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What movie/movies can you watch over and over and not get tired of? (Original Post) oregonjen Jul 2013 OP
Fargo. Most Tarantino films. All Kubrick films. Duer 157099 Jul 2013 #1
even Eyes Wide Shut? kwassa Jul 2013 #31
I like that film too. I don't normally watch movies multiple times. But I would say applegrove Jul 2013 #2
Pleasantville...Out of Africa...Lost in Translation... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #3
Out of Africa - got me there! ConcernedCanuk Jul 2013 #35
the Sound of Music... I'm sure there are others, but that one comes to mind hlthe2b Jul 2013 #4
The Deer Hunter...The Big Lebowski Teamster Jeff Jul 2013 #5
The Shawshank Redemption and Young Frankenstein. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2013 #6
A Bronx Tale and Fried Green Tomatoes dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #7
Pitch Black with Vin Diesel. Love that man. n/t RebelOne Jul 2013 #8
The Godfather movies...even #3 ok_cpu Jul 2013 #9
Bad Santa LonePirate Jul 2013 #10
White Men Can't Jump HERVEPA Jul 2013 #11
Rear Window; LiberalElite Jul 2013 #12
The Usual Suspects Callmecrazy Jul 2013 #13
Good call it takes at least two watches to even KNOW what the hell happened... angstlessk Jul 2013 #16
Get Shorty Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #14
OMG forgot about that....that too takes a couple of looks..see to angstlessk Jul 2013 #17
Enemy of the State and Runaway Jury Lars39 Jul 2013 #15
Jumanji... Neoma Jul 2013 #18
Zoolander. PassingFair Jul 2013 #19
Casino name not needed Jul 2013 #20
The Limey. zonkers Jul 2013 #21
John Boorman's Excalibur reflection Jul 2013 #22
Ohhhh, love that one! oregonjen Jul 2013 #30
oh and the original Get Carter with Michael Caine. reflection Jul 2013 #23
Best in Show olddots Jul 2013 #24
movies to rewatch: sigmasix Jul 2013 #25
Moonstruck, The American President and A Hard Days Night. Boomerproud Jul 2013 #26
Vertigo, murielm99 Jul 2013 #27
The Treasure of The Sierra Madres Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2013 #28
Auntie Mame, The Letter, The Man Who Knew Too Much, narnian60 Jul 2013 #29
The list... Demo_Chris Jul 2013 #32
Groundhog Day kwassa Jul 2013 #33
Serenity, '09 Star Trek, Independence Day, Shaun of the Dead. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #34
Galaxy Quest, Shaun of the Dead, John Carpenter's 'The Thing' Rob H. Jul 2013 #36
All of Mel brooks movies, the original night of the living dead, all but 3 of the star trek movies Arcanetrance Jul 2013 #37
Blazing Saddles HeiressofBickworth Jul 2013 #38
A lot of them... Broken_Hero Jul 2013 #39
Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility. politicat Jul 2013 #40
Shanendoah (Jimmy Stewart - shows the impact of war on a family avebury Jul 2013 #41
Nice list! Paulie Jul 2013 #44
Anything with Will Ferrell or any Scorsese movie. nt Inkfreak Jul 2013 #42
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean cordelia Jul 2013 #43
Young Frankenstein, Animal House, Addams Family Values LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #45

applegrove

(118,659 posts)
2. I like that film too. I don't normally watch movies multiple times. But I would say
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 08:06 PM
Jul 2013

I always like "All The President's Men", "Bridget Jones Diary", "Pretty Woman", and the "Princess Bride".

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
3. Pleasantville...Out of Africa...Lost in Translation...
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 08:07 PM
Jul 2013

Babette's Feat....Howard's End...Remains of the Day....Baraka....Bread and Tulips....Antonia's Line....Rouge and Bleu from Les Trois Coleurs (Kieslowski's trilogy)....Stop Making Sense....

to name but a few!

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)
6. The Shawshank Redemption and Young Frankenstein.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 08:13 PM
Jul 2013

They are just amazing movies. Great acting, great story lines...

Oh, and also Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick's masterpiece.

ok_cpu

(2,051 posts)
9. The Godfather movies...even #3
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 08:38 PM
Jul 2013

And a bunch of silly comedies-the more quotable, the better:

Get Shorty
Wedding Crashers
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Uncle Buck
Edited to add Office Space

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
10. Bad Santa
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 08:45 PM
Jul 2013

I never fail to laugh at so many of its scenes, even when I watch it outside of the holiday season.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
12. Rear Window;
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 09:30 PM
Jul 2013

A Hard Day's Night; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; Ruthless People; nything Marx Brothers.

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)
16. Good call it takes at least two watches to even KNOW what the hell happened...
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 09:35 PM
Jul 2013

That an Reservoir Dogs

Brother Buzz

(36,434 posts)
14. Get Shorty
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 09:34 PM
Jul 2013

I always thought John Travolta was a lousy actor until he reinvented himself in Get Shorty. I think the film was just a bit better than the book, and I loved the book.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)
18. Jumanji...
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 09:42 PM
Jul 2013

Hot Fuzz
Groundhog Day
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Nightmare before Christmas
Pride and Prejudice
The Royal Tenenbaums
Toy Story
Time Bandits
Rope

Others...

sigmasix

(794 posts)
25. movies to rewatch:
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:35 PM
Jul 2013

In no particular order- "young frankenstein", "the jerk" ("he hates these cans!&quot , "heathers" ("our love is God, lets go get a slushy&quot Monty Python's "Holy Grail" and "Meaning of Life" ("can we have your liver then?&quot and "Shuan of the Dead" (you've got red on you&quot

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,575 posts)
28. The Treasure of The Sierra Madres
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:39 PM
Jul 2013

Little Big Man, The Sand Pebbles,it's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Apocalypse Now....

 

Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)
32. The list...
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 12:12 AM
Jul 2013

Lost in Translation
Se7en
Addams Family
House of 1000 Corpse and/or Devil's Rejects
Dawn of the Dead
Greatest Show on Earth
Notting Hill
District 9
My Fair Lady
Oliver!
Anne (with Carol Burnette)
About a Boy
Conspiracy Theory (I have to watch it while holding a Catcher in the Rye)
Gladiator

And more!!!!

Rob H.

(5,351 posts)
36. Galaxy Quest, Shaun of the Dead, John Carpenter's 'The Thing'
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 01:07 AM
Jul 2013

Pretty weird combo, but I love them all for different reasons.

Arcanetrance

(2,670 posts)
37. All of Mel brooks movies, the original night of the living dead, all but 3 of the star trek movies
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 01:16 AM
Jul 2013

The original Bela Lugosi Dracula, Nosferatu, Faust, pretty much all Vincent price movies

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
38. Blazing Saddles
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 01:43 AM
Jul 2013

Also
Sense & Sensibility (Emma Thompson version)
Pride & Prejudice (Keira Knightly version)
Men in Black

Looking at the list, I seem to go from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
39. A lot of them...
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 01:47 AM
Jul 2013

Kick Ass, Sin City, The Good Bad and Ugly, Pulp Fiction, True Romance, Spaceballs, Back to the Future trilogy, Ghostbusters, Superman the movie, damn...a lot of movies.

politicat

(9,808 posts)
40. Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility.
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 02:27 AM
Jul 2013

Excellent performances, gorgeous cinematography, lovely score. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson eye-candy don't hurt.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
41. Shanendoah (Jimmy Stewart - shows the impact of war on a family
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 08:09 AM
Jul 2013

who has tried to stay out of the Civil War)

Desk Set (Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey)

Exodus

Topaz (Hitchcock)

The Final Countdown (Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Charles Durning, etc. - great cast and I love any movie that explores the concept of time travel)

Down Periscope - just for pure laughs

The American President (good cast)

Auntie Mame - Rosaline Russell is fabulous

Good Bye Mr. Chips (and any movie with Greer Garson)

My Life in Ruins

Sitting Pretty (the original Belvader movie with Clifton Webb, Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara)

What a Way to Go (Great cast)

There are a lot of old movies that I can watch over and over. Anything with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, Hepburn & Tracy, Doris Day & Rock Hudson, Hepburn and Grant, and so many more.

Paulie

(8,462 posts)
44. Nice list!
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:29 AM
Jul 2013

You have a lot of great ones. I'd add:

Stalag 17
Here comes Mr Jordan
Forbidden Planet
12 Angry Men
Random Harvest
The goodbye girl
The Apartment

Aliens
Real Genius
Manhattan Project
Enemy Mine
War Games
Torn
Stargate

cordelia

(2,174 posts)
43. Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 08:23 AM
Jul 2013

Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond - what's not to love on repeated viewings?

 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
45. Young Frankenstein, Animal House, Addams Family Values
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 10:39 AM
Jul 2013

and to some extent, Weekend at Bernie's. There are what come to mind; I'm sure there are others, but my memory isn't what it used to be.

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