The Long Kiss Goodnight
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her. From TMDB
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60 of 240 · most liked firstYearly reminder that the best Christmas action movie is actually The Long Kiss Goodnight.
positive · AI labelView post →Watching the only real Christmas movie, The Long Kiss Goodnight.
positive · AI labelView post →Die Hard is a solid Christmas action movie but it takes up way too much space in the culture. You can and should celebrate Christmas with - Batman Returns - Police Story - Lethal Weapon - The Last Boy Scout - The Long Kiss Goodnight - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - ok every Shane Black movie
neutral · AI labelView post →If you haven’t watched the best Christmas movie of all—The Long Kiss Goodnight—then what are you waiting for, huh? #ChefsDoThat #ShouldWeGetADog
positive · AI labelView post →(3/13) Her first Lead Action Hero movie - The Long Kiss Goodnight, saw her play an amnesiac Assassin turned mom named Samantha Caine. The role was brutal, made only worse since Geena insisted on being trained and doing the stunt work herself so that the audience would see *her* doing the action.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jennifer Lawrence was quoted implying that The Hunger Games was the first female-led action movie ... today I want to introduce you to one of my favorite exceptions: The Long Kiss Goodnight..
positive · AI labelView post →We are having our annual family watch of the best Christmas movie ever: The Long Kiss Goodnight. #DieScreamingMotherfucker
positive · AI labelView post →Die Hard/The Long Kiss Goodnight is a great Christmas movie double feature
neutral · AI labelView post →what is your "i recommend to everyone" movie? 🎬 mine is… ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’ 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →Before there was Atomic Blonde there was Charly Baltimore, Geena Davis' character in THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT. @arrowvideo.bsky.social just brought the film back to life in a 2-disc 4K release with tons of extras. I was lucky enough to write an essay included with it. (Thanks, @horrornonna.com!)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Directed by Renny Harlin
neutral · AI labelView post →"First, I am proud to say that I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't swear. Oh shit, I do smoke and drink.". Bonus yeet the child:  VOY s1e4 "Time and Again" with dialogue from [The Long Kiss Goodnight](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0116908/), a fun non-Christmas-but-still-Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm watching The Long Kiss Goodnight for the first time and damn this movie is great. I wish I hadn't taken so long to finally see it.
positive · AI labelView post →Agree with this completely. I also think a Christmas movie has to lose something if you don’t know about the holiday or it were removed from it. Would Die Hard be a materially worse film if it took place at Thanksgiving? No. Whereas say, the Long Kiss Goodnight, THAT is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #nw #filmsky THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT Director: Renny Harlin Screenplay: Shane Black Release date: October 11, 1996 (USA)
neutral · AI labelView post →Renny Harlin kept trying to make a movie about Samantha/Charly's daughter trying to solve her mother's murder with Mitch, but I never liked that idea. I need a sequel to The Long Kiss Goodnight that reunites Geena Davis & Samuel L. Jackson. I gotta have Sam AND Mitch. deadline.com/2026/06/geen...
neutral · AI labelView post →Move over, "Die Hard": Why "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996) is a great alt-Christmas movie. Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson are sheer perfection as an amnesiac former assassin and PI who foil a terrorist plot. arstechnica.com/culture/2024...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sean Bean's character's name in this movie is Mitch Hennessy. That was Sam Jackson's character's name in The Long Kiss Goodnight. #FrankandErnest
neutral · AI labelView post →"I'm always frank and earnest with women. Uh, in New York I'm Frank, and Chicago I'm Ernest.".  Top line of dialogue from [The Long Kiss Goodnight](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0116908/), a fun non-Christmas-but-still-Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Why The Long Kiss Goodnight is a great alt-Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite Christmas action movie. #NowWatching The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) #filmsky #SlayBellsRing
positive · AI labelView post →Why The Long Kiss Goodnight is a great alt-Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying The Long Kiss Goodnight, fav Samuel L. Jackson Film?
neutral · AI labelView post →Harlin also hired a writer who wasn't Shane Black to write his sequel, which feels equally bizarre. without Black and Davis, it might be a fun movie, but it wouldn't be The Long Kiss Goodnight.
neutral · AI labelView post →1996’s THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT is, imo, a perfect action film.
positive · AI labelView post →1. I started the day after Halloween because I needed the pick me up this year. 2. Spirited is a newer fave. The Long Kiss Goodnight is may fav movie ever & is a Xmas movie the way Die Hard is a Xmas movie. 3. A very hastily thrown together pot of Texas chili (yes with beans). #HATM
positive · AI labelView post →Without saying The Long Kiss Goodnight, fav Samuel L. Jackson film?
neutral · AI labelView post →you: (desperately trying to get to impress people by arguing that Die Hard is a Christmas movie) me: (kicking off Christmas movie season with The Long Kiss Goodnight)
positive · AI labelView post →Nobody ever talks about The Long Kiss Goodnight as a Christmas movie and in my opinion, this is bad and wrong.
positive · AI labelView post →A couple on a crime spree with great lead performances, an unsettling Zombie film about witches and Satan, a classic Eastwood/Van Cleef team up, and also a classic LA noir with a rambling Elliott Gould (also watched The Long Kiss Goodnight and Wargames) #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →#Aprilfilmchallenge Apr. 22 - My Mom’s Favorite Movie The Long Kiss Goodnight My mother is a huge fan of Geena Davis because of her performance in this movie.
unlabelledView post →The Long Kiss Goodnight is so good. In some nearly-parallel reality, that film was a Bourne franchise.
unlabelledView post →The best action Christmas movie is The Long Kiss Goodnight. It was a flop when it came out, because audiences weren't ready for a female action hero.
unlabelledView post →Happy Birthday to the great Brian Cox, brilliant Emmy-winning Scottish film, stage, and television actor, acclaimed for roles in IN CELEBRATION, MANHUNTER, ROB ROY, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, RUSHMORE, THE RING, 25TH HOUR, RED EYE, ZODIAC, THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE, THE SLAP, SUCCESSION, and more.
unlabelledView post →Who is the coolest woman in a movie? Obviously, Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →Y'know what Christmas movie rocks? THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT. Geena Davis, what did we ever do to deserve you?
unlabelledView post →Don’t forget The Long Kiss Goodnight is a Christmas movie!🎄 And one of my all time favorites. #filmsky
unlabelledView post →The Long Kiss Goodnight IS a Christmas movie
unlabelledView post →Not including The Long Kiss Goodnight as a Christmas movie is, frankly, misogyny
unlabelledView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #172 "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (Renny Harlin/1996) Directed by Harlin and written by Shane Black, what's not to love? This story of a government assassin with amnesia is a blast! A great cast, worth your time to check out.
unlabelledView post →Beginning my Chinese food and Christmas movie-thon a little earlier than anticipated. First up, this nice 4K edition of "The Long Kiss Goodnight" from Arrow
unlabelledView post →My ideal Christmas movie double-feature: The Lion in Winter and The Long Kiss Goodnight.
unlabelledView post →Before we record and go all in the Movie of the Weekend, I decided to do my due dilligence and watch THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996). Shane Black's snappy, endlessly quotable dialouge paired with Renny Harlin's bombastic action amongst the Christmas season is exhilarating.
unlabelledView post →Tank Girl. It may just be a guilty pleasure but I'll defend it. I guess Starship Troopers is THE movie for this, although I'm always suprised to find out people used to like it unironically. Due date, with Robert Downey Jr and Galifianakis is a surprisingly earnest soft remake of Planes, Trains and Automobiles and nobody remembers it exists. Speaking of unexpectedly fun raunchy comedies, Booksmart. I want to say The Long Kiss Goodnight, but man, the action in that is janky in…
unlabelledView post →We got one! THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996) becomes the 8️⃣9️⃣4️⃣th film we've found with an exploding helicopter. 🚁💥📽️ I'd previously excluded this from my list as the fate of the helicopter had seemed uncertain. But after a frame-by-frame analysis I'm now satisfied it explodes.
unlabelledView post →The Long Kiss Goodnight is my fav but my usual comfort film is any of the Star Trek remakes. #HATM
unlabelledView post →“Is Die Hard a Christmas movie!?” Shut up, nerds. The Long Kiss Goodnight is right there.
unlabelledView post →Heads up: THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT -- a CHRISTMAS MOVIE -- is streaming on Pluto TV in the US. pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
unlabelledView post →If you count it as a hitman movie, The Long Kiss Goodnight is mine. For sheer volume of weird hitmen, Bullet Train has to be included.
unlabelledView post →Share one of your ‘secret favourite’ films. Not a film everyone knows you love but one you rarely ever show love for. The Long Kiss Goodnight
unlabelledView post →Following up with a much better movie imo (The Long Kiss Goodnight)
unlabelledView post →Annual remind that DIE HARD is not a Christmas movie, but THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT is.
unlabelledView post →Also The Long Kiss Goodnight was amazing. It should be the companion Christmas movie to Die Hard.
unlabelledView post →We all know and love DIE HARD, and we're also sick of talking every year about whether or not it's a Christmas movie. So I wrote this for UPROXX in 2021 about THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, and about how Christmas-themed action films have a lot more to offer than some people might think.
unlabelledView post →showed @harmcox.bsky.social THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT and seeing somebody respond in real time to that movie is the finest christmas experience i can imagine
unlabelledView post →without saying beetlejuice, fav geena davis film? Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight gave me a lifelong type w/ blonde hair and dark eyebrows
unlabelledView post →The Long Kiss Goodnight possibly has my favourite Samuel L. Jackson moment in film: getting thrown out of a car whilst Marvin Gaye is singing Stubborn Kind of Fellow & then casually smoking a cigarette lying on the road. And those shoes! youtu.be/LdxNi18Z5aU
unlabelledView post →Don’t think I’d call The Long Kiss Goodnight a top-tier Geena Davis film (it’s up there), but this is a top-tier Davis moment
unlabelledView post →Rahne's Official 2024 Ranking: The Closing of the Year Film Festival 1 The Hudsucker Proxy 2 Carol 3 The Long Kiss Goodnight 4 White Reindeer 5 Desk Set 6 The Apartment 7 Trading Places 8 Scrooged 9 Curse of the Cat People 10 Bell Book & Candle 11 Gremlins 12 Eyes Wide Shut 13 The Ref 14 Reckless
unlabelledView post →I consider The Long Kiss Goodnight an unofficial Bourne prequal. Amazing movie, completely underrated. IIRC, it straddles the week between Xmas and NYE with the bridge thing at the end.
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