Movies you watch over and over again, and never get sick of

Hey there.

Another "list" posting.

I have a little collection of movies that I put on whenever I feel like crap, or need a pick me up, or need an old friend. I never get sick of them.

I wouldn't call them the BEST movies of all time. No way. I mean look at the list.... They're just favourites. If my house burned down tomorrow, these would be the first ones I replace.

I could probably write down the first time I saw them, where, under what circumstances, and why they became repeat viewers.

Grumpy old men (had this on last night. Love the relationship these guys have!)
Dirty rotten scoundrels (Steve Martin! Enuff Said)
Trading places (Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd during their peak period)
Back to the future (I always wanted to be Alex P Keaton - MJF was always like a pal to me when I was in my early teens...)
Beverly hills cop (great songs Eddie doing his thing, in his peak years)
Blues brothers (untouchable. great songs...!)
American Vacation (Chevy Chase is funny, don't care if he is apparently an asshat in real life, I like the guy and his schtick)
European vacation (see above - the first movie I saw with my mates and without my parents)
Waynes world (saw this in a hotel room in Rockhampton QLD, after driving for two days to get there, to get away from being overloaded and suffocated at my job. Ate a pizza for dinner cross legged on the bed and watched this. It took all my stress away.)
Zoolander (Just funny.)
Something about Mary (everything about this is good)
Polica Academy 1 ( great ensemble cast. RIP Tackleberry)



Any of you have a list?

 

Star Wars
To Catch A Thief
Casablanca

 

the Third Man

 

also, while not a sci fi guy, I do love watching blade runner, dark city, and city of lost children

 

I didn't know Tackleberry (David Graf) passed away!

Interestingly enough, the movie that came to mind right away for me is Police Academy II, in regards to not getting tired of.
Other movies:
The Lost Boys
The Warriors
Christmas Story
Scrooged
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Pumping Iron
Cobra (Stallone)
First Blood
Pretty in Pink
Sixteen Candles
Home Alone 1
Born in East L.A.
Casino
Blade Runner
Death Wish 3

 

First two that came to mind:

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
2. Planet of the Apes (1968)

 

Blade Runner
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

 

Star Wars
Empire Strikes Back
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Love Actually
U.S. Marshalls
Murphy's Romance
My Fellow Americans
A Hard Day's Night
The Peacemaker
The Wrath of Khan
The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek (reboot)
Halloween
First Blood
Back To The Future

 

Animal House
Star Wars
Wizard Of Oz
The Ten Commandments
Ben Hur
Stargate
Stripes
The Big, The Bad & The Ugly
Goodfellas
Once Upon A Time In America
Rocky (original and III)
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
National Lampoon's Vacation and Christmas Vacation
A Wonderful Life

There are others, but I can't think of them right now. Will post some more later.

 

Spinal Tap
High Fidelity
The Sure Thing
The Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Breakfast at Tiffanys
Grease

 

Midnight Cowboy
The Cannonball Run
Jaws
Taxi Driver
Grease 2
Rocky I
Fletch
Fletch Lives
Foul Play
The Magnificent Ambersons
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
It's A Gift

 

Manhunter! Don't tell me 'bout no 'Red Dragon'!

Also, it's now become my tradition to watch 'Enter the Dragon' on Christmas Day. I think it's a good Christmas movie.

 

Edit: Typo.... The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.

 

Hombre
Chinatown
A Fistfull Of Dollars
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Bad Day At Black Rock
The Exorcist
Key Largo
Night Of The Living Dead
The Others
The Shining
Ryan's Daughter
Day Of The Outlaw
The Wild Bunch
Straw Dogs
A Christmas Story

 

Easy Rider

 

A few more:

The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Die Hard
Pulp Fiction
The Terminator (and T2)
Night Shift
Bachelor Party
Revenge Of The Nerds
Superman and Superman II
Batman (first one with Michael Keaton)
The Dark Night
Alien and Aliens (prefer Aliens over Alien)
The Matrix (just the original)
The Lord Of The Rings (All three of them)

 

A Hard Day's Night
Almost Famous
Miracle On 34th Street
That Thing You Do

 

The Wizard Of Oz for me.

 

Add to the lists above: almost any James Bond film, pre-Goldeneye.

 

Wow there are a lot. I rarely just put on a DVD but usually watch a movie when it's on TV. Off the top of my head

Uncle Buck
WHo's Harry Crumb?
Under Seige (I know, I know but I love that film. It's so bad)
Goodfellows
Beveryly Hills Cop I
48 Hours
Meatballs(!!)
Weird Science

The list can go on really

Eddie

 

'enemy of the state', will smith, gene hackman: seen it about 5 times. that's more than any other movie. could watch it again right now.

 

I think there are several movies I could watch over and over again and not get sick of (among my favorites, some are listed above, including "Raiders," "Blade Runner," and "The Wild Bunch"), but the only one I know I can watch over and over again without getting sick of -- because I've done it in the past couple years -- is "Superbad."

 

The Maltese Falcon
The Big Lebowski
Dr. Strangelove
Trading Places
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (even though I think it's too long)
Blade Runner
Koyaanisqatsi - but not without more of a break between viewings
North By Northwest

For me, I've decided that movies I would watch repeatedly are the only ones I want to own.

 

Not too many, but I can watch these endlessly:

Big Lebowski
Love and Death (Woody Allen)
Fifth Element
Dr. Strangelove
Citizen Kane
Empire Strikes Back
Austin Powers Goldmember