Movies you can watch over and over

For me...

The Endless Summer 1966
Manhattan 1979
In The Mood For Love 2000
Midnight In Paris 2011
Double Trouble 1967

 

There's so many it's ridiculous. I've probably missed hundreds of films by spending so much time re-watching familiar ones.

Here's a few:

A Man For All Seasons
The Lion In Winter
The Ten Commandments
A Christmas Carol - any of three versions
White Christmas
Wuthering Heights
Duck Soup
Excalibur
Darkest Hour
True Grit
The Shootist
Rio Bravo
The Haunting
The Legend of Hell House
The Lord Of The Rings movies
Gimme Shelter
The Avengers
the Sam Raimi Spider-man films
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Technically this is TV, not movies, but I watch the Hollow Crown series over and over frequently.

 

Let The Right One In(Original Sweden Version) & Let Me In(US Remake)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(Sweden Original & US Remake)
Cape Fear(Scorsese Remake-I still need to see the Original Version)
The Godfather-1 & 2
Goodfellas
The Shawshank Redemption
Silence of the Lambs
Get Out
The Departed
Dogma
The Big Lebowski
The Dark Knight
Lords of Dogtown(Heath Ledger's Great Role prior to his Joker in TDK)
Gladiator
Slingblade
Boyz N The Hood
Die Hard, Die Hard 2 and Die Hard with a Vengeance
Do The Right Thing
SAW
The Da Vinci Code
Gremlins & Gremlins 2
Back to the Future(Trilogy)
Alien & Aliens
The Omen 1, 2 & 3
The Dead Zone
The Deer Hunter
Kill Bill-Volumes 1 & 2
Friday Night Lights
Rain Man
Awakenings
A Few Good Men
Rocky
Hoosiers
Bad Santa
Purple Rain
Point Break
Scream
Balls of Fury
Dodgeball
Meet The Parents
Jurassic Park
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Several James Bond Movies

Used to be Halloween, but just have seen it too many times, and now has lost it's repeat viewing payoff for me. Being an Avid Hockey(NHL) Fan, also Slapshot, but again just have seen it too many times(still want to buy a Charlestown Chiefs Sweater though, but cannot make up my mind if the White or Blue one and which Hanson Brother's Number).

#1 Movie that I can watch over and over though is 'The Prestige', as like a Great Album, the first 10 Times revealed New Layers and I picked up on New Things-Like the Tagline in the Movie Poster reads, 'You Want to See It Again the Second it's Over'(That was so True for Me, and Bonus Points for having David Bowie in this Movie as 'Tesla'):

 

The original "Planet of the Apes" films, the first one in particular.

 

It should be watched back to back with Reservoir Dogs. You pretty much described that in your entire post.

On a side note, I found the original movie with Jack Nicholson on DVD at a pawn shop a decade or so ago. I had seen it as a kid and it left an impression. Nicholson plays the Bill Murray character. It's not a musical and it was not perceived as a comedy to me as a kid. I saw it as "scary science fiction".

The movie's claim to fame is that the entire thing was filmed in one day. And with my adult perception it's obvious that it was.

 

I've watched The Lobster 4 times so far.

 

I've seen When Harry Met Sally well over twenty times, it's easily my most watched and loved film. The humour in it is genius and still makes me laugh. Went to NYC once and made a point of going to Katz's diner!

In general it's comedies that I find bear repeated watching, so Spinal Tap, Blues Brrothers, Python films, Love Actually, Four Weddings and trading Places have all have many watches over the years.

It's possibly even more uncool than admitting WHMS is a favourite, but I love the first Pitch Perfect film and have seen that multiple times! Plus Harrry Potter series has a had a few views now, it's a favourite at Christmas.

Someone above's post reminds me that I've seen Inglorious Basterds and Pulp fuction quite a few times too. I think they bear repeated viewing, the former being my favourite Tarantino movie.

Oh, and Star Trek: First Contact, not a comedy, but does have some very funny lines in like, "Definitely Not Swedish"

 

Only seen it once, but LOVED it. Some of the surreal stuff going on in that is just brilliant!

 

Always said that a good film is very similar to a good album; no matter has many times you play it/see it, you still enjoy the familiarity.

So, Christmas is the obvious one. 'Die Hard', 'It's A Wonderful Life', 'Scrooged' etc etc are always fun, but would you watch them in June? Doubt it.

However, 'A Matter Of Life And Death', 'Restless Natives', 'Local Hero', 'The Legend Of Bagger Vance' and any of the Pink Panther films I can sit down with the beloved and watch any ol' time of year, simply because they're 'warm' films. Throw in 'The Boat That Rocked', 'Notting Hill', 'Love, Actually' and 'About Time' too. We do like a bit of Richard Curtis.

 

Time Bandits
and even more, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (the Terry Gilliam film)

 

I forgot to include 'Pulp Fiction' on my list when I included both 'Kill Bill' Movies, as was trying to get Edited before the 30 Minutes Time elapsed, and accidentally left it out. Probably also should have included 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Django Unchained'. I even love 'The Hateful Eight' that gets ranked lower by some Tarantino Fans, but watched it several times.

 

So many movies, so little time. And yet I go back for double digit viewings.
A few:
Mad Love
Our Man in Havana
The Wrong Box
A New Leaf
High Anxiety
Prizzi’s Honor
Reversal of Fortune
Nixon
Winter’s Bone
Death of Stalin

 

Let the Right One In
Jackie Brown
To Catch a Thief
The 39 Steps
Bell Book and Candle
The Godfather

 

Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens.

 

Jaws
Goodfellas
Casino
A Hard Days Night
True Romance
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

 

Just a few of them:

• Die Hard
• Project A-Ko (the movie that got me into anime)
• Better Off Dead
• Mannequin
• Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine
• D. O. A. (the 1980s version)
• Tinkerbell
• The Emperor's New Groove
• Antz
• Haiku Tunnel
• Time (2006 movie from South Korea)
• Heathers
• Helvetica
• The Ox-Bow Incident
• Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
• Time Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

 

I can highly recommend the recent documentary about Galaxy Quest. In addition to interviews with all the actors who are still alive, the interview a couple that dresses up like Theremins for cosplay conventions, and treats them and their love of this movie with affection.

 

the exorcist - william friedkin
all the president's men - alan j. pakula
bridge on the river kwai - david lean
the shining - stanley kubrick

these are films that go beyond the usual repeat viewings for me ..... i've watched them over and over throughout my life, and never get tired of their unique magic ....

 

There are movies I really like, but I may not watch them very often.
There are movies I have liked quite a lot, but have little desire to see again. For no other reason than I have seen them and I am done.
Then there are movies that seem to draw me in. I have seen them. I know the story, the twists, the outcome, but for some reason I will sit down and watch again, and again, and again if it is on cable or TV, regardless of where I come in or if I have time to stay until the end.

I think this last group is what you are talking about for me. Movies I just like and will watch over and over, without ever really thinking about watching.
Here are a few that come to mind.

The Princess Bride
The Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick
Monty Python and The Holy Grail
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Early James Bond
Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels
Snatch
The Guns of Navarone
Kelly's Heros
The Dirty Dozen
The Incredibles
A Christmas Story
Santa Claus is Coming to Town

 

Once Upon A Time In The West.

Sergio Leone: “I’ve always said that my best dialogue and screenwriter is Ennio Morricone”

 

Generally speaking:
Bond films
Pixar/Disney animation
60’s Disney family flicks
Harryhausen
Spielberg
Hitchcock

Specific films:
Star Wars
Die Hard
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Superman
Superman 2
King Kong (original and Jackson)
Wizard of Oz
Sound of Music
2001
Young Frankenstein

Plenty more, really, including many previously stated here by others. Movies are magical to me.

 

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
My Cousin Vinny.
Casino.
No Country for old Men

 

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
The Night Of The Hunter
Wild River

 

The Fugitive.

jerol

 

The first Terminator
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Any of the Die Hard movies
The first Jurassic Park