- Month Python and the Holy Grail
- Young Frankenstein
- Seven Samurai
- LOTR Trilogy
I see a lot of LOTR fans here. Good crowd.
I see a lot of LOTR fans here. Good crowd.
I had a holy grail vhs which i watched more or less every day after school. I used to be able to recite it from start to finish.
Also had both terminator movies on a double vhs so I've seen my fair share of them as well.
In steam of consciousness order:
Probably a number of others
Every kid had that movie on tape or dvd that watched over and over. Mine was Young Frankenstein on beta.
The Fifth Element is the quintessential sci-fi movie. Literally, the word quintessence means "fifth element".
I haven't seen it listed here in a quick scan, so:
Office Space
You don't need a million dollars to do nothing. Look at my cousin. He's broke as hell, don't do shit.
I revisit Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind every few years when I wanna get my guts all twisted into knots.
I think when Kaufman is left on his own he's too much of a bummer and Gondry on his own is just too far out. But somehow they come together in a perfect balance with Jim Carey in perhaps his best serious role, IMHO. The soundtrack really takes it the extra mile.
I appreciate it because Joel and Clementine come off as just two kinda fucked up people having a kinda fucked up relationship; very relatable. Neither is perfect or completely at fault and the film very much leaves it up to your interpretation if they can or should work together. I don't think it has a happy ending, do you? Compare that to something like 500 Days of Summer where you're really supposed to sympathize with Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character but mostly I end up wanting to push him into the mud. Hard.
The subplot between the doctor and his secretary is maybe a little unnecessary? But Kirsten Dunst is amazing so whatever.
Probably several others, but those are the first to come to mind.
I lost count:




'The Warriors' and 'The Blues Brothers' would be one of the best grindhouse double features of all times.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. I know it's popular to hate on them and point out flaws, but most of them are perfect "junk food" comfort food flicks. And some of them are really good!
I don't re-watch movies very often, and more than three times is rare as hens' teeth. Sometimes it's because it's an absolute classic, or sometimes it's because I'm weirdly fascinated by it. Let's see if I can remember those rare exceptions.
I’ve probably seen Hot Fuzz more times than any other movie. It was a comfort movie for a while.
Princess Bride
Pretty much any studio Ghibli movie. Have watched spirited away, Totoro, howls moving castle, valley of the wind, and many more more than 3x. Don't often rewatch stuff but have a soft spot for ghibli!
Jurassic Park. (1,2 and 3)
Tremors (1 and 2)
Lake Placid (RIP Betty)
And Then There Were None
The Thing
Robin Hood (Disney animated version)
Star Wars (Original trilogy + Episode 1)
Addams Family Values
Django Unchained
Inglorious Basterds
Pulp Fiction (not a Tarantino stan, I swear)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Aliens
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Ironman (first one)
Pacific Rim
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Big Short
Probably more than that TBH. I rewatch a lot.
Django Unchained
Inglorious Basterds
Pulp Fiction (not a Tarantino stan, I swear)
I laughed at this. Can't deny he's made some great films!
All LOTR and Harry Potter movies
Primer
Napoleon Dynamite
Primer doesn't count. You haven't watched it once until you've watched it three times.
Off the top of my head / all-time popular:
To satisfy my inner little boy:
Animation:
Yeah I'm a basic bitch
Probably a bunch more
I'm so glad they stopped at T2 and didn't ruin it by making a bunch of increasingly ridiculous sequels and TV shows.
The Fifth Element comes to my mind immediately. It was my happy place.
The Lord of the Rings, It's what I watch when I felt lost.
Also, Nostalgia, another film I rewatch when I felt not belonging and nowhere to go back to.
These are just movies I've probably seen more than 3 times in no particular order, they aren't all necessarily masterpieces (though some are):
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Princess Bride
Blade Runner / Bladerunner 2049
Idiocracy
Interstellar
Spaceballs
Clue
The Other Guys
Dr Strangelove
Airplane! / Airplane 2!
Terminator 2
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Home Alone
12 Monkeys
Inception
The Iron Giant
Trading Places
Star War: Backstroke of the West, The Third Gathering
Hot Shots! Both, btw
A subset ...
My no-doubt incomplete list (I enjoy watching old favourites over):
Lots.
The OG Star Wars (4, 5, 6)
Shawshank Redemption
Edge Of Tomorrow
Top Gun
Princess Bride (top 5 sword fight!)
Most all of Pixar’s stuff, and Dreamwork’s kids movies. My kids grew up with them.
Sleepy Hollow (Depp/Ricci version)
The Departed
Rob Roy (another top 5 sword fight)
Dune (original ‘80s version)
Alien/Aliens/Alien 3
Tron
Goonies
Rat Race
Lost Boys
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
The Breakfast Club
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Deadpool
The LOTR trilogy
Blade Runner - both films
Heist (a lesson in writing a script consisting of one-liners)
Ocean’s 11
The Name Of The Rose
The Last Mohican
Master And Commander
5th Element
Any of the Monty Python films, but especially Quest for the Holy Grail
That’s a start.
If I had to whittle it down to absolute favorites: Princess Bride, Monty Python, and OG Star Wars.
Unusual or less known movies I've watched a quite a few times:
Leaves of Grass
A Scanner Darkly
Red Lights
Where the Buffalo Roam
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
-2010: The Year We Make Contract
My mind is blanking on the others
Young Frankenstein
Pulp Fiction
Big Lebowski
Airplane! with Zero Hour! (1957) immediately after
Fifth Element
The Death of Stalin
There are plenty (nearing my 60s, I've had plenty time to watch movies ;). So allow me to name just a few I always enjoy watching. They are in no order save the two first ones:
There are so, so many more! Ozu is one of the directors I can endlessly watch and have a blast, I'm also a fan of Kurosawa. I have not even considered Italian (like, they were among the best) or the Russian cinema! Or even my own French movies: back in the days, French used to make a lot of great movies but that was before we too, like Hollywood, became so afraid of our own shadow that we started self-censoring... Sad times we're living in, bu that will pass.
Big Trouble in Little China
Princess Bride
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Tank Girl
Romancing the Stone
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Where the Buffalo Roam
Everything by Monty Python
Edit: everything by Mel Brooks
Snatch
Idiocracy, numerous times.
As time passes, it gets worse (aka reality does. The movie is perfect)
Far too many to name, so here's the first 10 that come to mind:
Princess Bride
Strictly Ballroom
Paul
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Wars 4,5,6
LOTR all of them
Operation Petticoat
Dr Strangelove
The Great Race
Pacific Rim
The Abyss
True Lies
Alien
Aliens
Clue
The Cutting Edge
Forbidden Planet
Harry Potter series
Kelly's Heroes
The Last Starfighter
Young Frankenstein
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Star Trek movies: Wrath of Khan, First Contact
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Gumball Rally
The Lord of the Rings - watched these many times now, and a couple of those have been back to back marathons. And yes, extended editions every time.
The Little Mermaid - The original Disney animated version. It’s possibly my favourite of what is known as the renaissance era.
The Muppet Christmas Carol - I watch this every year on Christmas Eve. I think I’m up to about 15 or more years now. It’s without a doubt the best version of A Christmas Carol ever.
Top three off the top of my head. I’m sure there’s more but the won’t match the number of times I’ve watched these.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Galaxy Quest
Hundreds of Beavers! It's an absolute delight showing it to someone who has never seen it before.
i don't even have an answer for that. but i grew up pre-internet and owned lots of video tapes.
i'm marveling at the notion that there may be people who haven't rewatched movies a lot?
Top secret, Back to the future, Star Wars (IV,V and VI), Godfather (all three), LOTR (all three), Goodfellas,
Just cause these haven't been called out by the top comments-
True Lies
The Hunt for Red October
Most of mine have already been mentioned, but the biggie that hasn't is: the Back to the Future trilogy.
Not only are there lots of little details you probably don't catch on the first viewing, I'm surprised they don't make more millennial-and-older users' lists just from them being often the best thing on TV, in the ancient times before streaming.
I probably watched The Man from Earth (2007) over ten times.
Aside from the several good twists, what gets me about this story is thinking about the scale of time. If a normal person likely can't remember what meal they ate last year on this date, imagine that x1000 (and more). Such a great concept.
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