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Through the Looking Glass - Showdown: Best 4th wall breaks

Letterboxd description:
Pardon us while this Showdown has a strange interlude. We’re hunting for the most excellent movie meta-comments (to use a term coined by serial fourth-wall-breaker Michael Palin). From conspiratorial heroes to an Eddie Murphy side-eye, from Alfie to Amelie, and from the metaphorical to the physical —“I’m workin’ for Mel Brooks!”—list your picks for the top ten narrative films that make the best use of the camera’s role as an audience avatar. (Yes, Duckie, you.) Extra points if your list includes at least one female fourth-wall-breaker (what is it with dudes and lenses?). I’m ready for my close up.

  • Sixteen Candles
  • Smokey and the Bandit
  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
  • The Muppet Movie
  • The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
  • Airplane!
  • Blazing Saddles
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch
  • Fight Club
  • Spaceballs
  • The Mask
  • Young Frankenstein
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  • Wayne's World
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
  • GoodFellas
  • Deadpool