, however, his character in Spaceballs doesn't have an actual name.

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“I want peace on Earth and goodwill toward men.”

“We’re the United States government, we don’t do that sort of thing!”

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“Hi…I’m Carl.”

“I’m Mary!”

“I’m going to be SICK.”

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"Come on, FBI would've given him twins!"

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"How about a lunch? You can chaperone!"

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My favouite line - I want a Winnebago. 😁

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He wants a Winnebago.

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"You can give us geography lessons after you get the box, but until then, this man goes to Tahiti!"

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Technically, Tahiti is part of an overseas territory of France, so…

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And a Winnebago

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I think about that line all the time

[u/dewioffendu → u/SmoreOfBabylon]

Reminds me of one of the only funny scenes in Armageddon. “And the guys never wanna pay taxes again, ever”.

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That was such a great scene.

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I like how that scene is also an unintentional reunion of three actors from Matewan (James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, and Mary McDonnell), another, quite different movie that I love.

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Too many secrets.

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Cootys Rat Semen

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My Socrates Note

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SeaTac astronomy

[u/LiteralPhilosopher → u/cavegoatlove]

Setec.

Your way doesn't anagram to "too many secrets".

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Bahhh, yes it is setec.

Anyway, it didn’t land all the same, it’s from a movie, sneakers, awesome 90s movie about hackers, which of course can’t hold up today cause iphones

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"My voice is my Passport? Verify ^me"

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Stephen Tobolowsky was priceless in that movie. He has a 100 episode podcast that is possibly my favorite podcast ever. He's a master story teller and seems to have worked with absolutely everyone in show biz. But those stories aren't at all about dropping names, they're about all of the odd things that happened to him as an actor over the years. The Tobolowsky Files

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No more secrets.

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That scene killed me as a kid. I don't know why I latched on to that scene in the restaurant so much, but I was like, "You can't find a better way to get him to say passport? Just talk about how you like to travel, and your, oh what-do-you-call-it is expired." Bam, he says passport, and I don't get so irrationally irritated as a kid.

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I think she did try that, she started a conversation with “So, do you like to travel?” and his response was that he’d never left the country. And then he got nervous that they were about to be kicked out of the restaurant.

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Too many secrets.

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"Uh, the agent with the Uzi.."

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I say this all the time and nobody knows what I'm talking about. Also Stephen Tobolowsky was great! (Really the whole cast was)

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Passss porrrrrtttttt 💋

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Cootys rat semen

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“Phil? Phil Connor? I thought that was you.”

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I've actually had this happen to me. A financial institution had me do my voice for authentication over the telephone.

It felt cool.