Movieclips: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Margin Call (9/9) Movie CLIP - It's Just Money (2011) HD", hN shares it in bubble and crash threads as a memorable scene about market cycles and about information work versus physical labor.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2020–2023videoHN shares it in bubble and crash threads as a memorable scene about market cycles and about information work versus physical labor.
- cited 3× 0 months 2015–2025comedy videoPosted as a joke or pop-culture reference whenever threads touch on backward or barbaric medicine.
- cited 4× 0 months 2017–2026videoUsed as a reference or joke about authority figures who think they are above the law, and occasionally about sympathy for the military.
- cited 3× 0 months 2017–2023videoLinked in threads about the demon core and criticality accidents as a dramatic recreation.
- cited 4× 0 months 2022–2023comedy videoPosted as a joke in threads about dealer add-on fees and subscription car features.
- cited 5× 0 months 2016–2026videoUsed mostly as a punchline or example of cheesy, unrealistic Hollywood depictions of hacking and over-stylized tech UIs.
- cited 4× 0 months 2022–2025comedy videoHN uses it as a joke reference in threads about quiet quitting and unreasonable workplace demands.
- cited 3× 0 months 2021–2026videoUsed as a pop-culture reference, usually as a joke about everyone sharing the same identity or name.
- cited 4× 0 months 2015–2023comedy videoIt is posted purely as a joke in threads about sponsorship, ads and selling out.
- cited 4× 0 months 2015–2025comedy videoUsed as a joke or pop-culture reference in comments about futuristic technology and talking to computers.
- cited 5× 0 months 2021–2024videoUsed as a joke or shorthand quote, 'the only winning move is not to play', in unrelated threads.
- cited 4× 0 months 2022–2026videoReferenced in threads about layoffs and career choices for its depiction of firing and giving up on dreams.
- cited 3× 0 months 2023–2025videoCited as a reference scene when commenters see signs of impending economic or institutional trouble.
- cited 7× 0 months 2023–2025videoLinked in career and burnout threads as shorthand for the freedom financial independence gives you.
- cited 3× 0 months 2014–2023comedy videoUsed purely as a joke reference to Harry Tuttle and the film's dystopian bureaucracy.
- cited 4× 0 months 2019–2025comedy videoUsed as shorthand for pointless corporate nagging and soulless office life.
- cited 5× 0 months 2021–2023videoHN cites the scene when discussing small efficiency gains multiplied across many users, such as faster boot or load times.
- cited 6× 0 months 2022–2025comedy videoMostly used as a joke or parody reference, and occasionally as the canonical illustration of leveled, second-order thinking.
- cited 4× 0 months 2015–2023comedy videoNot recommended; commenters use it as a joke reference in threads about military lasers and similar technology.
- cited 4× 0 months 2022–2025videoQuoted to describe fleeting cultural moments that cannot be repeated, such as early tech eras or SimCity 2000.
Questions
Which Movieclips video does Hacker News recommend most?
Margin Call (9/9) Movie CLIP - It's Just Money (2011) HD: recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users between 2020 and 2023.
Is this every Movieclips video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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