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.
- video recommended in 4 different months by 4 HN users, 2020–2023HN shares it in bubble and crash threads as a memorable scene about market cycles and about information work versus physical labor.
- comedy video cited on HN 3 times, 2015–2025Posted as a joke or pop-culture reference whenever threads touch on backward or barbaric medicine.
- video cited on HN 4 times, 2017–2026Used as a reference or joke about authority figures who think they are above the law, and occasionally about sympathy for the military.
- video cited on HN 3 times, 2017–2023Linked in threads about the demon core and criticality accidents as a dramatic recreation.
- comedy video cited on HN 4 times, 2022–2023Posted as a joke in threads about dealer add-on fees and subscription car features.
- video cited on HN 5 times, 2016–2026Used mostly as a punchline or example of cheesy, unrealistic Hollywood depictions of hacking and over-stylized tech UIs.
- comedy video cited on HN 4 times, 2022–2025HN uses it as a joke reference in threads about quiet quitting and unreasonable workplace demands.
- video cited on HN 3 times, 2021–2026Used as a pop-culture reference, usually as a joke about everyone sharing the same identity or name.
- comedy video cited on HN 4 times, 2015–2023It is posted purely as a joke in threads about sponsorship, ads and selling out.
- comedy video cited on HN 4 times, 2015–2025Used as a joke or pop-culture reference in comments about futuristic technology and talking to computers.
- video cited on HN 5 times, 2021–2024Used as a joke or shorthand quote, 'the only winning move is not to play', in unrelated threads.
- video cited on HN 4 times, 2022–2026Referenced in threads about layoffs and career choices for its depiction of firing and giving up on dreams.
- video cited on HN 3 times, 2023–2025Cited as a reference scene when commenters see signs of impending economic or institutional trouble.
- video cited on HN 7 times, 2023–2025Linked in career and burnout threads as shorthand for the freedom financial independence gives you.
- comedy video cited on HN 3 times, 2014–2023Used purely as a joke reference to Harry Tuttle and the film's dystopian bureaucracy.
- comedy video cited on HN 4 times, 2019–2025Used as shorthand for pointless corporate nagging and soulless office life.
- video cited on HN 5 times, 2021–2023HN cites the scene when discussing small efficiency gains multiplied across many users, such as faster boot or load times.
- comedy video cited on HN 6 times, 2022–2025Mostly used as a joke or parody reference, and occasionally as the canonical illustration of leveled, second-order thinking.
- comedy video cited on HN 4 times, 2015–2023Not recommended; commenters use it as a joke reference in threads about military lasers and similar technology.
- video cited on HN 4 times, 2022–2025Quoted 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.